mexico playacar

hello, we are visiting Playacar in June 2005 for our honeymoon and staying at one of the Riu hotels.

Can anybody give me advice on tips etc to get the most out of our holiday.

Thanks.

Hi,

I stayed at the El Dorado Royale from Mar. 3-10, 2005, just down the road from where you are staying. I don't anything about your resort but I know you will be about 5 minutes away from Playa Del Carmen, not sure if your resort offers free tours (highly doubt it) I found that if you buy your tours in Playa del Carmen they'll cost you half the price of the resort. For example, to do a tour from EDR to Tulum & Xel-ha it cost $107US p.p the same tour from Playa del Carmen cost $40 US p.p, quite a difference. And you have to go to Playa del Carmen, what a great spot, restaurants and shops as far as the eye can see, food was fantastic and a must is bargaining with the locals at the shops by the time you hit the pavement your purchase will be half price. On the resort we tipped our bar keep $1 everytime we hit the bar, another couple would tip $10 for the day. It's really up to you, like another couple never tipped because the paid for an all inclusive and figured they didn't need to, I asked our bar keep how much he made in a day, his pay cheque was $12 a day! can U imagine? excluding tips, and most of them do have big families to feed. Have a great time!