I Love The Coastal Communities Near Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.

Someday we’ll be spending months at a time at one of the small communities near the coast with

easy access to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. I’m hoping we’ll find something within about 1 hour

driving time for easy day trips back and forth. We don’t want to miss our annual Christmas dinner

with our friends at the Cafe Roma in Puerto Vallarta. That’s what Bucerias retirement is all about.

We’ve been up and down the coast the past few years. We keep seeing interesting places..Boca de

Tomatlan, Mismaloya,Punta Mita, Bucerias, Rincon Guayabitos…We’ve missed a few.

I saw a story recently, after returning from our last trip of course, about Sayulita to the north

of Puerto Vallarta about an hour away. Oh, there’s that magical hour limit of mine. On the list

to check out next trip. We’ve been close by several times, but never right at Sayulita. This is

apparently a wonderful funky little community that caters to surfers as well as all kinds of

regular visitors of course.

Mexican developers have a great opportunity, I think in building smaller retirement

accomodations, all along the coast, near Puerto Vallarta to cater to people like ourselves who

want affordable accomodation.

Creating small pod-like clusters of homes or buildings within these communities will allow

couples and families to retire in close proximity and socialize and help each but still feel

fully independent. I’m sure I got that pod term from the whale watching that’s available off the

coast in Mexico)

The Baby Boomers will flood this marketplace over the next 10 years. I’d just like to get in

ahead of the rest of them.

“Mexico beach vacations” is the most searched for combination of words in search engines related to

Mexico. The pace of life, the sun and the cerveza or margaritas are a great

combination for a short or long term vacation or winter stay.

So whether it’s for a longer term winter visit or just a great vacation, I’ll pass on my planning

tip. The high season is now over and owners would like some cash flow.

Decouple your air fare from your accomodations and go a la carte this time. Book now for next

year, pay a deposit and get the best deal on accomodations. Now you both have something to look

forward to. It’s works for us. Enjoy a Bucerias again..and again.

Planning a family vacation can be expensive. Once you add up the cost of lodging and airfare, there is barely enough money left over to enjoy the vacation. All-inclusive resorts offer an alternative for families that comes with a cheaper price tag.

All-inclusive resorts are prevalent in Mexico and the Caribbean Islands. These are great places for families with small children and teenagers. Couples can find resorts that cater to adults only so you can enjoy a romantic vacation without children underfoot.

All-inclusive Mexican resorts have many amenities that appeal to family travel. The biggest expense on just about any vacation is the cost of meals. Tourists spend hundreds of dollars a day on food. Here, you can relax. Since the food is included, children can eat and snack at all times of the day and evening for no extra cost. And, the food is good. This includes drinks in the restaurants and the swim up bar which kids seem to love.

These resorts are built on beachfront property. Guests can enjoy the sun’s rays and activities in the surf. Most resorts offer activities like windsurfing, catamarans, kayaks, and the like as a part of the resort fee. Other activities such as snorkeling and motorized watersports are also often offered with additional per use fees.

Kids can have their time, too. Kids aged four to twelve can take part in the club activities. Coordinators work with kids to provide fun supervised things for them to do without their parents. Parents can retrieve their kids from the kid’s center when they are ready for meals or a bit of family time.

Child friendly Mexican resorts include: Beaches, SuperClub Breezes, Sunscape Resorts and Spas, and Palace Resorts. As all-inclusive facilities, they offer many amenities for one low price. Meals and drinks are included in the price that you pay to stay at the resort. Non-motorized water activities are also included as well as live entertainment at their nighttime hot spots.

Children, as define by the resort, get to stay free with an adult at several places. The resorts allow two adults and three children to stay in one room for the same low all-inclusive price. That is definitely a deal. Resorts also boast several pools, lazy rivers, and water parks. Some excursions may be included as a part of the resort cost, but most will incur some sort of fee.

Look for an all-inclusive resort that fits your needs. Teenagers are hard to please but there are resorts that cater to their needs. Young children are quite active and resorts geared towards families are a great choice. Adults like time alone once in a while. Exclusively adult resorts give them the opportunity to find romance and fun in a tropical location.

Palace Resorts has nine all-inclusive resorts in Mexico. Each because they are owned by the same enterprise, you can stay at one but enjoy the amenities at all nine if your travels take you that far. Check with Palace resorts to find out when this promotion is in effect.

Vallarta Palace Resort and Beach Palace Resort are two choices for families. They have a Kid’s Club that offers activities for different age groups to keep kids occupied so their parents can have some adult time. Both resorts have beautiful beaches with activities like volleyball games, golf, and on-site fitness centers. Prices start around $300 per person for a three-night stay. When children qualify to stay free, you save even more money.

They also have two adult-only resorts: Sun Palace and Aventura Spa Palace Resorts. Adults can enjoy the beach, pools, and spa time to reconnect with each other. Three-night stays start at $400 per person to enjoy an all-inclusive stay in Cancun.

For the price, this is one of the best ways for couples and families to see the Mexican country and spend time together. Families can take advantage of resort guided tours throughout the area for sightseeing and shopping. Choose an all-inclusive resort in the city you most want to visit.

When it comes to taking care and being good to ourselves, we may come to realize that one of the best ways where we could demonstrate that is through having a health insurance that would back us up in times of need. But if we are talking about having a health insurance, issues like the expenses are being raised right away that most of the time, shadows what the benefits of having one is really like and what peace of mind it could bring to you and your family even when traveling.

And right now, one of the biggest trends that we see on travelers is that they are now purchasing plans that would give them cheap travel insurance when they visit different locations to make sure that they not just have peace of mind. So for those people who still are not convinced that traveling with a cheap travel insurance is probably the wisest thing that you could do when you go out of the country, here are some of the benefits that you could derive from having one.

Being Prepared At All Times

When you think of health care, you would really not know when you will need it and even if you and your family are traveling abroad, it is best that you will find a cheap travel insurance that would cover your medical expenses if one of your travel companions got sick that needs medical assistance. Not only this is the benefit of having cheap travel insurance, it could also come in handy when you have to cancel your trip due to illnesses and other circumstances that could not be avoided. Because most often than not, travel companies would force you to pay for a cancellation fee or other fees that would be applicable if you intend to move your vacation to another date.

Aside from that, having cheap travel insurance would also cover the financial costs in some cases like, financial default of the airline, cruise line or even tour operator. Also, it would be great when natural disasters or employee strikes impede the travel services that you have purchased, when you are trapped in a circumstance that would require you to travel back to your country because of your involvement in an accident and all other unfortunate events that may ruin your vacation. The bottom line is, always travel with a cheap travel insurance not just for your own peace of mind and health care, but it is the wisest thing that you could do to when leaving the country and rewarding yourself.