If you're thinking of cancelling your wedding/honeymoon in the Dr...

I feel like this post is irresponsible. That's great you had an awesome time in the DR, and you're right that tragedies happen every day during very normal activities. The facts are that multiple Americans have DIED or gotten severely ill in DR and they have no clue why. Not sure how "sticking with the facts" would persuade someone to go to the DR...

Giving unsolicited advice about a topic like this is probably not the best. How would you feel if someone read this and was like "awesome, I'm good to go to DR" and then ended up getting sick or even dying. A vacation is not worth someone's life.

View Quoted Comment I respect your opinion. With sticking to the facts I make reference to wait until there are final reports before just jumping into conclusions.

I’m glad you had a great time and no issues. It’s not a place I would feel comfortable going at this time.

View Quoted Comment Do you know how long government reports take? I would hope people are smart enough to think for themselves, look at the facts, and make an educated decision about their safety without a government organization having to tell them what to do.
I'm with Kelly on this one for sure.

While I understand and respect what you're saying, the things that are happening are happening within the resorts, not the city limits. I can see if this was one or two completely isolated incidents, but the sheer fact that the number keeps rising and the stories are becoming more and more identical, it's definitely a cause to raise concern. Especially for those that are specifically vacationing at the resorts. This is not a knock on the DR, this is about general concern and safety. I would say the same if this was happening at resorts in other areas as well.

I agree about not jumping to conclusions.
That being said there is actually a huge homeschool movement over the gun violence and many colleges in the US are reporting a drop in international admissions over our mass shootings. So uh... Maybe don't compare it to that.

While I respect your opinion, we've still decided the Dominican is out of consideration for honeymoon destinations at this time.

I mean, yes, people do start homeschooling after school shootings. And yes, people choose not to vacation in the US all the time. People are allowed to choose what they will and won’t risk when it comes to their safety. Having the limited information we have at this time about all these deaths would make me not book a trip to the DR or try and switch vacation spots if I’d already booked, and I’ve been there before.

I may be in the minority here but I actually totally understand where you were coming from. I don't think you meant any harm by sharing your experience.
I've always had a great time when I visited the DR and am really sad to hear about everything that's been happening there recently. It's horrible!

I agree with Angerra. It’s quite clear you had no ill intention, nor are you trying to convince people to feel a certain way. You’re just trying to defend your home, the same way any of us would. The current resort situation gives me a little too much anxiety to travel there for my own honeymoon (although I definitely would love to see it one day), I still totally respect where you’re coming from.

View Quoted Comment It is sad and I hope the authorities come up with an official report soon.

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I hope it all clears out. A couple of weeks before my wedding a couple of tourists from the US disappeared, people jumped into conclusions and said that tourists were being killed in the DR, even some of my guests asked me about it. It turned out that they drove themselves into the ocean when driving to the airport while it was still dark out. It was tragic, but when we come up with conclusions without looking at the facts we are more likely to make wrong assumptions.