Information wanted on two cabarete Hotels - Page 2

rendul · #11 10-31-2009, 01:13 PM

Well, now that that discussion has come to fruition, I can give you some info on the Residencia Dominicana. It is located in Pro Cab, the gated community right off the main street of Cabarete. It is closer to the center of town and is away from the racket of the main street. These are basic rooms, there is a pool and a small restaurant on the premises. Very international clientele and reasonably priced. Many come there to do the wind surfing and kite surfing as Ali's Surf Camp is right across the street, within Pro Cab, from the Residencia. Hope this helps

tomas2 · #12 10-31-2009, 01:59 PM

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Originally Posted by rendul

Well, now that that discussion has come to fruition, I can give you some info on the Residencia Dominicana. It is located in Pro Cab, the gated community right off the main street of Cabarete. It is closer to the center of town and is away from the racket of the main street. These are basic rooms, there is a pool and a small restaurant on the premises. Very international clientele and reasonably priced. Many come there to do the wind surfing and kite surfing as Ali's Surf Camp is right across the street, within Pro Cab, from the Residencia. Hope this helps

Totally agree. Residencia is a great place. I was there for a few months last year, and have already booked for this year. The rooms are definately nicer at Residencia (did you see the pictures Soobadiver posted of his room at Casa Blanca...it looked kind-of like a prison cell), but Residencia doesn't have as many apartments\studios as Casa Blanca so you have to book early for those.

Brigid (the woman that runs Residencia) is a very nice\competant\reasonable manager. She has been part of the Cabarete community for many years, and doesn't seem to thrive on causing division and controversy like another hotel owner I am familiar with.

The guests at Residencia are definately younger, from lots of different countries, and there is more hanging out and talking in the common areas which can be kind-of fun and interesting. From my stay at Casa Blanca I noticed the guests tended to be alot older, whiter, and to share a common (religous) view if you get my drift.

samgautreau · #13 11-01-2009, 03:56 PM

One year after Tom Greene vowed to ruin this Hotel and the owner - and he did try very hard- they still hold the number one spot on Tripadvisor for 15 or so B & B's, with a 95% approval rate, and only one negative review out of 41. And Tripadvisor does validate reviews. It removed the fake one posted by FireGuy

So who do you listen to
1. The fly by night client who owed money and promised to destroy the hotel and the owner, or

2. The 40 clients who stayed there. Many of them in the last year.

tomas2 · #14 11-01-2009, 05:00 PM

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Originally Posted by samgautreau

One year after Tom Greene vowed to ruin this Hotel and the owner - and he did try very hard- they still hold the number one spot on Tripadvisor for 15 or so B & B's, with a 95% approval rate, and only one negative review out of 41. And Tripadvisor does validate reviews. It removed the fake one posted by FireGuy

So who do you listen to
1. The fly by night client who owed money and promised to destroy the hotel and the owner, or

2. The 40 clients who stayed there. Many of them in the last year.

Gee, I wonder who this is.

Didn't he promise not to ever read (much less post) on DR1 again because it held no interest for him?

Lambada · #15 11-01-2009, 05:09 PM

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Originally Posted by samgautreau

And Tripadvisor does validate reviews. It removed the fake one posted by FireGuy

Why do I not believe this? Because Fireguy, who is a moderator here on DR1 is also a Destination Expert on Trip Advisor where he is known as Gregg. He has made it clear in this thread why he doesn't post resort reviews on TA but helps people in many other ways:
threatening e-mails - Cabarete Forum - TripAdvisor

Doubtless FireGuy will speak for himself, but he might be a little busy travelling back from the DR right now.

FireGuy · #16 11-01-2009, 05:56 PM

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Originally Posted by samgautreau

One year after Tom Greene vowed to ruin this Hotel and the owner - and he did try very hard- they still hold the number one spot on Tripadvisor for 15 or so B & B's, with a 95% approval rate, and only one negative review out of 41. And Tripadvisor does validate reviews. It removed the fake one posted by FireGuy

So who do you listen to
1. The fly by night client who owed money and promised to destroy the hotel and the owner, or

2. The 40 clients who stayed there. Many of them in the last year.

Great to be on vacation but it's also great to get back home...

Now I know you are a liar (I could never prove it before but since I have NEVER posted any kind of an accommodation review on TripAdvisor, your accusation makes you and the truth mutually exclusive).

While I must say, to be honest your property is not the only one I have concerns with, it is one of the most egregious examples of potential owner interference in the TA rating system. If I could prove that most of the glowing reviews of Casa Blanca were fakes (as I suspect) I would take action to have them removed. As Robert alluded to before "the "wonderful" reports are by posters with just one (1) post" it is utterly amazing how many of the "wonderful" TA reviews of Casa Blanca are also done by "one post wonders". Kind of makes you go hmmmmm...

As I said before "It is really quite pathetic when you are the only one saying good things about your own property".

Gregg

samgautreau · #17 11-01-2009, 06:08 PM

The last couple of reviews are by repeat customers. So you are wrong, again! You and Robert are conspiracy buffs? The owner, from one IP address in Cabarete, over a period of 2 years, manages to post 40 good reviews about himself, and TA does not get it? LOL

The fact is a "FireGuy" did leave a review a month or so ago and TA removed it as a obvious fake. So you expect us to believe you are not the same "FireGuy". Sorry, not that much faith

ben jammin · #18 11-01-2009, 06:56 PM

not saying this is the case(but i, too have my suspicions) but if i had a hotel i wanted to plug i could certainly come up with a few friends and family from various areas to write reviews that have never stayed there. and i could even send them some pretty pictures to post to make it seem legit. i am sure william is quite a charmer when need be(comes with the trades he's been involved in) so i am quite sure some of the reviews are legit, but it seems if you were to get on his bad side you would never hear the end of it. such people are to be avoided. i would personally not say anything bad against his hotel as i have never stayed there and i am sure greg feels the same way but fair warning to unsuspecting travellers dependant on TA reviews about suspicious behavior is commendable and what the forum is all about.... ben

FireGuy · #19 11-01-2009, 07:10 PM

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Originally Posted by samgautreau

So you expect us to believe you are not the same "FireGuy". Sorry, not that much faith

I could care less what you think William, I don't post on TA as anything other than Gregg.

Gregg

Robert · #20 11-01-2009, 07:12 PM

Time to close this. I'll leave the various responses posted by the same person so everyone can see what a sad individual he is.

No wonder he has been kicked off multiple websites and real estate offices.

By all means stay at "Casa Blanca", but just be warned, many on this board would not go near the place or recommend it. Don't say you haven't been warned.

Take a look at dr1travel.com for other better options.