A couple of years ago, I stayed at the Moon Palace located in Riviera Maya, about 15-20 minutes south of Cancun. Their "standard" rooms come with a stocked refrigerator with beer, soda and bottled water that's refilled every day, a full-access liquor cabinet, a two-person jacuzzi, king bed, marble floors, and balcony. Almost all of the rooms have an ocean view. There are ten restaurants on the property, daytime and nighttime activities for adults and children, swim-up bars located in both gigantic pools, and a list of excursions that you can choose from, ranging from ancient ruins to a tropical day trip/shopping excursion to Isla Mujeres via party boat. All tips are included. Open bars everywhere. I was treated like a rock star, and I was told that if you did decide to tip the staff that you would be treated like absolute royalty. And it costs about the same as if you were to try to do this on your own, except that you don't have to keep opening up your wallet every time you want to do something/eat something/go somewhere. As a result, I am forever spoiled by this experience and will avoid taking another pay-as-you-go vacation whenever possible. Go to www.palaceresorts.com for details. And no, I don't work for them and never have. Go and enjoy.






