Read this before you leave the hotel

These notes are for someone staying in a Punta Cana hotel who wants to know how the airport exit works, which coast they are actually on, and what a day trip leaves out of the price. They were written for triptapexperience.com. They are not brochures from a boat company or a buggy lot.

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• How to leave Punta Cana airport (PUJ) for your hotel

  What to do after you land at PUJ: where authorized taxis and hotel transfers wait, how Bávaro and Cap Cana sit relative to the airport, and what not to pay from an old rate sheet.

• Bávaro and Cap Cana: how they differ

  Bávaro runs north of PUJ along a hotel coast you can leave on foot. Cap Cana sits south of the airport, much of it behind a controlled entrance. How that changes taxis, beaches, and day bookings.

• Isla Saona: what to check before you go

  Saona sits in Cotubanamá National Park. A normal day is a road transfer to a dock, usually Bayahíbe, then a boat. What to get in writing before you pay.

• Buggies in Macao: what is included and what is not

  Playa Macao is a public beach north of Bávaro with rougher surf than the hotel strip. A buggy day is not one standard product. What to make the operator write down.

• How to take a taxi in Punta Cana

  In-town taxis are not the airport queue. Agree the fare, the currency, and the exact door before you sit down, and do not count on an app car inside a resort gate.

• What a day outside the hotel costs

  An all-inclusive wristband does not pay for taxis, park fees, or lunch on a boat. How to add up a day off the property without using a made-up total.