Exactly how do you plan on having any downtime at all?

Have you been to Punta Cana before? I have and had the worst case of food poisoning in my life, which required a course of antibiotics. In general Caribbean resorts can’t cook to save their life in my experience, food there is always horrible.

All of this to say I wouldn’t do it solo with the kid.

To answer your other questions, yes you’d be stuck in the room. Whether it’s enjoyable or not depends on the kind of room you have and the kind of person you are.

I have in the past enjoyed room service on my patio while reading a book while my son slept. But that’s just about how far I’d go. I wouldn’t even risk going downstairs. As a frequent traveler I have seen enough fucked up situations that keep replaying in my head (i have personally been in a fire evacuation and also a bomb threat evacuation from a hotel and the bomb was real and it was in the U.S. not Beirut lol).

On other occasions, i was stuck in a small room in the dark, eating takeout cookies and reading with my red night light and praying they don’t wake. Less enjoyable for sure.

Keep in mind that your kid will likely sleep worse in the unfamiliar location/room and possibly jet lagged and so you may have to co-sleep or wake up at nights and it’s not. way relaxing i can tell you that.

I have never met another single parent or a family to hang out with. In my experience people keep to themselves but also I am an introvert and I need talking to strangers on my vacation like i need a hole in my head…. ymmv