Please recommend your AIs in Cancun or Puerto Vallarta

[hisno1girl]

I'm also open to other AI resorts in Mexico.

Will be traveling in February. Looking at 5 days/4 nights.

Max budget, $5,000, two adults, no kids. We want a place that's as kid-free as possible, quiet, and relaxing.

Thank you!

[chicago]

Excellence Playa Mujeres
Secrets Maroma
Any of the El Dorados
Hyatt Zilara Cancun
Le Blanc

There's a new Secrets in Playa Mujeres that is opening later this week so they're having good sales. We are going in March though, so I'm no help with that.  The beach isn't the best in Playa Mujeres, but I go for a nice pool and free flowing drinks, so that makes zero difference to me.  

I loved EPM. Nice rooms, decent food, great service. Hyatt Zilara has the benefit of all oceanfront rooms and it's super close to the airport. Secrets Maroma (or anything on Maroma beach for that matter) has one of the nicest beaches in Mexico, some say the Caribbean.

These are all Cancun-area.

[oreos]

I'm researching the exact same trip (Feb, $5,000 for two adults, AI, Cancun) and right now I have my search narrowed down to Le Blanc and Secrets the Vine Cancun. On TripAdvisor, these resorts were ranked 1 and 3 out of 174 hotels in Cancun.

[thebulldog]

We did Live Aqua and it was great.

i be typing from me phone. typos and grammer dont count.

[thebulldog]

Nov 12, 2014 10:28:01 GMT -5 oreos said:

I'm researching the exact same trip (Feb, $5,000 for two adults, AI, Cancun) and right now I have my search narrowed down to Le Blanc and Secrets the Vine Cancun. On TripAdvisor, these resorts were ranked 1 and 3 out of 174 hotels in Cancun.

These are both on my "next time" list.

i be typing from me phone. typos and grammer dont count.

[egishere]

I've stayed at both Excellence resorts and would highly rec them. I like EPM better than ERC.

Also stayed at the Royal playa del Carmen and Valentin Imperial Maya...liked both of those too. Not as luxurious as Excellence though. I still want to try a Secrets resort.

[wavepool]

Royal Playa del Carmen if you want to be close to things to do in town.
Le Blanc for more luxury.
Valentin Imperial Maya if you like to stay out late/dance without having to leave the resort. They have a sports bar open late and a great house band! Large enough that you can go back to the quiet of your room if you don't want to stay out late.
We went to Secrets Silversands this summer and really liked it, but didn't get the full experience since it rained almost the whole time we were there. I think it would have been my favorite had it not rained so much. I loved that you could be in the pool and still feel like you were at the beach, the overall layout was great, we booked a lowest level room and still had a walk out to a pool out both of our doors and an ocean view.