# All-inclusive resorts

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-inclusive-resorts/649090>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 2, 2013, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-inclusive-resorts/649090 "2013-02-02T02:07:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![Terr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@Terr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terr)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2013, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-inclusive-resorts/649090/1 "2013-02-02T02:07:16Z")

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Need opinions/recommendations. Looking for something fairly quiet, not hugely overrun with screaming kids, step above the usual buffet cuisine, some corals to scuba/snorkel in and no long climbs to/from the beach…

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**Author:** ![diggerwam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/919ad9/32.png) [@diggerwam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diggerwam)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2013, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-inclusive-resorts/649090/2 "2013-02-02T02:47:49Z")

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Playacar riu palace Riviera Maya. Scuba/snorkel over at cozumel is supposed to be excellent. I’ve been to resort twice and it seems to have everything u want. Plus lots of good food in playa del carmen.

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**Author:** ![Brynda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2013, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-inclusive-resorts/649090/3 "2013-02-02T02:58:56Z")

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I just spent a week at Barcelo in San Juan del Cabo. It was fabulous.

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**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2013, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-inclusive-resorts/649090/4 "2013-02-02T03:04:48Z")

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I enjoyed Breezes Runaway Bay in Jamaica, no one under 14 admitted, so no families. Natural beach.

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**Author:** ![Tethered\_Kite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a5b964/32.png) [@Tethered\_Kite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tethered_Kite)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2013, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-inclusive-resorts/649090/5 "2013-02-02T03:13:23Z")

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There are four levels of Barcelo just south of Playa del Carmen, MX. One should suit your pocketbook. Should you plan a ferry trip to Cozumel I think it costs about $30. per person American.

If you don’t plan to do a lot of traveling away from the resort you could save ferry costs by staying on Cozumel itself. The food at the Cozumeleno when I stayed there a few years ago was very nice. So nice, in fact that we ate in the oceanside cafe every day.

The hotel has snorkeling gear and bicycles for rent. Also vehicles. A drive around the island and to see the ruins is a good addition to the trip. And on the windward side you’ll find a lot of little seaside restaurants with inexpensive local cooking.