stayed here back in 2015, had a wedding in the family that took place on the beach at the resort. Around 60 people from our family and others all went together and it was such an amazing two weeks!!
Thank You! All was recorded in 4K with my GoPro Hero10 with drone shots from DJI Mini2 and everything edited together on my M1 Mac Mini in 4K. One of the reasons I started this hobby was because pre-pandemic when I was researching all I could find was videos that either only had stack footage that wasn't even the resort or it was 20 somethings with cell phones pointed at their faces being fabulous. I kind of invented the "Resort Walkaround" RUclips video genre. My videos are for viewers that want to SEE the resort grounds and what things LOOK and FEEL like when there. So they can make an informed holiday purchase. I'm still learning and trying to improve and my goal is for the channel to help pay for more of our trips. Jeff (Papaw)
@@DanaNield foreigners are not legally allowed to fly any drone anywhere in Mexico. Only Mexican citizens can. I haven’t seen any organized effort to prevent us from doing it, but technically we cannot. You’ll see that I don’t fly mine over lots of people and I don’t get very high. That’s me minimizing my exposure if something goes wrong.
Franchement votre vidéo est tellement bien monté! ça donne une tres bonne vue d'ensemble et ca donne encore plus envie d'y aller! merci , merci beaucoup!
We’re making final decisions for a family trip in January. Today we almost pulled the trigger on Luxury Akumal. But didn’t, Grand Coba is calling us back.
@@moreiradd there isn’t acc that much sea weed and the beach its just something else. Fish swim up to your feet when you first step in and it’s just really colourful. Been every year for the last 10 years and it’s just as good every time I go
Hello! Great video, nice and slow and great explanations. I'm sorry for a lot of questions but this is my first time looking at all inclusives for a honeymoon on a budget. Are you able to answer my questions? 1. Is $2k for me and my wife around May 2023 a good price for 7 nights and flight (from DTW, Spirit airline) included? It screams like an insane deal, it's from cheap Caribbean website and that includes travel insurance and transportation from airport-resort-airport. 2) Is the food decent? I'm not expecting anything that blows my mind. 3) we can visit which other Bahia properties nearby and is that a walk or is the trolley provided? 4) Is there anything we specifically can't do while we're in the other properties like can't do dinner there or something? 5) is there any must excursions that's worth paying for? 6) are reservations required for food? 7) Any cons or things we need to be aware of that we may not like?
Thanks for watching, no problem with questions. 1. I’ve booked several trips with Cheap Caribbean and it’s always been fine. Never done Spirit to fly, so cannot help there. That sounds like a great price. I don’t think transport is actually included, but that could have changed. Be sure to know all extras Spirit might add on. 2. I’ve been to over 20 all-inclusive resorts and the food at Grand Coba is above average. The choices are over the top. 3. Coba guests have no access whatsoever to the other resorts except reservations to the a la carte restaurants at Grand Tulum. Not a big deal for us because Grand Coba has plenty to keep busy. 4. See #3. 5. I haven’t done excursions in years. Others might can help there. 6. Reservations are only required for evening a la carte restaurants and in 7 nights you’ll be allowed 3 of those. My top 3 recommends are: Don Pablo and Tequila at Tulum and Mashua at Coba. But they’re all nice. 7. Cons for Grand Coba are (order of impact to me) Distance from airport, beach is a little crowded, no lunch/snacks at the beach - you have to trolley (10 minutes) back to the resort for lunch. That’s about all the cons for me. We’re headed back (Akumal this time) in a few days. All new videos coming in a few weeks.
Hi Jeni. Did you notice the dark brown stairs and ramp? Everything on the side of that I recorded is the Grand Coba’s beach and facilities. Everything past that is the Luxury Akumal’s beach & facilities. The two halves are essentially the same and - beachwise - there’s no benefit to pay for an upgrade. Anybody staying at any section can walk up and down the shoreline and swim in the sea wherever they like. But Coba guests cannot use the loungers, shade palapas or bars on the Akumal side. Jeff (Papaw)
Hi Alyssa. This trip I actually stayed at so different resort complex and visited Grand Coba on a day pass to record for this Walkaround and another coming soon. For restaurant reservations you should email the resort at info.coba@bahia-principe.com about 5-7 days before arrival. Give your names, dates of arrival and departure, booking ID number and booking company. Give a list of your preferred restaurants and an acceptable time slot. Those that leave such comments may have required a specific restaurant on a specific evening at a specific time. Or they may have waited until arrival. Or they were there during Spring Break when the resort was at 100% occupancy.
Hi, nice video. Would you mind answering a few questions for me? Me and my family are thinking about going to this resort and I need to know a few things. For example is there any kind of bar or buffet at the beach included in the all inclusive we will have? How crowded the beach usually is? Is it possible to find a bed for family in normal time? Is there a possibility to go with taxi or a bus to city to enjoy a town life?
The beach is a 5-10 minute trolley ride away. The beach does have a beach bar but not food service. Guests have to ride the trolley back to the resort for lunch and snacks. This is the only real weakness of the resort and hopefully soon they’ll correct it. My video shows the beach at its most crowded. Bahia Coba is a very popular resort and is often fully booked. Most weeks rooms are available. Playa del Carmen is a 30 minute colectivo bus ride away.
great videos i just watched afew we are thinking mexico x mas vacation next year....what are the differnces in the 3 resorts this one the coba the tulum..and the luxury ?//they are all side by side im guessing
Thanks for watching! To learn more you could join the Bahia Mexico Lovers Facebook group. Lots of questions and answers there to learn all about the differences. Also, I’m returning next month and I’m doing a feature video on the resort section differences! To see how the resort sections are laid out it’s best to pull up Google Earth and zoom in. Be warned, Christmas holiday is the most expensive time to go!
Does this resort have childrens club, playground with slides and swings, also does this have adults waterslides and 4 years old waterslides. We are a vegetarian and don't know exactly which resort to go to as being a vegetarian. We want to know is the peso the best currency from UK to use there and could you also use your credit card for excersions and does the hotel organise trips like to see chichen itza
Hi! I followed your instructions to request a specific building but an automatic email saying “In order to receive assistance you must click in one of the following options”. Has it changed?
im going there for my birthday do you reccomande anything to watch out for like are there any nosies at night or is there like wild animals in the hotel or spiders or bed bugs? is room service good i think well have a great time there but any tips?
All resorts along the entire coast are in the tropics. There are spiders and bugs in the tropics. I’ve never encountered bed bugs. Room service is an extra charge and I’ve never needed it.
Hi, Does this resort have a free shuttle bus that takes you to nearby shops that sell clothes, food items?. Where would be the best place for shopping to go to that would sell the above?.
There is no resort operated off-site shuttle. On-site there is the Hacienda with all the tourist type shops. You can take the colectivo from the resort to the Chedraui in nearby Puerto Aventuras.
I have heard that it's not safe to go out of the resort even to any shopping malls, shops or even take a bus or taxi to the above. Please share your experiences.
I think you are very unsure if going to a resort like this in Mexico is a good thing for you. My experiences are a mixture of over 30 trips to almost all parts of Mexico and being mostly conversational in Spanish. So my experience is very different than your first trip is going to be. For someone taking their very first trip to Mexico I usually suggest they go to a resort in the Playacar development adjacent to the city of Playa del Carmen. Any of the RIU resorts (there are 6) or the Iberostar.
@@papawgotagopro Hi Papaw, thanks for all your hard work with the videos and answering questions. Do you have the latest info on Coba guest access to the sister resorts. For example, which bars, pools and beaches are open to the Coba guest “wristbands”? Thanks.
The only access to the other 3 resorts permitted of Coba guests is the à la carte restaurants at Grand Tulum. But that doesn’t lessen the enjoyment of Coba. Still plenty.
You need to adjust your screen, or have your lens prescription updated. There’s nothing old or ugly about this resort, and it’s a humongous property with over 1,000 rooms. Or you should consider Grand Velas as your all-inclusive destination.
Each resort has its own level of positives and negatives. Having stayed at both I prefer the Bahia complex. But that certainly isn’t saying there’s anything wrong with the Barcelo resorts. They’re great.
stayed here back in 2015, had a wedding in the family that took place on the beach at the resort. Around 60 people from our family and others all went together and it was such an amazing two weeks!!
We stayed at the tulum back in 2015 and are heading back to coba in September - can’t wait, love watching these videos, very informative
Excellent filming. Not like every other video about this hotel. Keep doing it like this, Papaw! Very informative :)
Thank You!
All was recorded in 4K with my GoPro Hero10 with drone shots from DJI Mini2 and everything edited together on my M1 Mac Mini in 4K. One of the reasons I started this hobby was because pre-pandemic when I was researching all I could find was videos that either only had stack footage that wasn't even the resort or it was 20 somethings with cell phones pointed at their faces being fabulous. I kind of invented the "Resort Walkaround" RUclips video genre. My videos are for viewers that want to SEE the resort grounds and what things LOOK and FEEL like when there. So they can make an informed holiday purchase. I'm still learning and trying to improve and my goal is for the channel to help pay for more of our trips.
Jeff (Papaw)
@@papawgotagopro Will be staying at this resort in February 2022. Will be taking similar gear. What did you need to do to use your Drone in Mexico?
@@DanaNield foreigners are not legally allowed to fly any drone anywhere in Mexico. Only Mexican citizens can. I haven’t seen any organized effort to prevent us from doing it, but technically we cannot. You’ll see that I don’t fly mine over lots of people and I don’t get very high. That’s me minimizing my exposure if something goes wrong.
Great video! Really informative- as I will be there at the end of the month I am really thankful for this overview!!!
You are very welcome. Have a great trip.
Jeff (Papaw)
Franchement votre vidéo est tellement bien monté! ça donne une tres bonne vue d'ensemble et ca donne encore plus envie d'y aller! merci , merci beaucoup!
Merci d'avoir regardé et pour vos aimables paroles. C'est un endroit très beau et facile à photographier.
Jeff (Papaw)
Hey thanks for showing the gym. Nice to know they at least have a barbell in there.
Excited to come here for Christmas week 🎉❤
I’ve never been at Christmas time. But we are returning end of January with the 8 year old grandson. He’s going to help me with several new videos.
Just got back from there last night, Spent 10 days there really enjoyed it. Food Truck is now opened, ya the last day we were there.
We’re making final decisions for a family trip in January. Today we almost pulled the trigger on Luxury Akumal. But didn’t, Grand Coba is calling us back.
Papaw we got back from there two weeks ago . Apart from hurricane Agatha it was brilliant. Your camera makes the colours so good.
How was the beach? There was a lot of seaweed?
@@moreiradd there isn’t acc that much sea weed and the beach its just something else. Fish swim up to your feet when you first step in and it’s just really colourful. Been every year for the last 10 years and it’s just as good every time I go
@@nathanielharbut8847 thank you 👍
Looks so nice!
This resort is really nice
Hello! Great video, nice and slow and great explanations. I'm sorry for a lot of questions but this is my first time looking at all inclusives for a honeymoon on a budget. Are you able to answer my questions?
1. Is $2k for me and my wife around May 2023 a good price for 7 nights and flight (from DTW, Spirit airline) included? It screams like an insane deal, it's from cheap Caribbean website and that includes travel insurance and transportation from airport-resort-airport.
2) Is the food decent? I'm not expecting anything that blows my mind.
3) we can visit which other Bahia properties nearby and is that a walk or is the trolley provided?
4) Is there anything we specifically can't do while we're in the other properties like can't do dinner there or something?
5) is there any must excursions that's worth paying for?
6) are reservations required for food?
7) Any cons or things we need to be aware of that we may not like?
Thanks for watching, no problem with questions.
1. I’ve booked several trips with Cheap Caribbean and it’s always been fine. Never done Spirit to fly, so cannot help there. That sounds like a great price. I don’t think transport is actually included, but that could have changed. Be sure to know all extras Spirit might add on.
2. I’ve been to over 20 all-inclusive resorts and the food at Grand Coba is above average. The choices are over the top.
3. Coba guests have no access whatsoever to the other resorts except reservations to the a la carte restaurants at Grand Tulum. Not a big deal for us because Grand Coba has plenty to keep busy.
4. See #3.
5. I haven’t done excursions in years. Others might can help there.
6. Reservations are only required for evening a la carte restaurants and in 7 nights you’ll be allowed 3 of those. My top 3 recommends are: Don Pablo and Tequila at Tulum and Mashua at Coba. But they’re all nice.
7. Cons for Grand Coba are (order of impact to me) Distance from airport, beach is a little crowded, no lunch/snacks at the beach - you have to trolley (10 minutes) back to the resort for lunch. That’s about all the cons for me.
We’re headed back (Akumal this time) in a few days. All new videos coming in a few weeks.
I noticed you showed Akumal beach, isn't that private? Do you have to pay for an upgrade to use it?
Hi Jeni.
Did you notice the dark brown stairs and ramp? Everything on the side of that I recorded is the Grand Coba’s beach and facilities. Everything past that is the Luxury Akumal’s beach & facilities. The two halves are essentially the same and - beachwise - there’s no benefit to pay for an upgrade. Anybody staying at any section can walk up and down the shoreline and swim in the sea wherever they like. But Coba guests cannot use the loungers, shade palapas or bars on the Akumal side.
Jeff (Papaw)
I’m going there at the beginning of August! Did you have any trouble making reservations? I saw a lot of reviews about it being difficult.
Hi Alyssa.
This trip I actually stayed at so different resort complex and visited Grand Coba on a day pass to record for this Walkaround and another coming soon.
For restaurant reservations you should email the resort at info.coba@bahia-principe.com about 5-7 days before arrival. Give your names, dates of arrival and departure, booking ID number and booking company. Give a list of your preferred restaurants and an acceptable time slot.
Those that leave such comments may have required a specific restaurant on a specific evening at a specific time. Or they may have waited until arrival. Or they were there during Spring Break when the resort was at 100% occupancy.
Hi, nice video. Would you mind answering a few questions for me? Me and my family are thinking about going to this resort and I need to know a few things. For example is there any kind of bar or buffet at the beach included in the all inclusive we will have? How crowded the beach usually is? Is it possible to find a bed for family in normal time? Is there a possibility to go with taxi or a bus to city to enjoy a town life?
The beach is a 5-10 minute trolley ride away. The beach does have a beach bar but not food service. Guests have to ride the trolley back to the resort for lunch and snacks. This is the only real weakness of the resort and hopefully soon they’ll correct it.
My video shows the beach at its most crowded.
Bahia Coba is a very popular resort and is often fully booked. Most weeks rooms are available.
Playa del Carmen is a 30 minute colectivo bus ride away.
Can anyone answer my question please: is there a bar at the beach or we have to go all the way back to Coba to get drinks ?
Did you even watch the video? I walk past the beach bar showing it clearly.
Ah yes, the unsolved mystery of why the pool water is so warm by the swim up bar 😂
great videos i just watched afew we are thinking mexico x mas vacation next year....what are the differnces in the 3 resorts this one the coba the tulum..and the luxury ?//they are all side by side im guessing
Thanks for watching!
To learn more you could join the Bahia Mexico Lovers Facebook group. Lots of questions and answers there to learn all about the differences. Also, I’m returning next month and I’m doing a feature video on the resort section differences! To see how the resort sections are laid out it’s best to pull up Google Earth and zoom in. Be warned, Christmas holiday is the most expensive time to go!
Does this resort have childrens club, playground with slides and swings, also does this have adults waterslides and 4 years old waterslides. We are a vegetarian and don't know exactly which resort to go to as being a vegetarian. We want to know is the peso the best currency from UK to use there and could you also use your credit card for excersions and does the hotel organise trips like to see chichen itza
How is the wifi ? Free and included or do you pay?
My husband needs it for some business stuff so just wondering .
It’s included free. Speed is fine for email, texting & FaceTime all from phone or tablet.
It looks very nice. Is there a cigar shop or lounge?
I’ve never seen one. Smoking in public places is now illegal in Mexico.
Hi! I followed your instructions to request a specific building but an automatic email saying “In order to receive assistance you must click in one of the following options”. Has it changed?
im going there for my birthday do you reccomande anything to watch out for like are there any nosies at night or is there like wild animals in the hotel or spiders or bed bugs? is room service good i think well have a great time there but any tips?
All resorts along the entire coast are in the tropics. There are spiders and bugs in the tropics. I’ve never encountered bed bugs. Room service is an extra charge and I’ve never needed it.
Are the lacarte restaurants only for dinner and can anyone suggest which tourist attractions there are for children aged 4. Thanks.
Currently all a la carte restaurants are evening service only. Pre-pandemic a few were open at other times, but no longer.
Hi,
Does this resort have a free shuttle bus that takes you to nearby shops that sell clothes, food items?. Where would be the best place for shopping to go to that would sell the above?.
There is no resort operated off-site shuttle. On-site there is the Hacienda with all the tourist type shops. You can take the colectivo from the resort to the Chedraui in nearby Puerto Aventuras.
Look at you using a drone. How do you like Coba compared to Akumal?
Luxury Akumal is superior in every way. But when the budget is tight I never hesitate to stay at Grand Coba.
gym hours?
I have heard that it's not safe to go out of the resort even to any shopping malls, shops or even take a bus or taxi to the above. Please share your experiences.
I think you are very unsure if going to a resort like this in Mexico is a good thing for you. My experiences are a mixture of over 30 trips to almost all parts of Mexico and being mostly conversational in Spanish. So my experience is very different than your first trip is going to be.
For someone taking their very first trip to Mexico I usually suggest they go to a resort in the Playacar development adjacent to the city of Playa del Carmen. Any of the RIU resorts (there are 6) or the Iberostar.
Hi!! Which Bahia Principe hotel is closer to the beach?
Both the Grand Tulum and Luxury Akumal are beachfront.
Is there a casino on the resort??
Yes, it’s a great place to leave your money.
Wearing mask is mandatory?
Cool overview of the hotel by the way 👍
At the time of my visit (May 14, 2022) masks were required in all indoor areas. That may have changed since or may change in the future.
Holy, buddy at 12:05 just whipping his girlfriend out of the water...
Many of us have been there after a full day of all-inclusive imbibing.
I know why it’s always warm in pool near the bar!!😅
Yes. I do not spend time around the swim up bars.
@@papawgotagopro Hi Papaw, thanks for all your hard work with the videos and answering questions. Do you have the latest info on Coba guest access to the sister resorts. For example, which bars, pools and beaches are open to the Coba guest “wristbands”? Thanks.
The only access to the other 3 resorts permitted of Coba guests is the à la carte restaurants at Grand Tulum. But that doesn’t lessen the enjoyment of Coba. Still plenty.
Looks old ugly and compact, glad I didn’t book this one.
You need to adjust your screen, or have your lens prescription updated.
There’s nothing old or ugly about this resort, and it’s a humongous property with over 1,000 rooms. Or you should consider Grand Velas as your all-inclusive destination.
Think i like Barcelo better..
Each resort has its own level of positives and negatives. Having stayed at both I prefer the Bahia complex. But that certainly isn’t saying there’s anything wrong with the Barcelo resorts. They’re great.
Beaches are dirty very dirty
its called nature
It’s the Sargassum. Happens every summer since 2012 all up and down the coast.
@@papawgotagopro but from the video the beach doesnt have a lot of seaweed... when you record this?