Mexico Travel Magazine

News and Information

Travel Guru — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:35:39 +0000

Here is where you can find news and information on your favorite travel destinations in Mexico.

Hotels to Avoid

Travel Guru — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:50:01 +0000

Today travellers are so much better educated thanks to accessability of information on the internet about everything. Before when we were about to embark on a journey short or long term we had to visit our local travel agency and look at brochures and a large loose leaf folder (do you remember those days) or we inquired by phone or in magazines.

Today on the Internet we can find everything simply by Googling a destination and we count on the fact that the information and photos published are indeed real and up to date. But apart from the information that the hotel itself presents we have sources like Travel Forums or Trip Advisor where people like yourself have actually visited a hotel or destination and can give first hand opinions.

We wanted to develop a list of Hotels to Avoid and so with the help of our readers we are hoping to create an informative list of hotels to avoid and hopefully even the hotels will begin to participate fixing what is wrong.

We start todays list with the Hotel Grand Coco Bay in Playa Del Carmen in the heart of Mexicos Riviera Maya and the comments are sent by Wedding Coordinators Abril Frias and Victoria Guash.

Cold Front Returns

Travel Guru — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 21:52:01 +0000

How cold is it? Well in terms of those of you visiting from the northern states of the US or Canada or really anywhere that you get cold snowy winters it is nothing like that. But for us locals here in the Riviera Maya and Cancun it was a cold night.

Walking around in the evening last night we found locals who are accustomed to the 80° average temperatures with their coats and scarfs on. Neighboring states like Veracruz and not so neighboring states like Puebla, Tlaxcala and Hidalgo as well as the nevadas of Mexico State who are feeling the bite as snow fell on their normally temped land.

Snow in Veracruz near the Capital city of Xalapa

As the cold front continues moving into the Yucatan Peninsula we can expect cooler than normal temperatures, the current temperature at 3:30 PM is 74°F or 23° C and last night temps dropped to 15°C and 67° F.

The closer you are to the water the colder it feels and of course the locals feel it more than the tourists.

Some tips for packing if you are coming to Mexico right now, pack a light jacket and some long pants if you hadn’t thought about it. For those of you participating in water activities bring along a sweatshirt and sweatpants so after getting out of the water you can dry off and put something on to warm you.

Water temperature doesn’t vary that much, 2 or 3 degrees between summer and winter at most but also with a cool north wind you do feel colder than usual.