The Wyndham hotel brand name is partnering with Playa Hotels and Resorts to rebrand two all-inclusive resorts in Cancun and the Riviera Maya. Continue reading
Panama Jack Resorts Now Becoming Wyndham…
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Travel and Leisure’s Top 25 Resorts in Mexico
This year’s World’s Best Awards Survey done by T&L brought some interesting results for Mexico. Lots of Cabo places on the list (interesting because Cabo beaches are black-flagged in many areas (unswimmable–injury or death “imminent” if you enter the water), some for Puerto Vallarta (understandable, it’s a beautiful area surrounded by jungle and mountains), Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo (I’ve only been to the Ixtapa Club Med and that area was very nice), one for Acapulco (Acapulco is too crime-ridden to risk it in my opinion), and a few for Cancun/Riviera Maya. Here are the ones listed for Cancun and the Riviera Maya; not all are all-inclusive. Continue reading
New Breathless Resort To Open
Vacationers looking for another great AMR Collection resort to open should check out the brand new Breathless Cancun Soul–an adults-only hotel just west of Riu Palace Peninsula on the upper part of the “7” in the Hotel Zone. It is scheduled to open Dec. 7, 2021.
Major Transportation Issue…
The other day I read about a robbery which occurred on one of the public buses in Cancun’s Hotel Zone. This is the first such robbery I know of occurring in this area of Mexico since I started vacationing here in 2012. According to the news story, a single adult male boarded one of the public buses, brandished a gun, and demanded all cell phones. While the driver attempted to stop him, he was hit in the head with the weapon and the robber quickly went through the bus collecting all cell phones, then departed the bus.
Don’t Expect Lobster on Some Resort Menus…
Riu posted that their resorts, for the time being, will not be serving lobsters, clams, or oysters. This is being done with respect to an order from the Mexico Secretariat of Agriculture and Rural Development–from how I understand it, there is a time of year when capturing certain marine life is banned in order to avoid endangering the species overall. (If someone has a better explanation, please let me know).
Secrets Silversands to Become…….
Finally got official word that Secrets Silversands will open as Hyatt Ziva Riviera Cancun sometime in 2021. There is no specific date set yet, however. I double checked the old SS address with the new Hyatt address and they are both the same, so there’s no doubt this is the replacement.
All-Inclusive Optional–Villa del Palmar Cancun
I’ve decided to do a series on all-inclusive optional resorts in Cancun and the Riviera Maya–not too many people know all the options in this category and may be interested in trying out one or two to see how they compare to resorts which are totally all-inclusive.
Don’t Forget the New Tourist Tax…
Tomorrow, April 1, 2021, a new tourist tax will be implemented for international tourists who visit Cancun. The tax amount is $224 Mexican Pesos which is approximately $11 USD; the new tax must be paid for each foreign/international visitor over age 15 (Brazil and some other select countries will pay less). This new tax can be paid before you leave, while you are vacationing in Cancun, or paid in cash at various Cancun airport terminals before you fly home.
Watch Out For Fake PH Website!
If you are going to book or have already booked the new Planet Hollywood Cancun, please be aware that there is a fake website out there taking money from vacationers but not really reserving any rooms…the fake one ends with -cancun.com; the REAL website ends with hotels.com. (The first part of the web address is, of course, planethollywood). The company is doing everything it can to remove the bogus website from the internet.
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Computer rendition of the resort’s aerial view, courtesy AMResorts