Viva Mexico! We have put together this absolute bargain 2 week holiday to the white pristine beaches and crystal waters of Cancun for you guys, using flights we found over at Thomson and a great hotel that came up in our hotel search! You will be staying in Cancun in the Certificate of Excellence awarded 4* Ambiance Suites Cancun (4/5 TripAdvisor) located only a 5-minute drive from the beach. We have also thought about the cost of taxis for this holiday, so you are all set to go!
his trip is based on 2 adults or 2 adults x 2 children departing from London on 13th January returning 27th January 2016. If these dates don't suit you, play around with the calendar view over at Thomson, however bare in mind that this might lead to the price increasing (!)
Offer Details:
Travel duration: 14 nights
Date: 13th – 27th Jan 2016
Flights from London Gatwick to Cancun – Round Trip
Luggage 20 kg (£60 per bag)
4* Hotel (4/5 on TripAdvisor) – Certificate of Excellence
Return airport taxis
Based on 2 adults / 2 adults x 2 children sharing
Price Breakdown:
2 adults sharing
Flights – £534 / 2 = £267 per person
Luggage – £60 / 2 = £30 per person
Hotel – £423 / 2 = £211.50 per person
Airport taxis – 6 / 2 = £3 per person
Total cost of holiday £1023 / 2 = £511.50 per person
* * *
2 adults x 2 children sharing
Flights – £904 / 4 = £226 per person
Luggage – 2 x £60 / 4 = £30 per person
Hotel – £417.05 / 4 = £104.26 per person
Airport taxis – 6 / 4 = £1.50 per person
Total cost of holiday £1447 / 4 = £361.72 per person
Top comments
Someboy
9 Jan 163#24
I'm not sure where you get your statistics from. Cancun is situated within the state of Quintana Roo. The 163 murders were in Quintana Roo which has a population in excess of 1.5 million so no, Cancun does not have 26x the murders of London. I don't think anyone has said it's the safest place on earth but the most dangerous thing I've seen over there was my mother in law drinking tequila.
smellyonion
7 Jan 163#6
26,037 people murdered last year in mexico vs 653 in the UK.
Just saying. :wink:
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bluewhale2015
17 Jan 161#25
Parts of Mexico are very safe for foreigners. I have not met anybody who has actually been to Mexico and said 'damn this place is scary'. Drug dealers are businessmen, and have vested interest in not scaring off foreigners.
Mexico feels like first world country but quite cheap to travel.
Voted hot.
Someboy
9 Jan 163#24
I'm not sure where you get your statistics from. Cancun is situated within the state of Quintana Roo. The 163 murders were in Quintana Roo which has a population in excess of 1.5 million so no, Cancun does not have 26x the murders of London. I don't think anyone has said it's the safest place on earth but the most dangerous thing I've seen over there was my mother in law drinking tequila.
julianporter5
8 Jan 16#22
I had a good time in Mexico City, saw the Pyramids of the Sun and Moon and spent 10 days in Cancun. Wasn't scared at all, the scary thing is sitting at home not having adventures.
Bluebella to julianporter5
8 Jan 16#23
Well you can count yourself very lucky and privileged that you can enjoy such a life but maybe spare a thought for the many Mexicans who's lives have been blighted by the brutal violence that controls their country?
"Cancun • The commander of the 34th Military Zone, located in Quintana Roo, General Anastasio Garcia Rodriguez, said that the police forces of Benito Juarez (Cancun) and Solidaridad (Playa del Carmen)" are infiltrated by drug trafficking, at least 90 percent. " (Taken from Borderland Beat)
stuwbafc
8 Jan 16#21
ex price had i not booked for sept (£6000) for 4 adults i would have snapped this up instead of putting it as a deposit on todays booking
julianporter5
8 Jan 161#18
But you should correct for the fact that most visitors to Cancun are from the US. It might be quite safe for UK visitors unless they are caught in the crossfire
The problem is that due to the severe corruption, the crime figures cannot be trusted at all - this is a country at war and what we consider normal procedure definately does not appear to apply in Mexico. You will probably be fine going there but do so with your eyes open. If you get into any kind of trouble in one of the resorts, you should at least be aware that they may not want you to report any crimes (gotta keep the figures low - don't want to scare away the tourists).
Just ask yourself who owns the lucrative hotels, clubs and resorts? Have the locals somehow miraculously found a way to fight off the cartels/criminals that the rest of Mexico has been unable to do? I don't think so.
(...and for anyone following events in Mexico - "El Chapo" has apparently just been re-captured).
julianporter5
8 Jan 161#19
Murder rate in Cancun is 27 per 100,000
Murder rate due to guns in US is 10 per 100,000
Assuming that the NRA have an agreement so that US citizens must travel with weapons then if they drink plenty that must explain that would be consistent with US citizens shooting each other on holiday. I don't think you should unfairly accuse Mexicans of being dangerous :-D. What is the murder rate in Las Vegas another US party town.
smellyonion
8 Jan 16#17
From a population of 600 hundred thousand still makes it highly dangerous.
London has a population of 8 milion and a muder rate of 83.
Which makes Cancun have 26x the murders of London.
Cancun has population of 600,000 and a muder rate of 163.
julianporter5
8 Jan 16#16
Many people, myself included say they feel safer abroad than in London. Just how un-safe is London?
woxton
7 Jan 162#15
I went to Playa del Carmen in Mexico last year and can honestly say I felt safer walking around than say the streets of London. The locals welcome tourists and I am going again in 2017. One of the Mexican entertainers in our hotel explained Mexico City is pretty bad but that's approx 1000 miles from Cancun. The only thing I was scared about was meeting a snake or crocodile....which I never saw either....
smellyonion
7 Jan 163#6
26,037 people murdered last year in mexico vs 653 in the UK.
Just saying. :wink:
plorr2 to smellyonion
7 Jan 161#8
:confused: I was tempted... Then saw your response.
Fab price tho.
gram333uk to smellyonion
7 Jan 161#9
more than 30,000 killed by guns alone in USA last year... lets cancel all holidays to usa...
im sure you just copied that from imdb which was actually number in 2012?
grinnaslee to smellyonion
7 Jan 16#10
Not in Cancun
Someboy to smellyonion
7 Jan 16#14
Last years statistics are not released but for comparative analysis Quintana Roo (where Cancun is based in) had 163 of the 26,037 (0.62%). As with all countries (including our own) there are dangerous places. There were over 700 rapes in Las Vegas in 2014 but you know what, I think I'm gonna risk it as sampling what other countries have to offer remains appealing to me.
mr_hercules
7 Jan 16#13
agree totally on the Mexico front. civil war taking place in front of your eyes. But last time I talked about this in a previous deal I got burned to a crisp, so good luck changing people's narrow minded opinions
Bluebella
7 Jan 16#12
:smirk:
Excessively violent crime and corruption seems to control all areas of Mexico's economy including the lucrative tourist market. I keep seeing people claim that the tourist areas are safe but it doesn't take much research to dig up many accounts of tourist balcony deaths, druggings/drownings ending in hospitalisations with massive medical bills, rampant police corruption and inability to report a crimes, very poor safety standards and so on. Have you considered that those in charge may not want anyone scaring away the tourist money and may go to great lengths to make sure everything appears safe?
I'm not saying don't go but I would think it would be wise to be aware that the country is in a desperate state - even if they try to hide it from you in the tourist areas. :disappointed:
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his trip is based on 2 adults or 2 adults x 2 children departing from London on 13th January returning 27th January 2016. If these dates don't suit you, play around with the calendar view over at Thomson, however bare in mind that this might lead to the price increasing (!)
Offer Details:
Travel duration: 14 nights
Date: 13th – 27th Jan 2016
Flights from London Gatwick to Cancun – Round Trip
Luggage 20 kg (£60 per bag)
4* Hotel (4/5 on TripAdvisor) – Certificate of Excellence
Return airport taxis
Based on 2 adults / 2 adults x 2 children sharing
Price Breakdown:
2 adults sharing
Flights – £534 / 2 = £267 per person
Luggage – £60 / 2 = £30 per person
Hotel – £423 / 2 = £211.50 per person
Airport taxis – 6 / 2 = £3 per person
Total cost of holiday £1023 / 2 = £511.50 per person
* * *
2 adults x 2 children sharing
Flights – £904 / 4 = £226 per person
Luggage – 2 x £60 / 4 = £30 per person
Hotel – £417.05 / 4 = £104.26 per person
Airport taxis – 6 / 4 = £1.50 per person
Total cost of holiday £1447 / 4 = £361.72 per person
Top comments
Just saying. :wink:
Latest comments (25)
Mexico feels like first world country but quite cheap to travel.
Voted hot.
"Cancun • The commander of the 34th Military Zone, located in Quintana Roo, General Anastasio Garcia Rodriguez, said that the police forces of Benito Juarez (Cancun) and Solidaridad (Playa del Carmen)" are infiltrated by drug trafficking, at least 90 percent. " (Taken from Borderland Beat)
The problem is that due to the severe corruption, the crime figures cannot be trusted at all - this is a country at war and what we consider normal procedure definately does not appear to apply in Mexico. You will probably be fine going there but do so with your eyes open. If you get into any kind of trouble in one of the resorts, you should at least be aware that they may not want you to report any crimes (gotta keep the figures low - don't want to scare away the tourists).
Just ask yourself who owns the lucrative hotels, clubs and resorts? Have the locals somehow miraculously found a way to fight off the cartels/criminals that the rest of Mexico has been unable to do? I don't think so.
(...and for anyone following events in Mexico - "El Chapo" has apparently just been re-captured).
Murder rate due to guns in US is 10 per 100,000
Assuming that the NRA have an agreement so that US citizens must travel with weapons then if they drink plenty that must explain that would be consistent with US citizens shooting each other on holiday. I don't think you should unfairly accuse Mexicans of being dangerous :-D. What is the murder rate in Las Vegas another US party town.
London has a population of 8 milion and a muder rate of 83.
Which makes Cancun have 26x the murders of London.
Cancun has population of 600,000 and a muder rate of 163.
Just saying. :wink:
Fab price tho.
im sure you just copied that from imdb which was actually number in 2012?
Excessively violent crime and corruption seems to control all areas of Mexico's economy including the lucrative tourist market. I keep seeing people claim that the tourist areas are safe but it doesn't take much research to dig up many accounts of tourist balcony deaths, druggings/drownings ending in hospitalisations with massive medical bills, rampant police corruption and inability to report a crimes, very poor safety standards and so on. Have you considered that those in charge may not want anyone scaring away the tourist money and may go to great lengths to make sure everything appears safe?
I'm not saying don't go but I would think it would be wise to be aware that the country is in a desperate state - even if they try to hide it from you in the tourist areas. :disappointed: