To keep things fair for easy comparison, let us let:
the cost of the 4-Star hotel in Canada - $300 - be the same as the cost of the all-inclusive resort in Punta Cana.
All-Inclusive Resorts charge per person, per day so the nightly cost of $300 for the room, would be ($300 divided by 2 people) so $150 per person, per day.
At an all-inclusive resort in Punta Cana, that same $300 ($150 per person, per day) cost would have gotten you for each of the 2 people in the room:
double-occupancy, all-inclusive accommodations at a 4-Star, beachfront resort
all that you can eat - including all meats - with seconds, thirds, and fourths - at no extra cost
all that you can drink - coffee, tea, beer, red wine, white wine, rum, whisky, vodka, gin, tequila, and champagne - with unlimited refills - at no extra cost
01. full hot buffet breakfast - 6:30 am thru 9:30 am - fruit, cereal, pancakes, bacon, ham, eggs - with a chef to make your eggs any way that you like it,
02. mid-morning snack -10:00 am thru 12:00 noon
03. full hot buffet lunch - 12:30 pm thru 3:30 pm - beef, chicken, pork, fish, soup, salad, rice, pasta - with a chef to make your pasta any way that you like it,
04. mid-afternoon snack - 4:00 pm thru 6:00 pm
05. full, hot, gourmet dinner - 6:30 pm thru 10:00 pm - 12-course dinner
06. late night snack - 10:30 pm thru 01:00 am
07. overnight buffet - 01:30 am thru 5:30 am
7 all-you-can-eat gourmet meals.
Please note that we did not include the following in our calculations:
snacks - hot dogs, hamburgers, pizza, fry chicken wings, sandwiches, fries, nachos
fruits - mangoes, watermelons. papayas, pineapples, bananas, passion fruit
soups - chicken, beef, vegetable, fish, pumpkin, crab, corn, split peas, sancocho
salads - tomatoes, cucumbers, cabbage, carrots, lettuce, avocado, cauliflower, beet
desserts - ice cream, cakes, pies, pastries, donuts
refills and additional drinks - wine, champagne, brandy, cocktails, rum, whisky - or are you going to have just 1 drink with every meal, and no more drinks for the day - not at the pool, not at the beach, not in the room, not even to quench your thirst or to cool you down from the hot Punta Cana sun?
second and third helpings of delicious food items - having more of the good stuff, trying additional and different items off of the menu - or are you going to have just 1 helping of 1 meat, and 1 helping of 1 side, at each meal?
If you had:
1 meat - including chicken, beef, pork, goat, lamb, fish, shrimps, crab, turkey, veal, steak, ribs, lobster, sushi, calamari, duck - bacon, eggs, cold cuts, cheese (and you did not have to have just 1 meat - you could have had 3 - you actually could have had any and all of the meats on the menu),
1 side - including potatoes, yams, plantains, cassava, peas, beans, rice, pasta - pancakes, waffles, cereal, porridge, bread (and you did not have to have just 1 side - you could have had 3 - you actually could have had any and all of the sides on the menu), and
1 drink - including soft drinks, fruit juices, coffee, tea, beer, wine, rum, whisky, gin, vodka, tequila, champagne, brandy (and you did not have to have just 1 drink - you could have had 3 - you actually could have had as many drinks as you wanted, because you get all you can drink)
at every meal time - and there are 7 meal times per day - consequently, a guest, you, can potentially access 21 items - 7 meal times x 3 items (1 meat, 1 side, and 1 drink) per meal time.
Using the $150 per person cost - If you divided the $150 per person, per day cost which you would have paid for the all-inclusive complement of your stay by the 21 items per day - it would cost you on average - $7.14 per item ($150/21).
Do you know of any 12-course, gourmet dinner that you can get at any restaurant in Canada for $7?
A 12-course, gourmet dinner:
1. hors d'oeuvres
2. amuse-bouche
3. soup
4. appetizer
5. salad
6. fish course
7. first main course
8. palate cleanser
9. second main course
10. cheese course
11. dessert
12. mignardise
complete with all-you-can-drink fruit juices, soft drinks, beers, white wine, red wine, champagne, coffee, tea, and brandy.
Do you know of any full, hot, buffet breakfasts or lunches - with seconds, thirds, and fourths - with all meats - and with unlimited refills of coffee, tea, fruit juices, beer, wine, rum, whisky, champagne - all included - that you could get at any restaurant in Canada for $7 each?
Oh, and your all-inclusive accommodations also includes daily activities, non-motorized water sports, nightly entertainment, a nightly show in the resort theater, and a discotheque - all free, and included.
How would you prefer to spend your hotel cost of $300 per night ($150 per person, per day):
at a hotel in freezing Canada - for just the room alone with nothing included, or
at a 5-star, all-inclusive, beachfront resort in tropical Punta Cana - with everything included?
Please note that just as you have in Canada, that there are All-Inclusive Resorts in Punta Cana which cost $300, $400, $500, $600, $700, $800, $900, and even $1,000 per night with the specific hotel cost being based on brand name, quality, location, services offered, and benefits provided.
