How we score.
How All Inclusivity scores 816 all-inclusive resorts across 47 data points.
The aggregate rating
Every resort gets one headline rating on a 0–100 scale. That number is a weighted blend of public user-review scores from major booking and review platforms, with a floor on minimum review volume — so that a resort with three glowing reviews can't leapfrog one with thousands of solid ones.
The eight sources
The largest volume of traveler reviews on the planet. Weighted highest because signal beats noise when n is in the millions.
Google Hotel reviews draw a broader, less travel-nerd audience than TripAdvisor — a good counter-signal.
Only verified stayers can leave Expedia reviews, so bias drops. Scoring skews higher across the board — we normalize.
Forbes Travel Guide star ratings. Methodical anonymous inspections across 900 criteria. A floor for luxury.
Costco Travel's own member-only ratings skew heavily family/mainstream — useful for non-luxury properties.
AAA Diamond ratings. Trusted in North America; conservative scorers. Underweighted outside the continental Americas.
Travel Weekly's advisor ratings. Small sample but trade-specific insight on operations, not marketing.
Our own read of the property. Small weight by design — we don't want the opinion desk to outrank the crowd.
What else goes in
- Category fit signals — Adults Only vs Family; Great Food / Great Beach / Great for Romance / Great for Parties tags
- Price — 2026 direct retail pricing (USD and CAD) for a standard week
- Value ratio — rating per dollar, to flag under-the-radar picks
- Property facts — room count, year built/renovated, amenities, airport and transfer time, direct-flight availability
Where the data comes from
The resort list — names, locations, room counts, amenities, brand, year built, deal-breaker tags — comes from a reference sheet that u/TheRealGuncho single-handedly compiles and maintains, shared publicly on r/AllInclusiveResorts. We treat his sheet as ground truth for what's currently operating. Our contribution is the scoring methodology (the eight-source weighted blend above), the editorial framing, and the comparison tools you're using right now. We don't claim to be the original compilers of any listing; we credit the person who does that work.
How to read the data
Three things worth flagging upfront, because the spreadsheet has specific conventions that affect how you should compare resorts:
The price column on the source sheet is currently labeled Direct USD 2027 — a published retail rate sampled in a specific week, not a year-round average. Two resorts with the same per-week number can carry wildly different value if one quotes a shoulder week and the other quotes peak; we normalize against rating to get the value ratio, but the absolute number is still a snapshot.
What we don't do
- No paid rankings. We earn no commissions and run no ads (disclosure).
- No inflated scores. The scale is 0–100 and we use the full range.
- No fake urgency— we're not a booking engine.
How we update
The ratings dataset is refreshed quarterly. Every resort page shows a “data last updated” timestamp so you know how fresh the numbers are. When a resort closes, rebrands, or opens new, we update the dataset.
Questions?
We welcome feedback on the methodology. Write to contact@allinclusivity.com.