Flights
We find the routing that works for the whole group and hold it. Large groups rarely fit on one flight; we plan the arrivals around that rather than making half the party wait.
Planned trips to the Dominican Republic
You tell us who is coming. We plan the rest.
Flights, hotel, airport pickup, car and tours, arranged around your group by the people who run the trips on the ground. Any group size, anywhere in the country.
In short
We Plan Your Trip is a free planning service from My Dominican Trip for anyone travelling to the Dominican Republic, from a couple to a group of two hundred. You describe the group, the dates and what you want to do; we read it the same day and get in touch by WhatsApp or phone to build the itinerary with you, covering flights, hotel, airport transfers, car rental and tours. Nothing is paid on this page and there is no obligation.
Free, no obligation
Tell us about the trip
The more you tell us here, the less we have to ask later. A real person reads it the same day and gets in touch to build the plan with you.
- 1 Contact
- 2 Who
- 3 When
- 4 Getting there
- 5 The trip
How it works
You describe the trip
Five short steps above: who is travelling, when, where you are flying from and what you want us to handle. It takes about two minutes and you do not need dates locked in.
We build it
A real person reads it the same day and puts together an itinerary against live availability — not a template. If something you asked for does not work for your dates or your group size, we say so and offer the alternative.
We talk it through
We get in touch — WhatsApp, a call, whichever you picked — and go through it with you. Then you get the itinerary and the cost, itemised. Change what you want and we redo it. No charge and no obligation.
We run it on the ground
The same team that planned it meets you at the airport and runs the tours. If a flight is late or something changes mid-trip, you message one number and it gets handled here, not by a call centre in another country.
What we handle
Take all of it or take the parts you want. Most groups already have flights and hand us everything after landing.
Hotel or villa
All-inclusive resorts, apartments or a private villa. Above about eight people a villa is usually cheaper per person and far easier to live in, and we will tell you when that is the case.
Airport pickup
Private vehicles sized to the group, with the flight tracked. Nobody negotiates with a taxi at midnight with four suitcases and two sleeping children.
Car rental
When the group wants to move on its own. We sort the insurance properly up front, which is the part that catches people out at the counter.
Tours and excursions
Chosen against the ages and the energy of the group, not off a rack. We say which ones we would not put your group on, which is usually more useful than the list of what is available.
One contact
One person and one WhatsApp number from the first message until you are home. You never re-explain your trip to somebody new.
Who we plan for
A church group of two hundred and a couple on honeymoon need different things from the same country. Pick the one closest to you — the size is never the problem.
Family trip
Families rarely fall apart over the hotel.
Couples trip
A trip for two is the easiest to book and the easiest to get wrong.
Church group
A church group has a treasurer, a leader answering to a congregation, and a number that cannot move.
School or graduation trip
A school trip is approved by people who were not in the room when it was planned.
Bachelor or bachelorette trip
Someone in the group always ends up being the organiser and spending the trip on their phone.
Company or incentive trip
A company trip fails on logistics, not on the destination.
Family reunion
A reunion has a grandmother who cannot do the catamaran and a nine-year-old who wants nothing else.
Wedding party
You have a venue and a date.
Group of friends
Everyone agrees on the destination and nobody books anything.
Honeymoon
You have just spent a year organising something.
Senior group
Most itineraries are written for people who can stand in the sun for three hours.
Quinceanera trip
It is her trip, but it is a family trip with a teenager at the centre of it.
Where we send groups
The zone follows the group. A reunion with grandparents and a bachelor party do not belong in the same place, even in the same country.
Punta Cana
PUJ - 10 to 40 minutesThe shortest distance between landing and a beach chair in the country.
Not for: Travellers looking for a town with its own life. The resort strip is built for visitors and does not pretend otherwise.
Bavaro
PUJ - 25 to 45 minutesThe stretch of beach north of Punta Cana, with more hotels per kilometre than anywhere else in the country and a strip of shops and restaurants behind it.
Not for: Anyone after a quiet beach. This is the busiest coastline in the country and that is the point of it.
Bayahibe and Dominicus
LRM - 20 to 30 minutes from La Romana, around 1h 45m from Punta CanaA fishing village that became a small resort zone without losing the village.
Not for: Large groups expecting a dozen hotel options. The zone is small and the good properties fill early.
La Romana
LRM - 15 to 25 minutesA working city with a resort economy attached, and the closest thing the country has to a golf and marina destination.
Not for: Budget groups. The signature properties here are priced accordingly.
Juan Dolio and Boca Chica
SDQ - 15 to 35 minutesThe closest beach to Santo Domingo and to its airport.
Not for: Anyone expecting Punta Cana. The beaches are narrower and the resorts are older.
Santo Domingo
SDQ - 30 to 45 minutesThe oldest continuously inhabited European city in the Americas, and a capital of three million people.
Not for: A beach holiday. The city has no beach; the nearest is Boca Chica, half an hour east.
Samana
AZS - 40 minutes from AZS, around 2h 30m from Punta CanaA green peninsula on the north-east coast, with the country's most dramatic coastline and the waterfall and mangrove trips to match.
Not for: Large groups on a tight budget, or anyone who wants a short transfer from Punta Cana.
Las Terrenas
AZS - 40 minutesA beach town on the Samana peninsula with a long European presence, which shows in the restaurants.
Not for: All-inclusive travellers. That is not really how this town works.
Puerto Plata
POP - 15 to 30 minutesThe north coast, and the country's original tourist zone.
Not for: Groups flying into Punta Cana. It is the other end of the country and the drive is most of a day.
Miches
PUJ - around 1h 30mThe newest resort zone in the country, on a bay between mountains and a beach that was empty ten years ago.
Not for: Anyone who wants choice. The zone has a handful of properties and little outside them.
What it costs
The planning is free. You pay for the trip, not for the plan, and there is no fee added on top for putting it together. We make our margin inside the services we operate — the transfers, the tours, the hotel booking — which is how a local operator works and why the number you see is the number you pay.
What moves the price per person, in order: the season, the hotel category, the group size and how many nights. December, Easter week and the first half of August are the expensive windows. Group size cuts both ways — it gets you a better room rate and a private vehicle instead of a shared one, but above about sixteen people the transport becomes a bus, which changes the maths.
What these parts cost, for reference
So you have a reference before we talk. These are live figures out of our own catalogue, not a brochure — what we would charge today for each piece on its own. Your trip gets quoted as a whole, by hand.
- Excursions, per person
- USD $55 - $29526 tours published, median $95
- Airport transfer, group of 4
- USD $20 - $60per person, both ways
- Airport transfer, group of 12
- USD $12 - $33per person, both ways. Bigger group, lower per head.
- Car rental, per day
- USD $32 - $130per vehicle, insurance sorted up front
- Private villa
- USD $185a night, sleeps 8 — about $23 per person
What we quote live
The hotel and the flights. Those two are the ones that move a budget most, and neither has a fixed number: an all-inclusive room in Punta Cana costs one thing the second week of September and another the week of Christmas, and a flight from Atlanta is not a flight from Madrid. We are not going to print a package price that would not apply to you.
Fill the form above with as much detail as you can. We read it the same day and come back to you to put the real number together.
Frequently asked questions
- Is the planning really free?
- Yes. There is no planning fee and no charge for a quote. We earn inside the services we operate, so you pay for the trip itself and nothing on top for organising it.
- What is the minimum group size?
- Two. Couples are a normal request. The service is most useful above four, where coordinating rooms, vehicles and tours stops being something you want to do on your phone.
- How fast do you reply?
- The same day, within about four working hours. A full itinerary with prices usually takes one to two days because we check live availability rather than sending a template.
- Do I have to book the flights through you?
- No. Most groups already have flights and hand us everything from the airport onward. If you do want us to find them, say so in the form and send us the departure city.
- When do I pay, and how?
- Nothing is paid on this page. Once you approve the itinerary we send a branded payment link — card or PayPal — usually a deposit to hold everything and the balance before travel. Group trips can be split per person.
- Can each person in the group pay separately?
- Yes. A deposit holds the booking and everyone else pays on their own link. It is the normal arrangement for church groups, friends and school trips, and it is what stops one person carrying the whole cost.
- What if our dates are not fixed yet?
- Send the month and tick the flexible box. Moving a group trip by a week often changes the price per person noticeably, and we will tell you when that is worth doing.
- Do you handle special needs, allergies or limited mobility?
- Yes, and it changes the plan rather than being a note at the end. Tell us in the form. Mobility decides the hotel and which excursions we even offer; allergies get passed to the hotel and to every tour with a meal, and we confirm back which ones can handle it.
- Can you invoice a company, a school or a church?
- Yes, itemised and with the institution's details. Tell us what your finance or treasury side needs on the document and we put it there.
- What happens if something goes wrong during the trip?
- You message the same WhatsApp number you have been talking to and it is handled here, on the island, by the people running your services. That is the practical difference between a local operator and a booking site.
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