Hello!
I plan to go to Mexico in early December with my husband and my mom. Any recommendations for the resorts?
My mom is in her early 60s but not too active. She will enjoy some time in the water but that is about it. My husband and I are debating weather we should choose a family resort or adult-only resort. We experienced both but not quite sure for this time with my mom. Any recommendations from your experience?
(I think it will be an absolute bonus if the food is excellent!)
Update: Cancun and Riviera Maya will be a great locations for us-not too far from the airport. Huaultoco will be excellent if we can find the sweet deal!
TIA

Sun Palace in the Cancun hotel zone. It’s a small adults only resort, fantastic food and amazing service.

Irene when were you there? Would love to hear more.

Rhonda I was there end of January. I spent 3 weeks in Mexico so purchased flights separately. Joined one of the palace Facebook groups and booked through a member. You get a better price and some of their perks. Best food and drinks that I’ve ever had at an all inclusive. When you’re there, you feel like a millionaire.

Irene thank you so much!! How do I find the FB page you had success with, please?

Rhonda here’s the one I used.

Rhonda read the rules of the group. They have a few.

I have found that staying at a mid range resort and upgrading the foofoo experience part has been a success for us. Pay extra for the better room, better restaurants etc. We have stayed at the Barcelo along the Mayan coast - it has 4 or 5 buildings - business/low end/mid range/high end. Many things for kids, but also some adult only spots and nicer restaurants for the ones who are on a different kind of trip. A shopping mall in the middle. The food was good in the 'Palace' wing with foo foo treatment.

Location you are planning would be helpful.

Brigitte we are thinking around Cancun and Riviera Maya area and not too far from the airport. Huatulco will be a great spot if we can find the sweet deal

I stayed at the Iberostar Grand Paraiso and it was amazing! The food was amazing and the service was outstanding. Right now they have an incredible sale but I am not sure if it is valid for December.

Marie we’ve been there twice. It’s one place I’ll go back to time and time again! I miss maya bringing us drinks by the pool.

Id do adults only as im done with kids ... especially someone elses lol! At least adult sections.we really like bahia resorts specifically akumal. Were going to bahia tulum in dec....

Akumal is Awesome

Try tripcentral.ca and go to the classic grid. Enter the parameters you'd like to search and it'll put up a nice chart of the lowest prices of the countries in each month. If you find something you like, check the tripadvisor.com for reviews; read them with a grain of salt but they're usually pretty good. Then if you have a loyalty program, check their website for the vacation. tripcentral doesn't have every possibility but it's great to determine when and where to go.
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Does she like the party scene? That's the big hotels near the airport in Cancun. We just were in the Iberostar Puerto Mita and absolutely loved it. The food was amazing. It's North of PV, so on the west side of Mexico, but it's also an hour shorter flight to get there, which you MIL may appreciate.

Dreams Huatulco...simply THE BEST

My husband and I were at the Iberostar Parasio Lindo in April and it was fantastic, I would highly recommend.
We are returning to Mexico in January and have been recommend the Grand Riveria Princess, Catalonia Playa, Margaritaville Cancun or Wyndham AllTra…we just need to decide on which one.
The agent tells us these are all similar in amenities, distance and beach expectation compared to Iberostar Lindo.
We would return to Lindo but defiantly like to switch things up.

Jaime Wyndham Alltra in Playa del Carmen does not have its own beach. We were there last year and the beach was next door.
Nice hotel. Small, adults only.

We have stayed at many
Secret resorts and they have all been pretty good and Adults only !

We've stayed a quite a few in the Mayan. We only book adult only resorts where you do not need to make dinner reservations. The Excellence Riveria Cancun is great. Great food, beach and fantastic service. The El Dorado Royale is exceptional for food. The beach isn't quite as nice as the Excellence but it is an amazing resort. The Valentin is also great but I haven't been to that one for a few years.

Check out the Princess in Mayan Riviera, they have a fully adult only, the Yucatan Princess, but allows you access to all other sides of the resort (the older Grand Sunset) with more choice on restaurants and stuff. Haven’t been in a while but the beach was great. The yucatan was brand new when I was there and we were a large group and everyone loved it!

Barcelo mayan riviera! Adults only section has amazing food!! And you can access the rest of the family friendly sister resorts, all side by side.

Stay away from the Mayan Riviera on the Atlantic side as the Sargassum seaweed is atrocious!
Go to the Pacific coast and the Grand Palladium in PV has an infinity party pool like no other, tons of fun!!!

Hyatt zilara adult only riviera maya. Smallish and brand new. Check it out

Our favourite resort with fantastic food is Riu Palace Pacifico, Nuevo Vallarta. Also no seaweed on the Pacific side unlike Cancun area.