Dreams Punta Cana Resort & Spa

I taught Zumba, Aqua Zumba, and Pilates on the Beach, around the pool and pool side. Everything went well. It took a day or 2 to figure the routine out but then it was great. It was a great vacation. My pilates class was small but the guest weren't up at that time and no one was around from the entertainment team to help. After the first day I started pilates myself but, it was great. I never actually met the head of thr team but he was quick to respond to text. My zumba schedule varied between aqua at 12 or regular at 430 or 5. I would find out my schedule the night before. This was fine for me. Aqua Zumba was a different level of hot compared to where I teach at home. My tip make sure your sunblock doesn't run into your eyes!!

All in all it was a great experience. Can’t wait to do it again.

I taught yoga on the beach except for a day it rained and moved into the spa. I always walk around and invite guests to join class but the resort also posted the flyer. Staff was lovely, the entertainment team was initially tough to find. Teaching is a pleasure! I love meeting people from all over the world. The resort is immaculate, we chose to upgrade to Preferred Club and found it reasonable and a special vacation splurge!

I taught Group Fitness on the beach and used my own music and brought my own speaker. Otherwise the class would have been without music since no dj or speaker was nearby the teaching spot. The Entertainment team announced my classes, I walked around and invited guests to join, The Entertainment team walked around and invited guests to join. Favs: The activities/entertainment at the resort, Spending quality time with my companion/family, The Resort staff. Amazingly energetic and super friendly team! One joined my class every day! They made this trip so special.

This was my first trip to DR. I felt very welcome here in the resort. Nice and clean room, a lot of activities within the resort including tennis lessons and water sports, tasty food, and an amazingly long pool!

just finishing my trip here. huge, very well organized entertainment team at this resort and frankly, they really don't need help bc they already have an extensive program of activities every day, listed on a daily print-out (which was really nice). I ended up teaching aquacize 6 days, but the class was only half hour long. one day only 2 people, but otherwise I'd have 8-15, a nice lively crew. they usually also had Zumba or another aqua section each day, but told me not to worry about teaching more than once. I suspect that's in part bc I'm very obviously pregnant - even though I told them several times (and demonstrated while teaching) that this doesn't slow me down. (Side note: zika is still a thing, which I completely forgot about until my OB raised an eyebrow when I mentioned my trip a few weeks ago. I slathered on bug spray and didn't notice any bites so hopefully no harm done. but had I thought of this earlier I would have booked this trip at another time or gone for a different destination - just in case you are also expecting, something to consider). The nightly shows were very good, food was not as great or consistent as at Dreams Sands in Cancun, but still plenty of tasty choices. French place (Bordeaux) was the biggest disappointment - service was SO slow there, and it wasn't even crowded. also unlike the Dreams in Cancun, NONE of the restaurants seemed to have AC, even though some clearly had vents. maybe it was broken? it was sweltering - almost unbearable - in some of them. even the open air restaurants were super hot, which could have been helped w ceiling fans. not sure why the resort doesn't invest in this. this was our biggest complaint about the trip. thank goodness the AC worked well in the rooms! we paid extra for a bigger room knowing how small the standard rooms are for traveling w a family. It was very clean and housekeeping staff was prompt about servicing in the am. they also fumigate the rooms weekly, which I'm sure helps keep down the mosquitos. And the Explorer's Club was, as expected, an absolutely amazing perk for families like mine with kids under 12. Our kids were there for at least a few hours if not longer every day - tons of great activities for them plus a private enclosed kiddie pool and playground area. the main pool is also beautiful and huge. The live Latin singer at night was also quite good and the entertainment staff would often be there to get people up dancing, which was really nice.

The local tennis pro, Leo was fantastic!

My family and I just returned from a wonderful week at Dreams Punta Cana Resort & Spa (6/4-11/17). Surprisingly, my responsibility was only to teach a daily 30-minute stretch class at 10a. Apparently, they have a local yoga instructor to teach the daily 8a class. I offered to teach a second format, but the Entertainment Team was satisfied with just the stretching. I would have five people per class, most of them repeat attendees. One of the E Team supervisors admitted that the time and format weren't ideal to attract traffic (also, the beach teaching area--lovely, by the way!--is at the opposite end of the resort where most people are having breakfast), but they seemed content to leave it as is. One member of the E Team usually attended the class as well, and helped attract participants. I handled set-up (placed towels on the sand, played music with my portable speaker, got waters, etc.) and clean up. The E Team was very easy to work with, indefatigable, and supportive. We did end up upgrading our room as the standard deluxe room is VERY small with two full beds and a small loveseat that doesn't fold out (none of the couches fold out), a small bathroom and little storage. You can have an extra twin bed brought in, but I'm not sure you'd have any floor space left with that. Enjoy! It's a lovely, lush property that we'd definitely visit again.

I love to teach so don't get me wrong, but I only had to teach one morning class every morning, I had pretty much the same group of lovely people every morning and then I had the rest of the day and night to relax.. The resort was really beautiful and the people were lovely.. I had a lovely time, everything was wonderful. All the staff was more than happy to help, my one piece of advise is study up on your Spanish, a lot of the workers do not speak any English at all and this makes it a little difficult to communicate.. but other than that.. this is the best way to vacation!!

When I arrived I was scheduled for Zumba at 3:30 pm on the beach, 4:00 pm on the stage if it rained. The first day of teaching they added a 10:00 am stretch which was also fun. Stretch had only 1 person on 3 days and 3 days of no show. I stayed for 15 minutes and then left. Zumba had from six to twelve and was 30 minutes long. I had a great time. The E team was very enthusiastic. The change from sunny day to rainy day schedule was a bit confusing as the weather during this trip changed mid day often times. A bit more communication would have been helpful as I was running back and forth between indoor and outdoor teaching locations just to make sure I didn't miss a class.

I loved waking up and teaching my morning yoga class. It was peaceful and beautiful. I miss it already! I would end class with a simple breath meditation.I can't wait to plan my next teaching adventure. I would definitely go back to this resort.The entertainment group was amazing and made me feel comfortable. Over all it was a wonderful teaching experience.Loved teaching yoga at this resort. Loved the entertainment group and there enthusiasm, it was contagious.

Wonderful experience at this resort, the staff were very helpful and the participants so happy to be doing some yoga on vacation! They resort has a regular yoga teacher M-W and I felt like the 4:00pm sunset yoga was an add on for me - it wasn't listed on the activity board and it was really tucked away and difficult to find. The morning classes were well attended and clearly appreciated. The resort itself was great, close to the airport, lots of wonderful food to choose from and activities galore! I'd be happy to go back!

I taught two tennis clinics each day that were 30 minutes. One was for beginners and the other for intermediate players.The people are extremely friendly and helpful. The love Fit Bodies because it enables them to have to rate instruction and also they value highly the gifts that we bring.