Artificial Mexican vacation? A tourist oasis? How to get the best of both worlds in Costa Maya
HTML-код
- Опубликовано: 5 авг 2023
- We sailed from Galveston ,Texas on the Royal Caribbean Allure of the Seas Cruise ship for a 7 day Caribbean cruise to Roatan Honduras, Costa Maya Mexico and Cozumel Mexico. This video is part 3 of the 4 video cruise series. It's our first cruise, so we share our perspective as first-timers, prices on the island, as well as excursions.
Costa Maya is located in Mahahual Mexico in the riviera maya off the Caribbean coast of Mexico. Costa maya was created by and for cruise ships. In this video we will show you the port of Costa Maya and what beaches to check out while visiting Mahahual.
Shop our merch!
eatbailatravel.myshopify.com/
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
If you’d like to support our content, you can contribute to our TIP JAR
Paypal.me/eatbailatravel
or you can buy us a “coffee” at
☕️☕️☕️
buymeacoffee.com/eatbailatravel
OR!
JOIN OUR PATREON COMMUNITY
/ eatbailatravel
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Follow us on…
📣Instagram
/ eatbailatravel
📣TikTok
@eatbailatravel
📣Facebook
/ eatbailatravel
For music/sound effects used in this video, Check out Epidemic Sound:
www.epidemicsound.com/referra...
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
This video is NOT sponsored! Here’s how you can support our content:
✨Hit the LIKE button 👍
✨Leave a COMMENT 💭
✨SHARE this video 🤗
If you want to show us some extra love:
✨Tip jar via PayPal.me/eatbailatravel
✨Join us over on Patreon! www.patreon.com/eatbailatravel
✨Check out our STORE! eatbailatravel.myshopify.com/@EatBailaTravel
Fun video. Cruising is definitely not my cup of tea, but with family it could be fun.
Nice video, thank you for sharing 😊
Thanks for watching! 😁
I love this area of Mexico. Great by cruise but better as a loop on land/sea. Fly into Chetumal, take the bus to Bacalar (Lagoon of 7 colors) for a few days, then bus to Mahahual for a couple day ( I recomend Luna de plata at the end of town because it quiet). From their take a cab to Xcalak for ultimate private beach experience.(book hotel ahead as I thing there is only one or two). From their take a private boat to Ambergris caye, Belize. (you will need to ask around I think the mayor act as custom agent and boat captain) Probably the best beach holiday I have ever had.
This is a really good video compared to some of other vids about Costa Maya we’ve watched. Thanks for the tips and info!!!
Really?! That is good to know because it was tough to film this with the limited time we had.
That is such a beautiful spot! Very touristy, but as a cruise ship port it is great. 🥥That hammock looked mighty inviting, I must say. 🌴 It's good to see Kevin's family enjoying the cruise too!
yea it was really cool but I can tell you it's not a place I'd go out of my way to visit again. It was great quality family time for sure 🥰
Love your guys videos, thank you.
Thank you friend, we really appreciate your support. Saludos!
Was there on a cruise 5 years ago, wasn't as developed or expensive but you could see what they were headed towards. Back then the beach/water was incredible.
wow I can only imagine!
Heading there in 2 weeks. It looks like lots of fun.
Nice! Enjoy!
I want big cocos too lol 😂🤪 Thanks for taking us on your adventures ❤ Saludos desde Goshen, Indiana.
HAHA saludos 🤗🤗
Thank you for the info. We are leaving on a cruise Sunday for this place.
What did you think? did you like it?
🌴 dope vid y’all
Thank you thank you
🌴 Nice beach! Looks like a good alternative to Cancun.
It’s definitely more affordable!
Nice🥥
Lol thanks
🌴
☺️🫶🏻
Im going on a Sunday in February. Hopefully it will be less busy
I think less people tend to go on vacation in February so that's likely!
There are places that one was fortunate to visit many years ago that are now not worth the visit due to their deterioration from exploding tourist crowds and the relative loss of their charm and grace (I live in one such place so don't flame). The so-called Maya Riviera is one such place.
I assisted in the reasearch for the Lonely Planet >the Maya Riviera< book in the late 1990s, traveling that coast from top to bottom. It was already a bit of a plastic zoo then, I imagine it's a carnival now. Inland Yucatan, sure. The Maya Riviera, no thanks. Mexico has so much too offer!
En ese recorrido de investigación para la guía Lonely Planet alquilamos un coche y yo hice de chofer. Recorrimos ese tramo de carretera a Majahual. Lo recuerdo muy bien porque la superficie era puro crater y nada como está ahora (según Google Street View).
You guys are the best Latin couple you guys know how to represent this beautiful city & as well as it's beautiful people & it's beautiful landscape unlike white people that only like to represent themselves not the community once again great job & great videos LATINIZATION 💪💪💪🔥🔥🔥💯
Thanks so much for your kind words! ❣
Wow mam it's a amazing and interesting nice vlogs congrats❤❤🎉🎉🎉... And you so very very❤beautiful❤❤❤✨✨✨😍😍😍🎉🎉🎉... I love and like this channel 💥💥💥🔥.
Thanks so much!
This looks like great revenue for the locals and jobs etc. But that many ships of people in one area is way too many for my comfort level. Giving me Disneyland vibes, trying to navigate through the crowds. Salt water pool looked nice though! 🌴
Very true, very spring break at Disneyland-ish! I can tell you it's not a place I'd go out of my way to visit again, but it was cool for a one time experience
🏝
🤗
Great video! Just curious Jennie, did you take the job in Mexico City? Are you guys living there now? Its been awhile since that big news and haven't heard anything since
hola! Just posted an update about that in our recent video about moving to Mexico City. I plan to accept the job but they've got me in limbo.. we're settling into Mexico City now
Nice 🥥🥥! 😂
Jejeje 🤣
Nice video! Which beachclub was this at Mahahual?
Honestly we didn’t even catch the name.. but we wouldn’t necessarily recommend it. There were nicer ones if you just walk along the malecón 😉
🥥
Does the Mahahual beach have snorkeling? I've seen other cruise videos that recommend not leaving port or to be very wary of scammers when taking the taxi to the beach. In your experience, were the taxi driver aggressively pushing you to go to their "special" beach club? Is it possible to just take the taxi and then just tell them no just take us to the beach and then we can choose like you recommend? We are arriving at costa maya end of January and never been to this port/city before! I really did want to explore after our excursion! anyways thanks for the tips!
Hi, yes I believe they did have snorkeling but we didn’t do it so I can’t tell you much more than that.
In our experience, they weren’t pushy about us going to a specific beach club but we also just accepted whatever they were telling us without much thought. We didn’t really know what we were going to. In retrospect, however, now I would have preferred to just ask the taxi to drop us off at the beach without committing to any beach club. Walk around and pick the one you like instead!
Thank you! - Can I ask you a quick question for someone coming to Mexico as a tourist for a month: what health insurance would you recommend? (if any) Thank you again guys 🙏
We will be honest we have never gotten health insurance here in Mexico but now that we might have job and live here full time we will get insurance. A consult to see a general doctor at a pharmacy it’s like between 2-4 usd. To see a specialist it ranges between 20-60usd a consult
All of this without insurance
🌴 🥥
Gracias Ana Pau ☺️
Hi. Were you at Malecon 21 beach club? If yes, how was it?
Gosh, I don’t remember the name of it.. if you’re referring to the beach club towards the end of this video, I’d say it was alright. I enjoyed the saltwater pool but the drinks were super expensive
🥥🍸👍
thank you for the comment, saludos!
🌴🥥🌴🥥🌴🥥
Thank you for the emojis have a wonderful Sunday
I was in Costa Maya right after a Hurricane. Definitely looks different. Funny how many people flock to the port drug stores to buy Viagra & Cialis. They bring a suitcase full back to the US to sell, to pay for the next cruise.✌️
that's the case in just about any tourist hub in Mexico 😅 the number of pharmacies on one block in Playa del Carmen (all with posters promoting their viagra and steroids!) is nuts lol
@@EatBailaTravel Each Person can bring back $750.00. So if you have a family of 4, kids included that’s $3000.00. That’s a lot of Viagra & Cialis in Mexico. Basically pays for your next cruise.
🥥🌴
☺️
🥝🥥
😂 😂
Yikes, way too many people for my taste. But it is nice to see you guys happy
I agree, it was a nice time but I can tell you it's not a place I'd go out of my way to visit again, but it was cool for a one time experience
We just had went through a hurricane when we got to Costa Maya. We were the only cruise ship docked at the port. Half the people stayed on the cruise ship puking from Sea Sickness. I remember walking around Costa Maya and the Mexican Military was carrying automatic weapons protecting us. Even on the beaches. I’m not a fan of Costa Maya.
😟 yikes! That’s a rough one. Seeing military with rifles also puts a damper on any experience for me too 😏
$10 for water?!?!?!
Yea. Crazy right?!
@@EatBailaTravel See what I mean? 😉
All tourist areas love scamming tourists. I went to the Bahamas once, I rented 1 umbrella and 2 chairs for $50, gave the guy $60 and he never gave me the change, they were also selling unlimited drinks from a gallon of milk. I didn’t buy it but the person next to us did and they got a tiny cup and every time they went for a refill they were push to tip per drink. lol. That was like 10 years ago and I’m sure it got worst now.
500 cc lol 😂
What do you mean by 500cc? Lol
I am not a huge fan of this destination. I'm going on the same cruise and I have already been here before. So I plan on skipping this port. The souvenirs are nothing fantastic
I would skip it, too, now that I've seen it.
mega tourist trap, too crowded
Yup!!!
It’s the worst waist of time any cruise ship can do full I mean full of scammer for a tiny little town full of scammers sorry just uncovering the truth that people don’t want to say
We didn't stay in Costa maya but it was expensive to say the least.
🌴
🥥
☺️🫶🏻
🌴🥥🥥🥥🌴🌴
Thanks for coconuts
🥥
Thanks for the coconut