Thanks!! I had some technical difficulties this time around and some of the footage is shaky. Made me nervous about posting this one. Really appreciate you!!
Maybe its different in lower season but I was here in April and Helios (and Caprichio in lobby building) was a combo of buffet and ala carte for breakfast and lunch. You could order off the menu or use the buffet or both. I found that a really good feature. I agree that the Brazilian restaurant was so so at best but every ala carte I went to on the TRS side was excellent including the steak house but it has been my experience that steaks at all inclusive are always a coin toss. Sometimes quite good and sometimes not at all good. The food at the Japanese restaurant was pretty good but aside from that every meal I had on the TRS side was much much better than any of the family resorts and the alcohol selection on TRS side was night and day better on TRS side. If I was to return here (and I would for sure) I wouldn't have any meals at the family resorts. Just FYI the jerk ribs at the TRS beach bar were really good!!
We hear great things about the Italian and Japanese restaurants but couldn’t get a dinner reservation for either our entire stay!! You could be right about the rest of the places. I only commented on the places we ate at so your comment will be super helpful to other people looking to go!! Thanks for your comment!!
@@Midlifebums The Italian and French were very good, Japanese was also good. (Although do NOT order the crispy mussels at the French restaurant). I would recommend anyone coming here talk to your butler the day you arrive to plan out your reservations because depending on time of year/occupancy level some restaurants book up quickly and some are only open certain nights. Also a lot of the activities such as Tequila tasting, cocktail class etc are only done one day/week.
@@spinedoc893 great info!! The day we checked in we had 2 choices for dinner because nothing else had an open reservation! We also couldn’t get a reservation at most places our whole stay ( they were full). We liked the buffet so it worked out ok for us in the end. 😊 But you should plan all your dinner reservations the day you arrive with your Butler for sure!!!
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All TRS are Grand Palladium properties. Not Wyndham
You are correct Wyndham does not actually own them but you can book them through the Wyndham portal , use your points to the book rooms and use your Wyndham status. 😊
@@Midlifebums thanks, nice to know. Their price on Wyndham is cheaper vs official website. Did you have a hard time checking in? Or did they honour it?
@@austine-marie we had no trouble at all. We booked through the Wyndham app, paid for our entire stay with our Wyndham points and even got upgraded because of our Wyndham status.
@@Alex-ce6it yes, however you can book all their hotels through the Wyndham app and pay with Wyndham points and use your status. They have a partnership deal. 😊 someone else mentioned that booking through the Wyndham app was cheaper than their hotel’s website .
@@samanthamartin9282 when your butler texts you through the day they tell you about all the things going on. I just went and looked at those messages and here are some of the evening things that they had White Party, Live DJ , Silent Disco, Karaoke, Chic after party. During the day at the infinity pool they had cooking classes, cocktail classes, and music. We did not go to any of these but they definitely offer lots of things to do. Hope that helps!
Thank you so much for the quick response! Were there any fun bars or clubs on property? Or any fun excursions you attended ? I am going for my baby moon end of August beginning of September hoping there’s some fun things for my fiancé
@@AG-iy1em honestly if we had had more time we would exploded all 4 properties but sadly we didn’t have enough days. Your Butler is a wealth of knowledge and so easy to reach via WhatsApp or the desk in your building. Their daily messages are super helpful and there was always something going on somewhere at the resorts. I didn’t see a club but there are lots of bars and live entertainment 😊. Sorry I couldn’t be more helpful. Congrats on the baby. 🥳
We try and keep the explanation simple since most people don’t know the finer details of using points and status. Plus alot people don’t have status but honestly it was 108,000 points for us not the 120,000.
@@samuelmateo9386 we are headed to Dubai in November and have two different Wyndham’s booked there. One on the beach and one by the Burj Khalifa. They aren’t all inclusive but we are still SOOOOO excited!!
Overall I found TRS to be very enjoyable and good value for $ if you book far enough in advance to get a good deal. Grounds are gorgeous, Pools are great, beach ok (typical Mayan Riv. beach. If you want to be in Mayan Riv and have a gorgeous beach go to Maroma) food and drinks quite good for the price i paid. I enjoyed having the 3 other resorts to wander around and the selection of pools but definitely a big difference in quality of food and drinks between the TRS side and the 3 palladium resorts and other than strolling around and exploring there's really no need to venture out of TRS. I booked my trip for first week of April 2024 in Nov. 2023 for around $2400CAD/person for a poolside King room which puts you down by the infinity pool/ocean (From Toronto, 7 days, flight, taxes and airport transfers included) Had I booked in September when I started looking is was about $200/person cheaper and had I waited until Feb/March to book it was up to $3200/person. At $2200-2400 it was IMO a really good value. At $3200 maybe not so much and for that kind of $ I would book a Secrets or Excellence property instead. At the time I booked Secrets Akumal was $700/person more than TRS and Valentine Imperial was about $400-500/person more so I rolled the dice on TRS and was pleasantly surprised.
@@spinedoc893 we enjoyed our stay there as well. Our trip was too short to really explore the whole area and if we go back it would need to be for a longer stay. We did do a day trip and I am working on that video now!!
