All inclusive resort recommendations.
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The Royal in Cancun or Playa del Carmen. Unbelievable food, service, premium booze. Totally safe and everyone talks good english. Adult only.
Dreams in Puerto Vallarta was my favorite, been to Riu in Playa Del Carmen, and Dreams in Dominican Republic.
Presidente Inter-continental San Jose Del Cabo. Close enough to but not in Cabo San Lucas.
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It's been ten years since we were there, but it was awesome. The swim up bar was the best. When there, order an OB.
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It's been ten years since we were there, but it was awesome. The swim up bar was the best. When there, order an OB.
I've done Moon Palace, Cancun Palace, and the Royals in both Cancun and Playa del Carmen. Can't go wrong with any but the food and service are better at the Royal. They are awesome. Just depends if you want all the nightlife and activities available in Cancun or the actual "Mexico" atmosphere of Playa.
This, except it isn't quite as far as the Riviera. They have a great couple of golf courses and the shuttles to all other palace resorts are included as well as your all-inclusive payment. We honeymooned there and came back for our five-year anniversary. We also stayed at the Aventura Palace down a bit further in the Riviera Maya, which is adult-only.
Riviera Maya Hotel | Aventura Spa Palace | Riviera Maya, Mexico
We liked it so much down there we bought a discounted 25 weeks...
This is where you want to go, my good deed for the day is done.
Adults Only Hotel in Riviera Maya | El Dorado Royale, a Spa Resort
Adults Only Hotel in Riviera Maya | El Dorado Royale, a Spa Resort
Went by that on the way to Pelican Bar a few months ago. Wow that place looks nice but it is in the middle of no where....
Consider Jamaica over Mexico if you can afford it.
Went there for our honeymoon, it was great. The "beached whales" were a little strange, but we enjoyed swimming out and sitting on them.
No matter where you go, pick an adults-only resort.
Riu Palace in Riviera Maya-Cancun-Crazy awesome bartenders and really good food at the resturants you make reservations at, the buffet is marginal. Great beach and the ground floor rooms rock. Staff has a lot of activities for some fun during the day(ping-pong, water volleyball, scuba training) Wet bar in the rooms are insane, they have four Bottles hanging on the wall(vodka, Rum, Tequila-DUH and I don't remember the 4th) and you can use them up and have them refilled every 10 minutes if you want.
NOW Saphire in Riviera Maya-Cancun-Really cool place and I wish we just stayed on the resort instead of the excursions. Awesome food everywhere we went on resort, only filled wet bar once a day so I relied on the bars at the resort a lot but they had great service. Staff was great as were the beaches. Only 20 minutes from Airport.
Both can be booked rather easy thru Apple Vacations. No, I don't work for them just very happy with their service.
NOW Saphire in Riviera Maya-Cancun-Really cool place and I wish we just stayed on the resort instead of the excursions. Awesome food everywhere we went on resort, only filled wet bar once a day so I relied on the bars at the resort a lot but they had great service. Staff was great as were the beaches. Only 20 minutes from Airport.
Both can be booked rather easy thru Apple Vacations. No, I don't work for them just very happy with their service.
Just got back a couple of weeks ago from Royal in Cancun. Rooms were great, drinks were top notch and kept flowing, no kids allowed, etc. The only negative that's not really a negative was that the food was just average in my opinion but I have a feeling it's aove average compared to other all-inclusives.
View from room
In the room
Also in the room along with a fridge full of beer, water, etc
Swim up bar
View from room
In the room
Also in the room along with a fridge full of beer, water, etc
Swim up bar
Hotel Riu Emerald Bay resort in Mazatlan.....NOT!!!
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We stayed at the Excellence Rivera Cancun a couple of years ago. Food was awesome. Staff was friendly and helpful and Liquor was top shelf!
Riviera Maya All Inclusive - Excellence Riviera Cancun - Excellence Group Resorts
Riviera Maya All Inclusive - Excellence Riviera Cancun - Excellence Group Resorts
Couples - Negril, Jamaica. Amazing restaurants, bars, and pool/beach area. Free catamaran cruises, snorkeling, hobby cat rentals, and scuba even. Has a piano bar and a dance club. Only 30 minutes from Rick's Cafe if you're into cliff jumping and sunsets over the ocean with live music.
This is probably correct
Room-With that we got a great room that I guess would cost at least $150/night by itself considering how nice the room and the rest of the place was including the pool.
Dining-3 meals from one of 8 different restaurants. I'm just guessing that I would have had to pay about $80/day to eat the same type of food. $160 for 2.
Drinks-I drank about half beer/half mixed drinks. Probably about 15 drinks per day. I don't know what these would cost at non all-inclusive but I can't imagine those being less than $30x 2 people. $60
So used about $370 for the $500 we paid. There is still something to be said for knowing what your expenses are going to be. Next time we go we have a penthouse condo on the list that has it's own private pool and for 2 couples it would be a little cheaper than an all-inclusive. I think most people stop at the local wal-mart and just max out the beer/food so that they don't have to leave the place. I would think if you could find a bunch of couples to go you could save a lot of money by renting a condo/house. Of course then you have to deal with other couples.
Just for comparison sake, the last time we were in Vegas we got a cabana and the minimum we had to spend on food/drinks was $500 between 4 people. We hit that in about 4 hours.
BTW-Corona sucks donkey and shouldn't cost more than a dime.
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