Ventus At Marina El Cid

I honestly don't take the time to write reviews, however I do want to help the next traveler out. I arrived at the airport and utilized shuttle service for 2 from Cheap Caribbean through a company named AMSTAR, since this was my first time utilizing Cheap Caribbean I chose this as an option to expedite the process. I later found there are other services that are cheaper and you can ride with yourself or whomever you bring instead of stopping here, there an everywhere with other people. Now onto the hotel .. this place is NEW & Beautiful but you will get caught up when you arrive with them selling you and promoting an upgrade which I did ($500) extra for their Platinum Lounge .. please don't get caught up into this. The beach was terrible & they stated it was due to the weather ... so hey not much you can do .. but I just felt like it was ok ... I had a butler .. blah .. blah blah and I did not leave the resort. The food is average but you get tired of eating the same thing everyday.. breakfast is great but still get tired of eating the same thing everyday.

Let's start with how great this place was!! service was excellent, location is great and so is the food! The pools are incredible, there are so many pools, it's never crowded! The only thing that we didn't love was the beaches, unfortunately it seems like there's a huge seaweed problem so they aren't usable. You can walk by the water, but I wouldn't jump in. It wasn't the worst thing, due to the pools being so amazing. I loved the service at the dinning areas, there were so many amazing people that worked there! Overall, great atmosphere, I am definitely going back. Worth every penny!

Went may 30-june 6, over all very good experience. Beach was 2/10 mostly unusable due to seaweed and it stunk. Food was ok nothing spectacular but good choices. Service was mostly good, our maid was excellent and coffee guy was excellent and a few servers here and there but most seemed busy and did not take much time with you. Pools were good, wished there was one deeper one for swimming as all were 4ft or less except a small area for kids to jump off the rock wall. Very big resort, expect to do a lot of walking. There are golf carts zooming around but they never once offered to take us anywhere except taking our bags when we first got there. Bring lots of small bills for tips.

The Ventus was Amazing! The food, room, and service were great. The only downside was there wasn’t much beach. But you can go a little past the resort and there is a big beautiful beach. The pools were so nice and they had great areas and things for kids todo, we can’t wait to take our daughter back. I’m a pretty picky eater and had absolute no issues with the food. There is seriously so much to choose from! Overall we were super happy!! And to have found a place that we will be coming back too!