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Has anyone been to Sandals?

Summerbride Posted:

Has anyone been to Sandals?

We are thinking of going to a Sandals resort this summer. We were posssibly looking into the Royal Bahamian. Has anyone been there or does anyone recommend another sandals? Thanks so much!! =)

emc Posted:

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I've posted about this before... Sandals Royal Bahamian was beautiful. My husband and I had a great time, unfortunately I got Salmonella poisoning on my last day. I would not wish that on my worst enemy. Sandals was not very accommodating in terms of making things right. I can see their point of view in denying everything, they must get accused of similar situations often. However, after getting sick, I've talked to at least 5 different people who had some sort of stomach ailment while there. Just something to keep in mind.

Danielle&Scott Posted:

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Danielle and I went to Sandals Grande St Lucian in St Lucia for our honeymoon and it was amazing....If you want to go on a really nice trip to a really amazing place, I would goto the grand st lucian. It is expensive but worth it.

Danielle and I wanted to go to the Royal Bahmian for our 1 year in august but decided that it was too much money, so we are going to the GRAND XCARET in Mexico instead....

Scott
nov2004bride Posted:

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We went to Sandals Royal Bahamian and loved it!!!!!!! You have to be careful of the water just like anywhere else!!! We can't wait to go back.

emc, just a question, what exactly did you want them to do about the Salmonella? In there defensive, maybe they thought you could have gotten sick from food outside the resort.

Jeez It sounds like I have stock in the place
emc Posted:

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Well, I would have liked an apology. They were not apologetic at all. It's kind of hard to say I ate somewhere else at an all inclusive resort. My last night there and my entire last day were ruined, some sort of refund would have been nice. On top of which I lost five vacation days when I came back and SIX months of positive testing for salmonella. Which entails blood samples, stool samples (sorry TMI), trips to my regular doctor and an 'Infectious Disease' specialist at Stony Brook Hospital to clear myself. When you contract an infectious disease you have to clear yourself with the county you live in to make sure you aren't spreading it to other people! All of which were not completely paid for by my insurance$$$. Sorry to vent, but it was the worst experience of my life. As I have also said...the place was beautiful and up until the ordeal, we also planned on returning.

TracyInQueens Posted:

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Posted by emc

Well, I would have liked an apology. They were not apologetic at all. It's kind of hard to say I ate somewhere else at an all inclusive resort. My last night there and my entire last day were ruined, some sort of refund would have been nice. On top of which I lost five vacation days when I came back and SIX months of positive testing for salmonella. Which entails blood samples, stool samples (sorry TMI), trips to my regular doctor and an 'Infectious Disease' specialist at Stony Brook Hospital to clear myself. When you contract an infectious disease you have to clear yourself with the county you live in to make sure you aren't spreading it to other people! All of which were not completely paid for by my insurance$$$. Sorry to vent, but it was the worst experience of my life. As I have also said...the place was beautiful and up until the ordeal, we also planned on returning.



That's a shame that you had to go through that, and you should have gotten an apology, at the very least!
nov2004bride Posted:

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That is awful!!!!!! Sorry I went on about it. But we did eat out of the resort many times downtown. And we went with many people from our resort. You should have sent them the doctors bills as proof
christy Posted:

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I have been to the Grande St. Lucian, it was so incredible that we are going back in 12 days!

CheeChee Posted:

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We went to Sandals Antigua.. Awesome.. had a fab time, and would def go back. Good luck choosing!!
suven Posted:

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I have a friend who went. Her only issue is that the beaches were public, not private. I don't think it was ever advertised as a private beach, but I guess she assumed it was

shamrock12472 Posted:

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We went to Dunn's River in Jamaica and really enjoyed it. The resort was very nice and they include a lot of activities. The beach we were located on was private and gated. I would definitely go to another without hesistation.

Summerbride Posted:

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Hi! Thank you all for your replies! I haven't been on in a few days. =) emc - I am sorry to hear that you got sick. Thank you all again!
Diane Posted:

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We went to St. Lucia Golf and Spa, I dont think it is called that anymore.
We LOVED it

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