Puerto Rico vs Dominican Republic: Which is Better?

Thinking about planning a trip to Puerto Rico or Dominican Republic? Here’s a question that I came across on Facebook recently:

I need some input from you brothers. I’m planning a vacation for my birthday in June. I’ve decided between the Dominican Republic or Puerto Rico. I’m leaning towards Puerto Rico as my first choice. How do Puerto Rico treat the single American brothas?

I’ve been fortunate enough to have visited both Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico. Both countries have their pros and cons.

In this article, I’m going to compare Puerto Rico and Dominican Republic to help you decide which country you want to visit.

Visas

US citizens don’t require a visa to enter the Dominican Republic. You can stay 30 days in the DR as long as you have a valid passport.

Puerto Rico is a United States territory and all Puerto Ricans are American citizens. You can move to Puerto Rico and stay there as long as you like. I love the ease of entering Puerto Rico and they win the visa comparison by a long shot.

Winner: Puerto Rico

Cost of Living

If you are looking for the cheapest trip, then Dominican Republic is much cheaper than Puerto Rico. Since Puerto Rico is an American territory, you will find USA prices everywhere. Everything from hotels to nightclubs is expensive in the capital of San Juan.

I remember having to pay $20 cover charge to enter a popular nightclub in San Juan.

Dominican Republic is cheaper for tourists. According to Numbeo, Dominican Republic is around 27% cheaper. Your dollar goes much further in Hispaniola, the name of the island that separates Dominican Republic and Haiti.

Winner: Dominican Republic

Food

Both countries have an amazingly rich food culture, but I’d have to lean with Puerto Rico as my preference. Too many street vendors were selling cheap food in the DR that I wouldn’t dare eat. I mostly ate at the hotel during my trip just to be safe.

Puerto Rico has many clean restaurants and better street food. The fruits & vegetables were really good in Puerto Rico.

Winner: Puerto Rico

Nightlife

In Puerto Rico, you will notice the nightlife is rich and livingly. There are many nightclubs in Old San Juan with some pretty expensive cover charges. The good part is that some of the women I saw at these nightclubs were stunningly beautiful. Puerto Rican women really like to dress up and look good for their men.

In Dominican Republic, I noticed most of the nightlife was geared towards prostitution or going to local nightclubs. I once got refused entry into a Dominican nightclub because they didn’t like my shoes. That was the first time I ever got refused from a club.

The pay for play scene in DR is huge. You will see many older white men walking with young Dominican girls half their age. Poverty is a huge problem so many of these girls are single mothers and desperate for extra income.

It’s also more dangerous in the DR due to the language barrier and poverty. Lots of American men go missing in the DR every year so please be careful!

Winner: Puerto Rico

Women

This is a tough choice for me because female beauty is reliant on preference. Do you prefer big booty brown girls or a wide selection of body types and skin tones?

Puerto Rico is very diverse and I saw a lot of hot young girls as well as attractive female tourists. The selection there is incredible so you can sample a wide variety of ladies.

On the other hand, your typical Dominican chick will be brown skinned. There isn’t as much genetic diversity in the DR. DR girls are beautiful, too. It’s hard to choose between the two countries. Here’s some tips on meeting women in the Dominican Republic.

If I had to choose one, I’d say Puerto Rico because I have access to a wide variety of girls who dress nicer.

Winner: Puerto Rico

Safety

Puerto Rico wins this category hands down. I felt much safer and had zero problems walking alone at night. On the other hand, the Dominican Republic has plenty of issues with safety.

I mentioned earlier that American men go missing in the DR every year. Part of the problem is that men don’t understand how low DR salaries are. If you go down their showing off your money, you will attract bad people.

Many DR girls will work with a local boyfriend to set you up and rob you. It’s the reality of life in the DR. I didn’t have any problems because I don’t show off my money or wear expensive jewelry to attract thieves.

Some of you brothas love to show off. LOL. I’d recommend Puerto Rico if that’s your thing.

Winner: Puerto Rico.

Beaches

The DR has some of the nicest beaches in the world. Punta Cana and Boca Chica are absolutely stunning in comparison to Puerto Rico.

Puerto Rico has some nice beaches on the Caribbean side, but you will find more eye candy in the DR.

Winner: Dominican Republic

Conclusion

I hope I covered everything on both beautiful countries. If I were planning a birthday vacation, then I would go to Puerto Rico over the Dominican Republic. It’s safer, easier to get around, and you will have a good time.

The DR is nice, but I would rather go to Brazil and spend my time there. Brazil offers more women, better food, better beaches and a better overall experience.

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34 Comments

  1. Many AFRICAN AMERICANS I spoke to refuse to go to DR DUE to anti black attitude If u get a chance PBS has a special called BLACK IN LATIN AMERICA VERY EDUCATIONAL I’am MEXICAN SPANIARD the host of the PBS show is a well know black professor he went to many Latino countries, he discovered southern Mexico has a large POPULATION Of BLACK and Mulatto when he got TO DR he was amazed at least 80% were MULATTO VERY FEW LIGHT SKIN He would speak to the people and ask them what color they were all said MESTIZO or INDIO HE would laugh telling them NO I am black and lighter than you. Statues of DR HEROES many of them being dark were white washed The people were outraged when he said THE DR OF TODAY IS MIXED with huge amounts of Haiti THE program also showed how the DR Language accent has shifted to a sort of mix of HAITIAN.

  2. How can you say that PR is better, when not even Puerto Ricans visit their island. Something dont make sense here, if PR is better, why nobody goes to PR and DR is the most visited country in the region? Pls, explain. Prostitution, yes. DR is a country under development with 0%, while in the US, women get housing, shelter, food stamp, health care, free education, free transportation for students, the utilities get paid, WIC program, ect, and women still prostitute themselve. Out there is a every day surviving, here, is for fun. No excuse. Another tging you forgot, PR pay no taxes and are being support by our tax payers. Puerto Ricans were the ones who tried to mess with the Dominican turism. But ain’t gonna happen.

    • ok first off whats your problem with PR malditaa odiosa racista!!!! do you know theres also around 300k Dominicans living in PR right now pendejaaa also PR is the second most visited island after DR so thank you talkin about not gonna catch up to us PUTA quien tu cree que tu ere cono aqui en PR aceptamo Dominicano PUNETA y MIREN EL ODIO QUE USTEDES NOS DAN y DIQUE LOYAL HOW MANY DOMINICANS CHEAT AND THE MOST RACIST COUNTRY HOW TF DID DR SURPASS MEXICO AND BRAZIL IN THE MOST RACIST COUNTRIES IN THE AMERICAS CONO AND YALL BLACK BUT YALL RACIST ASF AND IM BLACK ASF BUT IM AFRO PUERTO RICAN AND I CANT BELIEVE THE HATE I GOT FOR BEING BLACK THATS SUM BULL BUT TAKE CARE SISTA KEEP SHOWING YOUR HATE FOR PR

  3. Columbia? Where its located that country? DR racist, when in america dont want no other color than blk. That negative reputation haitians have give it to DR. The only thing that alot ppl dnt want to say it, is that in DR, haitians are better treated than in Haiti.

  4. Guys, I have read most of your comments and for the dominican rep I would said Please visit youtube there you will see real videos of real tourist visiting the Dr. As the most visited country in the Caribbean, we have gane some competition that create blogs and posts with comments that look inocent, but they are not. just search on youtube for dominican rep. and you will see proff and well documented. facts. That is the best advice.

  5. San Jua the Capital of Puerto Rico its much beautiful than the capital of Dominican Republic. San Juan is aslo much cleaner and Pictures Friendly. RD has more beaches, and beautiful but Puerto Rico dont stay behind. So, if you’re looking to go for a Honey Moon. I’ll choose Puerto Rico.

  6. So the black Dominicans are not “Latinas” ? Sounds extremely ignorant!!! African DNA has always been apart of Latino culture. Please educate yourself or go back home!

  7. The Dominican Republic is one of the most diverse countries in the world. Aside from whites, blacks, and in-betweens, there are also asians, Jews, Arabs, etc. There is even a Chinatown where people speak Chinese.

    It looks like you were only interested in seeing WHITE latinas, which is what you are blanketing as “diversity.” If that’s what you want, go to the north – La Vega, Santiago, Jarabacoa, San Francisco, etc. You won’t see many northern Dominicans in the touristy areas.

  8. a lot of ethnic diversity. If you like black women you will be in heaven. Here are some Nice Beach area towns that are not full of tourists to check out are Puerto plata, Samana, Rio San Juan, San Pedro de Macoris, Cabrera, but the downside of these areas you will need to be able to speak Spanish or have a translator. Places I would recommend avoiding Boca Chica it’s very ghetto you can get robbed very easily at gunpoint. I would also recommend avoiding La Romana a lot of murders have happened out there of tourists as well as locals. If you like latina woman Santiago and la vega are the place. Unfortunately a lot of these women are racist towards black men, they prefer white men and Latino men.

  9. a lot of ethnic diversity. If you like black women you will be in heaven. Here are some Nice Beach area towns that are not full of tourists to check out are Puerto plata, Samana, Rio San Juan, San Pedro de Macoris, Cabrera, but the downside of these areas you will need to be able to speak Spanish or have a translator. Places I would recommend avoiding Boca Chica it’s very ghetto you can get robbed very easily at gunpoint. I would also recommend avoiding La Romana a lot of murders have happened out there of tourists as well as locals. If you like love seeing a woman Santiago and la vega are the place. Unfortunately a lot of these women are racist towards black men, they prefer white men and Latino men.

  10. I am currently in the Dominican Republic and I will say they have a lot of ethnic diversity. In the capital and most of the little beach towns you’re mainly going to find majority black women of different complexions and looks. If you like black women you will be in heaven. They have gorgeous brown skin as well as light skin black women with big booties like in the early 2000s rap videos. Unfortunately the Black Dominican and black Haitian women most of them are prostitutes. You will see a small percentage of Latina women in the beach towns as well and in my “opinion” they are a lot more attractive than the black ones. Here are some Nice Beach area towns that are not full of tourists to check out are Puerto plata, Samana, Rio San Juan, San Pedro de Macoris, Cabrera, but the downside of these areas you will need to be able to speak Spanish or have a translator. I recommend getting on Badoo and Tinder and looking for some women in the capital Santo Domingo who speak English and wouldn’t mind working as a guide. Places I would recommend avoiding Boca Chica it’s very ghetto you can get robbed very easily at gunpoint. I would also recommend avoiding La Romana a lot of murders have happened out there of tourists as well as locals. The colonial zone is a nice place to check out in the day time.
    Becareful at night it can be dangerous if your by your self. Also be careful if you’re driving the police will pull you over and they will demand that you give up the money or go to the ATM do not argue with them just pay them the money and go about your day….. refusing to pay can mean ending up in third world jail…… if you want to be in a more Gringo Americanized beach towns I recommend Punta Cana as well as sosua you can get by in these areas well without speaking any Spanish. If you love Latina women Santiago and La Vega are the two cities to check out. But in these places I recommend you know how to speak proper fluent Spanish. Here you have real women that are not prostitutes. Unfortunately for some of the black tourists a lot of these women may not be too interested due to discrimination. The Latina women in these parts of the country prefer white men and Latino men. The capital of Santo Domingo is a nice place to visit if you can speak fluent Spanish. You have a great mix of ethnic diversity in the capital you will find any kind of women are looking for and you have a lot of educated women as well that can speak English, have jobs, and careers. Also you can only stay 30 days at a time in the Dominican Republic. At the airport that is the max you want to be in the country when you sign the paperwork. It is also not free to enter the country there is a $10 Visa tourist tax. When you leave it’s similar to the Bahamas you will be paying an exit tax. If you’re a non Caucasian or black American I would recommend you fly directly into Punta Cana or Santiago over Santo Domingo airport. They may hassle you and give you a tough time if you are Latino American or Asian American or even Arab American.

  11. Tarik are you a pimp?Can you post a link of the study of the genetic diversity in DR?Brazil offer more women?Hookers?Brazil is a big country ,where will you go?Dominican food is just street vendors?Where the heck do you stayed?Are you sure you visited the DR and not Haiti our neighbors?

  12. I live in PR presently and let me tell you I have met a frew good people but over all I am out of here………..this is the Most Racist place I have lived in My Life….Im a Black Man that grew up in Alabama during the 60s to the 80s ..they don’t have nothing on these Puerto Rican’s and whites down here
    ….smfh ……..been here 10 months though it would be a great place to live….not so much…..if you are aBlack Person from the Mainland find another place to reside….they only like white people and Puerto Rican’s down here #facts…..yes looking for somewhere else to call home pr is sad with the racism A lot of white and Puerto Rican’s are very hateful and Racist#facts

  13. That is why I want to go to a beach in Dominican Republic…eye candy.

    If women in Ukraine and Russia are not so darn attractive and feminine and marriage-minded, I would have returned to Latin America in a heartbeat.

  14. Good article but I might add something that you didn’t touch on:DR is one of the most racist countries in the world when it comes to black people so as a black man I would avoid that country altogether… Visit Brazil or Columbia instead If your looking for Latin women….

    Hope you do an article about Indonesia or Malaysia in the future, from what I’ve read The Philippines can’t hold a candle to them when it comes to quality and quantity of women especially Indonesia.

    • The Dominican Republic is not “racist” like you said. People of different color visit every year and that makes your false accusation look bad. You’re just making this conclusion on paid anti-propaganda that you read out there.

    • Nice article but you missed something very important about race. In DR you won t see any of those ridiculous race groups ….The previous first lady of USA, who is a beautiful, elegant, smart and classy woman was constantly attacked and name called only because of her race, wake up people! USA is propably the most racist country in the world where races is taking to a whole different level. Oh BTW I have visited 15 countries between America and Europe so what I have written is base on experience….

    • Wait. isn’t 90% of D.R. population black or are mixed black themselves. There is no such thing as pure Latin in the D.R. it is a rare thing found only among the rich people. Santiago is the only part of D.R. where you will find the most light skinned women.

      • I don’t agree. Please document yourself about all the dirty things still happening in USA to black Americans. Is way beyond discrimination, is hate, is about going as far as attempting against someone’s life just because is black. This ia a VERY dirty secret we Americans have been trying to hide from the rest of the world. LET’S CLEAN OUR DIRTY DISHES FIRST…

      • I don’t know where that individual lives but he should avoid living in USA as well… again what is happening in USA is way beyond “is racial hate”.
        When we se police killing and arresting people only bc they are black, that is a serious issue.

        Maritza

    • Also be aware that when an American guy go to those countries to find a woman is likely because for some reason they are not able to find one in USA. Unless the man is a very hot and rich man (which I doubt it), that woman will likely kick that guy’s a… as soon as she is in USA.. That is not the rule but if you see a guy that have to go to another country to get a girl is usually because there is something wrong with him that prevents him from getting a decent woman in his own country… Do the math…