This adventure began about a month ago when we spotted an e-mail from Hotwire.com. Usually registering in my mind as junk mail. I'm surprised we actually opened it. The e-mail was offering a $599, 4 night, all inclusive deal to Cabo, Mexico. I bit. Hard.
The flight down was a measly three hours. It was great. We got to watch Dan In Real Life. A movie that made me laugh, and yes, as cheesy as it is, cry as well. I would watch it again. And did actually. On the flight home. As soon as we arrived and walked out of the airport into the nice warm air, we were bombarded with taxi pick-up services. Bombarded! Thank god my wonderful lady friend had booked our transportation ahead of time.
The hotel exceeded my expectations. If only for the huge whale slide that went from the top pool into the bottom one. It was fast. The service, rooms, location, it all was amazing. The food was the real winner though. Some of the best seafood I have ever come across. Some of the best guac, chips, even Italian bruschetta was out of this world.
Our 4 days was filled with nothing, nothing, and more nothing. Unless lying in the sun for hours on end counts as something, it was nothing. With jet skis, hiking, and whale watching thrown in there somewhere, it was a much needed and much appreciated birthday vacation. Oh, there were dolphins too, and drunk grandmothers, and a very cute 20 something named Juan. Who by the way, is a dancing machine.
Upon checkout we received our "bill". Or at least what our bill would have been had we not had a silver bracelet around our wrists we flashed whenever we wanted something. $900 is what we would have spent. $900 on just food and drink. No flight, no transportation, no hotel. It fascinated and disgusted me at the same time. Sure we ate and drank a bit more lavishly than we would have had it not been "free". At the same time though, we are not big partiers or drinkers (my Ultimate friends may disagree), and so I can only imagine what our bill would be like had we taken full advantage.
Ive decided all inclusive is the only way to go. The feeling of not having to sign a bill or hand over cash is nothing but freeing. One more pina colda please!