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Re: Hacienda del Mar (by Perry):

Just returned from a stay at Hacieda Del Mar on Dec 6th.

Yes new furnishings in all rooms. New refurbished lobby. But bath rooms and kitchens were not refurbished. But the new look of the rooms is nice.

Yes car rental on site.

But expensive verses just renting from a national brand at the airport. Always recheck car rental rates as your rental date approaches. I went from $559 about a month out, then to $350 2 weeks out , and finally rented at $200 the day before rental date for a week rental. Compact car. Intermediate not much more. These are all total cost figures i'mquoting. With all taxes. Stay away from Allied rental / EZ rental ( same company in PR) they under estimate the final cost by about 25% when advertising their rates - no matter which booking dite your looking at. All things equal - I recommend Enterprise.

Also read the fine print on the Toll service cost. Some are 3 times as much as other companies charge ( I.e. Those used by: Allied and EZ car rental use). And the only way to avoid the toll service company high charges is to stay off the toll roads. But sometimes you get trapped- where your not allowed to pay your toll in cash and - then it reads your license place or your Eztoll transponder and then your facing a huge "admistrative fee" if you did not agree to the toll service. tool Booths that you could pay at are now disappearing and the electronic system is the only option to get through the toll gates.

On the water sports ? The jet ski guy just did not have enough business to keep it going. I saw no other water sports other than bouncing around in the surf at the wonderfull beach.

All in all I nice quite place. With plenty of resturants nearby in Dorado.

donnac116 wrote:

Is anyone aware of any improvements in this resort during the past year. ? II was under the impression rooms were going to be refurbished,water sports onsite and rental cars on site.