The Carribean Side of Mexico

After having visited the Pacific side of Mexico, we decided that our next holiday would be to the Caribbean side. So we headed off to the Yucatan Peninsula and Playa del Carmen!

Map of Mexico

Again, we went with an all inclusive holiday, thinking that we would do a lot more looking around this time. The resort that we had booked sounded delightful and we were really looking forward to our holiday. However, a short while before we were scheduled to leave, the tour company phoned us to say that our resort was fully booked and that we had been moved to a different resort. Boy, were we disappointed! We did a quick Google search on the new resort and were even more disappointed!! They had moved us to a place which as far as we could tell was half the size, miles from the beach and had none of the amenities that the original place had! How could they do that to us, so close to our departure date, after we had paid for everything! Needless to say, we were on the phone!


Our tour operator was reasonable... they did find us a different resort on the beach and offered some sort of compensation, but we were even more determined not to go with a tour company again. The next time, we were going to book our own flights, find our own place to stay and do our own thing. We even decided that we would visit a couple of real estate agents, the ones whose mailing lists we had subscribed to after our first visit.

 
First thing, though, we had a holiday to enjoy!