Don't forget to haggle the price if you take a taxi. I never paid more than five or six dollars to take a taxi from downtown back to the hotel zone and sometimes much less. At 4:30 AM we took a taxi home from the Mambo Cafe (a must see if you like salsa music and dancing) for under $4.00, as the streets are full of taxis looking for business. We got a ride back to TTR from Coco Bongo's for just over $2. Tell the taxi driver you only have so much money. The first two or three said no but the next one agreed. I never haggle prices in the states but started to get the hang of it, yet I still don't consider myself very good at it.
Tori, thanks for clearing that up...I wasn't sure what exactly to call the Hotel Zone/ Party Zone...that is much more specific