Accommodation in Mexico

PBrown · August 22nd, 2006, 02:57 PM

I'm currently in the tentative planning stages for a cave diving trip to Mexico next June, does anybody have any reccomendations for places to stay? or places to avoid?

cheers,
Paul

*Clare Gledhill* · August 22nd, 2006, 03:19 PM

Paul - Chris (zero gravity) owns a reasonably nice condo which is very convenient and near to shops and resturants.

However, the cost of staying in this, paying for food, travel and flights, meant that it became quite exepnsive when compared with package holidays. I'm going back in December and am staying at a 5 star all inclusive beach front hotel for the same price.

Hopefully I won't get to be there too much

lizardland · August 22nd, 2006, 04:02 PM

Would that be the beach front hotels that employ locals for peanuts, steal business from local bars & restaurants, import all their food and drink from outside the area, send all the profits outside the state (probably out the country), get round planning constraints by la mordida, flout development controls and environmental protection, dump their sewage via outfalls straight into the sea... ahem...

Just checking

fraser · August 22nd, 2006, 04:25 PM

Quote: (Originally Posted by Lizardland)

Would that be the beach front hotels that employ locals for peanuts, steal business from local bars & restaurants, import all their food and drink from outside the area, send all the profits outside the state (probably out the country), get round planning constraints by la mordida, flout development controls and environmental protection, dump their sewage via outfalls straight into the sea... ahem...

Just checking

You missed drilling foundation piles through the cave systems. I guess that falls under environmental protection though.

Fraser.

Seydlitz · August 22nd, 2006, 04:33 PM

Not wanting to cause a Stink ..however throw into the pot a good percentage of North Americans treated the Mexicans like shit in the ALL INCLUSIVES

I digress playa Del Carmen is Cool if going with the Family.....And if not there are Beach huts in the Tulum area which are basic if you want away from the masses

Andy

PS SLA Batteries rule in Mexico!!!

lizardland · August 22nd, 2006, 05:04 PM

SLA -- definitely, especially if the muppet you are there with decides to plug her battery into yours instead of the charger!!!!

I also left out them bulldozing rubble into a cenote that divers had just exited

The big hotels should definitely be avoided if possible. Apart from anything they are full of fat tourists who never leave the compound but tell everyone they are in Mexico.

Playa is a nice place though. If Yax Che is still there then it's worth visiting, the food is amazing.

Joe Hesketh · August 22nd, 2006, 06:15 PM

I've stayed in one of the corporate apartments in Puerto Aventuras (feeling guilty now

) as well as Chris’s condo. One advantage of staying in or near to PA is that you are two minutes drive from the filling station and five minutes from Zero Gravity (you can leave your dive stuff with them overnight if you’re hiring their tanks, etc).

Joe

Roel · August 22nd, 2006, 08:31 PM

I can find a nice adress for a good price in PA I would certainly prefer that over an all inclusive since an appartment gives you much more freedom and feeling at home than a hotel!

So if you guys want to help us stay away from the bad all inclusive,
please help with some nice adresses of comfortable appartments (read clean, good bed and warm shower) and I will be more than happy to help to boycot those hotels!

PS I'm already looking forward to going back....

August 22nd, 2006, 02:57 PM	#1 (permalink)
PBrown (Online) New Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Wiltshire Posts: 198	Accommodation in Mexico I'm currently in the tentative planning stages for a cave diving trip to Mexico next June, does anybody have any reccomendations for places to stay? or places to avoid? cheers, Paul

August 22nd, 2006, 03:19 PM	#2 (permalink)
Clare Gledhill (Online) GUE Instructor Site Admin Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: UK Posts: 1,540	Paul - Chris (zero gravity) owns a reasonably nice condo which is very convenient and near to shops and resturants. However, the cost of staying in this, paying for food, travel and flights, meant that it became quite exepnsive when compared with package holidays. I'm going back in December and am staying at a 5 star all inclusive beach front hotel for the same price. Hopefully I won't get to be there too much __________________ Clare . "Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions....Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you too can become great." Interested in DIR dive training? Always happy to chat/answer questions so get in touch via PM or visit www.dirdiver.co.uk

August 22nd, 2006, 04:02 PM	#3 (permalink)
lizardland (Online) LCS Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Evidently Chickentown Posts: 591	Would that be the beach front hotels that employ locals for peanuts, steal business from local bars & restaurants, import all their food and drink from outside the area, send all the profits outside the state (probably out the country), get round planning constraints by la mordida, flout development controls and environmental protection, dump their sewage via outfalls straight into the sea... ahem... Just checking __________________ Can you imagine drifting along in the sea with your mouth open and a load of f**ing plankton going in? You'd like it, would you? www.westons-cider.co.uk The Lot isn't the only place to dive: http://www.lulu.com/content/613554 Last edited by lizardland; August 22nd, 2006 at 04:07 PM.*

August 22nd, 2006, 04:25 PM	#4 (permalink)
fraser(Offline) "I'm only late on your timescale" Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Kent, UK Posts: 463	Quote: (Originally Posted by Lizardland) Would that be the beach front hotels that employ locals for peanuts, steal business from local bars & restaurants, import all their food and drink from outside the area, send all the profits outside the state (probably out the country), get round planning constraints by la mordida, flout development controls and environmental protection, dump their sewage via outfalls straight into the sea... ahem... Just checking You missed drilling foundation piles through the cave systems. I guess that falls under environmental protection though. Fraser. __________________ Damn it feels good to be a gangsta

August 22nd, 2006, 05:04 PM	#6 (permalink)
lizardland (Online) LCS Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Evidently Chickentown Posts: 591	SLA -- definitely, especially if the muppet you are there with decides to plug her battery into yours instead of the charger!!!! I also left out them bulldozing rubble into a cenote that divers had just exited The big hotels should definitely be avoided if possible. Apart from anything they are full of fat tourists who never leave the compound but tell everyone they are in Mexico. Playa is a nice place though. If Yax Che is still there then it's worth visiting, the food is amazing. __________________ Can you imagine drifting along in the sea with your mouth open and a load of f***ing plankton going in? You'd like it, would you? www.westons-cider.co.uk The Lot isn't the only place to dive: http://www.lulu.com/content/613554

August 22nd, 2006, 04:33 PM	#5 (permalink)
Seydlitz(Offline) New Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Never Far from a good Belgian Beer and a Crackwh*re Posts: 455	Not wanting to cause a Stink ..however throw into the pot a good percentage of North Americans treated the Mexicans like shit in the ALL INCLUSIVES I digress playa Del Carmen is Cool if going with the Family.....And if not there are Beach huts in the Tulum area which are basic if you want away from the masses Andy PS SLA Batteries rule in Mexico!!!

August 22nd, 2006, 06:15 PM	#7 (permalink)
Joe Hesketh (Online) New Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: London, UK Posts: 657	I've stayed in one of the corporate apartments in Puerto Aventuras (feeling guilty now ) as well as Chris’s condo. One advantage of staying in or near to PA is that you are two minutes drive from the filling station and five minutes from Zero Gravity (you can leave your dive stuff with them overnight if you’re hiring their tanks, etc). Joe

August 22nd, 2006, 08:31 PM	#8 (permalink)
Roel(Offline) New Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Netherlands Posts: 374	I can find a nice adress for a good price in PA I would certainly prefer that over an all inclusive since an appartment gives you much more freedom and feeling at home than a hotel! So if you guys want to help us stay away from the bad all inclusive, please help with some nice adresses of comfortable appartments (read clean, good bed and warm shower) and I will be more than happy to help to boycot those hotels! PS I'm already looking forward to going back....