Our first experience, even though we booked our taxi online, was getting caught in the shark tank at the airport. as much as I tried to get away, and begged to just lead me to my taxi, the person insisted he was with the taxi company AND with the resort we were staying at for our first day, which was paradise village. We ended up signing up for a timeshare tour - which took 2 hours of our lives - but we ended up getting some free stuff out of it and we learned our lesson.
I have to say, except for everyone trying to sell us a timeshare - and I mean everyone from the bell boy at the hotel, to the bag boy at the market, to the guy I bought a bottle of tequila from in town.... it was an awesome trip.
I especially loved the beach vendors. they were so creative and had a huge array of items to sell you. Since they can't come on the resort property they stayed at the stairs leading to the beach. I would be in the pool and look over, and the vendor would be there holding up t-shirts, then a while later he would have jewelry, then he would have dresses, then he would have a dozen hats stacked on his head.
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We took this trip to celebrate our anniversary, our friends anniversary and our husbands birthdays. It was probably one of the best trips we ever went on!!!
Thank you all for your input and information!!!
we will definitely go back!!!