All Inclusive Resorts
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Resorts around the world are beginning to raise the bar on low-maintenance vacations. They’re giving their resorts a more exclusive identity and are flooding them with great amenities. But that isn’t the most important thing they’ve done.
At places like the Riviera Maya in Mexico, all-inclusive resorts like the Ocean Coral & Turquesa go for a mere $120 a night.
The thing about the all inclusive resort that most people have learned to hate is their sense of tropical cuisine. Usually, you get bland Holiday Inn-style stuff with just a little presentation flair. And by presentation flair, one usually means a slice of pineapple or a little paper umbrella stuck here and there.
But that’s not what it’s like in these places anymore. You find yourself looking forward to every meal in these places these days – since they’re awash in full-service restaurants, food courts, snack bars and drinking areas.
There are no summer camp-like tiresome group activities you have to take part in either. These days, what they call activities at all-inclusive resorts are more the kind real people would enjoy – golf, snorkeling, adventure sports, mountain climbing – you name it.
Some people hate the cruise ship kind of imprisonment that resorts are known to favor. They positively discourage exploration outside the gates. That’s not the way it is with the all-inclusive resorts these days anymore. At places like the CoCo Bay in Antigua, they take pride in their district and encourage visits to local museums and national parks. At other places like the Casa Velas Puerto Vallarta, Mexico (which is a great honeymoon spot, by the way), you get friendly shopping guidance.
For those who just want to go on a guaranteed vacation where they know what exactly to expect, the all inclusive resort vacation has really come into its own today.