My daughter booked for es cana at the end of july, she could not find a hotel with air conditioning for the dates she wanted, and with a 9 month old baby so booked independantly, the one she wanted was booked for the dates, but the old gentleman said his friend had an apartment but did not let it out to anyone but family, to cut a long story short, the lady contacted her and she booked it, she did want a lot for the apartment but cut it down as they was just a couple with a baby, and it was a large apartment on a complex with nice pool, they had a great time the only drawback was the price of the flights, but they would do independant again, the lady also gave them the best places to eat and lots of info on the resort