Spring Break!!!

joev
Thu, 10 Mar 2005 20:15:42 +0000

Cancun is great if you are female, forget about it if you are male. The guy girl ratio is now like 3:1. If you are a guy, better to go to Acapulco than Cancun. But if you do go to Cancun, don’t miss the Mardi Gras party at Pat O’Brien’s or the foam party at the amusement park. Two main things, never get into a cab (take the bus, its only like 50 cents) and avoid renting those dumbass scooters they try to rent on the side of the road (they breakdown all the time, then they try to hit you for repair charges.)
Also don’t buy any of the meal/drink packages the spring break companies (studentcity.com, springbreaktravel.com etc) try to sell you. They say 8 hours of drinking for free, when in reality they have like one warm keg that runs out in 20 minutes, and you have to tip the bartenders like mad or you don’t get to drink at all.

There is a nice convenice store at the mall in the hotel zone, buy all your beer there it is alot cheaper than buying it at the hotel bar.

Also be sure that your hotel is not one of the ones that don’t let you bring guests back to the room. Some of them won’t even let you bring outside food or drink to the room which is stupid. Check www.tripadvisor.com to see Cancun hotel reviews. One’s of the top of my head to definetly avoid are the Girasol (I stayed there, the place is a total dump) the Oasis (unless you want puke in your pool and bird crap in your food) and the Dos Playas.

Finally, if you did go through one of the cutrate companies catering to students, be prepared to fly in a charter jet that is 95% sure to be delayed. (Up to 2 days in some cases) Be prepared to have your flight possibly canceled on the way back and having to buy a new ticket. This is nothing new, it happens to many naive college students allured by cheap Cancun prices. I recommend booking the flight and hotel yourself through expedia or orbitz, that way your flight is guarunteed through a major carrier, not by some fly-by-night charter which is not subject to FAA rules. (read the fine print)

LASTLY, Plan to spend about $50-$75 a night food/drink to have a decent time, tipping is like gold to these people and if you have no money, they won’t even talk to you.

Anymore questions holler back.