Adults only · Riviera Maya & Punta Cana
JOIA is Iberostar’s adults-only brand, and JOIA Paraíso in the Riviera Maya is a place I keep going back to. I’ve stayed at JOIA Bávaro in Punta Cana too. Booking through me gets you a lower rate than Iberostar’s own site and private transfers, from one of Iberostar’s Top Star Agents.


Deposits: $50 per person holds a resort-only booking, and a package with flights is $200 per person to book.
At JOIA Paraíso the spa pool sits under a retractable glass roof, so a rain shower never ends your swim. You’ll know the rain stopped because the roof opens. The Romance Villas have thatched roofs, their own private pool and a private backyard, and at night you fall asleep to the wind in the thatch.
Butler service comes with the butler suite categories: breakfast and a morning coffee delivered at a set time, loungers saved for you, and requests by WhatsApp, like a jacuzzi drawn with roses waiting when you’re back from dinner. JOIA is the top tier of the Paraíso complex, with access to the restaurants across it.


In Punta Cana, JOIA Bávaro sits on the Iberostar Bávaro complex, around the lagoon with the galleon.


Iberostar has a third JOIA in Jamaica: JOIA Rose Hall, on its Rose Hall complex in Montego Bay. I was at Iberostar’s JOIA Rose Hall event in New York in October 2026, and booking it through me works the same way.

Read how the Paraíso complex works or see booking any Iberostar with me.
Tell me your dates, and whether it’s Paraíso or Bávaro, and I’ll send the price.
No. Without a butler you get the same resort, restaurants and beach. The butler is convenience and small touches, not access.
Iberostar’s adults-only brand, the top of its three tiers above Waves and Selection.
Yes. JOIA is the top tier of the complex, with access to the restaurants across it.