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Summary of All Property Reviews Ratings based on answers from a total of 2 reviews (All Reviews) 10 is best 1 is worst
Feature	Ranking	Feature	Ranking
Cleanliness of Property	7.00	Quality of Property	10.00
Privacy & Quietness	5.00	Quality of Service	10.00
Courtesy & Hospitality of Staff	10.00	Accuracy of Website (marketing hype) VS. Actual Experience	8.00
Food and Dining Experience	8.50	Price/Value of Property	9.00
Safety Factor (Did you feel safe at property)	10.00	Quality of Beach (ranked closest beach if property is located off the beach)	5.50
Total Property Score: 8.30 | Average Star Rating: 4.50 out of 5

• 50% (1 visitors of 2) said they would go back to Riu Palace Riviera Maya again.
• 50% (1 visitors of 2) said they would recommend Riu Palace Riviera Maya to friends.

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Just returned from an awesome week at Riu Palace Riviera Maya and have spent a week editing several hundred photos. The weather was beautiful and the resort absolutely gorgeous and the food and service were great.

The beach was large and plentiful for the first two days of our stay but by day three the wind and surf had changed direction causing the beach to totally disappear overnight down to sandbags. According to people at the sailing signup hut - this is an ongoing problem and is totally at the mercy of the wind direction , when the wind comes in from the north east for several days straight, the beach erodes when the wind begins pushing the tides from the other direction the beach rebuilds itself.

The resort also lost it's boat launching area thus cancelling all catamaran and wind surfer use for the remainder of our stay. If you are a beach lover or a boating / sailing enthusiast, this is not the resort for you. At all times, the resort is cut off from any length of beach to walk on due to the sea walls of neighboring resorts running out into the water.

I'm including a link to my website which includes a photo of the beach after the erosion had occurred. Enjoy the photos at http://loonsong.smugmug.com/ and click on the Mayan Riviera Album.

Property Review
10 is best 1 is worst

Would you stay at this property again?: ... No
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: ... 4
• Quality of Property: ... 10
• Privacy and Quietness: ... 0
• Quality of Service: ... 10
• Courtesy and Hospitality of Staff: ... 10
• Accuracy of Website VS. Actual Experience: ... 6
  
• Food and Dining Experience: ... 7
• Price/Value of Property: ... 8
  
• Safety Factor (Did you feel safe at property): ... 10
• Quality of Beach (ranked closest beach if property is located off the beach): ... 1

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: ... 8
• Options of Activities in the Area: ... 4
• Ease of Transportation (air, taxi, bus, shuttle): ... 3
• Quality of Beaches in the Area: ... 10
• Courtesy & Hospitality of Locals: ... 5
• Safety Factor (Did you feel safe in the Area): ... 5
  
• Local Restaurant Experience/Options: ... 4
• Price/Value of Destination (Does your dollar stretch?): ... 8
  

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