How we rate

Who gets listed

A resort is listed only if every guest must be an adult (18+, or 16+ where the resort says so) and all-inclusive is its standard rate, not an add-on.

Resorts that are closed come off the list until they reopen. Seasonal resorts stay, with the months they open. Clothing-optional and lifestyle resorts are listed but hidden unless you choose to see them.

Scores

Each score is the resort's Booking.com guest review score, with the number of reviews behind it. Scores from fewer than 20 reviews are not shown; 131 resorts have one.

We do not change scores. Top rated, and the numbered order inside each region, weighs each score by how many reviews are behind it, so a 9.5 from 30 reviews does not outrank a 9.3 from 400.

Recommended, the order you see first, takes the best-scored resorts from each region in turn, Mexico and the Caribbean twice per round because most trips go there, and those with a checked price before those without. It opens on one resort we pick as a strong first look, always one already in the mix on its score. It is not numbered, because it is a mix rather than a ranking.

Prices

Each price is the cheapest available rate for two adults across a 30-night stay in the destination's peak month (February, or August for Greece, Spain and Turkey), divided by 30. Where no 30-night stay was offered we used one peak week, and the card says "week avg". Prices far above the rest of their destination are left out until checked again. It is a guide to what a night costs, not a quote.

Add your dates in the search and every button takes you to Booking.com with those dates, where you see the live price.

Money

You book with Booking.com, which takes payment and handles changes and cancellations. We never take payment.

If you book through our links we may earn a commission from Booking.com at no extra cost to you. No resort pays to be listed or ranked.