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Son is in Cancun this weekend at Excellence… nice suite - 2 floors with rooftop deck.

 

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Bump. Looking for recommendation(s) on a family-oriented all-inclusive. 3 teens (13 - 16) plus the wife. Anywhere down the coastline is fine, within 90 or so minutes of the Cancun airport.

Thanks in advance.

23 hours ago, Wally Pryor said:

Bump. Looking for recommendation(s) on a family-oriented all-inclusive. 3 teens (13 - 16) plus the wife. Anywhere down the coastline is fine, within 90 or so minutes of the Cancun airport.

Thanks in advance.

Took my four teenage daughters (don’t say it) and wife to Ocean Coral and Turquesa a few years ago. It was perfectly fine and they had a blast. I thought the food was surprisingly good. I am sure there are much nicer but I suspect there are much worse as well. We had fun. Did a couple of day trips off property but mostly just drank, chilled by pool, drank, and then drank. 

https://www.oceanhotels.com/en/riviera-maya-hotels/ocean-coral-turquesa?utm_source=google_my_business&utm_medium=boton_sitio_web&utm_campaign=oct

On 12/11/2024 at 7:03 PM, Wally Pryor said:

Bump. Looking for recommendation(s) on a family-oriented all-inclusive. 3 teens (13 - 16) plus the wife. Anywhere down the coastline is fine, within 90 or so minutes of the Cancun airport.

Thanks in advance.

Look at the Dreams resorts. Upscale, nice and family friendly.

  • 2 weeks later...
On 12/11/2024 at 7:03 PM, Wally Pryor said:

Bump. Looking for recommendation(s) on a family-oriented all-inclusive. 3 teens (13 - 16) plus the wife. Anywhere down the coastline is fine, within 90 or so minutes of the Cancun airport.

Thanks in advance.

Posted this in the Tulum thread after our trip in June. Ignore the part about TQO- we flew into Tulum but the resort was in Puerto Aventuras, about an hour from CUN.

I forgot to mention in that post that there are multiple properties in that Barcelo footprint (I believe four, plus an adults-only). Staying at the Palace gives you access to all of them (restaurants and everything else). There's also a sports bar/mini-Main Event-type place at one of the properties, mini-golf, go-carts, a pool where you can swim with dolphins, and all the watersport stuff. Cenotes right across the street, but we didn't venure off-property that trip. Good spot for families.
 

 

On 12/11/2024 at 7:03 PM, Wally Pryor said:

Bump. Looking for recommendation(s) on a family-oriented all-inclusive. 3 teens (13 - 16) plus the wife. Anywhere down the coastline is fine, within 90 or so minutes of the Cancun airport.

Thanks in advance.

Price range? 

The Hyatt Ziva property is absolutely badass, that age group would also have a blast and have some independence on isla mujeres if you rented a cart and let them use it.

You almost can't go wrong 4 star and up in Cancun nowadays, it's the budget and choose your own adventure shit that can go south quick. 

Looking for a Cancun AI for a family of 4 (18 and 20 year old kids) that has a good club nightlife scene and good beach. The boy has found the club scene at school and I’d like a fun club type scene onsite (while we sleep). The RIU properties seem to have this.

Willing to spend for something good.

Maybe Ibiza?

On 12/29/2024 at 11:38 PM, dlatin said:

Looking for a Cancun AI for a family of 4 (18 and 20 year old kids) that has a good club nightlife scene and good beach. The boy has found the club scene at school and I’d like a fun club type scene onsite (while we sleep). The RIU properties seem to have this.

Willing to spend for something good.

Maybe Ibiza?

Secrets Moxche is really nice and your 18 year old just makes the 18 and up cutoff.  It is mostly a middle aged crowd, but there are usually college kids, bachelorette parties and all that going on too.   The onsite club is really good and there are several other bars that are cool for hanging out.  If you are a baller, level up to Impression which gives you access to all the Secrets resort stuff, plus the private, super upscale areas in Impression with Butlers and all that.  The swimming pools are spectacular.  The beach is ok (not the best in the area) but they make up for it with a huge white sand lagoon entry pool

  • 4 months later...
4 hours ago, tokamak said:

Who are y’all using for airport transfers in CUN these days?

Used CARM (Cancun And Riviera Maya) Transfers last June to take us from CUN to the ferry terminal for Isla Mujeres.  No complaints - timely and pre-ordered a few beers and waters for the trip, which were waiting for us in the van. 

https://www.cancunandrivieramaya.com/

4 hours ago, tokamak said:

Who are y’all using for airport transfers in CUN these days?

Never had any issues with USA Transfers who has been the recommended method from the Isla Mujeres thread for years.

4 hours ago, tokamak said:

Who are y’all using for airport transfers in CUN these days?

Usually set it up while I book the hotel through their preferred private shuttle. Always nice to have a small ice chest full of beer on your ride from the airport to the hotel. 

24 minutes ago, Native Horn said:

Used CARM (Cancun And Riviera Maya) Transfers last June to take us from CUN to the ferry terminal for Isla Mujeres.  No complaints - timely and pre-ordered a few beers and waters for the trip, which were waiting for us in the van. 

https://www.cancunandrivieramaya.com/

Looks cheaper than USA Transfers. I'll probably use them this go around.

 

We've had bad luck with chatting up taxi drivers in Cancun vs everywhere else in Mexico. Usually in CDMX or wherever we'll get their What's App and just pay them a flat rate for the weekend and have them take us to wherever they like to eat and that kind of thing. It works great, except in Cancun.

Canada was awesome our last trip. We flew into Tulum but I'm pretty sure they're at CUN too.

Staying at Ocean Riviera Paradise in Playa next month. We had some friends stay there in the winter and loved it. 

29 minutes ago, HRSchenker said:

Does CUN still have the dreaded red button after international arrivals?

Nope, they just pull people aside randomly now. 

those MFers grab me and my Yeti backpack every time, so I put old tightie whities at the top, they lose interest fast

CARM or USA Transfers for the above question, used both many times

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