Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Destination: Cabo San Lucas

Kristin L. of River Falls
Destination: Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
Resort: RIU Santa Fe
Date: October 2009
Mexico was GREAT! We had a WONDERFUL time!
We were very happy with the Cabo choice! GORGEOUS!

Luckily the hurricane did miss us. I guess people were getting out while we were coming in but it got weaker by the day. We had 1 day of rain and wind…but by then we were ready for a chill day! Plus it was kinda cool to see all the big waves.

So the feedback from everything…yes it’s positive!
The airport: You were right about those timeshare people…yikes! We got by them but needed a beer once we got out. We found our representative and got our shuttle no problem.

The RIU was very nice! Everyone was so friendly and welcoming! I did use my Spanish a little more than I thought I would but no complaints at all! Your suggestions regarding the rooms were right on! We were ocean view on the 3rd floor. We heard the 1st floor was easily flooded so we were happy about that! The rooms were simple and nice, all we needed. Bed was good, nice balcony, and housekeeping was always right on. Their ocean view rooms are in building #7 which is a pretty good walk to the main lobby/food area but not enough to complain about. Maybe a 5-7 minute walk.

The pools were always clean and seemed to be taken care of well. A little cool after a night of rain but still ok. The “infinity pool” that overlooks the ocean was amazing. I read a few reviews about how people didn’t really like the food. I’d say it wasn’t the best ever but they did have a HUGE variety and I never left hungry so again nothing to complain about. We only got a chance to try 1 of the 4 specialty restaurants. Those reservations do fill up fast! Since some of our plans were wishy-washy on weather we just didn’t get a chance too.

We didn’t do much of their provided daily entertainment but did take in a couple nightly shows which were good. We did meet with the Continental Vacation guy for a couple excursions. We took in parasailing, a sunset catamaran tour around those rocks (that was awesome!...it was called the ecokat or ecocat…I’d for surely recommend it!) and rented a jet ski. They were all affordable and a lot of fun! I would for surely agree with you on the point of not swimming in the ocean there though! It kicked my butt once and that was enough.

We felt safe in town, at the bars, and of course ALWAYS at the RIU. It was a very “couple-y” vacation time I’d say. Didn’t bother me at all, but just fyi. Your suggestion on bringing $1’s was good, we both used them – just easier. The bar cups were a little small, to be expected and probably a good thing for me. I did notice some people brought mugs or went to Walmart to find something bigger to use by the pool which the resort seemed fine with.