R for me. Weve never visited la romana before, so this is our first trip here. Were gonna show you some of the excursions, activities, amenities, were gonna get to know our viewers a little bit more too, were here with over 200 people and we want you to be able to see what its like to experience a trip like this. So its gonna be a good time, and uh, i think the first thing we should do is to look around. Sure. relaxed tropical music d, were in a lobby right now, i hear a blender making some kind of fabulous drink and im with mandy from canary travel, and looks good so far, were talking about getting the lay of the land here, so where exactly are we, i thought we were in punta cana, but not exactly . [mandy] no, we are in la romana, which is about 45 minutes south of punta cana, the nice thing is its on the caribbean side, so the water, the beaches here is a little different, you something thats one of the things i noticed first; when i got down and walked on the sand, the sand is softer than i remember in the Dominican Republic, the water clearer, and it seemed warmer too. [mandy] it is, i think it is, and its great for watersports, snorkelling and kayaking. [david] yeah, a lot of people out there too, and also a bunch of different here from other places that dreams la romana is the fact that the beach is sorta like a horseshoe shape out there, so its not like looking down a long, long straight beach, its sort of got its own protected cove, i think. [mandy] right, yeah, and its, yeah thats kind of a unique feature of the property i think too. Instead of being an expansive beach, its kind of a nice swimming cove, too. [david] and its very calm out there, but as you can hear in the background right now there might be some music and a little Party Getting fired up. [mandy] lots of music. [david] lots of music, the Dominican Republic, the folks here really love their music, and its really great too, whenever you see them start to play something, or you hear drums, everyone starts moving a little bit, having some fun, right . [mandy] yep. [david] you come in the lobby, great looking lobby, but these resorts arent about the lobby are they . No, its about activities, the rooms, the service, just so much activities going on during the day, and in the evening, just lots to do if you wanna do a lot, and if you wanna just relax and chill you can do that too. We got about 200 people coming here from the new day cleveland audience, and thats what some of them want the most, ferred pool way over at the right wing, just sitting there by themselves and enjoying very private time, you know, there, and folks a big party of us, right over the edge of the infinity pool on the beach, having a great time, so theres a, you can have wildness or you can have privacy. [mandy] yeah theres four different sections to the hotel, so it does have the Family Friendly areas, and then the adult only, which is great for honeymooners; if you have access to the whole property but if you kind of yeah, so thats something were gonna show you a little bit later in the show too, i mean, theres two preferred areas here, which is like, its like a little upgrade kind of thing if you need a little more, like, maintaining your own privacy kind of thing, and one side is for kids and the other side is for, if you dont have kids, so its a little different, so thats, thats two of four pools, and theres four pools here. Yeah and there is one adult only pool too, so thats good. And how about spa, were gonna have a spa here, right . [mandy] oh yes, ive got to experience that today, it was beautiful full service spa, massages, i saw mandy when she got off the plane and landed here at dreams la romana and she was like okay, what to we do next, what do we do next, and she got her massage, now shes. Now im feeling good. Lean back like this, huh, and a big thing is the fact that you can probably have food or drink whenever you want. [mandy] yeah, 24 hour, its really 24 hour room service, food, drinks whatever you want [david] well we got six restaurants, and we got a party erupting just about every second just about any place, and i saw theres a great place if you do bring the kids, theyve got a kids club here. Yes, they have the Explorer Club for three to 12 year old and then they also have a teen core zone, which has like a teen disco and all kinds of activities for teens. I walked past an area that had a few restaurants last night, and there was a whole bunch of like fusball games, ping pong. [mandy] pool tables, yeah, they have it all. [david] i saw a lot of folks out there all ages playing in the middle of the night, it looked like my kids, but they were a little bit older than my kids, so everyone thinks theyre a kid when they come to dreams la romana, right . They have something for everybody, all ages. Okay, weve got something for everybody throughout the show too, were gonna take a look at the preferred clubs, were gonna find out about Butler Service, were even gonna take a little road trip within a road trip away from the resort, i think youre gonna like it, thats coming up after the break. Just have your passports ready, youre gates going to be 814 today. Its our honeymoon, and we want to go somewhere tropical. Cant wait to get away. rumba music [david] packed up and ready to go, canary travel had the new day cleveland crowd headed south not mexico indeed, its the island of hispanola, the second largest in the caribbean. Now this is where Christopher Columbus landed in 1492, making the Dominican Republic the Oldest Country in the americas. Our landing was easier and a whole lot more convenient thanks to apple vacations. Its 88 degrees, in jeans. [david] new day cleveland has been here before, visiting punta cana, the eastern most tip thanks to a new highway, were heading south to la romana; dreams la romana. Oh its a wonderful place, great, the views perfect, the weathers gorgeous, and you cant beat it. Oh my god its paradise. This is fantastic. [david] a beautiful resort everywhere you look, i mean the pools, the beaches and the warm, crystalclear water of the caribbean, more than 500 years ago; people rich in culture. traditional music some may wonder what fuels the music, the dance, it has a lot to do with crops of sugarcane, yeah, which becomes molasses, which becomes rum. Nobody know who invented, nobody know, but as far as i know, i think that was invented in africa. Ve it here now. Yeah, were so glad because theyre all really enjoying it. Yeah, they enjoying, its good. [david] rum is very effective, it may have been instrumental in getting this familiar face on the dance floor. Natalies dancing, im learning about strange new fruits, a variety of bananas. But when these get ripe, it become like this. Cocoa for chocolate, and some of the best coffee in the world. Columbus discovered the Dominican Republic, and so did we. bright acoustic music we are in, well we were supposed to be at dreams la romana, its our big road trip, right . Yeah. Mandy, from canary travel, and we decided we were gonna take a road trip with our road trip, so someone told us to go to altos de chavon. Which means high above the river chavon, so our across the valley there we see the beautiful river, and were in a village that looks like, what century might this be . We drove in the taxi up here, 75 bucks for all of us, the whole crew, we parked in a parking lot out there, and entered this park that actually took us back in time. [mandy] and its this little hidden gem that youd normally not even know is here, that weve found. So mandys with canary travel and she travels a lot, goes a lot of places, and we come up here and we look around some of these little buildings here. [mandy] oh my gosh, its beautiful. [david] she says she got chills. [mandy] i did, looking out at the river there, its beautiful. [david] so the next thing you know, her apple phone comes out and is going click click click click click click click, they started this place back in about 1970something when they got the idea to build this place, and they put it together, i think they had it mostly organized by 1982, so thats how long its been here, and right now its like taking mossman to church, whats this church, like a 16thcentury style church, and all the stuff is handcrafted here, you can tell all the handcut stones, the fountains, the ironwork and the woodwork are just incredible. [mandy] so much time put into this place, its crazy. So we heard a little bit about it, we dont know exactly what were gonna find theres actually opportunities for real estate nearby, so this is sort of the hidden gem in the middle of it, and theres a lot to see, so why dont we go check it out. Alright, lets go. chirpy music [david] did you make this one senor, did you make this . Yes . Look how beautiful that is, huh . Of course the whole place is overwhelming when you first walk up on it, but then you get a little closer, theres all and it was easy to do, because there are so many great places to go, weve got a great museum around the corner, i just saw the best cigar store i ever saw in my life around the corner, cuban cigars too, guys, in case you ever come out here, theres a saloon, like a little cute bar down around the corner, and a whole bunch of different art studios, jewelry, all kinds of great stuff, and what i learned was is that theres a Design School here and that all the students who attend this Design School and graduate automatically get into Parsons School of design in new york city or paris. Automatically, thats pretty good hot i gotta tell you, cats everywhere here, you know we saw the cats walk around and everything, does this blow your mind here, the ampitheatre . Its incredible. Is this something or what . Its crazy. So this place started way back in 1976, took ten years to build, and then when they built the church, the church we saw earlier, saint stanislaus, Pope John Paul the second came here to consecrate it, how bout that . Thats amazing. Its an amazing place. Five thousand seats, right . Why dont you go down there and sing . Oh, nobody wants to hear me sing. The chairman of the board, whos that . Frank sinatra. Thats right, Frank Sinatra was here in 1982 and a whole bunch of great Opera Singers since then, and you know who else should come here, you should come here and check it out, whats the name of the town again . Altos de chavon. We did a good job, beautiful stuff, and we only nicked the surface, theres a whole lot to see. You know this dreams la romana resort as exclusive, private, intimate as you really want, and i have to say that this resort is honestly by far, one of my favorites, and its because, for one of the reasons, we have people like darling here who really make it so special, you are just so sweet, and i know that one of your specialties here is really allowing people to see what kind of accommodations people can have when they stay in dreams la romana. Well and were in, technically one of the preferred sections, and so, theres two preferred sections here at the resort; were in one of them, this is considered the adult only . Adults only, yeah. So what does that mean, then technically, i mean i feel like i, that basically sums it up, but what does it really mean . Well, so this is the preferred adults only, we have like private places for the people who buy the preferred facility, so we have a private pool, a private bar, right at the end we have the only restaurant so right at the end we have a private section on the beach, you cannot see it from here, but its just right there, and we also have a private lounge, which is open for breakfast, and from 7am until 11pm, we have continental breakfast we have private amenities, we have premium drinks, we have dessert and we have private concierge service. So thats on one side, and then if you go to the other side of the resort, it is also preferred but its, if you have exactly, so thats the preferred club for family members, we have like basically the same as we have here, private pool, a private bar, a private place for breakfast, and we also have a private section on the beach and also a private lounge, with the facilities and amenities that i just told you. And so on that side, too, i noticed when you walk into that side, theres little areas where kids can maybe play games, inside of the preferred lounge, so theres, depending on which side you want to do. We have they can come here and use the facilities, so we have a kids club, so the little ones go to the kids club and then the parents can come over here. So when it comes to rooms, a lot of people, i know, when they come down here, theyre going to be staying in what im staying in, which is nice, you dont have to get a preferred club room, so what are the typical, i guess, rooms people will be staying in, you have a variety. Yeah we do, we have premium room, garden view, and we also have premium rooms with the ocean view, so theres some people, they want to stay in their rooms and they just want to purchase the preferred facilities, so from the rooms that they are in, they can come and use the facilities. [natalie] in the regular rooms, you have everything you need from your bathroom we have the minibar, we have the, like the regular facilities that we have inside, and also like the basically its the services, and the welcoming that the staff give, and we want the people to be, to feel like at home, we want to be the place that you feel like, when you feel like, i wanna go to paradise, i want to go and be relaxed, we wanted to feel like you want to come to dreams la romana. And it doesnt matter what room you pick, the staff will make you feel that way. To take it up a notch and go the preferred room, what comes with a preferred room that makes it a little bit different . [darling] we have the closets are a little different, besides other rooms are basically the same, but we have like, amenities, its like basically the amenities that are in the room, like the bed turned out, like pillow menus, and to then feel the service. And then, i think that you can take it up another notch here, okay. Yeah, we have suites, we have honeymoon suites, ave one master suite. Now whats in the, what makes the master suite so special . The master suite is very very special it is just one, so you gotta reserve this in advance. Yeah so we have for honeymooners, anniversary or simply just couples who wanna be like a little bit more spoiled than the others, so it comes with a private pool right on the balcony, so the amenities are all different from the other rooms, its like the special one, as soon as you get into the room, youre gonna feel like in paradise, like relaxed, the furniture, the bed, they have a walkin closet over there, its beautiful. Wow, so i can tell you this, no matter what room you stay in here at dreams la romana, you will feel like you are home, because these guys make you feel that way, make us feel so special, thats why we love it, isnt she darling . Joying it. peppy tropical music it is one beautiful place, a fantastic place, we had a chance to visit so much of the whole area here, but i found something thats very special about yoel, yoel is called a butler, now is this like a butler that we see in the cinema, like in the movies . We provide full servicing at the resort, its like, we are like a personal concierge. [david] oh, a personal concierge, so that means when i arrive, so i arrive at dreams la romana, you greet me at the door . [yoel] yeah, i know where and when you are arriving, i know the time you are arriving here, we wait for you at the main lobby. L] yeah, we pick up your luggage, with a bellman, and we escort you to the preferred club to make your checkin. So the preferred club, thats another nice thing about the preferred club is you get a private checkin. So if i wanna get a butler, i want to have a butler, its gonna cost me a little extra money, huh . Yeah, just a little extra money. So how many days do people usually get a butler, can you have a butler just like one day youre here or two days, or is this for your whole stay . The whole stay, the whole week. Okay, so its a whole week; you also three days, can i have a butler for three days . Yeah, for three days. Okay, so you got me checked in, i got my luggage, im in my room, what does the butler do next for me, what do you do . Were gonna be doing all for you; anything that you need for example in your room, if something happens wrong with your room, if you have to call, we provide a phone for you to keep in touch, anything that you need, just you have to call your butler, because we provide the servicing for our resort. How about if i need tickets for like, the boat to go to that island . [yoel] yeah, i coordinate, and you just have to call me and tell me which one excursion would you like to do, yeah i go to the representative and i can make you appointment, i can book for you, and i deal with your ticket, just you have to go to the place. Okay, so i, say i need to buy some things, say i need Something Like that comes from the store here, or i need lotion, all that kind of stuff, can you help me with that . Yeah, you just have to call me and i do all for you. How is everything . [yoel] so if you want to have lunch on the beach your butler and were gonna be coming and bringing you food; if you dont know what you would like to eat, just you have to call up and we can bring many for you. In order so you can see, you can choose, you can order, were gonna be bringing to you your food. That is excellent, now what about that one spot, ive got right in the middle where i cant get any lotion . You know like i cant reach it, do i call the butler to come help me get that . We can help you and also, just you have to call a butler and we can make you appointment the spa, now thats a good place now what happens at the spa, what kind of appointments do you make me there . Oh we have deep tissue, treatment, back and shoulder, at the spa also we have sauna, jacuzzi and pool, and also if you want to have, together with your family, if you are coming here to Dominican Republic to dreams la romana with your kids, your daughters, and your wife, you can go all together, for four people, or five or six people. So you make it a family affair. Yeah. How bout my nails can i get my nails done . Yeah, we have also nails. My toenails . Yeah. So they have like polish and everything, huh . Yeah, everything. Get my hair done . Also we have a barbers shop at the spa. Youre the butler, youre the man, his name is yoel, its spelled yoel, all you gotta do is, you have a special phone number or a button . No we have a special phone number for Butler Service only. Its a pleasure, sir. [david] when we come back. I have a feeling this is gonna be really strong. John, were giving you a raise. Thats fan