I have been to Mexico many many many times over the years but I still love it for a quick relaxing and fun trip! This past spring we were trying to find a place that would work in everyone’s budget and during my spring break from work so we decided on Riviera Maya. So here is a bit about our trip!
I am all about travel and seeing the world but lets be serious I don’t have tons of $$ to do it. So I always do my best to research research research before I take a trip!
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Looking for flights/hotels!
Whenever I am thinking of staying in an All Inclusive I immediately check out Bookit.com & Cheap Carribean.com they almost always have the best deals and promo codes available. So this time after a few weeks of back and forth we went with CheapCarribean.com
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Our hotel!
I am a big fan of the Gran Bahia Principe resorts. I have now stayed in 4 of them and will likely continue when I look for all inclusive vacas. We decided to stay at the Luxury Bahia Principe Akumal which is one of the 4 on the resort which I love. When we arrived our specific hotel was actually overbooked and we got to decide between an inside resort facing room or switching to one of the other hotels for a ocean view and a $300 credit. Ummm yea $300 credit it is because we love massages!
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Excursions!
It sounds terrible to say this but I have done so many excursions on trips before that I am kind of overit unless I am seeing something brand new but the people I went with were taking their first “out of country” vacation so I had to find something that we would all be happy with…a little relaxation, some ruins and some adventure. Some tips…especially for Mexico and other places with all inclusive. I like to do some research ahead and even book ahead because the hotels are known for price gouging the excursions. Both of the excursions I booked ahead when I checked the resort were $50-75 more per person. I also found promo codes to use online to get the packages even cheaper!
I used Cancun- Discounts & Cancun Adventure for this trip.
We booked an Xplor package that included Zip Lining, underground river, atv rides, and an underground raft ride. It was a great time had by all of us and you can check out the pics in the part 2 of this trip!
We also booked a ruins tour package that took us to the Tulum & Coba ruins followed up by a swim in a cenote. This was actually my favorite day of the whole vacation and I would 100% recommend checking them out to everyone and anyone!
So that is a bit about the basics of the vacation. How & where type business. I was not compensated or contacted by anyone for this post, I just really like to share how I book vacations on a budget!
Check out the next posting for pics of the great vacation!
I almost exclusively use cheapcarribean.com for any Caribbean trips- they aways have the best deals! I've been to Mexico but never to Maya Riviera. Sounds like you did some awesome excursions! I'd definitely want to do an underground raft ride, and check out those ruins! These are really great tips- thanks for sharing!