Resorts in Cancun

E61 Grouphead · 9 Sep 2009 at 15:36

Amp34 said:
That is more likely to be due to either it being a man made beach in the first place (more likely than you imagine, a lot of the ones in spain are this) or due to building work further down the coast.

I think the hurricane from a few years ago is at fault. Made the water murkier too

chimponarope · 9 Sep 2009 at 15:41

knip said:
We booked ours like before Christmas. It hadnt even been finished being built then, so we just had digital images to go by. I guess now its opened and they can show it in all its glory things have gotten pretty booked up. Its worth a trip there if you can get in. Sounds pretty similar to the one you stayed at.

Yeah it's probably that, had a look at the Azul Beach Resort too, came out at £6.5k for three of us. :eek:

knip · 9 Sep 2009 at 15:49

chimponarope said:
Yeah it's probably that, had a look at the Azul Beach Resort too, came out at £6.5k for three of us.

We were only able to go because my Grandad when he died left us some money and told us to go on the holiday of a lifetime. The prices must have gone up though because my parents paid for all of us (5 people) plus a guest for each of us 3 kids (so there were 8 people in total) and it cost a few quid over £11k. We would never have been able to afford it otherwise. It was a once in a lifetime thing.

y2viks · 17 Sep 2009 at 08:27

Just asked at the travel agents about Cancun and they said that the hurricane season is June - October :/ ><

a1ex2001 · 17 Sep 2009 at 08:32

y2viks said:
Just asked at the travel agents about Cancun and they said that the hurricane season is June - October :/ ><

Which isn't necessarily a reason not to go, I've been to cuba and Hawaii in Hurricane season without any problems as have millions of others. Your chances of getting caught in a huricane are pretty slim and modern hotels are very safe.

y2viks · 17 Sep 2009 at 08:39

It's not so much when we're there (although that's a part of it) but if it affects our travel back to the UK which is on my mind a bit more.

deadite · 17 Sep 2009 at 08:48

dont worry about hurricane season. I am just back from 2 weeks in Playa del carmen, (about an hour from cancun). got back last week and the weather was fine, sunny for almost the whole time. got one tropical storm but that was it. Stayed in the Royal Playa del Carmen run by Real resorts. Was the most amazing holliday i have ever been on. did a 4 day trip round some Mayan ruins and went swimming with whale sharks. would go back any time, loved it. Personally I would recommend somewhere like Playa del carmen over Cancun but thats just my choice, we went into Cancun a few times but dont think i would have liked to stay there..too many people and the beach has been destroyed by a hurricane so there is no sand. Basically the further away down the coast you get from Cancun the better the beaches are.

a1ex2001 · 17 Sep 2009 at 08:49

y2viks said:
It's not so much when we're there (although that's a part of it) but if it affects our travel back to the UK which is on my mind a bit more.

Whats the problem? If you get delayed for a day or so then you get delayed it's not the end of the world and totally out of your control.