HotelChatter - Tag: Yucatan Hotels

Playa Del Carmen: Only Real Presidents Can Get This Deal in the Yucatan

amandak — 2008-06-04T09:05:02-05:00

While the Democratic nominee is not clear yet--Hilary ain't giving up--there is some respite for real presidents.

We're talking about presidents of big corporations or presidents of the PTA or anything in between: the Royal Hideaway Playacar doesn't care what kind of president you are, as long as your business card or letterhead proves it, you'll get presidential treatment at their Yucatan all-inclusive resort.

Valladolid: What $65 Gets You in Valladolid, Mexico

Tim L. — 2008-04-02T14:01:04-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3930/maison_marques_view.jpg" class="imgborder"> Some 120,000 tourists poured into the Cancun region of Mexico last week and hotel occupancy rates hovered around 95 percent. This was the result of an unholy trinity of public school spring breaks, college spring breaks, and the Semana Santa week before Easter all hitting at the same time. We hightailed it out of there upon landing at the airport and spent the first night in Valladolid, an attractive Spanish Colonial town near the ruins of Ek Balam and Chichen Itza. The change in demand--and prices--couldn't be more dramatic. For $65 (including taxes) we got a room at the best hotel in town: <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Mes%F3n+del+Marqu%E9s/local/1168">Mesón del Marqués</a>. Situated right on the main plaza, the 300-year-old main

Mérida: What $50 Gets You in Mérida, Mexico

Tim L. — 2008-04-01T16:05:01-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3930/luzenyucatan2.JPG" class="imgborder"> While the hordes flooded into Cancun over spring break/Easter week, other tourists fled to calmer places away from the coast, such as the city of Mérida less than four hours away. Home to a 16th-century church, nightly park concerts, and nearby Maya ruins including Uxmal, this attractive city is also blessed with dozens of evocative hotels with great rates. We spent some time at our usual haunt, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Luz+en+Yucatan/local/1167">Luz en Yucatan</a>. Voted the "best small hotel under $100" by YucatanLiving.com, this quirky, artsy inn was purchased by two new owners at the end of '06. They have spruced up the place and added four new rooms with decks and hammocks right off the pool. Still,

HotelChatter - Tag: Yucatan Hotels

Playa Del Carmen: Only Real Presidents Can Get This Deal in the Yucatan

Valladolid: What $65 Gets You in Valladolid, Mexico

Mérida: What $50 Gets You in M&#233;rida, Mexico

Mérida: What $50 Gets You in Mérida, Mexico