Rumor has it that there will be a $10 USD international tourist tax to be collected at the Cancun airport–whether it will be upon arrival or departure is still in question. This tax is supposed to cover the use of “public domain assets”.
I recently stayed at Dreams Riviera Cancun resort located just outside of Puerto Morelos in the Riviera Maya (resort review yet to follow). There’s not much out there showing the actual suite’s amenities, so I made a video of the room for those interested in this room category.
While I’m not exactly a spa-type person, I do appreciate a beautifully designed, serene space. The spa at Dreams Natura is just such a space. It is innovative in that this spa includes several areas and amenities that are not typically included in your all-inclusive resort spa experience. Here is how it’s different and worth experiencing for yourself: Continue reading
Interested in what the rooms are like at the relatively new Dreams Natura? Here’s a video I made of an upgraded Jr. Suite with an ocean view. Balcony Jacuzzis at this resort signal a room upgrade.
I’ve started to upload some of my resort videos from my latest trip to both Dreams Natura and Dreams Riviera Cancun. This one is a quick look at why people may have been reading some poor resort reviews concerning Dreams Natura. Yes, there is a massive mangrove jungle next to Dreams Natura and the Senator all-inclusive resort next door (the Senator is still under construction); the resorts here are quite a ways off the main road so the mangrove jungle is quite extensive.
For those of you interested in the Bahia Principe Riviera Maya mega-resort complex, the Tulum resort has reopened after a major renovation. Many areas of the resort were changed, some cosmetically, others with major changes. Here’s a sneak peek of the changes in real time, no computer generation in this video.
Even though it’s been several months since Sun Palace reopened after its $40 million renovation, there haven’t been too many videos of what the resort looks like post-renovation. I found one which gives a look at some of the public spaces and their changes as well as a brief glimpse of the overall look of the suites.
Bahia Principe has closed the Tulum resort in its megaresort complex, Bahia Principe Riviera Maya, for several months now in order to complete a thorough renovation. The work is almost done and the resort is getting ready to reopen November 15, 2020.
For those of you following/interested in the construction of the newest Riu resort in Cancun, news has it that it has been indefinitely halted.
