sharky60
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curious . where y'all staying nowadays?
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The Thundering Herd is still staying at Blue Angel.curious . where y'all staying nowadays?
I'm not necessarily looking. Haven't been on here much and curious as to what places are currently popular for recommendations to give.For what type of trip? For my last 2 "guys' trips" I've stayed at Hotel Barracuda, which is an extremely dated "dive hotel" with no frills at all but generally clean, with cold A/C, and a somewhat uniquely great location: on the water with decent shore diving (for Cozumel) but also not too long a walk to town (only used taxis a few times during a week stay). I would also consider Scuba Club or Blue Angel for those trips, but not sure I'd like the big boats at Scuba Club.
For our family trips (4-5 people, including non-divers) we tend to try to find an AirBnB (on the water if possible, but sometimes in town) that's a bit nicer, and rent a car (or 2). Too many good restaurants with reasonable prices for us to want to stay in an AI.
If it was just the (non-diving) wife and I, I might be tempted to try Coral Princess and their on-site dive op Pepe Scuba (which I've heard good reviews of). Casa Mexicana is also on the higher end of "dive hotels" with a good on-site breakfast, but it is not on the water and no resort-like features.
If I was coming by myself, and not planning on shore diving, I might go super cheap and stay at Hotel Mary Carmen right off the main plaza. Suites Colonial would be a similar possibility.
Things haven't changed much in the last 20 years. Didn't you guys used to stay at La Ceiba / El Cid?I'm not necessarily looking. Haven't been on here much and curious as to what places are currently popular for recommendations to give.
yes. we stayed at La Ceiba for several years, before the El Cid takeover and the El Cid salesman telling us if we didn't buy into their timeshare, we quote, "need to find another place to stay" ... so we did and have been very happy where we've been for over a dozen years.Things haven't changed much in the last 20 years. Didn't you guys used to stay at La Ceiba / El Cid?