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Summary of All Property Reviews Ratings based on answers from a total of 1 reviews (All Reviews) 10 is best 1 is worst
Feature	Ranking	Feature	Ranking
Cleanliness of Property	1.00	Quality of Property	6.00
Privacy & Quietness	0.00	Quality of Service	6.00
Courtesy & Hospitality of Staff	6.00	Accuracy of Website (marketing hype) VS. Actual Experience	6.00
Food and Dining Experience	5.00	Price/Value of Property	8.00
Safety Factor (Did you feel safe at property)	5.00	Quality of Beach (ranked closest beach if property is located off the beach)	8.00
Total Property Score: 5.10 | Average Star Rating: 3.00 out of 5

• 100% (1 visitors of 1) said they would go back to Sand Dollar Condominium Resort again.
• 100% (1 visitors of 1) said they would recommend Sand Dollar Condominium Resort to friends.

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This was our third trip to the Sand Dollar. We stayed there Aug 10-17, 2008 . We had two wonderful previous trips to Bonaire and decided to return for a third time.



Diving in Bonaire is so simple and extraordinary- a huge fishbowl. The Sand Dollar was our choice because of the affordability, location & accommodations. We had a two bedroom - 2 1/2 bath. There is a great house reef - Bari reef. The staff was/is always very hospitable.



We did not have any problems with petty crime - The dive instructors specially tell you NOT TO LEAVE ANYTHING IN THE CAR. We always followed their instructions and we have NEVER had a problem.



We flew in on Continental's red eye non stop from Newark to Bonaire. We booked the extra nite, so we had a place to crash when we got in early AM. Our days were full of diving from the shore (we prefer this over boat dives). Throw your tanks in the truck and find a dive spot.



We had breakfast daily included in our pkg. The Sunrise Restaurant provided this for us daily. Evidently the Sunrise is a facility not owned by the Sand Dollar condo association. So, they are permitted to book events without informing the condo management (from what I can understand). We were informed on Thursday (a flyer was placed in our door) that Friday nite there would be a 3-DJ all nite locals club party at the Sunrise. The party started at 10PM and went until 4AM - Needless to say we did not sleep a wink (we were in F10). The music -- bass thumping party clubmixing with a DJ yelling all nite into the microphone was quite disturbing. In fact, we had to cancel a kayak snorkeling trip scheduled for the next day. We informed management that we were quite upset over this event. They informed me that they understood and would talk to the management at the Sunrise. We were then informed that there is another party planned the following evening!! bUT, we should not be too upset because it was a SALSA PARTY!! This party went on until 2AM ...we had a 6AM flight the next morning. We had to be up at 3AM!! So, enough said. My daughter did ask for Management of the Sand dollar to meet with us - but, sad to say -- he never showed up.



My suggestion is to email management of the Sand Dollar and ask them if any LOCAL ALL NITE PARTY events will be taking place at the Sunrise Restaurant during your stay. We were glad we were not diving the next day. ALL NITE PARTIES AND DIVING DO NOT MIX WELL.



This was extremely disheartening. Be sure to ask about any parties planned before you go. Ask to be placed in Bldg B!!





Janice

Yardley, PA

Property Review
10 is best 1 is worst

Would you stay at this property again?: ... Yes
Would you recommend this property to your friends?: ... Yes
In your opinion, how would you classify the "style" of this property: ... Family Oriented
Possible Anwswers: Family Oriented, Couples Oriented, Mixed/Diverse in a Good Way, Mixed/Diverse in a Bad Way

• Cleanliness of Property: ... 1
• Quality of Property: ... 6
• Privacy and Quietness: ... 0
• Quality of Service: ... 6
• Courtesy and Hospitality of Staff: ... 6
• Accuracy of Website VS. Actual Experience: ... 6
  
• Food and Dining Experience: ... 5
• Price/Value of Property: ... 8
  
• Safety Factor (Did you feel safe at property): ... 5
• Quality of Beach (ranked closest beach if property is located off the beach): ... 8

Destination/Island Review
10 is best 1 is worst

Would you visit this destination/island again?: ... Yes
Would you recommend this destination/island to your friends?: ... Yes

• Cleanliness of Destination/Island: ... 9
• Options of Activities in the Area: ... 9
• Ease of Transportation (air, taxi, bus, shuttle): ... 9
• Quality of Beaches in the Area: ... 9
• Courtesy & Hospitality of Locals: ... 9
• Safety Factor (Did you feel safe in the Area): ... 7
  
• Local Restaurant Experience/Options: ... 9
• Price/Value of Destination (Does your dollar stretch?): ... 9
  

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