DiscoPapa

If you can choose the family suite, do it - best Hyatt suite we’ve been in. Agree with previous poster - base room on points is tight. We did it before with two small kids (pack-n-play, stroller, etc) and there wasn’t much room to breathe.

Jja6782

It’s not available now but I’ll keep an eye out for it. I grabbed the cayena suite for now. How did you like being there with a kid? We pretty much plan on just renting a beach/family pool umbrella everyday. Is it an easy walk to restaurants with a stroller? Did you request a crib? Thanks!

bjk497

There is an area pretty much right across the street with about 5 restaurants (I think all owned by the same group). Definitely tourist restaurants and not Aruban food, but we enjoyed the food for the most part and they were very convenient and easily walkable with a stroller. There are more restaurants not super far also that are also walkable.

Jja6782

great thanks!

DiscoPapa

Sorry - missed this earlier. We loved the resort with kids. Our favorite (until we tried Baha Mar...ha!). Great pool area, great water slide. I wouldn't recommend paying for a beach/pool umbrella. You can reserve online the day before for free at www.hyattbeachservices.com.

sdfly

Im looking to book 7 nights in July. I'm new to hyatt points thing and was just going to do the standard room in the 3rd floor. That seems to give me 1.7 cpp if I am not mistaken. That seems kinda of low for hyatt and after some research here I am wondering if I should book a suite instead? I don't have a hyatt credit card, but I can get one if that would yield me a nice room upgrade or something worthwhile. I've never been to this property or any hyatt so not sure what to expect. A suite is probably better points redemption value but its still more points spent. We're used to standard rooms so not sure the upgrade is worth it. We do enjoy eating in our rooms to save money, so it would be nice to have a dining table. An ocean view would be amazing as we don't do these kinds of trips often but I don't think you can get those with points.

The other question I have is about renting beach umbrellas. I know I have to do it ahead of time but wanted to know if its refundable? Booking so far in advance means that my plans might change and so I booked a refundable flight. So would be great to also have the beach rentals be refundable as well.

Other than that, i've learned that I can get a cab ride from airport easily for $30 or so and just wanted to confirm that I don't need any pre arranged transportation to and from the airport.

Jja6782

Looking to book a king room for my wife, infant and myself. When adding a child it only lets me do a queen.

Any issues just adding two adults and selecting a crib? Anyone have a good email I can reach out to to confirm? Thanks

snw1111

I had been checking on the Hyatt Regency Aruba as the 13 month booking window for dates around next Christmas approached. But now that the booking window is fully open, there’s nothing. No points and no cash options. It says “hotel not available” and just lists the Hyatt Place Aruba Airport as the only Hyatt option available in Aruba.

is it possible this hotel totally sells out at the 13 month mark? I’ve tried individual dates and date ranges between one the 21st and 27th of December for 2024.

Peatisback

I tried booking a Christmas/New Years trip here a few years ago and ran into the same issue.
I was told they have so many year over year repeat guests that they block availability for those guests and later release if those guests choose not to return.
As I recall I checked fairly frequently and it was summer before anything became available, and there weren't many options.

snw1111

oh yikes, summer! Ha kinda interferes with the JetBlue mint suites I was trying to book to Aruba too! But very helpful to know, thank you so much!

Jack Durden

With this Hyatt hotel (and some other popular Hyatt hotels), they seem to set a minimum number of nights (that is not directly stated) during popular times of the year. A search of Dec 19 to Dec 28 shows rooms available for 1/2points and half cash. But a search for Dec 20 to Dec 28 shows no rooms available for points/cash. I've gotten around this by booking the longer stay then calling Hyatt to reduce the number of nights. But it's always a problem, because when they try to book with less days it won't let them, but they say there is no minimum required. They generally have to contact the hotels reservation manager to have the issue fixed. As a globalist the Hyatt concierge can be a big help with this type of issue.

platbrownguy

Delayed response, but there's no issue with this.

CopperSteve

Looking to book a points reservation for four nights June 2024. Only points+cash is coming up and I am checking every day. Is this normal for this property, or is there perhaps a history of points-only becoming available? Thank you.

platbrownguy

There has to be a base room available. There is a base room June 23 for 3 nights (2 queens). Then a base king on June 26. Then a base 2 queen on June 27. So you could redeem points for all 5 of those nights in a row and haggle w/ the property separately to keep you in the same room.
There's also a family suite (48k/night) available 4 nights in a row starting June 22.

CopperSteve

Thanks for the very good advice!