I simply cannot recommend Bolongo Bay - especially...

I simply cannot recommend Bolongo Bay - especially for the price. If you book off of just about any travel site, you'll be put into an "economy" room which is anything but made clear when you book. Economy rooms still have a view of the ocean (albeit from the second floor). I cannot speak to the other rooms, but our room had an air conditioner that not only was obscenely loud (like no sleep loud) but that froze over within 2 hours and would then not work - at all. We were told that you can't run the air for more than 4 or 5 hours or it freezes over. Funny - never had that problem at any other resort on the island. Could be because the air conditioners - which were all CLEARLY in disrepair - appeared to be from about 1980 and had spent decades in the unforgiving salty air. Our room had an endless trail of sugar (or other tiny) ants going through in one spot or another the entire week we were there. The woman working the gift shop couldn't have been more unpleasant if she were a porcupine with tourette syndrome. The breakfast offered on site is *ridiculously* priced - you WILL be driving to TooToo mall - trust me. The ONLY bright spot at Bolongo was the bar staff. I will most definitely not be back.