Someone brought this to my attention so I thought I would bring it to yours just in case you don’t know…Riu Cancun has changed from a family-friendly resort to an adults-only property; that change occurred Dec. 24, 2024. That means there are two adults-only Riu’s right next to one another in Cancun’s Hotel Zone, and three total in the Hotel Zone’s entirety–Riu Cancun, Riu Palace Las Americas, and Riu Palace Kukulkan.
I debated whether or not to post this, but as long as there are numerous reportings of this incident at an all-inclusive resort I thought it needed to be shared.
Take a look at the video below done by Luxscape and see what new resorts will be opening in Mexico during 2025 and 2026…the beginning of the video covers Cabo, so go to 2:58 in the video to see some of the new ones in the Cancun/Riviera part of Mexico.
Better hurry and get in your last resort stay at Hyatt Zilara Cancun…it’s scheduled to close for a complete renovation.
While some Tren Maya sections are still being worked on, the section between the Cancun airport and the famous Chichén Itzá ruins is finished and already taking international visitors and locals to this well know destination.
Well, at least it’s something…Marriott has several very nice pics posted of what some rooms and restaurants will look like when the renovations are all completed. Marriott’s website also states that this resort is projected to reopen January 2025, but no specific date yet has been mentioned. I haven’t even read anywhere they are accepting any bookings. I attempted a couple of dummy bookings online for various dates in Jan and Feb 2025, but I kept getting “Your selected hotel has no available rooms”. So I’m thinking that it may be longer than Jan. 2025 before the resort is reopened.
I guess SLS Playa Mujeres owners found something in the fine print to overturn the Mexican government’s denial of entry to the resort due to safety risks–some issue with the entrances and exits…They officially opened and let in their first guests yesterday.
FYI: The resort did indeed open Nov. 10, 2024. I guess they found a way around the safety issues…
I previously posted a blog article highlighting the generally unknown tax that Cancun airport had decided to enforce regarding bringing multiple electronic devices into Mexico–bringing a laptop and other device like an iPad was taxable (this rule was primarily for international travelers only). Well, the government of Quintana Roo has decided that it does not look good for Cancun as a travel destination to tax international travelers this way so they’ve decided to not enforce this rule after all. Read the news article here.
SLS Playa Mujeres opens mid November 2025. If you were expecting a Paradisus resort, forget it, it’s now an SLS property.