If you are heading to Los Cabos for Spring Break this year, you probably already know that your hotel wasn’t cheap. But according to new data released by the Mayor of Los Cabos, Christian Agúndez Gómez, the “daily burn” for tourists is climbing just as fast as the room rates. In a press conference this …
Tyler Fox
You arrive at the beach, drop your towel, and look at the ocean. It looks calm enough. Maybe a little choppy, but fine, right? Wrong. In Cabo, the ocean is deceptive. A beach can look serene on the surface but hide a riptide strong enough to drag an Olympic swimmer out to sea. This is …
If you take a water taxi from the Cabo San Lucas marina, the itinerary is almost always the same. You cruise out to Land’s End, you fight for position with 20 other boats to get the photo of The Arch, and then maybe you get dropped off at Lover’s Beach (Playa del Amor) for a …
There is a specific type of confusion I see on the faces of tourists in Cabo San Lucas. They are standing by the pool, wrapped in a towel, looking at their phone, and then looking up at the sky. I can see the question in their brain… “My app says it’s 82 degrees, so why …
If you have flown into Los Cabos (SJD) in the past, you know “The Dread.” You walk off the plane, turn the corner into the immigration hall in Terminal 2, and see a winding snake of hundreds of people waiting for an officer to stamp their passports. But recently, the airport flipped the switch on …
There is a strange economic paradox happening in Los Cabos right now. If you look at the hotel numbers, the destination is booming. Occupancy is high, flights are full, and room rates are soaring. But if you walk into a restaurant in downtown Cabo San Lucas, you might see empty tables. According to Oscar Morando, …
If you visit Los Cabos later this year, you might start to notice a subtle shift in the amenities you have grown used to. The tiny plastic bottles of shampoo might disappear, and the automatic daily towel refresh could become a thing of the past. This isn’t necessarily about cost-cutting; it appears to be part …
If you live in the Midwest, getting to Cabo usually involves a painful layover in Dallas, Phoenix, or Los Angeles. But for travelers in Lansing, Michigan, the journey just got a lot faster—at least for the next few weeks. This past Friday, the Capital Region International Airport (LAN) celebrated the launch of its inaugural nonstop …
If you are currently sitting on a browser tab with a flight to Los Cabos in your cart, waiting for the price to drop or a better room to open up, I have some advice: Book it now. The data is in, and the concept of a “slow season” in Baja is officially history. According …
For decades, Los Cabos has been the “private playground” of the North American West Coast. If you live in Los Angeles, Dallas, or Vancouver, Cabo is your backyard. But the secret is officially out. According to new data from FITURCA (the Los Cabos Tourism Trust), the destination is currently undergoing a massive demographic shift. In …