Cancun (Mexico)

*Update* pictures added - see below. Cancun is to Mexico as Benidorm is to Spain. Despite this, we went and had a great time. Here’s the op: The place we stayed was an all-inclusive resort, the Moon Palace, so some of this opinion will relate to the specific resort. See http://www.moon-palace.com/ for more information on the resort. The flight and arrival: Very long – the longest I’ve ever been on. It took 11 hours from London Gatwick to Cancun. We flew with My Travel, although our holiday was booked with JML. Tip for the unwary: be prepared to have your suitcases searched at ... more

I went to Cancun in the middle of October last year for a two-week break with Thompson. The flight took us from Manchester to Cancun and was approx 9 hours. The Mexicans like their paperwork and therefore it took us around an hour or more to get out of the airport and begin the ten-minute journey to the "hotel zone" where our hotel the Royal Solaris awaited us. The hotel is all-inclusive and contained absolutely everything should you wish to stay in the complex for the entirety of the holiday. The staff were talkative, friendly and very helpful, the food was to die for. Our hotel was situated ... more

CANCUN, MEXICO Fed up of cold weather? Need a holiday? Can't think of where to go? The holiday resort of Cancun on Mexico's Caribbean coast is becoming increasingly popular with U.K. travellers each year, and with all it has to offer it is easy to see why. But Cancun has just lately developed a reputation of being a party-all-night, sleep-all-day sort of place. This is somewhat unfounded. True enough, there is a host of night clubs and bars for the more nocturnal of folk, but Cancun can quite easily accommodate those who want nothing more than a relaxing holiday soaking up solar rays on the ... more

Holiday-Heaven? - No-Way! Cancun is a cheap, run-down, over-commercialised resort specifically catering for americans everything is geared to the dollar, shopping mall upon shopping mall ,very overpriced gifts, food, drinks in fact everything, not to mention the locals offering all sorts of drugs for cash in the street. We were lucky in that we booked an all-inclusive which meant that we were able to eat and drink at the hotel without having to venture out (and get ripped off in the process)if going to this resort on any other basis it would cost an arm and a leg. The resort comprises of a ... more

I have just got back from Cancun Mexico and I can honestly say its one of the best places I have ever been!!! We booked last minute and got an excellent deal, which we couldn’t turn down. When I was there Shaggy was there and snoop dog and MTV but I guess its because I was there when it was the Americans spring term. Ok so the flight is 11hours and boring but it’s defiantly worth it. When we arrived in Cancun airport you could see the heat coming off the trees in the jungle below and right next to it you have downtown Cancun and the hotel zone. We were staying in the hotel zone ... more