The Politics of Closed Vacation Resorts

30 12 2009

Birds of Mexican Carib Riviera

I just spent a week in Playa Del Carmen along the Mexican Caribbean cost, east of the country.

The resort was an all-inclusive and an outstanding one, in many aspects. It featured very clean facilities, a very well designed landscape, a number of swimming pools for both adults and children and most importantly, the owners managed to provide an abundance of food and drinks, which after a day of wondering whether the supply will last, you will realize that the supply is steady and there to stay.  That in itself may be source of cost containment for the resort owners. Because instead of eating like it is going out of style, you no longer worry, therefore you pace yourself.  Less scared, less wasteful. Read the rest of this entry »