| The Riviera Maya Mexico is a fantastic vacation | | | | the resort with their mass food preparation |
| spot for tourists who would enjoy water sports in | | | | methods. Oftentimes resorts dumb down the |
| the Caribbean ocean, sunbathing on tropical | | | | native/local food. Many times resort renditions of |
| beaches, and excursions to Mayan ruins. To | | | | local favorites are more bland, having less taste |
| accommodate these masses of tourists flooding | | | | and less spice. It feels much more personal to |
| to the Mayan Riviera, all-inclusive resorts dot this | | | | have a Mayan cook preparing your food and |
| tropical coast south of Cancun, and these resorts | | | | serving it to you. And you will most definitely |
| are a popular accommodation choice. But while the | | | | enjoy your interaction with her, while you most |
| ease of an all-inclusive resort may sound | | | | likely will never even meet the chef at the resort. |
| attractive to a group of friends or family traveling | | | | Even when your cook is not cooking a meal for |
| together, opting for a Riviera Maya vacation rental | | | | your group, you will no doubt have many |
| other than a resort may be a far more enjoyable | | | | leftovers that you can warm up the next day for |
| and economical option. For a group of friends or | | | | a poolside lunch by your private pool, which in |
| family, whether it is how much quality living space | | | | itself is another benefit of a private villa. |
| you have, your dining options, the privacy of your | | | | A villa on the Riviera Maya gives you something |
| pool and beach access, or the cost effectiveness | | | | that even a condo vacation rental can't give you |
| of the total cash outlay of your group's stay, a | | | | and certainly a resort can't give you: your own |
| Riviera Maya villa vacation rental may be an | | | | private pool and your own private beach. Resorts |
| excellent choice. This article will look at the unique | | | | usually have expansive, lovely pools that span the |
| features of renting a villa for your Riviera Maya | | | | property. The problem is that they are shared |
| vacation rather than staying a resort and how the | | | | pools. And while that is fine when you want to |
| benefits make it perfect for a vacationing group, | | | | meet a lot of new people, for your group, |
| whether it be a large family or a group of friends. | | | | wouldn't it be great to have a smaller pool but |
| A Riviera Maya rental villa can give your group | | | | have it be entirely private? If you rent a villa, you |
| much more private living space as well as more | | | | can inquire from the owner if the pool is a private |
| quality areas for you to enjoy each other's | | | | pool and your group will be able to enjoy it with |
| company. The attraction of resorts is that they | | | | each other exclusively. Or you can even use a |
| are all-inclusive. You don't have to cook a meal, | | | | tool such as the Riviera Maya vacation rentals by |
| you don't have to hunt down a restaurant, you | | | | owner Riviera Maya EZ-Locator to find an indexed |
| have many bars on the property, and services | | | | list of only Riviera Maya vacation rentals by |
| are just a phone call away. But aside from these | | | | owner that have, for example, private pools. With |
| all-inclusive niceties, a resort is still laid out like a | | | | a tool such as this, you can quickly narrow down |
| large hotel with adjoining rooms down a public | | | | Riviera Maya vacation rentals to display only the |
| corridor, with no real private common areas for | | | | vacation rentals that fit your requirements. |
| you and your group. A resort attracts a lot of | | | | Not only does a private villa offer you a private |
| other vacationing tourists, so that especially during | | | | pool, but take a few steps from your pool and |
| high season, they will crowd the common areas | | | | you embark on your own private beach! Resort |
| where you would like to relax with your group. A | | | | beaches tend to be crowded with lots of lounge |
| Riviera Maya villa, however, is a private home | | | | chairs and umbrellas. And while no beach is strictly |
| that is being rented out as a vacation rental. | | | | private on the Riviera Maya coast, you can bet |
| Depending upon the size of the villa, it may be | | | | your little section of the beach outside your villa |
| able to accommodate anywhere between 6 to 14 | | | | will not be easily accessible by other tourists, |
| people. Although each couple will have their own | | | | giving you utmost privacy and pleasure. And |
| bedroom, which in size would be equivalent to a | | | | instead of walking a mile across the resort to get |
| resort's room, your guests will have many more | | | | to the beach from your room, your beach access |
| private common areas to be able to enjoy each | | | | will be right out your back door. Private pool |
| other's company -- the kitchen, the living room, | | | | access and private beach access are just a |
| the dining room, the game room, and of course, | | | | couple of the amenities that make a private villa a |
| the patio, pool, and beach area outside. For a large | | | | more comfortable and pleasurable choice, and you |
| group, it is simply an excellent way to enjoy your | | | | wouldn't even think it actually would be a more |
| living and communal spaces while you stay on the | | | | cost-effective option. |
| Rivera Maya, and then when you are gathering | | | | When considering to rent a vacation villa versus |
| around the kitchen or dining together at your own | | | | staying in an all-inclusive resort, your first thought |
| private dining table, you will appreciate your food | | | | may not be that the private villa would be a |
| options, too. | | | | cost-effective solution, but when you have a |
| A private Riviera Maya vacation rental villa can | | | | group vacationing in the Riviera Maya, it certainly |
| give you more personal options for dining than a | | | | can be. Of course, the appeal of a resort is its |
| resort can. Of course, if your group is staying in a | | | | all-inclusive nature, being that it provides all your |
| villa, you can always drive a rental car to a | | | | meals and alcohol included in the resort price. And |
| nearby restaurant. And if you don't want to drive | | | | a vacation villa may appear expensive when you |
| in Mexico, if you inquire the owner, some villas | | | | first glance at its weekly rates. But if you have 6 |
| have restaurants within walking distance. Or you | | | | to 14 people splitting the cost, a villa actually |
| can use the Riviera Maya EZ-Locator(TM) online | | | | becomes a great deal, especially considering all the |
| tool to find Riviera Maya villas that are within | | | | privacy you are receiving. With the money you |
| walking distance of restaurants. And depending | | | | have saved, you can dine at some better quality |
| upon the particular restaurants that are accessible, | | | | restaurants and rent a car if you want to venture |
| you can generally get better food than at an | | | | out and explore the Riviera Maya on your own. I |
| all-inclusive resort with its mass prepared food, | | | | would suggest anyone to stay at a villa instead of |
| even usually better than the sit-down restaurants | | | | a resort in the Riviera Maya because of all the |
| some resorts have. And, of course, after doing a | | | | privacy and quality benefits. Even if you are only |
| Walmart run in Playa del Carmen or the nearby | | | | a couple vacationing, I would suggest a villa, if you |
| "mini-super", being that your villa will have a | | | | could afford it. But when you are a party of 6 to |
| kitchen, you can prepare food yourselves. But | | | | 14 sharing the rental, then the villa becomes |
| where your Mayan Riviera vacation villa really | | | | surprisingly cost-effective, too. |
| shines is with a feature that you can't get at a | | | | As you can probably tell by now, even these are |
| resort: with many villas you can hire a cook that | | | | just a few of the reasons why a private villa |
| works for the villa to prepare meals for you. This | | | | would be a much better choice for a group |
| is a great plus for a large group, because you pay | | | | vacationing in the Riviera Maya to stay than at an |
| the cook for the groceries she will buy to prepare | | | | all-inclusive resort. Regardless of whether you |
| the meals, along with a modest amount for her | | | | prefer the privacy of the pool/beach access or |
| services, so it is very cost-effective. And because | | | | the privacy of the common areas where your |
| she is buying regular store-bought groceries, her | | | | group can interact, when a group is splitting the |
| food is generally of higher quality than a resort's in | | | | cost of a villa, it becomes a cost-effective |
| terms of the quality of the ingredients and the | | | | alternative that will leave you with money left |
| taste of the dishes, even if her meals may be | | | | over for hiring services unique to your villa rental |
| more simple. But when I say "simple", don't let | | | | such as your own personal Mayan/Mexican cook. |
| that fool you ... You have a better chance of | | | | The benefits of renting a villa for your group are |
| eating a more authentic Mayan or Mexican meal | | | | many, not the least being your group will have a |
| prepared by the cook in your villa than you do at | | | | more enjoyable vacation in the Riviera Maya. |