With this sargassum season already seeing three major landfalls of the brown “scourge” (and it’s only May), Quintana Roo vacationers have a realistic concern about their upcoming holiday ruined by the worst sargassum season since 2018.
The brand new Secrets Moxche has only been open a few weeks so there’s not much out there on social media. So when a new video comes out I pay attention. Here’s a new one out by Blissfulboys who I believe are travel agents–they primarily filmed outdoor areas so you can get an idea of what those look like at this new adults-only all-inclusive resort.
Ready for more new all-inclusive resorts? Riu is planning on opening two adults-only resorts later on this year. Here’s the scoop:
I’m definitely slipping in my old age, lol, or else the all-inclusive resort market in Cancun and the Riviera Maya is getting too overwhelming for me to keep track of–I would like to believe it’s the latter!
I have to start out this post with a self-disclosure–I typically don’t get any type of beauty or spa treatments when I go on vacation, and that includes stays at all-inclusive resorts. However, I have been curious about what the big draw is to certain resort spas and why guests are more than willing to pay several hundred dollars in an hour or two…I have gone so far as to visit the hydrotherapy circuit at TRS Coral (it was free with my booking), and I did do a video shoot of the unique looking spa at Dreams Natura to address my curiosity, but I am not the first one to sign up for spa treatments when I get to a resort.
For those of you who absolutely HAVE to stay at the luxe Mayakoba complex in the Riviera Maya and still want all-inclusive perks, you can get it by booking the Andaz resort within the complex. The entire Mayakoba complex is located 25-min. south of the Cancun airport in a gated community of 620 acres with four major “resort” sections–the Banyan Tree Mayakoba, the Fairmont Mayakoba, the Rosewood Mayakoba, and the Andaz Mayakoba. Just be aware that staying at the Andaz only allows you to visit other resort restaurants (you have to make reservations), but there is no general exchange privileges with the other three resorts in this complex. Also, even though you may book the all-inclusive plan, you will have to pay for your food and drink orders at the other resort restaurants since they are not part of the all-inclusive plan.
Here’s a swim-up option for those vacationers on a budget. You can still go to Cancun and stay in a swim-up suite without paying a fortune or going into debt. Cancun’s Hotel Zone has a great budget vacation option, Flamingo Cancun Resort. This family-friendly resort is located about a 20-min. drive north of the Cancun airport, and slightly over a mile from the popular La Isla Mall in the Hotel Zone. I put this resort in my “outstanding swim-up” list because most of these swim-ups are right on the beach, have ocean views (some room’s ocean views are partially obstructed by thick vegetation and palm/coconut trees), plus you have easy access to malls and the Party Zone in Cancun’s Hotel Zone.
I think that the Excellence brand is one of the best when it comes to all-inclusive resorts in Cancun and the Riviera Maya in Mexico. Two of the most popular resorts in these areas are Excellence Playa Mujeres (EPM) and Excellence Riviera Cancun (ERC). Both are highly ranked in TripAdvisor review ratings, and both deliver a quality of customer service which earns many repeat guests.
For those of you expectantly waiting for Grupo Xcaret’s latest adventure “park” to open, Xibalba Yucatan Nature Reserve, you will have to wait a little longer. Construction has been temporarily halted due to a lack of environmental permit filings on record.
