Ok, so I'm new to this idea of renting a timeshare...didn't even know it was possible! We love to vacation in Cancun/Riviera Maya at all-inclusives. Is renting a timeshare more affordable? I can't figure how to find what it would cost to pay for all inclusive option. Thanks!
Just curious, but why the strong desire to go "all-inclusive" when other non-AI choices exist? Don't get me wrong we have done plenty of AI trips in our life, but now that we are out of our 20's and 30's we find all-inclusive resorts to not offer good value.
In Cancun especially with so many great restaurants, many with options to dine waterfront, why be tied down to drinks and meals that are designed by the resorts to make sure they are profiting from their AI plans? At many all inclusives we have found the cocktails are greatly watered down and the food options to be more restricted, more bland, or more redundant.
Meanwhile, staying at the Westin Lagunamar for example, one can have a unit with a large kitchen (no oven), one can mix their own cocktails in the room and take with them to the fantastic pools (in a non-glass container) and then have the option of dining at whatever restaurant(s) one wants each day.
By selectively preparing some of our own meals during the week, we can also dine out at some of the best restaurants in Cancun and still spend less during the week than many of the AI plans offered. And we are enjoying higher quality cocktails and meals while doing so.
This doesn't even factor in planned day trips where a couple or family is completely wasting their AI dollars for that day because they spent the entire day instead at Xel Ha, Xcaret, Tulum, Playa del Carmen, Chichen Itza, etc. In effect they are paying double for food and drink costs on those days when they are doing excursions.
