Mexico - Travel Deals

Nothing quite matches the euphoria of when you finally hit that “book now” button after deciding to make travel plans. I will say, however, that better than the euphoria of finally booking that trip is getting a $200 refund check after you hit that “book now” button. If you’ve spent any time lately checking out some of the amazing travel deals out there, you know that the travel industry is struggling to get people to book those summer trips this year. In an effort to attract attention and encourage folks to still hit the road, airlines and hotels are continually trying to one up one another with better and better travel offers (like this one on United). SAVE up to $200 w/ promo code GROW!
Enjoy the great outdoors with free nights & more! Book by 6/15.

I’ll admit I’m one of those girls who sees the words “Clearance sale” and my heart beats just a little faster. This is probably because I love shoes and I love a great deal. Now, since I love travel even more than I love shoes, it is probably no surprise that when I see the words clearance next to travel I get real excited. Puerto Vallarta Clearance Sale!
3-night all-inclusive Mexico vacations starting from $459! Book by 4/19.

Forget about going to Mexico during your winter break or during spring break. The cheapest time to head south of the border is right now. Prices on flights to Mexico are about as cheap as they will be all year. In this case, it certainly pays to travel to a hot place during the hottest time of the year.

Mexico is, of course, a rather large country with no shortage of interesting places to visit. The cheapest airplane deals, unsurprisingly, are on flights to those popular resort towns like Cancun, Puerto Vallarta and Acapulco. One option that is taken by those who follow the road less traveled is to fly into Merida. It is the capital of Yucatan, the part of Mexico at the bottom of the map that is curled up like one of those worms in the bottom of a bottle of tequila.

Merida is a historic city that was founded by the Spanish in 1542. It is called the “White City” because that is the color of most of its buildings and because it is one of the cleanest cities in all of Mexico. It is the perfect place to base yourself while you explore the Yucatan peninsula, an interesting and pretty part of Mexico.

With Cinco de Mayo fast approaching, many American are preparing themselves to be Mexican for a day. It is funny how the holiday may be more popular in the US than it is south of the border. That isn’t to say that those in Mexico don’t know how to party. If ever there was a place to have a grand old fiesta it is in Mexico.

You can party all of May with AeroMexico’s cheap flights to Mexico City and Guadalajara. These are as cheap of prices I have seen on flights to Mexico for the past year and, believe me, I have been monitoring these flights because I would like to travel to Mexico in the near future.

Why Mexico? In addition to the fine cervezas and tortillas, I’d like to explore the anthropology museum in Mexico City, do some hiking in the mountains, see some ruins, and lie on the beach for a few days drinking margaritas. Sounds delightful, doesn’t it. Well, here is your chance. The offers are unfortunately only good for travel through the end of May, but that still gives you a bit of time to head south of the border.

Now that all the Spring Break partying is over and the college kids have gone home to chug beer in their dorms, Cancun is the place to go for bargain travelers or for those looking to get a head start on their summer tans. Like any other popular tourist destination, Cancun is not perfect. In fact, it can be downright cheesy. But cheesy can be a good thing. Sometimes you need to go to the museum. Sometimes you need to watch an Adam Sandler movie. Cancun is a Sandler movie.

The purveyor of Cancun bargains this week is Spirit Airlines, which will fly you from Fort Lauderdale to Cancun for $79 one way. Why someone who lives in a sunny part of Florida would want to depart for and equally sunny part of Mexico is a question for another day. The fact is that the cheap flights are also available from any number of the east coast cities where Spirit flies.

The hotel deals in Cancun are equally tasty this time of year with some of them practically begging for your business. Just make sure you look under your bed when you check in. You might find a passed out college kid.

I’m a big geography buff so any time I see a cheap ticket deal to a destination I don’t know I am quick to take notice. Today I saw that United Airlines will fly you from Los Angeles to Zihuantanejo, Mexico for under $200 round-trip. I was familiar with Los Angeles, it is somewhere on the west coast and home to famous people who are always having their pictures snapped while they sip cocktails at nightclubs at 4am. I was not familiar with Zihuatanejo but correctly guessed that it is in Mexico. Hooray for me and hooray for United for flying there. It looks like a cool place.

Situated on the Pacific Coast about 145 miles northwest of Acapulco, Zihuatanejo is a sleepy and beautiful looking fishing village nestled around a quiet bay and pretty beaches. It is the antithesis of Acapulco. There are no high rise buildings and it is a wonderful alternative to staying in the much busier and touristy Ixtapa, which is five km away.

As for the name which I will probably never be able to pronounce correctly, it means “the place of women” in Chiuatlan. You learn something new every day.

Back in the good old days if you had $50 to spend in Mexico you could live high on the hog for weeks. That isn’t the case as much nowadays. Mexico is not nearly as cheap of a travel destination as it used to be, especially if you are in one of the resort areas like Puerto Vallarta. Still, if you get away from the tourist traps and go out to a local market you could purchase some local items for $50 and come away with a handful of goods that will forever remind you of your vacation south of the border.

Vacation packages to Mexico remain a hot item even heading into the busy travel season. United Vacations are the ones offering you the $50 bonus and they are so generous that they will give you a bill with Grant’s face on it for every person in your party who signs up to come along for the ride. Heck, they’ll even throw you a fill bills if you decide to say adios to Mexico and hola to the Caribbean instead.

The offer is good throughout the year except for those busy holiday weeks in the winter.