I just came back from the Grand Paradise Bavaro resort. It's a beautiful resort, but some of the male staff and locals act inappropriately towards female guests. Don't get me wrong.. I think most of the resort staff are very sweet and hardworking, but there is an ugly element that operates kind of under the radar there.
That is no one notices them unless you are one of their targets. I was sexually harassed the entire time I was there. The first night at the main buffet- LaLaguna- there were two waiters that wanted my email, phone number, room number,etc from me.
Don't ever give out that kind of info! On another day while I was eating breakfast, a waiter pucked up and licked his lips at me I thought it was all pretty irritating, but harmless until I seen one of these romeos taking different women to the beach at night to fool around with. One girl I know was even pestered by one of them to have sex and go off the resort with him, but she never went.
I can't count the number of times during my vacation that I seen male employees leave guest rooms early in the morning. Funny considering that they are not allowed to fraternize with guests at all. In my opinion I'm not saying all the men are bad, but there are enough sketchy ones to ruin a vacation. Be careful If someone at any resort tries to get personal info.
Go enjoy the DR.. I wouldn't have believed it if I didn't see it with my own eyes. Some women never find out their holiday romance is a sanky situation until after the sex and then the guy holds out his hand and asks to be paid. Imagine having a one night stand ending that way! I know two girls who had that kind of experience in the DR a few years back. Sounds hard to believe but it happens. I teach in a remote northern community in my country where the vast majority of the people are non-white and live below the poverity line.
