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THE PROPERTY: Lifestyle Hacienda, Cofresi Beach, Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, 809-970-7777, www.hacienda-resorts.com.
HOW I BOOKED: I bought my air-hotel package through Travelocity ( http:/
If you book through the resort, rooms with all-inclusive perks start at $120 per night. Lifestyle Hacienda can also arrange air; however, its package was more expensive than Travelocity's, with prices hovering around $1,000.
WHAT WAS INCLUDED: Three nights' hotel room; unlimited drinks; three meals a day (plus afternoon and late-night snacks) at two buffet and four a la carte restaurants (Asian, Tex-Mex, pizza/pasta, seafood); gratuities; nonmotorized watersports (kayaking, windsurfing, snorkeling, etc.); land activities (tennis, biking, pool tables, one round of golf, etc.); day and evening entertainment, including stage shows and a shuttle to Ocean World casino; some lessons (tennis, golf, Spanish); bottled water in the room.
WHAT WASN'T: Safe-deposit box ($20 a week), round-trip airport transfer ($60), drinks at the disco, Internet ($5 for a half-hour, $8 for an hour), Metamorphosis spa, off-resort excursions.
EXCURSIONS: Optional day trips include marine mammal shows/encounters at the Lifestyle partner Ocean World Adventure Park, deep-sea fishing, a monster truck adventure, horseback riding in the forest, whitewater river rafting, a full-day catamaran sail and snorkel, etc.
