Alexa turned two yesterday! Since Sam and Alexa's birthdays are both in the month of August we decided to celebrate their birthdays together at Knott's Soak City Waterpark in Anaheim.The kids enjoyed the day. It was such a nice day to be there. The sky was clear, the young kids had a blast and all the adults lounged under the shade with food and good conversation. We're missing Uncle Sar and our other cousins. I wish I knew that they were in town! I would have loved to have them be there with us.
While there, we decided to plan a family vacation for next year in Mexico. We want to have everyone try to save so that we can all be together! Isn't it sad that we only get together when someone passes? When was the last time we've all been together? Grandpa Pete's funeral? Let's all get together for a good occasion! Our first family REUNION in the summer of 2009!
I've been to Cancun/Rivera Maya/Playa Del Carmen three times now. It's beautiful there! By far Mexico is the best value. And I would recommend staying at the Palace Resorts.
They have many resorts around the Cancun/Rivera Maya area. If we are planning a Family Vacation, I think that the best palace to stay at would be the Moon Palace. Most resorts in the area are ALL-INCLUSIVE. Which means your meals and drinks (including alcohol) is included. There are also many other free items that the hotel offers in terms of tours, depending on the package that we pick. They best part about staying in the Palace Resorts is that they offer shuttles that go from your hotel lobby to other Palace Resort lobbys to enjoy the benefits of the other resorts (food, drinks and resort) in Cancun or Rivera Maya included in your costs. So we are not stuck to one resort! I always book through Costco for the Palace Resorts because they tend to be the cheapest. For example, this year they had a 5 day stay for $918.00 not including airfare. This special also included a free Cozumel tour and $125 Costco Cash! Airfare will vary from where you are traveling from. I just did a quick check on Expedia:
Roundtrip LAX to Cancun leaving June 27, 2009 and returning on June 31, 2009 non-stop ran about $582.
$918 + $582 = $1500 Your looking at trying to save at least this amount per person. Children 12 and under stay for free.
Since it will be too hard to try to collect money from all families that are interested in going. We will post what the final dates and hotel that we are choosing, and it will be each of the families responsibility to reserve and book flights.
Other ways to get a deal is to check Craig's List for people sharing their Palace Resort time share. They come in 7 days/8 nights increments. If I find a person willing to sell some weeks to us, I'll pass the information around. Leave me a comment on this posting if you have a specific week that you'd like to vote for and also if you are interested in coming. I would like to gauge how many people are interested.
ALSO!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY JORDIS! WE LOVE AND MISS YOU!!!
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