Villa del Palmar - Cabo

Glad you brought this thread up b/c my wife and I are heading to Cabo next month, and I have never been. It's a business-reward trip so I really haven't researched much about the area, but we're staying at Secrets which is AI so I'm not sure how much we'll venture offsite. The 20:1 dollar conversion ratio is pretty intriguing though. So for anyone that's been, how much cash should we bring? In my mind, "it's still Mexico" and so I don't want to carry a lot but I'm sure we'll look into doing an excursion or two offsite. Any insight is appreciated.

Grateful if you can post a review with lots of pics for the sticky

I suck at reviews.
This will be my 9th trip to Cabo. I'm slightly addicted

Day Activities will be:

Golf at Diamanté
Fishing the Bisbee's Los Cabo's Offshore tourney

Night activities will be:

Getting hammered at Nowhere Bar-Cabo Wabo-Giggling Marlin-Mandela
Eating at my faves La Dolce and Alexander


I know you've been numerous times as well, anything else I should check out?

This is our usual guys trip
Went with a lady in August so it was a different vibe

A little fiasco like the one you've just described is the main reason why my wife and I don't travel in big groups anymore, or if we do, we decide on a location and our friends can meet us if they're able to. There have been far too many instances where some little oversight or misunderstanding caused a big ripple among the group whereby we all ended up not going.

Punta Cana is a gorgeous spot, there are some recent threads on this board...you should check them out. Despite there being quite a lot of things going on, it is a very relaxing and peaceful place where all the residents are super polite and kind. Here's a photo:



....and as I will always diplomatically plead, please take a shite ton of pics and come back and post a solid review that we can include in the sticky at the top of this board.

Economic or Socio economic, or whatever you want to pin that on, it is just a royal pain in the arse to get everybody to want to do the same things like where to get dinner, daytime activities and then hoping people show up and eventually pay their way ....when sometimes they get too drunk and forget to go or just quit caring about it while they're there. if we do go in big groups we typically rent a nice home (with 10+ people it's cheaper than a nice hotel) that allows couples to come and go as they please, and we only really plan one big night out for everybody to do something together. That method works out great, that way people can do their own thing and don't feel obligated to adhere to another person's detailed agenda or constrained to do something they just don't want to do.

.....and shite yes, this board will love a photo recap that we can put within the sticky! Photos are king but what puts it over the top our little tips and tricks and things you experienced.

I never felt in danger while in PuntA Cana, not for one second. But just like any town in any country on the globe, there are dodgy streets you just don't go down, it's a simple as that.