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Cheap Caribbean Vacations provides online booking services for Caribbean travel. The site includes flights, resort accommodations and all-inclusive packages, sometimes at discounted rates. Focusing on affordability and accessibility, Cheap Caribbean Vacations helps travelers find and book vacation deals to tropical destinations.
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Reviewed Feb. 9, 2024
I have been contacting Cheap Caribbean daily to get my canceled trip's travel credits. I understand that my flights were non-refundable, but I was told I would get a refund or travel credit for the booked hotel rooms. I was told that would happen within two to three business days, but it did not happen. I am still calling daily. I will NEVER use this company again. So far I am out over $3k.
Reviewed Feb. 8, 2024
I was pleasantly surprised when I contacted Cheap Caribbean to change my faulty reservation. The representative, Hector, helped me cancel my previous reservation, and book another, answering all my questions patiently. Hector worked with me to complete another reservation with an even better price! I am excited to try Cheap Caribbean for this trip with my daughter!
Reviewed Jan. 22, 2024
Cheap Caribbean has the worst customer service I have had to deal with in a long time. They made an error and took absolutely no responsibility for that. I booked three rooms (1-Me/Husband; 2-My son/girlfriend; 3-Daughter/Boyfriend.) Instead, they only booked two of them, my children, NOT US WHO PAID FOR THE TRIP!). When they were notified, they took no actions to rectify the situation. The hotel found another room for us, but stated we may have to switch the next day. Which I think is ridiculous, having to unpack, repack, unpack again. Especially after paying $12,000 for this trip.
They also made an error with the $500 excursion I pre-booked. They said we took the trip when we weren’t even in the country. They tried to put the blame back on the hotel. But of course the hotel pushed it back onto Cheap Caribbean since we booked our trip through them. If you want to spend five hours waiting on hold and being disconnected several times along with getting the runaround? Then this must be the company for you. I will never use this company ever again. And I’ll make sure everyone I know hears about it.
Reviewed Oct. 22, 2023
I did a lot of read watch and decided to take the risk with CheapCaribbean, I booked my trip yesterday. I was in the resort's website today trying to access my trip though CheapCaribbean hasn’t sent me my booking number in order for me to check my reservations even though I paid in full. I was searching around on the website and found the same resort, same room, BETTER FLIGHTS for $195. SO FRUSTRATING. My own fault for not competing first I suppose. Don’t assume CheapCaribbean has better prices!

Reviewed Oct. 8, 2023
I have used Cheap Caribbean twice (2022 and 2023). Their prices are unbeatable as I searched many sites and prices before booking with them. Both trips and arrangements made were flawless. On the second trip, my travel partner had an accident. Although we did not get travel insurance through Cheap Caribbean, the post travel department was willing to reach out to the resort to see if we could receive any reimbursement or travel credits. They did so quickly and we did receive reimbursement, to my surprise! I don’t understand all the negative experiences as I can only express satisfaction and gratitude for Cheap Caribbean going above and beyond.
Reviewed Sept. 28, 2023
Reservation # **. I’m going to start by saying Cheap Caribbean is the worst agency someone can book your vacation with. And I’m going to explain the reasons. My family and I booked vacation right after Covid while doing Covid time with cheap Caribbean, and paid originally $3481.60. I paid insurance extra. They have two conditions either you take 60% cashback or you take 100% travel credit with the company. We were supposed to go for a 21st-year anniversary on April 27 to May 1, 2022 to Jamaica.
My husband had a heart cardiac procedure prior so, Due to medical issues we could not go. I did not want to take the chance to travel so quickly I called on April 20, 2022, to cancel. The trip got rescheduled again around the same time on April 27, 2023, to go again. But my husband became ill again with a cardiac issue. I won the same time this year 2023. So this thing is not coming to mine, having to travel when you dealing with the hospital dealing with medical issues to having to call or cancel, or let alone going up an airplane.
In June of this year when everything calmed down in my family I called and they told me to send the request for them to extend the credit. Send my boyfriend‘s number in an email and name new dates and destinations to the customer service with algvacations.com no one responded in June so on July 25 I called again and spoke with a lady named Joanna, she advised me to do the same thing synonym email with the request of extension for Credit and send it to her personal email for the company with the company and also with algvacations.com customer service. I did again second time. No response. August 14 called again, spoke with Edgar. He told me he advised me to do the same thing again send an email to reservation@cheapcaribbean.com and send my name reservation number, and desired location, with a medical letter from the doctor to show why my husband couldn’t travel, for credit extension no response again.
So yesterday September 27, 2023, I called again this time I spoke with three or four people they still gave me the running around, Murry told me she could not help me. She’s going to transfer me to a Post travel department for the credit and she’s going to explain everything that’s going on before the transfer to Cool so she did transfer the car when the person came on the line telling me that it’s out of her control. She does not see where they do a response. I said, "Ma’am why did you enter the car when Murry said she’s going to explain everything to you and now you are saying you cannot do anything about it," again the running around. So she transferred me to a reservation to make a reservation again and then they will use the credit from there. I know that’s going to be another waste of breath, but after I argued and became upset, I said OK.
Now, Juan picked up the phone in the pre-travel department. That is a win. Juan basically told me you were not going to get the credits they cannot extend it for me because you called after May 23 keep in mind people the original date was supposed to be July August 2021 to travel to Dr. Another told me that my expiration date for 2023 was May I did not call prior to that to cancel. Want to request an extension due to my husband‘s medical cardiac ordeal. Even with the medical letter that was requested, they are still unable to extend the credit.
Now I am really angry and pissed off. Why in the world for months all these colors all these employees been giving me the winning around that I could get the credit reinstated to travel for my wedding anniversary 21, 22,23 and As I’m trying to schedule it now for April 2024 and they told me no, this is over $3000 just like that when I steal from people. The last employee representative basically told me ma’am you will not get that credit or money or utilize anything with that money.
When it’s time for them to take your money, they will take it and charge your card. However, when you need the service for anything else, whether you email called you would wait at least 1 to 2 hours in the line before you can speak with somebody. 2nd) They tell you to send emails they never respond never reply to your email that is disrespectful thieving people out there. Who would NOT like to enjoy vacation time PAID with family? It’s like they are telling me your husband could not go, but you could go with your kids when my husband is sick celebrating the anniversary without him and who would take care of him? I just don’t understand this company. These people and I need something done about this.

Reviewed Sept. 6, 2023
We left our trip 2 nights early because we had such a terrible experience. We requested a refund & instead they sent us a message saying we were being penalized and charged for leaving early even though we paid for the ENTIRE TRIP IN FULL ALREADY. They only offered us a $300 credit that has to be used with them only and it expires in 13 months. This trip was THOUSANDS of dollars. We even bought flight protection which states you can cancel within 1 hour of your flight for ANY reason & they told me there was nothing they could do. TOTAL SCAM ARTISTS!
Our original package was for 9/1-9/5. However, we left on 9/3 because we were so miserable. We had to pay out of pocket for a separate flight home. We were originally in room 4033. However, the elevator dropped and broke WHILE WE WERE ON IT and we went to the front desk 3 times asking to have our room changed and finally after 5 hours they moved us to room 4135 on the other side of the resort so we didn't have to use that elevator again. They did not apologize for anything & were very rude to us. The elevators had no air conditioning so we were drenched in sweat each time we used it.
When I called the number for room service (803) they told me to call 819 & hung up on me. All the room service food was served cold & never hot. Every time we asked for cold water they gave us hot water bottles & told us that if we wanted cold water we had to go to the pool bar to get it (which is about a 10 minute walk & closes at 7PM). They only gave us sheets on our bed with no blanket so we couldn't sleep comfortably. The floor in our room was dirty & filthy. Our feet were black from dirt. The patio chairs were propped forward & locked into that position so you couldn't even lean back to relax. I asked for toothpaste and they very rudely told us to go buy some at the gift shop.
When we got hungry we realized that ALL the restaurants were closed and our only option was the buffet. The buffet was disgusting. It was covered in flies and had been sitting out for hours. We could barely eat it. When we got drinks from the bar at the pool, they barely put any alcohol in them. They NEVER cleaned our room. They left everyone's dirty dishes in the hallway for days at a time in the severe heat causing flies to gather in the hallway. When we went to the front desk to complain about all of this, the manager did not apologize or try to make us happy. They were very rude and basically told us "too bad".
We were so unhappy & miserable that we booked an early flight home. This was our first vacation in 3 years and it was the worst vacation I've ever been on. I cried so many times because we spent so much money on this and we won't be able to go on another vacation for years because of it. It was truly a nightmare for both of us. NEVER USE CHEAP CARIBBEAN OR GO TO ANY RIU HOTELS. YOU WILL REGRET IT!

Reviewed Sept. 5, 2023
I’ve been a Cheap Caribbean customer for many years with no complaints. Until now. To show the lowest price, I believe, they switched to Frontier Airlines as the primary included airline. Unfortunately, Frontier seems to purposely understaff at the detriment to their customers. To check my bag, at both airports involved an HOUR wait. They don’t seem to care. This was my second trip using frontier through Cheap Caribbean and they were we both horrendous. Sadly, once you add all the extra fees for seats and luggage, we could have used a different airline with much less hassle.

Reviewed July 17, 2023
Horrible Customer Support. Planned and booked a vacation last November to Cancun for this October. Was notified by email this week that the resort we chose will be closed for renovations. No contact information on email, only choice was to reply and accept the new resort change. We have been to the newly assigned resort and it doesn't compare to the one we chose. Called customer service and was on the phone for over 2 hours while being transferred 3 times.
They changed the reservation and were absolutely no help to us. We had 2 choices, accept the new resort (which was over $450 less per person) or get a refund credit. With the insurance we took out they would refund trip minus the cost of insurance. We tried to rebook at a resort of our choice, we gave them 3 options. They wanted over $1000 extra for a comparable resort. No help, customer service, or compassion. I used Cheap Carribean several times in the past, NEVER, NEVER AGAIN.
Reviewed July 3, 2023
Avoid booking with Cheapcaribbean. The only reason I decided to book with them this time was because they offered payment plans. I booked a 4 day trip to Cancun from 6/29/2023 - 07/02/2023. The departure flight I originally booked for was for 10:43am. I decided to call back and change the flight to an earlier flight they had which was at 6:54am. I spoke with one of their agents who charged me a $200 fee to change the flight time. I received an email with a confirmation number and the new flight time. The night before our departure I downloaded the United app and noticed that the flight time was still the same time I originally booked for. I tried calling cheapcaribbean but they stop taking phone calls at a certain time. I could not get through to anyone and I even waited 4 hours on the phone with united.
I come to the airport thinking that I can probably speak to someone and that I’ll still make the flight early. But it turns out I was never assigned to the new flight with the person I was traveling with. I was frustrated because we had to wait at the airport for 6 hours for my original flight time. I finally found a number to get in touch with cheapcaribbean and there was nothing that they could do because the 6:54am flight was already sold out and there was 26 people on standby. It was ridiculous because we were supposed to be on that flight.
The trip was already a short trip and we spent the entire day at the airport then another hour from Cancun airport to the resort. We were exhausted and couldn’t really enjoy our first day because of the flight change. Then we asked the hotel if it was possible if we could stay an extra night but unfortunately there were no more rooms available. At the airport I kept calling cheapcaribbean to see if there was anything they can do. They kept telling me to send emails on the situation and when I would try to send the emails I kept getting a blocked message. We really had to enjoy what we could with the amount of money I spent. I should of received a refund for the flight or for the night at the hotel. They’re only refunding me the $200 flight change fee. Horrible experience.
Reviewed May 22, 2023
I booked a trip to dominican republic. All was fine until I got my flights. My only flights were on frontier airlines and I had to pick my seats and check my bags, final cost.... 385.00 added on to my trip. This is ridiculous the prices they charge. It should be included in your trip purchase or it should say if you pick this airline it will cost you more. Or for that matter maybe offer more flights with other airlines.

Reviewed March 9, 2023
These MFs messed up my mom birthday to JAMAICA!!!. I booked months ago. Got a reservation confirmation and everything. We needed to update the amount of guest going which was handled mighty quick with no issues. The agent ensured I would get my refund for that one guest issued to my credit card, but that was a lie - ONLY A CREDIT TO BOOK WITH THEM AGAIN. Within 30 minutes of the end of the call we got an update confirmation. Same confirmation number but a totally different hotel 2 hrs away that was way cheaper than what I had paid in FULL!
I called back and was put on hold for 2 hrs!!!! For them to come back and say it was THEY ERROR-and they will fix it, but have to wait on the hotel to respond. The next day I called back. I was on the phone from 9am to MF 4:17pm with the back and forth, putting me on hold saying the exact SAME THING. “We waiting on a response.” So I requested a refund since they was not gone resolved it. Again another hold time waiting on the manager to reply back! So right now-we HAVE NO REFUND AND A RESERVATION SOMEWHERE WE NEVER HEARD OF!!!! $1500 just gone and we supposed to leave in 6 days!!!! I don’t want any credit. I WANT MY MONEY BACK SO WE CAN BOOK ELSEWHERE!!!! NO MANAGERS TO TALK TO! And idiots that can’t resolve ANYTHING! Thieves and SCAMMERS!!!! NEVER AGAIN.
Reviewed March 1, 2023
DO NOT USE THIS COMPANY. I have been going round and round with them regarding a credit due to a COVID cancellation. I have spent DAYS on the phone with them over the past year trying to get the credit amount corrected. I have an email from them stating what the credit will be and then they state they can't honor the email they sent me?! They take your number and say we will call you back if we get disconnected, well of course I was disconnected several times over the course of the year going back and forth, they don't call back and when I finally get through to someone they state they can't call out. What a horrible company, don't waste your valuable time. I give them a ZERO.
Reviewed Feb. 21, 2023
DO NOT BOOK WITH CHEAPCARIBBEAN.COM. In a nutshell, we ended up not going on our trip that we booked in June of 2022 for departure in Jan 2023 to Barbados, because the airline canceled our flight out of San Diego to Miami. We were unable to cancel hotel in time and was charged a penalty for 1-nite. I have worked with the Hotel & Cheap caribbean and they both refuse to pay us for the one nite. We were penalized for something that was not our fault and because Cheap Caribbean has a relationship with the hotel, they should have been able to recover the funds. Hilton Barbados was the hotel, don't stay there either! The Manager's name is Adrian S and he could have reversed the penalty if he wanted to due to the circumstances. We had another friend on same flights/hotel, but she booked through Priceline and she was able to recover ALL of her money!
Reviewed Feb. 17, 2023
We purchased a vacation to Mexico a number of months back for this month and ended up needing to rush home due to a family emergency. When we purchased the trip we did purchase the insurance they offer, but to find out you have to jump through all sorts of hoops to get any refund back for the unused portion of the trip back. In addition to that we also had to find our own way back home as their customer service person was not able to get us on any flight until later in the week and had to take a taxi from the resort to the airport paying out of pocket again. They may have reasonably priced trips but if something happens don't expect to get any help from them or any money back even with having purchased their trip insurance.
Reviewed Dec. 30, 2022
I booked a trip through Cheap Caribbean yesterday at 2:00 pm to stay at the Riu Palace. The resort I originally wanted was the Valentin Imperial. I noticed that I had 24 hrs to change or modify my reservation so I looked later in the day and The Valentin had a similar rate to the Riu so I called customer service. I told them I was on their website and I would like to modify my resort. They quoted me a price of over $4,000 (which was $1,000 more than the price I was looking at on their website). I asked why the rate was so much more than what was noted on their website. I did screenshot the screens showing the price that I was seeing. I got all the way to the credit card entry portion and this was a live (current) price.
I was not on the internet for more than 5 min so I knew this price was current. If I was on the screen too long it would have given me an error saying I was idling too long. "Please start your search over." The only explanation customer service agent could give me was prices change randomly throughout the day. I do understand this as I have previously booked with Cheap Caribbean. I just didn't understand why their website was showing one price but when I called the customer service phone number they would not match what I was seeing on their website. I also asked if there was a supervisor or problem resolution number and I was told there are no supervisors at Cheap Caribbean? Was not given the option to speak with anyone to resolve the issue I was having.
The next day I called back and I spoke with someone and I emailed my screenshots of the screens showing the price I was seeing the night before. They responded by saying that they had no way to prove that my screenshots for the new resort and it did not show flight information (even though I was not asking for a change in flight) only wanted to change resort. They also stated that my screenshot was not time stamped which I did ask them why can't they look back on the comments from my all of my previous calls? I talked to several different agents. None of which were able to help me. It should show that I called to change my resort and the agent was not seeing the same price I was.
I guess when you are dealing with companies like this you are just supposed to know all of these little details of documentation. Instead of standing behind their name and making good on this, they take no accountability. They push you back and forth from one person to another. Nobody knows what is going on, why their website showing a different price than their agent see, and they are not interested in keeping your business or their customer service. They truly do make you feel like you are just a number. I would advise booking with another travel agency that is more reputable.
Reviewed Dec. 21, 2022
This is my second awful experience with this company. They give hotels five star reviews, that deserves less than one star. Our stay was absolutely terrible, the rooms were awful, the food was disgusting, and yet when I contacted Cheap Caribbean to let them know, they did nothing for us. They just want your money, and could care less about their customers. This was my first vacation in years and it was miserable.
Reviewed Dec. 13, 2022
Booked an all-inclusive trip to Riviera Maya 7 months ago - paid for a Junior Allure Ocean View Suite - did not get one. Called CheapCaribbean customer service, said there wasn't anything they could do and I'd have to go to the front desk of the hotel. Did so - only to be told they were full and we couldn't have another room. Maintenance work going on outside our room, in the hotel from morning to evening - continuous noise.
Hounded ENDLESSLY by Amstar which was not disclosed by CheapCaribbean - at the shuttle at the airport upon arrival for 45 minutes while the shuttle driver stood there, upon check-in at the hotel again another 45 minutes, then called our room every 2 hours EVERY DAY - every morning and afternoon to try and get us to schedule an appointment with them!!! Paid for private shuttle to and from the airport - crammed into a 15-passenger van...took pictures of everything and filed a complaint with the Better Business Bureau including pictures. This was a horrible trip and I wouldn't recommend them to anyone - their customer service is deplorable and you don't get what you pay for. If I could rate zero stars - I would.
Reviewed Nov. 3, 2022
Purchased All-inclusive package. Received only flight details, no hotel confirmation or any other details. No customer service at all. Chat option cannot solve any issues, all they can advise is to call the 800 number. No live person on this number ever. You can listen to music till your retirement. Sounds like fraud or scam website, will have to report to BBB.
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Reviewed Sept. 21, 2022
Tldr: Amstar is a shady company with no support and Apple Vacations LLC continues to do business with them and does not take any responsibility for mistakes on behalf of Amstar. We paid for transportation and Amstar did not show up and we had to get a cab back to the airport. Apple did not fully refund us for this! If you use cheap Caribbean, don’t book anything but flight and hotel or better yet, book direct because Apple is a terrible organization. Update. Cheap Caribbean has since offered us a 50 percent refund after my partner submitted a claim with the BBB.
My girlfriend and I booked a weeklong stay in Puerto Vallarta Mexico through CheapCaribbean.com. We booked a European-style package meaning no food or drinks included since we don’t drink a lot. The airfare and hotel were fine. We also booked transportation to and from the airport as well as a Marietas islands snorkeling trip through CheapCaribbean.com. CheapCaribbean is owned and run by Apple vacations LLC, and a company called Amstar coordinates the activities and transportation in Mexico. Amstar also books tours and activities through a company called Vallarta Adventures.
We had 2 issues with our trip: We were not satisfied with the snorkeling trip as I will explain below and Amstar did not pick us up from our hotel to go to the airport. We were told there would be an Amstar representative at our resort. There was no representative. We were told by staff they usually come for a short time in the morning but when we woke up early to catch them, they were not there. Amstar and Apple have absolutely no support and when you call the 800 number for help, you can only speak to offshore call centers that can’t really do anything but listen to you complain and say they are sorry, an unpleasant interaction for both parties.
We filed complaints with post-travel at Apple which is a call center in India by the sound of the agent's accent. Very nice staff who are there to take your complaint and forward it to apple, which then decides to either escalate the case to someone who can actually help or reject it. Then it's up to these poor Indian guys to take all the heat and apologize for Apple's poor business practices. They told us that Amstar was unresponsive and there was nothing they could do.
Apple should have just refunded us and taken some responsibility for doing business with a poorly run company like Amstar. The snorkeling trip was straight-up false advertising, and the transportation was paid for and not even provided! Apple has completely closed all lines of communication, both email and phone, and just pay these call centers to take the heat so that they don’t have to have any contact with furious customers. If I was in the Philly area, I'd try going to their HQ in newton square PA but I'm sure that would be a waste of time also. After some searching, I found that they also have a declaimer on the site that they don’t take responsibility for false advertising, definitely the first red flag that you should not book anything through Apple or subsidiaries.
Here is the description of the snorkeling trip on cheapcarribean.com: “Visit the volcanic Marieta islands made famous by Jacques Cousteau. Snorkel, kayak and explore the wonders of this unique ecosystem and rock formations that make this an experience to be remembered for a lifetime” What the trip is actually like: Wake up at 5:30 am to get to the port. First bad sign, the entire time the boat is underway, they are blasting party rock from the early 00s. Think “party rockers in the house tonight…”. For hours… they suggest to ride up top if the volume level bothers you.
we arrive at the islands and are required to wear lifejackets so no free diving, whatever national park rules. Then we are forced to swim in a group of 40 or so, for about 10 minutes and get back on the boat. That’s it. 10 min of swimming around in deep jellyfish-infested waters where you can’t even dive to see things up close. Then the boat circles the island and we leave.
Kayaks are a lie, secret beach is a lie, even the snorkeling is pretty much a lie. We then cruise on the party boat for an hour or so to a private beach. The whole time blasting party rock with an open bar of cheap liquor and beer. neither I nor my girlfriend drink so that was completely wasted on us. Music blaring the entire time of course.
Then we arrive at the private beach where we have to spend another hour or 2 with nothing to do but drink or ride on speedboat towed, banana rafts (And of course the party rock, they have speakers up and down the beach). I would have loved to go snorkeling at this beach which would have made the whole thing a little enjoyable, but can’t do that because of speed boat traffic from the stupid banana boats. At this point we would have gladly paid to take a taxi back but there are no roads to or from this beach. As if it couldn’t get any worse, Vallarta Adventures makes the poor crew perform karaoke and air guitar reenactments of popular funk and R&B hits with James Brown wig, fake guitars and everything. At least the lead crew member has a great voice, just a shame he has to do these ridiculous skits. This not only wasted an entire day of our vacation but also a night since we had to get to bed early.
Apple should take responsibility for their products and they should hold their partners to a higher standard but I guess that’s what you get when you book with budget sites. Both these companies exist to take tourists' money and provide the bare minimum of service and I’m sure their workers don’t see any benefits of this profiteering. Then each company can say it’s the others responsibility and once they take your money, it’s not coming back whether you receive the product you paid for or not.
My advice to anyone considering a budget vacation would be to go to a site like cheapCaribbean.com and find the flight and hotel, then book directly through the resort and airlines. If anything goes wrong, Apple vacations had insured that they don’t have to take any responsibility for the quality of the products or lack thereof since they only exist as a middleman. This was a good lesson in why you don’t use Apple LLC or any subsidiaries. We are only out a few hundred from it but it's hard to put a price on wasting an entire day of a short vacation.
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Reviewed Sept. 5, 2022
Purchased a vacation package to Mexico all-inclusive and got double charged as CheapCaribbean website experienced technical issues. I ended up with two reservations resulting in duplicate booking. It was a nightmare to fight for a refund which is still in 'process' every time I call and spend more than an hour on the phone with Customer Service Team. The customer service is horrible (language barrier) and nobody knows what's going on. Every time I call I am being promised to receive a refund but nothing is done. Be aware it's a scam and I never received a refund plus was somehow charged penalties from the air company to their company's account.
Reviewed Sept. 1, 2022
I bought a trip for two to Puerto Vallarta from CheapCarribean.com with an add-on serene snorkeling trip from Puerta Vallarta adventures and added transportation to the package managed by Amstar. My transportation did not arrive to take me to the airport even after calling almost making me miss my flight. The serene snorkeling experience to the Marietas Islands was a false advertisement for essentially a booze cruise with 10 minutes of snorkeling in 7 hours. The boat blasted music which made sure there was nothing serene about it or animals around as the trip was advertised. I would have paid to get off of this boat as it was not at all what was described.
I just wanted my money back for the transportation that never arrived and was ten times more than the local fares and a refund for the add-on package since it wasted an entire day of my trip. The parent company, Apple, would not refund me anything and simply offered me free transportation on my next trip with the which will NEVER happen. It took over six weeks to get this response and around 10 phonecall and more emails. Horrible company, Amstar was horrible, Puerta Vallarta adventures was horrible, and the parent company Apple is horrible to deal with. Do not get your vacation through any of these companies.
Reviewed Aug. 6, 2022
We purchased a 4,5 star resort from CheapCaribbean. When we arrived in Punta Cana the resort was maybe a 2. No towels, mosquitoes everywhere in room, water leaking from bath roof, room and bath filthy. I contacted the phone provided for problems, the lady that took complaint said she would call hotel and have all fixed. Nothing! Called again and nothing so we spent 1500$ pp and 5 days in a dump, oh and agent taking complaint acknowledged they knew the hotel's declined but still rate it on Cheap Caribbean as a 4.5 star… This is plain and simple fraud. Nothing was done to fix problems. We were simply left in DR without any means to resolve our problems.
Reviewed June 21, 2022
Everything seemed fine until the day before we left on our trip and I noticed there was no confirmation about the travel from airport to the resort. After an hour with 2 different customer service agents they informed me that the transportation I had booked 2 months ahead was not available. Now they want to charge me an extra $98 to get my family to and from the resort. I know it's only $98 but at the beginning of this experience they magically couldn't get me booked one night for the vacation and instructed me to call back in the morning.... guess what? Vacation increase over $1000.00 at that point. Customer service is available but what a joke. Do yourself a favor and use a reputable company or your local travel agent.
Reviewed June 14, 2022
We booked a trip to Puerto Vallarta 4 months before we were hit with the pandemic. We called them and asked them for a refund. And they told me that we can get a voucher and use it at a later date...By the way we had another trip schedule for November of the same year to South America ...With upgraded seats...The airline for South America returned our money and even the upgraded seats..And Cheap Caribbean didn't...Now that for the past 3 months I have been trying to book again using my credits for Cabo. It turned out that they cannot because the airline which is what they reserve does not allow baggage...Just a small backpack...This I was never notified of because I would of paid the extra if I had to or never booked with them...I would of done individually airline and hotel...
Now I am asking for an extension and since I have until 6/30/22 I have to take within the next 2 weeks and pay full amount for air...So far no resolution for this...They took the $1300...That I paid...And they will not do anything...For everyone that reads this do not book anything with these people they are... Bogus..And very poor in their promises...Do not book with them...
Reviewed June 3, 2022
We booked this trip through CheapCaribbean in January for Sandos Caracol Eco Resort in Playa Del Carmen, five months before the departure date. My friend and I were so excited to take our first international vacation together. We planned, shopped for, and talked about this vacation non-stop. I don't think disappointment would even be an appropriate enough way to describe how we felt our entire stay.
To start, and quite possibly the worst part of the experience, the food. INEDIBLE. I have been on plenty of all inclusive vacations. I know the food is usually ok, but nothing too spectacular. I always go to an all inclusive resort with a realistic expectation on the food not being the best. But I have always been able to find options that I am completely satisfied with. I am astounded that they would serve such poor quality and poor tasting food. The meats always looked like a mystery. The ones we were brave enough to try, we could not even distinguish what animal the meat came from or the texture or flavor was so bad that we could not eat more. My friend and I are not picky eaters. One of the things we enjoy most about traveling together is trying different food. How a resort in Mexico can have little to no Mexican food options, I will never understand.
The 1 Mexican restaurant that is on site should not even be classified as Mexican food. It was cold, bland, grey, and the meats were always weird textures. And that's how the food was at every restaurant and buffet. We had to order food from outside the resort twice for dinner and left the resort to have food in town for lunch too. We should not have to leave the resort or order food just to be able to get something decent to eat, so that we do not make ourselves physically ill from either eating the food at Sandos, or not eating at all.
The alcoholic drinks were equally bad. Despite our many efforts, we did not feel buzzed, drunk, tipsy, or even the slightest bit relaxed like you feel when you drink alcohol. We did not taste alcohol, period. The "alcohol" is either so watered down that it is practically water, or it's actually just water. One of the things that excited me the most was reading the food and drink menus online for the resort. The drinks sounded so exotic and delicious. Every single thing I tried that wasn't a beer was so unbearably sweet, syrupy, and artificial tasting. Everything fruit based tasted like it had a lot of artificial sweetener in it. They also do not clean the reusable plastic cups very well, because they always felt sticky.
The room was not what I was expecting for the Select Club, which we paid more to be in. I can't imagine what the regular rooms are like, if this is what we got for paying extra. The floors were filthy (just walking from the shower to the bedroom barefoot would turn my feet dark and dirty. There were also lots of ants in our room. Our balcony door would not lock and we were told that if we had any food in the room to be careful because monkeys can open the door and will come in to steal food. We were in a building near the adults only pool and every time we walked around the bend to get to our building, all we could smell was a raw sewage smell. It was revolting.
The Select Club was a scam. We paid extra so that we could enjoy adults only perks. The beach and pool mainly. The adults only pool and beach was filled with kids, and no monitoring. So what exactly did we get charged more to be in adults only for? It's really unacceptable. The beach is next. Massive, massive amounts of seaweed covering the shoreline and in the water. If you want to get to the clear (not really clear like I was expecting, but as clear as it could get there I guess) water, you have to wade through tons of seaweed first. Which also makes the beach smell bad. While I can understand and appreciate that this is something that is typical to happen in Mexico this time of year, we had no knowledge of this and would have likely scheduled the trip for a different month if we knew.
It would have been nice to have that disclosure prior to booking, considering we learned that this was not a 1 time phenomenon and it happens every year around this time. During the Royal Elite timeshare pitch, our rep suggested that we visit the sister resort, Sandos Playacar, that is 5 stars. We paid $42 for the taxi roundtrip (literally 5 minutes away) only to experience the same gross beach covered in seaweed and the adults only sections being inundated with children. The food was equally as bad/inedible. So what was 5 stars? The only positive I can say is that at least Sandos Playacar attempts to take care of the seaweed problem by having a beach plow driving up and down and having employees use rakes to move the seaweed.
The night life was another issue. Because there was no night life. There was a nightly show at 8pm. It would be over by 9pm. There would be another hour of the same dj'ed music every night. By 10pm, the entire resort is dead. No energy, no excitement. No dance club on site. I've never been to a resort that had nothing going on at night. So we would go back to the room and put the tv on, only to be disappointed that there are approximately 5 channels available.
One of the most triggering situations is the fact that there are non-stop people violating your personal space and approaching you to sell something. Whether it be a massage, excursion, hair braiding, photos...it never ended. Outside vendors selling things is something typical to Mexico and the Caribbean, but this was on another level. I'm not even sure if the vendors were 3rd party, or working for the resort. Either way, it was completely aggressive, disruptive, and it was happening about 30-50 times a day. Even if you're laying on the beach taking a nap, they will wake you up and ask you to buy whatever they have. This was even happening in the pool, while we were inside the pool.
Someone literally hovered above us at the edge of the pool and tried selling us something. Does that sound like an enjoyable experience? To be relentlessly harassed and followed around and have people begging you to buy from them and not taking no for an answer? The demanding sales people did not stop when you told them no either. You would have to say no 4 or 5 times before they would leave you alone. It made me dread leaving the room to even walk around the resort daily or to go to the beach or pool.
The Royal Elite scam is something I also need to discuss. They ask you to be part of a sales pitch to buy a timeshare, which they keep insisting is not a timeshare. They promise all these free things in order to lure you in and offer to only take 90 mins of your time and that it will take place over breakfast. So we show up for our presentation and are taken to the same gross buffet that's available to everyone. No special breakfast, and certainly not offered anything that the Royal Elite members would receive.
We were rushed to eat and get out of breakfast, but the sales pitch was long and drawn out. We were told that the food and drink quality is way better for Royal Elite members. Two things: 1. Why wouldn't the sales presentation include a meal from the Royal Elite exclusive restaurant so that you can actually experience the better quality? and 2. So, there's better quality food available and they are choosing to purposely feed people the same quality of food as prison slop? I am fully confident that the food in the Royal Elite section is the same garbage they're feeding everyone at the resort.
I have been reaching out to Cheap Caribbean every day since returning home, but they do not respond to emails or call people back. I would not have booked this trip if Cheap Caribbean was honest and disclosed what we would actually experience and what we should expect. We were bamboozled into thinking this was a 4 star resort, when it absolutely is not.
Reviewed June 2, 2022
We have booked several vacations with Cheap Caribbean over the last 6-7 years. Previously we had no issues but this round has been highly frustrating. Purchased a trip to a resort that advertised free use of partner resort with water park (ours did not have water park, and the one with waterpark had no reservations available). This was entire reason we purchased this as we have kids, and the water park is our go-to.
About 3 months after purchasing and well before our trip, I happened to go to the actual website of the hotels, only to find out that the water park has planned renovation for 5 months, during which our trip is planned. Nonetheless, CheapCaribbean STILL says complimentary use of water park. I spent 30 minutes on chat and over an hour on the phone requesting to cancel my trip, as the water park was the main attraction for us. I explained in detail that FALSE ADVERTISING is the reason for our cancellation. This is not an error that we made or our own need to cancel, we simply bought something that is not going to deliver as advertised. We were told that we can cancel but it will use/void our trip insurance, which will not be refunded to us and we will only get a travel credit, not an actual refund.
I repeatedly explained that this was through no fault of our own and requested a supervisor but the agent delayed and made every attempt to keep me from talking to one, even said she talked to one for me and was told there is nothing they would do. I was offered a resort with no beach instead. I continued to request a supervisor, but was told it would be 20-30 minutes because they were helping other customers, then after waiting about 15 minutes was told that none of the supervisors were willing to talk to me because they would not change anything. I will NEVER purchase a trip through this company again.
Reviewed May 27, 2022
Bought and paid 4 months in advance, arrived at airport only to find out they had no flights that day. All money went thru Cheap Caribbean, airline refunded to Cheap Caribbean, but Cheap Caribbean will not refund to us, completely scammed. Never took our vacation, what a mess.... THIS COMPANY SUCKS!
Reviewed May 22, 2022
Just recently used this travel agency for our trip to Jamaica and we are highly disappointed with the lack of customer service. Our flight was delayed due to mechanical issues with our plane and it caused us to miss our connecting flight to Jamaica. We tried calling CheapCaribbean and could not get through to anyone after being on hold for almost an hour. We then decided to send an email to see if we could get help that way, but kept getting pointless emails that were of no help. We ended up getting stuck in Miami for the night and lost an entire day in Jamaica. The airline was able to get us a flight out of Dallas to Miami the same day thankfully and paid for our hotel and food, but Cheap Caribbean was nowhere to be found.
We decided to contact Cheap Caribbean's "During Travel" department once again to see if they could add an additional day onto our trip (which the resort approved), but once again they were nowhere to be found. After several pointless emails from Cheap Caribbean. Thankfully, the hotel was able to provide us an additional night and the airline was able to adjust our flight to accommodate us. Cheap Caribbean, you guys really dropped ball this time. This trip was for our renewal of our wedding vows as well as our honeymoon. Never again!
Reviewed May 4, 2022
My friends and I purchased a trip to Dominican Republic for a higher price from my other friends because we didn’t want to miss out and a week later the price was $200 lower per person. When I called to ask them to price match they said they would charge $100 per person and give me a credit for future travel because all sales are final even though the trip is 2 months away, this is my first and last time using them.
Reviewed May 2, 2022
We booked an all-inclusive resort in Jamaica. We got there, and they had almost nothing. We contacted CC and rebooked to a new resort. 10 weeks later, we are still awaiting a response. When we had to rebook, they assured me, repeatedly, that we would receive (at a minimum) a credit for the resort that we left. We haven't received anything, and their "customer care" organization is non-responsive to a point that I've never experienced before. I've used CC in the past and had okay experiences; after this, I won't ever book with them again. I'd rather book myself and pay more, or book through another third party/travel agency than to deal with this sham of a company that can't seem to resolve ANYTHING.
Reviewed April 19, 2022
DON'T DO IT! Whatever convenience you think they offer will be drowned in being left alone to deal with anything... They refused to help me in a simple name correction.. stated 'no name changes'... Demanded I pay 'correction fees' (I confirmed with the airline that it wasn't chargeable.. but they couldn't correct it because the name was entered via Cheap ** Caribbean). If I didn't pay I stood to lose $2k in travel.. I got ALL my money back via an AMEX dispute.. EF U CheapCarib.
Reviewed April 18, 2022
We have booked five trips with Cheap Caribbean. Our travel voucher expired in December. We were able to use a flight credit but unable to use our travel credit. In April I get an email stating it had been extended until June. With both of us working full time we are not able to use it. When we booked these trips, we booked with two other couples. We spent a lot of money with this company and it will be our last. I hope they enjoy the approx $2900.00 they stole. We will never use them again.
Reviewed April 6, 2022
NEVER EVER AGAIN WILL I USE CHEAP CARIBBEAN. Our original trip had to be cancelled due to COVID spikes. I have spent countless hours on the phone with the agents rescheduling (4 + hours at a time). Today I spent 5 hours (had phone, text, and live chat all going - all three representatives giving different information). We are scheduled to leave on our trip next Thursday. Yesterday we received an email that we owe $500 more by today at 5 pm otherwise our trip is cancelled, and we forfeit the $3k we have already spent. After 5 hours on the phone today, no one can tell me why I owe this additional money, and I can escalate to a Quality Review call, however, in order for my vacation to not be cancelled I have to pay this. IF I win after the Quality Review call then they will refund me my money. DON'T EVER USE THIS COMPANY!!!
Reviewed March 30, 2022
I don’t usually write reviews or say I’m never doing something again, but I’m never booking w/ you guys again!! And I will make sure my family and friends do the same! You guys have the worse customer service I have ever experienced!!! Your associates are always disconnecting calls after putting customers on hold for long, long extended periods of time and never doing what they “promise” or “guarantee”.
I have a credit of $288.86 from a trip booked in 2020. Booked a new trip on Jan 29 2022, well ahead of my deadline to use my credits, and not only were they not applied to my trip after notes clearly say they should, they are now telling me I don’t even have any credits!!! I mean you guys are really just going to steal almost $300??? This is ridiculous and completely unacceptable.
Not only will I be leaving negative reviews everywhere that I can find, I will also be contacting the Bureau of Better Business! Me and my family and friends have booked 5 or 6 trips with you, but not anymore. This was it!!! After talking to numerous customer service agents over the past couple years, and being placed on long holds each time to be hung up on and given false promises and guarantees, I will make sure everyone I know, knows how I was treated and to not book with you guys ever again!!! As a company, you should strive for excellence and you have not even come close!!! As a mgr in customer myself I am qualified to tell you that you suck at doing this!!!
Reviewed Feb. 22, 2022
We will never book through CheapCaribbean again. We had to cancel due to covid. They only issued us a partial travel credit. We tried rebooking for several days and kept receiving errors. We finally were able to reach a person on the phone. Unfortunately, there was a language barrier and it took us over an hour just for her to get our information in the system. After doing so she told us she was getting an error in the system. After more time she told us that the hotel wasn't available. We then told her that after trying to book several times this was unacceptable. She told us that we need to find some other hotel to go to.
All the other hotels were more money and further away from the airport. We asked for a manager and was told twice there wasn't one available. After insisting we wanted our money back and wouldn't hang up until this was resolved the hotel was miraculously available. We will never book with them again. They are scammers who try to keep your money.
Reviewed Feb. 17, 2022
I purchased a vacation package to JA, and I made sure that I purchased the travel insurance as well since these are such uncertain times. At the time that I purchased the travel insurance, I made sure to check the option that would allow me to get 75% of my money back in the event that I could not go on the trip. I ended up not being able to go, and I notified them that I would like to receive 75% of my money back per the travel insurance agreement.
Although I checked that option when I first bought it and reiterated it to multiple travel agents on the phone, they sent me travel credits that weren't even equal to 75% of what I paid for the trip. I specifically said to each and every travel agent that I spoke to regarding my refund, that per the travel agreement, "I do not want travel credits. I would like 75% of my money back." So, when I saw that they had completely disregarded the travel insurance agreement and what I told them each and every time we spoke regarding the transaction, I was very upset.
I didn't want to jump to conclusions, so although I was frustrated, I called them hoping that this was all just a mistake that could get resolved quickly. Per the travel insurance agreement, they are supposed to refund the money within 60-90 days. Mind you, it was well outside of the 90-day window at this point. But I calmed my frustration and explained to the agent what happened.
He put me on hold for nearly 45 min to come back and tell me that they would be able to give me only 500 and something dollars. 75% of what I paid was 735 dollars. He offered no explanation as to why they would only be able to give me 500 something and not stick to the travel insurance agreement. I told him that this was unacceptable to me and that I needed to speak to management. I am a licensed attorney in my state and I don't like to throw that around, but I could clearly see that they were breaching the agreement for absolutely no reason. So, I had to escalate the situation.
It wasn't until after I told them that their actions constituted a breach of contract and misrepresentation and applying much pressure and getting hostile that they finally....after nearly 100 days, did what the hell they were supposed to do and GAVE ME MY MONEY BACK. It's a shame that this is what you have to do to get a company to do what they legally promised to do. The money, all 735 of it, finally came in my account yesterday, but I'm like damn. The fact that I had to fight tooth and nail and drop the fact that I am a licensed attorney and my bar number to let them know that I wasn't playing, is a crying shame.
Corporations need to stop being greedy and dishonest and just do what they are supposed to do without the fear of legal action being pursued against them. I hate that I had to get that way, but it's the only way that I could get my money back. Needless to say, I won't be dealing with Cheap Con Artist Caribbean again in my life! That was the first and absolute last time! They lie and they TRIED to steal from me. The dishonesty and deception is absolutely disgusting.
Reviewed Feb. 17, 2022
I booked a vacation for my husband and I through Cheap Caribbean on 6/28/21 costing $3,334.48. Due to covid restrictions at the vacation destination and covid outlet breaks at home we had to cancel the trip. The airline refunded Cheap Caribbean and the hotel was never booked. However cheap Caribbean is refusing to refund us our money for a trip we cannot take. Additionally their online FAQ states we cannot give our trip to other individuals as a “travel credit “ but be used by the original buyers. We are unable to use our credit for various reasons including covid. We want a full refund as we do not believe cheap Caribbean should be pocketing our money for a trip we cannot take for something out of our hands. In addition to the fact that the resort wasn’t even booked. I have also filed a complaint with the BBB.
Reviewed Feb. 17, 2022
I booked a vacation last night for Curaçao For a one person trip. My boyfriend decided last minute that he wanted to come so I called them this morning to modify the reservation. The first two agents quoted me one price but with the first agent he didn’t want to wait for me to get my credit card so I had to call back and then with the second agent the phone call got disconnected, when I called back a third time the agent told me that my boyfriend was already on the reservation and my reservation was now a totally different price than the first two agents stated, the price difference was about $260. I questioned how was my boyfriend already on the reservation when the first two agents didn’t get my payment information and the price that I agreed to was different than what was currently on my reservation. I still do not understand where the price difference came from.
The third representative also stated that in the reservation my transfer from my original itinerary was not on there when I asked how is this possible if I have an email about my original itinerary that shows that I was charged for my transfer he said he wasn’t sure I ended up speaking with another representative who was very friendly but also told me that my original transfer was not on there and she was not sure why I was being charged more, I had to send her my original email to verify that my transfers were indeed paid for even though it wasn’t showing on their end.
After being on the phone with her for about an hour and a half she decided that it had to be escalated to a supervisor, even though when we both went onto the website the amount that was showing for two people was the same exact amount that the first two representatives had given me even though when I called back a third time the price was totally different, and not one that I had agreed to pay. How are you charging me more than what is currently displayed on your website? And where the heck did my original transfer that I paid for, go? I had to tell them to review the first two phone calls that will verify the amount I agreed to pay, the first two times, and not whatever was showing the third time I tried to call to get it paid. Thank god I had an email.
In terms of supervisor, She said the supervisor usually calls 21 days before my trip which is currently scheduled for April, so what am I supposed to do? Wait until three weeks before my trip for them to figure this out? I have traveled numerous times with Cheap Caribbean and have never had any trouble. This is totally bad business and I am hoping to come to a resolution and fast! Ridiculous that you can’t speak to a supervisor.
Reviewed Feb. 15, 2022
I just booked a birthday trip for my husband and I added the transportation to the booking when I initially booked. Four days after my final payment was due, I called to remove the transportation from my booking because the hotel I booked offered it. CheapCaribbean advised that they would not issue me a refund for the transportation, and refused to let me speak with a supervisor. I asked them, "So if I called in after I booked my hotel to add the transportation to my reservation, you would allow me to do that and take the payment?"
They advised me that I was correct, so I proceeded to explain to them that it wasn't fair to keep my money for the transportation just because I proactively pre-booked that not know that the hotel offered transportation. I had to reach out to them to inquire, and no one ever offered to explain or reach out to me. I WILL NEVER BOOK WITH CHEAPCARIBBEAN.COM AGAIN! I have 6 other friends joining us as a surprise to my husband, and I have advised to not book with them as well.
Cheap Caribbean Vacations Company Information
- Company Name:
- Cheap Caribbean Vacations
- Company Type:
- Public
- Year Founded:
- 2001
- Formerly Named:
- CheapCaribbean.com
- Address:
- 2500 Dallas Parkway
- City:
- Plano
- State/Province:
- TX
- Postal Code:
- 75093
- Country:
- United States
- Website:
- www.cheapcaribbean.com
