Don't Stay at an All Inclusive Resort in SAMANA 😲 Dominican Republic Travel 2022 🏝 Las Terrenas Life
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- Опубліковано 22 лип 2024
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In this video we're showing you how you can visit Samana, Dominican Republic without staying at an all inclusive resort! Specifically we're staying in the beautiful town of Las Terrenas, which is on the Samana Peninsula.
So many people visit the Dominican Republic and only stay on the resort and don't venture off the premises. However, there are loads of condos and apartments available all over the place in very safe neighbourhoods that you can rent for really great rates. There's also lots of fabulous restaurants and beach clubs.
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We're staying for the winter in the Dominican Republic and we're showing you around our apartment here in Las Terrenas that we're staying at for a few days with our friend, @theendlessadventure. They give a tour of our apartment while we show you around the rest of the premises. This condo apartment also has a pool, spa, gym and restaurant and is just steps from the beach.
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After the tour the four of us head out into the town of Las Terrenas to find something to eat. We end up at a place called L'Industrie Pizzeria, New York style pizza in the middle of town.
0:00 We're back in Las Terrenas
3:20 Tour of the Grounds
4:14 The Restaurant
4:40 Our Patio
5:46 Safety Wing
7:40 Apartment Tour
10:07 Back Outside
11:32 Pros and Cons of a Resort vs Apartment
13:29 What's the Cost?
14:48 Off to find Dinner
15:20 Industrie Pizza
20:10 Back at Our Apartment
20:41 Wrap Up
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The ministry of tourism should sponsor you! You are making a good work to show the DR to the word !! Helping our economy and having fun! that's awesome. God bless you guys!
So appreciate you saying that! Send them a message 😉 We aren’t leaving for a while yet - Trevor
@@DelightfulTravellers I'm doing right now. we don't have nothing to lose.
@@DelightfulTravellers i comment the official link you can sign up like an influencer and you would be surprised about what they can offer you guys
My husband and I stay at the be live in puerto plata two times a year except of course since the pandemic. You make it sound like staying at a resort you cannot have fun. We are not prisoners of this resort we eat out and explore the region all the time. We enjoy the people who work there and all the friends that we have made over the years. Also , there are many pluses to staying at a resort. I have watched you guys a few times now be negative about resorts. This time around we are paying $3200.00 Canadian for our three week stay. I think that is a bargain we get to visit a Caribbean country, eat, swim, lounge, and if we really want to we can leave the resort and go wherever and do whatever. Just had to get that off my chest. Thanks, Jayne.
Hi Jayne. Thanks for your comment! 😀 We totally get the appeal of a resort and we stayed at one on this trip even. We're not saying they are bad but we've met so many folks who will not venture outside 'the walls'. The amount of messages we get asking questions about this is crazy. People in general are scared to do so. You clearly are not and that's great! That's how we'd do it too on a resort. That said, the point of the video is to show people the other side and how it's entirely possible (and safe) to travel this way - Trevor
thank you very much for sharing with us the beauties of my country 🇩🇴
Thanks to the DR for having us! 😀 - Trevor
Yours video makes me want to move back to my beautiful country, I’m so glad you like and show the rest of the world what we have to offer, beautiful beaches, people, food etc.. thank you and god bless
We hope you get to come back here to the DR soon for a visit 🤗 - Anna
Looks amazing! The ground hog saw his shadow, if you catch my drift. Anyway spring will be slow to move in. Makes one thing of fun in the sun. 🌞👍👍👍👍
Thanks for watching Deborah! 😀 - Trevor
Hi Anna and Trevor!
98K subscribers as we are watching the video.
100K coming around the corner, can’t wait!
Congratulations on the great sponsor for this video 👍🏻
We love seeing Alison and Eric in your vlogs ❤️
Sending air hugs to the four of you. 🤗🤗🤗🤗
Thank you so much!! So close to 100k .. crazy 🥳
Your place looks great. You guys look great also nice and tanned. Nice video. Thanks and take care.
🥰 Thanks Karen - Anna
Love love the resort I go in the DR. Is about the amenities. You can not beat that. For under a month stay that is the way to go in my opinion. I still had plenty of experiences, still went to the grocery store and cook (we did not have all inclusive) as we had a unit with a kitchen. The private beaches and many many polls, activities, shows, all available to us were just amazing for the price paid.
Thank you, you are both so lovely. Your videos are amazing.... thanks again.
Awe thanks 🥰 - Anna
Found you through The Endless Adventure! Love the channel, newly subbed! Sending best wishes from BC!!
Welcome aboard Clarissa! We're glad you found us through TEA. We're from Halifax btw 😀 - Trevor
Come On 100K!! Delightful Travellers have incredible content that shows so many aspects of travelling all over the world. So many tips and tricks. Let’s show them so much love and push this channel over the 100K mark ❤️
And that hotel is beautiful.
🥰 thanks Megan... that means so much coming from you. We're almost there hehe. Hard to believe! 😲 - Anna
@@DelightfulTravellers You guys deserve it! Such a fun and informative channel.
Great video!!!!! Thank you from a Dominican-Canadian
Thanks so much for watching Andy! - Anna
Great vid ...thanks for sharing :)
Cheers Joe... hope you're doing great 🍻 - Trevor
Excellent content guys, thank you for highlighting how awesome my country is!
While in Las Terrenas, you NEED TO GO to really good French bakery called Boulangerie Francaise, they have great coffee and the most amazing Croissants ever.
Those pizzas 🍕 looked so good! Also, your apt looked amazing!
You can't go wrong here in LT! - Anna
I love to do the travel research too Anna!! Nice to see the Endless Adventurers again!!
It’s a huge part about travel in general that I love 🤗 Doing some trip planning? 😉- Anna
@@DelightfulTravellers hoping to go to the UK in 2023! Fingers crossed!!!
I’m so happy you guys are loving my country! My family is from a small town in Puerto Plata called Estero Hondo, you should definitely visit our playa! It’s called Playa Ensenada definitely eat at Elsa’s at the beach and visit Cayo Arena. It’s a small island in the ocean where you can swim with fishes.
You guys are so generous with your camera, allowing Eric and Allison take over the vlog for a while, even their logo for a mini-plug! I've never seen that before. I agree with your takes that I would rather not do all inclusive (unless their are security risks going out). I want to experience the local cuisine and culture, and patron the local businesses!
We knew the camera would be in good hands TT 😉 So agree about local cuisine and culture - Trevor
Love your content.
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Thanks by Good comments About The Terrenas, Dominican Republic. 🌐🌞🇩🇴🌊🐳
We have nothing but ❤️ for LT Ruddy - Anna
Another fun one... love mama Juana 💕
Thanks for watching 🤗
I prefer doing Airbnb for Dominican Republic.
I’m staying in Samana for 5 days next month and Airbnb is always much better than a resort.
Although I did book a resort in las Terrenas las mr June and it was a blast.
Pros and cons to both right? Sometimes a resort is nice but honestly having your own place is the best! - Trevor
Only way to travel… love the local experience ❤️
Excellent video! I’ve noticed there’s a huge Canadian community in Las Terrenas - there’s this UA-camr - Welcome to my world with Nat - and she’s helping Canadians with their relocation in this area of the DR. Not sure if you got to meet any of them.
We’ve met very few Canadians here compared to cabarete but on this trip we met more. Maybe more are visiting now? 🤷🏻♂️ It’s always fun to meet fellow Canucks on the road - Trevor
@@DelightfulTravellers they aren’t visiting, they’re moving to DR.
When you said "mulled wine" the closed captions read "mold wine" LOL!
Haha good old auto translate. I try to fix as much as I can but that one slipped by 😂- Trevor
Excellent video! Love the apartment hotel! As travelers we agree the best way to travel is creating your own stay! It’s fun, less expensive (in our experience) and more flexible than an all inclusive! Thank you for sharing info on Safety Wing. Seems very affordable and easy! We will sign up for the next trip! Great video guys! Hi, Endless Adventure! ~Cara 😊
It’s always the best way right?! Plus that flexibility is key 🤗 Hope you both are great! - Anna
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Doing a rental is the best!! We love being out in the culture. You miss so much being in a resort! Maybe we will run into you!
100% ... you don't even see the culture at all in a resort - Anna
Another great video! Looks like I will be eating some pizza there in two weeks! Thanks guys!
Oh this place is the best! You will so dig it Matty! How long you in LT for? - Trevor
I will be in LT March 15 - March 22 And then I’m off to cabarete for a week! I’ve been watching you guys since you moved to the DR and I figured I needed to experience both towns for myself to decide which one is right for me to plant some roots someday 😁
Great content, keep it up.
Would you offer your perspective on which sites, Cabarete or Las Terranes, would be better when considering...beach, restaurant selection and access, overall enjoyment, etc.
We'll have a video about that in the coming weeks 👍
If You would like, You could take a boat at Samana to go to Sabana de la Mar. It's a small town but You can see Los Haitises or You could go to Playa Esmeralda at Mitches (very beutiful)
Next time! thank you for the tip - Anna
Awesome video! Have been following your videos for a couple weeks now and the content is great. Are there any excursions you would recommend in Las Terrenas? Will be traveling there next month.
Cheers 😊
No specific excursions but all of our recommendations are in our videos 😀 - Trevor
Love this video, guys!! We agree - always love finding boutique properties. Also lol you and endless adventures are ADORBS - Maren
Miss you guys and can't wait until you're back 🤗 Just a couple weeks now .. that went fast! - Anna
Thanks for the great overview of the hotel. Looks familiar from our recent visit to Las Terrenas a few weeks ago. May have to head back to check this out!!! Question, any tips on flights from Toronto to the Las Terranes area and the best approach to rent a car?
We usually rent cars in Sousa so we can’t answer that one. Hopefully you can make it back to the DR soon! - Trevor
Love you guys! I found you when you posted your first video on LT this place is amazing have been there many times prior to covid. Your videos make me home sick but I can't stop watching, someday I will return, hopefully in November. Will you be going to the actual town of Samana? Great beaches there too and our friends took us to this place where they make fresh cheese, yummy! Sorry wish I had more info on that for you. Thank you for sharing my "wannabelife" lol.
Hey Kelly 👋 LT is the best isn't it? We're here now and so digging it. We've only stopped in Samana (city) briefly but didn't film anything. Maybe we should as we do like some yummy cheese haha - Trevor
@@DelightfulTravellers missing the warm beaches so so much. Can't wait to get back there. LT is my favorite, but La Romana on the Caribbean side is pretty nice too😎
Hi, can you say anything about the former Pueblo de los pescadores wich burned last year. In November 2021 there was only a destroyed place.......PS...my favorit beach is near of el Portillo, where the little river come out.........and I like your videos 👍👍.......when you go to Azúa you have to buy the coffee of Azúa.... it's at the end of Azúa
We don't know anything about that unfortunately. We'll look up that beach though! 😀 - Trevor
👍🇨🇦🇨🇦. Always great videos . I’m so hungry for pizza 🍕.😋😀😀
Get that pizza Annie! hehe 🍕 - Trevor
I should do a testimonial for you on insurance. The clinics there charged me about 15X what they would have charged a local. I also needed an emergency flight home,... the next day flight was almost $4000. So again... Insurance is extremely important. Other than that, Las Terrenas has the most amazing beaches I've ever seen.
So true! Def check out Safety Wing on your next trip abroad 👌 - Trevor
Daughter will be there next week for a month. Enjoy.
Nice! which part? - Anna
Las Terrenas. She will be building something this year. Going to finalize the purchase of the land and set up a schedule with her contractor. Been going there since 2011. Love it.
I am currently looking to book 10 days on the Samana Pininsula. I'm a backpacker at heart and so want to stay at a variety of guests' houses/lodges at different locations across the peninsula, but CANNOT find any affordable flights outside of booking an all-inclusive 😭. We will certainly send most of our time exploring off resort, but I feel like we will miss out on a lot of unique places with cool character.
Anyway, I'm so glad I stumbled onto your videos! And will definitely continue to follow you.
Any tips for catching buses, taxis, water taxis, etc., in the Las Galeras/ Terrenas area? Costs, logistics? We'd rather get dropped off /picked up at trailheads and beaches... then book tours, but maybe that's not an option or not actually the affordable option?
Which air b&b do you recommend?
Its only me? But I might be crazy... I like to look several times at the videos...don't know if that contribute somehow for you to have more views 😉
Great video
I hope UA-cam sends you all the money and the algorithm works in your favor
Thank you! :)
I was there last july that place its beautiful, Aligio Aparthotel.. Se los Recomiendo 👌🏽
Such a great location right? 🤗 - Anna
@@DelightfulTravellers the best location in town!!
How can you get around in Dominican Republic if you don't drive? Are there a good public transit system in Punta Cana? Samana?
Beautifull República Dominicana
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You have to visit barahona balneario la plaza Google ....
We'll be sure to look that place up Jason! - Anna
I like that place.
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You guys make it look easy like Villas are affordable 🤔
Hi Trevor & Anna, I love your videos great narration good content keep up the good work. There's still a hole lots of places to visit, Like Cabrera, Nagua, And Miches just to name a few. I can't wait to see your next adventure.
So appreciate you following along Henry. You're a regular at this point. Lots more on the DR coming up 😀 - Trevor
@@DelightfulTravellers Guys must visit Montecristi, playa Buen Hombre. It is a fishing village. VillaCruz HotelRestaurant look it up and ask for a Judy. You will love . The beach is gorgeous and El Morro is absolutely stunningly beautiful. Thanks for all your beautiful videos. Hugs from NYC
Hello. My hubby and I are in Las terranas now for a month at an air b&b. We have been doing the mototaxis so far. The food is pretty good on the beach. We are in the Playa Ballenas area. Have you ever used your insurance and do most p laces accept it? Enjoy your stay.
We were up that way tonight in LT. Thankfully we haven't had to use the insurance yet but yes.. a lot of places accept it. You can check out there site for all the details 😀 - Trevor
Can you rent a home for a few months, like a villa? As a family guy, that's what I'd do. Yo Tengo un familia. Yo nessecito un casa para me familia. Love it guys!
Yes you can do that anywhere you like in the DR - Anna
You’ll have to bring the Endless Adventurers to Cape Breton! Clementine should be able to make it!!
Working on it and them 😉 They have some big upcoming plans but I’m pretty sure we will get them to Nova Scotia at some point 🤗 - Anna
Im dominican and I was at cape breton last summer it took me 4 hours from halifax but the view I had over there was amazing
@@omar4120if glad you enjoyed it! We’re pretty proud of our little island and you have a beautiful island too!!
What's the name , that villa, I'm Dominican, and I would like to go, to las Terrenas...thank you... great show... cheerrsss.
Thanks for watching! We put a link to the apartment in the description area of the video 😀 - Trevor
Enjoyed that immensely. The four of you seem to get along like old friends. Do you use any kind of mosquito repellent?
At this point we've been together for a few months in different locations around the world. We are like old friends I guess haha. Yes.. mosquito repellent is my new Cologne Eric 😅 Did you catch the last 'boat ride' video by the way? - Trevor
@@DelightfulTravellers Yes we watched that one. Pretty exciting. Did the drone record anything while it was falling? Still hard to imagine how you managed to find it.
@@ericripley9739 No the footage just stopped on the card with no crash sequence. I wish I had that 😀 Honestly, it makes no sense how our captain amigo found it. Zero sense! Those seas were hella rough though geez
We've been watching both of these lovely couples for over 3 years now. If you are an Endless Adventurer subscriber, and are checking out the Delightful Travellers to see what they are up to, please subscribe and help this great couple hit 100K. Ken & I would absolutely choose this place over a timeshare as well. Thanks for sharing! - Coreen
Wow such a nice comment Ken and Coreen. thank you! Hopefully it's a lot of fun watching the 4 of us in 1 video!? TEA's next video is going to be blast... get ready! 100k is coming up, we honestly still can't believe it as we remember 100 subs like yesterday 🤗 - Anna
I want some of those deeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeelightful looking pizzas!! Yumyumyumyumyum!!
Oh we saved you some MapMan 😅 But you have to get to the DR quick! - Trevor
Thanks for the kind thought! I'm sure NONE went to waste! 😎
Why such emphasis in pools? Is the sea too dangerous where you are? Or is it dangerous everywhere in Dominican Republic?
Is that area of town noisy in the evening?
Not at all. We thought it would be with the road there too - Anna
Yo la respeto
mamajuana is call here " the poor man Brandy "
Good to know! It sells for quite a bit on the beach haha - Trevor
What happened that wasn't good to go this samaná apartment hotel?
Nothing at all. We really liked this place and compare it to a resort in this video 😀 - Trevor
I am here in las terrenas, know all the cool cats and can help you with land for sale in special places
Just get in touch
You mover back to las terrenas
Just for a few weeks 😀 We do love it here ❤️- Anna
How much did you pay? Why not mention how much you paid?
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Went to boca chicka wala! All inclusive. The food and drink was fake. Not even the juice was real. Well dinner buffet had real food, the lunch of burgers was not beef, not sure what it is. I don't drink alcohol so can't comment but the juices and soda was fake. Didn't taste anything like the usa brands listed. I can't speak on breakfast since I only stayed lunch and dinner 1 day. Otherwise it's in a convenient location and clean.
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Mama Juana…not to be confused with marijuana…that smells kinda like soy sauce…but tastes like Christmas 🎄? Well call me Thor and bring me another 🍺! 😂
lol 😅 Bring all the things Colleen! Come join us - Trevor
I WISH I could spend months on vacation but until then I will have to stick with the AI's,...oh well, better than nothing!!!
Thanks for watching! - Anna
Yo no me meto con sus deciones
Good times - good video!
Also...a criticism... at 15:28, please be advised, no one with a rudimentary understanding of the English language would ever refer to the Dominican Republic as "The Dominican."
To say "The Dominican" would be referring to a person who is Dominican. It's a misuse of English to call the country of the Dominican Republic "The Dominican". The same rule would apply to calling the United States "The United," as an example. Even though it's a somewhat common misusage by gringos, just please stop it.
And that pizza looked like absolute greasy trash. There is no good pizza in the DR that I've found so far...I'm waiting to be proven wrong. My first experiences with DR pizza included corn and ketchup in the 80's and not a lot has changed.
Keep adventuring and discovering!
After my recent visit to the DR, I will NEVER stay at another resort.