"Amstar DMC Review"

Traveled to Cancun March 2024. Had reservations with this company. Was hard to find this company at the airport. That whole airport is chaotic. Once there, I had to wait 20 minutes while they waited for other passengers to arrive from their flights. The driver got confused and went to the wrong hotel. He eventually pulled over and asked for the addresses for everyone's hotel. He had to enter them in his cellphone gps. It was over 2 hours from leaving the airport to get to my hotel via this shuttle. Pickup wasn't bad. They were on time at my hotel to go back to the airport. I was the first pickup but the rest of the pickups were fairly quick and we got to the airport in about an hour. I was surprised when the driver announced that we could put our tips in a basket in front of the shuttle bus. It's rare that tips are blantly requested. I will not be using this service again.

"Zero stars if I could "

If I could give zero stars I absolutely would. We waited over an hour to go from the airport to the hotel. We diligently booked and confirmed our pickup to the airport for 9:25. It has been well over an hour and there is no transportation to be found. We might miss our flight at this point. This is highly unprofessional and unacceptable. Do yourself a favor and use literally any other company.

"Terrible experience"

Kept us waiting in the sun for over 20 minutes even though we had a reservation for a PRIVATE VAN. Other vans pulled up, and people who arrived after us got whisked away, while a dozen Amstar reps chatted with each other and ignored us. Then, on the return, we were told they couldn't pick us up at our allotted time!!! We ended up having to take a taxi to the airport at the last minute. What a SCAM.

"I booked an excursion in Cabo San Lucas…"

I booked an excursion in Cabo San Lucas last year in May. They never showed and till this day I have Not received my refund. They will not response to my emails. DONT BOOK WITH THEM!!!!!!

"SUCKED, big time!"

It sucked. Took Chukka catamaran in Jamaica. It cruised out 10 minutes from shore, allied 30 minutes to snorkel. Then cruised 5 minutes and just floated. It was a boozed “Float,” not a cruise. Could see our dock whole time. Crew promoted twerking by 90% passengers. It was disgusting. I would’ve like to actually cruise the coastline to see some of the island. Worst crap ever! Just complete garbage.

"I wish they had a 0 option"

I wish they had a 0 option. We come to the Dominican often. This time we used Amstar and we got through customs and were escorted to the amstar van where we waited 40 minutes after traveling all day. The reason we were given was they were waiting on some other people from our flight. That wait should have been no longer than 10 minutes. But I guess while we were waited shut up in a van for over half an hour these people were getting a bite to eat. After 10 minutes Amstsr should have taken us to our resort and taken the other people when they were finally ready. We paid for our transfer. Also after us waiting we were dropped off last. There was no group rate. We will never use Amstar again anywhere!

"DO NOT BOOK WITH AMSTAR DMC!"

DO NOT BOOK WITH AMSTAR DMC!! Would give them ZERO STARS if i could! Traveled to Dominican Republic for our honeymoon last week. Paid for an excursion. The day of the scheduled outing, I woke up with a fever and told them i would not be able to attend. I requested a refund and it was refused at the resort stating that i needed medical documentation. When i asked where to go to obtain that, i was told it was pointless because it would cost more than the excursion. The representative at the resort asked me, 'why i didn't just go to the excursion even with a fever.' YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME! The next day i flew back to the US, and took a COVID test, which was positive. I provided proof to Amstar that i was positive for COVID, one day later, and they still refuse to refund me the money for the excursion. WILL NEVER EVER book anything through them again!

"I had to wait an hour upon arrival it…"

I had to wait an hour upon arrival it was no problem, upon returning they claimed they went to the bell boy and asked for us and didn’t find us !! We had to pay a taxi to take us back to the airport! TERRIBLE service!!! Not even a phone call to say they were there !!!!! No Customer service could be reached and when they were finally contacted did not care about the complaint !!

"Stay away, you’re better off taking a cab!"

READ IF YOU ARE TRAVELING ABROAD AND USING THIS COMPANY FOR AIRPORT TRANSPORTATION!

If I could give this company a negative number of starts, I certainly would. I booked roundtrip airport to resort transportation in Punta Cana from 8/4 until 8/12 with Amstar DMC for 11 adults and 2 children under 2 years of age. On 8/11, a day before our departure from Punta Cana, I met with the Amstar DMC representative at the hotel lobby to coordinate the details of our return. The Amstar DMC representative contacted his customer service team to update the departure time on our reservation and a confirmation email was immediately sent to me showing the pick up time and location. On 8/12, our pick up at the resort was scheduled for 2:00 AM at the hotel lobby and we were all ready to go by 1:45 AM. The only problem was— NO ONE FROM AMSTAR DMC SHOWED UP TO PICK US UP! I waited 45 minutes at the resort lobby, at 2:00 AM, with 2 children under 2 years of age and 11 other family members and friends, to catch our 5:00 AM flight and our Amstar DMC driver never showed up! Upon calling customer service several times from my cellphone and the hotel lobby phone, I finally reached the representative I met with the previous day. After I explained to him that our driver didn’t know up, he proceeded to tell me that I had woken him up and that he wasn’t feeling well. He said he would reach out to his supervisor and get back to me but recommended that all 13 of us take a cab to the airport so that we wouldn’t miss our flight. After calling him several times without a solution for the problem, we finally took a cab to the airport and made it just in time to catch our flight. Upon my return home, I called the Amstar customer service line to request refund and reimbursement for the taxi services. I was told that I would receive a full refund and reimbursement within 7 business days. Later on, I received an email from
an Amstar DMC customer service supervisor stating that a full refund and reimbursement for the taxi services would not be possible, only the return transportation charges would be refunded.

Therefore, if you want a reliable company to provide airport to resort roundtrip transportation while on vacation in a foreign country, I urge you to please consider a different company as Amstar DMC has proven to be unreliable and unprofessional in various ways. Beware!!”

"Camilla at Ocean Coral Spring Hotel is the BEST!!!!!"

My friend and I planned a trip to Jamaica. the day we were supposed to leave American Airlines cancelled our flight. Camilla at Amstar in the Ocean Coral Spring Hotel was SO very helpful. When our hotel was full that night, and we needed a room til our flight the next day Camilla stepped up to help us. The hotel did not offer to do anything for us or help to find another place. Camilla got online looking and making calls. She found one that was connected to our property so we didn't have far to go. I feel our hotel could have done that but they offered no help. Camilla went way out of her way to help us and totally saved us. She made sure Amstar was taking us to the airport and even emailed the next day to be sure we were getting there in time. She is a GREAT employee and hope Amstar knows what great customer service she gave us when it wasn't even her responsibility. Thank you Camilla!!!! We are so grateful!!!