Tourist With A Blog

As summer comes to an end, I wanted to post about our family summer getaway to Cabo San Lucas. We wanted to try out an all inclusive with the family, but wanted it close by so not to be a travel nightmare. We were traveling with my parents and my sister's family, so we chose a resort that would accommodate all our tastes.   Getting There We started the process of getting the kids' passports in November last year to make sure there was plenty of time before our summer trip. Since they're under 16, the passports are only valid for 5 years (so now I need to plan another trip to get more use out of them! Hopefully Costa Rica next year...). Based on other vacations and everyone's schedules, our trip didn't take place until July. We knew it was going to be hot, but that's just the way it worked out. We figured we'd mainly be in the pool anyhow, and we were. We all flew together on the short flight straight to Cabo. ...

  To celebrate our wedding anniversary, my husband and I wanted a relaxing, tropical vacation. The kind where you don't have to plan much, think much, or do much. We have been enjoying fun and exciting, but sometimes tiring, vacations recently, so we wanted to relax. So an all inclusive was the way to go. We have been to an all inclusive together in Cabo before, and I liked the idea of the quick 2 hour flight from home. But my husband had never been to Cancun, so that's where I began my focus. Being based out of Phoenix, Cancun took a little more travel time than our prior quick jaunt to Cabo. But it wasn't much further. For our flight there, we were able to secure a direct flight with our miles on American Airlines. Flight time was around 4 hours. We arrived in Cancun around 3pm. When we arrived at the airport, since we were traveling without children, we were able to use their new electronic passport lines . This did allow us to avoid a rather long line for those doing tr...