Our Grandparents Never Had A Clue About The Yucatan Resort of Cancun
Prior to the Seventies, the vacation destination known as Cancun was out in the country. It all started when the government decided it needed to draw more international vacation activity to a nice beachfront town on the Caribbean. They would start the development project and offer travel deals to entice visitors; it worked.
Now, less than 40 years later there are well over 100 hotels along a several-mile stretch called the Hotel Zone. You would never recognize the place now, with a major downtown area, modern shopping districts and high-end restaurants. The competitive market in this slow economy is motivating the resort operators to offer some very attractive Cancun travel deals.
Do be aware that the Yucatan Peninsula can be rather humid, with high heat in the summertime. Next time I go, I’ll look hard at planning the trip for the months between late Fall and Spring.
Speaking of traveling, one creative gift idea for family or friends who are celebrating a special occasion is to give them travel gift vouchers. You can give a voucher, or gift card, that will pay for rental car, various airlines and hotel chains and, if you give a voucher for Travelocity, they have even more flexibility in how they use the card.
We’ve observed that travel gift vouchers are less common in the U.S. than in European countries. You must be careful to buy a gift card that is useful and flexible, so they are not for everybody.