Choose your budget range. Hostel beds are available from $5-$10 per night, luxury rooms on the beach go for hundreds of dollars a day. This wide range of pricing illustrates how easily tourists on any budget can spend time in the area. Cancun.travel, the official website of the Cancun Tourism Board, offers a comprehensive, unbiased list of accommodations in the area. Hostels.com lists affordable hostels in many areas of the city.
In addition to lodging, food should be a consideration. If you will only be eating at the big hotels, plan on spending a lot more on meals than if you eat at local restaurants located away from the resorts. You can enjoy delicious meals for just a few dollars a day if you venture out a bit.
Choose your accommodations. Once you have decided on your budget, peruse Cancun.travel, Lonely Planet, Fodor's and Frommer's for lodging recommendations. Book as far in advance as you can for the best rates. Most facilities have online reservations available, including hostels. Some properties also have a U.S. phone number available for reservations.
Choose your activities. Fishing, diving, snorkeling and swimming with dolphins are popular Cancun sports. So is touring the many Mayan ruins in the area. Golf is available at many of the resorts. Cancun has also started catering to the eco-tourism industry with ecological theme parks and many nature preserves where you can see monkeys, whale sharks, flamingos, crocodiles and marine turtles in the wild. A visit to a travel agent for information on area activities, combined with some research at the Cancun.Travel site, will give you a good idea of the myriad opportunities available to visitors.
