Cancun

No Valentine? Sulk in the Caribbean

No Valentine? Sulk in the Caribbean

Not everyone has a Valentine. It happens — and just know, it’s not you. But that doesn’t mean you have to sit around at home eating a quart of ice cream when you can spend a little quality time with yourself. That’s gist of the new Marriott Resorts special — with 50 percent off...

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Blub, blub, blub: Cancun’s underwater museum official open

Blub, blub, blub: Cancun’s underwater museum official open

The world's largest underwater museum is open for business in Cancun. So strap on a tank and take a look.

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Mexico’s Day of the Dead

Mexico’s Day of the Dead

Don’t mistake Halloween with Mexico’s Day of the Dead. While we think Halloween is the greatest holiday in the world — it’s the only one that doesn’t have a specific dish to prepare, no gifts are required and it’s evolved into a time for adults to dress in slutty zombie outfits, many people believe...

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Avoiding holidays with the family? Marriott has the package for you

Avoiding holidays with the family? Marriott has the package for you

Consider it a gift to yourself. Go to Paradise and avoid the holiday drama. No shopping, cooking or hosting the whole family at your house. Pack your bags, send gift cards and get on a plane; easy as 1,2,3. Marriott Resorts, sprinkled through the Caribbean and Mexico, is offering travel discounts for bookings during...

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Swimming with the Sharks

Swimming with the Sharks

There are seasons for everything. From May through September, it’s whale shark season in Cancun, Mexico. This culminates with the third annual Whale Shark Day, observed on August 30th. Each year, the whale shark, known locally as the Domino not because of their love for delivery pizza but because of its white spotted skin,...

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Adults deserve summer vacation too

Adults deserve summer vacation too

Somehow, Americans have twisted the idea of vacation and summer. Sure, school is out and that frees up some time for parents to load up the kids and head to Disney World or Land or where ever it is parents take kids to have them eat sugar and run in circles until they fall...

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Cancun adds stars this summer

Cancun adds stars this summer

We’ve always liked Cancun — what’s not to like? from movies such as Grown Ups, Zoo Zeeper, The Green Hornet, The Other Guys, Easy A and Burlesque all showed up in Cancun. Hopefully, the promotion this summer helps us figure out what exactly these movies are. Now, Cancun may not be Hollywood South just...

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Drop the kids off at the pool: Cancun is No. 2, Cancun is No. 2

Drop the kids off at the pool: Cancun is No. 2, Cancun is No. 2

That little city in the Yucatan has done it again; gotten noticed for good things instead of drug lord violence -- which is currently the No. 1 export from Mexico, maybe that's why Cancun is No. 2?

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April showers bring May sculptures

April showers bring May sculptures

These sculptures may sleep with the fishes, but that's part of their charm. It's an eco-friendly project in Cancun that continues to grow.

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