Where to stay, and what the address costs you
Two hotels with the same rating and the same price can produce very different trips, because one is a fifteen-minute ride from everything and the other is fifty. These articles compare by area first and by room second.
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Five Riviera Maya hotels to compare for Christmas and New Year
Holiday week on this coast: what a gala dinner supplement is, which rates include it, and five properties that suit five different groups.

Five Cancun resorts for couples, with the differences that matter
Adults-only policy, meal plan, size and location — the four things that actually separate five Cancun couples resorts, checked against their own sites.

Six Cancun Hotel Zone resorts for six different stays
Six resorts that really are in the Hotel Zone, separated by age policy, meal plan, size and which kilometer of Kukulcan they sit on.

Choose a Playa del Carmen hotel by area before choosing the room
Half the hotels sold as Playa del Carmen are not in it. Four areas, what each one costs you in taxis, and the five checks before you book.

Mexico overwater bungalows, lagoon rooms, and look-alikes
Most “overwater” rooms in Mexico are beside water, not above it. Which ones actually stand over the sea, which are lagoon villas, and how to check.
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