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Maxim Magazine's Maxim Bungalows No More

Where: 1 Paradise Drive, Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic

Could it be that the Maxim Bungalows in the Dominican Republic, which has only been open for a little over a six months, has closed?

A tipster let us know that the website wasn't working and indeed when we clicked the URL, it sent us to a GoDaddy.com page. GoDaddy is a URL purchasing site and while somebody does own the Maxim Bungalows URL, there's no info nor any redirection going on here. So we just had to find out what was up.

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Celebrities Flocking to Maxim Bungalows

Where: Cofresi Beach, Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic

A while back we asked if those Maxim Bungalows were too good to be true and found that as far as we could see, guests were loving this place.

Now, a hotel rep wanted to let us know that celebs are loving the place as well. Some stars making the trip down include, Carrie Ann Inaba, judge of "Dancing with the Stars", Brittany Snow, Dylan McDermott, Chris Evans and Laura Prepon. OK! Magazine also went down there to do a photo shoot for Cashmere Mafia's Bonnie Sommerville (above).

But aside from celebrity sightings, the resort just opened its Social restaurant thus enabling you to dance, drink and party like a celeb even if you don't spy one on your stay there.

Now if only those celeb guests would submit to us a VIP Hotel Review.

Stayed at the Maxim Bungalows recently? Tell us what you did, who you saw and oh yeah, if you liked the hotel?

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Who Is Your Dominican Daddy?

Where: Playa Dorada, Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic

A rooftop infinity pool and Jacuzzis facing the ocean--that is all you need to say to us these days. Are we that shallow, or has it just been a long winter? We agree with Travel & Leisure on this one--any time you can get hardwood floors instead of hard plastic chairs in your Caribbean hotel lobby you are off to a flawless start.

After the leaving the lobby, things only seem to get better at the Casa Colonial: 50 spacious suites with marble floors, a 12,000 square foot spa, and a dense tropical setting. All this on a 2 1/2 acre retreat on the northern coast of the Dominican.

This is a newer hotel, and it appears the property is really starting turn the corner on some of its early service related kinks.

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·   Casa Colonial Reviews [TripAdvisor]
·   Dominican Deluxe [Travel & Leisure]