Hotels in Samaná

Just came back from spending the weekend there for the wedding of one of my closest friends with a total of 86 guests.  So much went wrong, most importantly they did not try their best to make the wedding as special as it should have been.The Ceremony was on the beach absolutely beautiful. No complaints there. I wrote down a list of things that were wrong with the reception. Here it goes:  - No Air Conditioning in the reception area which was one of the restaurants at the resort . They opened all the windows and we had to fan ourselves the whole time.  A guest asked Georgina (the wedding organizer) about the air conditioning system and was told that it had been broken a few nights before They should have moved the wedding to another room with air conditioning to make it more comfortable for their guest.  -  The waiters were taking their time filling up champagne glasses for the toast. Half of the party had to toast with glasses of water.  - Our table was not ready after we walked in from cocktail hour, chairs and dining sets were missing.  - The menu was all seafood. People had allergies and they were not understanding that. They thought they fixed it by placing steak and seafood on the same plate. No appetizers for meat eating people.  - Everyone ended up going to the buffet and eating . The wedding venue was empty at one point.  - DJ was just playing a CD and walking out.  - Everyone left early because it was uncomfortable. -The list goes on... 

The people that work here are Excellent! They are always smiling and happy to help out. The restaurant food was excellent. The beach was very nice with lots of chairs and umbrellas. The beds are small and lumpy. You are given 1 towel and no washclothes... strange... There are people constantly trying to sell you something on the beach. Top shelf liquor is extra. I tried to use their internet cafe but was told to leave because I did not pay extra to be in their 'club program'. The hotel lobby internet is worse than dial up - don't even bother trying to use it...

the hotel is in a nice location, the staff is nice and helpful, the food is not to good, but you cant expect a lot for the price..

i wouldn't give this hotel more then 3 stars. the first day that we came to the hotel our safe didn't work and we had to wait 2 hours until some one came to fix the problem ( every time we called they said less then 5 min). our room was so far from the ocean. the night life is dead over there after 11pm they turn off the lights in the lounge. we went twice to the club and we were the only one there. the food in the buffet is the same or similar every night the dessert is the almost the same every night. grand bahia principe is a well known resort but this one gives this chain of resorts bad name