I always get a little nervous when I find a destination I love, because the natural lifecycle of a great travel spot is usually tragic: It gets discovered, it gets wildly popular, and then it gets completely overrun, losing the exact charm that made it special in the first place. For a few years there, …
For years, the unwritten rule for a vacation in Los Cabos was to hit your local bank before your flight and withdraw a massive stack of one-dollar bills. Whether you were tipping a boat captain after a morning trip to El Arco, the valet at a luxury resort in the Tourist Corridor, or the bartender …
If you thought the new direct flights from Frankfurt and Madrid were a big deal for Los Cabos, you might want to buckle up. The local tourism board is thinking much, much bigger. According to a highly ambitious new report presented this week by the Los Cabos Tourism Trust (FITURCA), the destination is actively laying …
You’ve done it. You survived the flight, you breezed through immigration, and you just pulled your luggage off the carousel. The vacation has officially begun. You see the frosted glass doors leading to the exit, you push your cart through them, and then… BAM. Chaos. A wall of noise hits you. A dozen different people …
If you have been shopping for a hotel in Los Cabos recently and felt a sudden wave of sticker shock, you are not imagining things. The days of treating the southern tip of the Baja peninsula as a budget-friendly beach escape are officially in the rearview mirror. According to the latest data released by the …
Let’s be honest: Los Cabos is not a budget destination. Because it sits at the tip of the Baja Peninsula, almost everything—from the fuel in the boats to the limes in your margarita—has to be shipped or trucked in. That logistical reality creates a naturally higher “price floor” than you’ll find in places like Puerto …
When you are scrolling through travel forums or Instagram looking for the perfect Los Cabos excursion, it is incredibly easy to skip right over the Sol de Mayo Waterfall in Fox Canyon (Cañon de la Zorra). Compared to the highly saturated drone shots of El Arco or the pristine, glass-walled infinity pools at the ultra-luxury …
The countdown to the busiest season of the year has officially begun. Over the next six weeks, more than 35,000 college students and young travelers will descend upon the Baja peninsula for the annual rite of passage known as Spring Break. While the tourists are preparing their itineraries for Medano Beach and the downtown nightclubs, …
When friends ask me if they should stay on Medano Beach, I always answer with a question: “Which part?” If you have never been to Cabo San Lucas, you probably have a very specific image of Playa El Médano in your head. You picture loud bass thumping from beach clubs, tequila shots, massive crowds, and …
If you are planning a beach vacation to Mexico this year, you are probably staring at a map trying to decide between the Caribbean coast (Cancun, Tulum) and the Baja Peninsula (Los Cabos). Both coasts have beautiful water, but veteran travelers know that Cabo operates in an entirely different league. It is a unique geological …