Los Cabos research
By jeff - Posted on June 22nd, 2007
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I’ve been planning a vacation to Los Cabos, Mexico with some buddies. Being a forgetful and lazy bum I keep forgetting to go to a travel agent. Thus, with the help of the internet I’ve been trying to do some research about Los Cabos. These are my brief notes after searching around a little. I need to get a guide book from the bookstore by Frommer’s or Lonely Planet or whomever else makes Cabo guidebooks.
general
Los Cabos has a number of towns. The major ones are Cabo San Lucas and San Jose del Cabo. According to my brief research Cabo San Lucas is the party spot. San Jose del Cabo is the laid-back honeymoon type spot. Being three single men under 30 I think we’re going to Cabo San Lucas.
The closest airport is SJD airport. It’s a 2-3 hour flight from SFO to SJD.
Not all beaches are suitable for swimming. Medano beach is the main swimming beach.
Los Cabos 2BR hotels
For the sake of awesomeness and convenience I’ve been searching for 2-bedroom hotel suites in the Cabo San Lucas area. Preliminary research reveals that some hotels have an “extra person surcharge” for parties over 2 people. I find this a bit odd because a 2 bedroom hotel room is meant for 4 people. If I were to get 2 separate rooms, I would probably avoid the extra person surcharge.
Promising 2BR finds for 3 people, 7 night prices. Surcharges are per person per night. SJD = San Jose del Cabo. CSL = Cabo San Lucas
| City | Hotel | surcharge | 7 nt cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| CSL | Marina sol Resort | +20 | $1,586 |
| CSL | Villa del Arco | 0 | $2,565 |
| CSL | Villa del Palmar | +47 | $3,100 |
| CSL | Hotel Vistazul Suites | 0 | $1,973 |
| SJD | Grand Baja all suite | +94 | $2,662 |
| SJD | Suites las Palmas | 0 | $1,420 |
| hotel | beds | medano beach | downtown | kitchen | bathrooms | price | location | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| hotel finisterra | 2 | far 3 | close 1 | no | 1 | west marina | hotels.com | |
| marina fiesta | 3 | medium 1 | close 1 | yes | 1 | 1212 | east marina | hotels.com |
| pueblo bonito blanco | 3 | direct 0 | close 1 | yes | 1 | 2105 | east medano | hotels.com |
| pueblo bonito pacifca | xxx | far 3 | xxx | yes | xxx | too much | xxx | hotels.com |
| pueblo bonito rose | 2 | direct 0 | medium 2 | yes | 1 | 1815 | east medano | hotels.com |
| pueblo bonito sunset beach | xxx | far 3 | xxx | yes | xxx | too much | xxx | hotels.com |
| solmar suites | 3 | far 3 | far 3 | yes | 1 | 1533 | cape | hotels.com |
| villa del palmar | 2 | direct 0 | medium 2 | yes | 2 | 2000 | east medano | hotels.com |
| villa la estancia | xxx | direct 0 | far 3 | no | 1 | too much | xxx | hotels.com |
| villa del arco | 4 | direct 0 | medium 2 | yes | 3 | 2530 | east medano | hotels.com |
| marina sol resort | 3 | medium 1 | close 1 | yes | 2 | 1587 | east marina | expedia |
| seven crown | 3 | far 3 | medium 2 | no | 2 | 1121 | east downtown | expedia |
| hotel vistazul | 3 | far 3 | far 3 | no | 1 | 2144 | east downtown | expedia |
reference
I use the typical sites for searching on travel. Not all sites are created equal with regard to Cabo because of map details, room descriptions, and so forth.
Hotels.com — good room info and in some cases they have deeper discounts. They also have a broader selection of hotels. The maps they have for Cabo San Lucas completely suck ass because it looks like Cabo is in the middle of the ocean — pinpoints are in the blue water area. Their method for “favorite hotels” completely sucks.
Orbitz — good room info and best maps of the bunch. Limited Cabo San Lucas hotel selection.
Expedia — good room info and nice way to save and label itineraries. Some rates on Expedia trended higher than others. Links only open through JavaScript which sucks because you can’t open pages in new tabs/windows. Map for hotel rooms is beter than Hotels.com but not as good as Orbitz because it lacks city streets (only freeway).
Travelocity — no maps at all? Odd. Good pictures. Low selection. High prices.
- http://www.loscabosguide.com/
- TripAdvisor