Saturday, May 17, 2008

Moon Palace Resort Cancun - Arrival at the Airport

Getting to the Moon Palace Resort in Cancun is fairly easy. The trip from the airport is only about a 15 minute ride. If you are traveling as a guest of a VIP member, your ground transporation to and from the airport is included in the cost of your all inclusive week. If not, a taxi or van will cost about $40 for a van load, sometimes more and sometimes less.

For the Moon Palace Resort transportation, you will get off your plane, go through customs, and walk toward the glass doors straight ahead. You will pass through many sales people who want to talk to you about their tours and about timeshare properties in Cancun. Your destination is the Moon Palace Resort. You can always talk to the timeshare people at the resort. Your transportation, if prearranged, will already be waiting for you so you should go outside the glass doors and look for signs for Moon Palace Resort or a sign that says "Elite Tours" which is the tour group for Moon Palace.

The vans are usually white, marked Moon Palace or Palace Resorts on the sides, are air conditioned and are driven by locals, some who speak English very well and other languages, and others who speak very little of anything but Spanish. They are almost all pleasant, after all, they are hoping for a tip. They will load your baggage for you and unload it at the resort.

Feel free to ask questions if they speak your native language. They can be very helpful. The trip along the way is not very pretty. The land is flat and the road is a boring highway. You will oftentimes see hard working Mexicans in the very hot sun working hard on some type of project. I personally don't know how they do it, so I asked one of course. He told me that the might look like it doesn't bother them but they do get very hot. Most work in long pants too.

When you arrive near the resort you will pass through a security gate that allows you to enter the resort. We will cover what's next in another blog. Enjoy the slideshow.

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Why is the Moon Palace Resort So Popular in Cancun?


The Moon Palace Resort is very popular in Cancun for several reasons.


1. It is a five star resort that is part of the Palace Resorts which own 11 other properties throughout Mexico.


2. It is a very large resort with over 2,000 rooms, 12 restaurants, a disco that is open until 3 AM, shopping on site and a magnificent spa facility a golf cart ride away.


3. The service at the Moon Palace Resort is excellent, even for as large a complex as it is.


4. It is family oriented. There is plenty to do for all ages, including for children under 12. There is a wonderful "kids club" which offers arts and crafts, games, and a fun time with other children in a safe, supervised environment.


5. The Moon Palace Resort is expensive, but you get your money's worth. You can travel in the off season and save quite a bit of money.


6. It is a beautiful resort and has the largest series of swimming pools in Cancun.


7. The rooms are well appointed and each one has a private double jacuzzi for your enjoyment. (see the picture above for what one of the bedrooms in the Presidential suite looks like.


These are only a few reasons to visit the Moon Palace Resort. You can see more on the Palace Resort website at http://www.palaceresorts.com/

Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Moon Palace Resort - How to Get a Great Discount


One of the ways to get a great discount on your stay at Moon Palace Resort is by booking your week through a Palace Resorts VIP member. The VIP members have purchased any number of weeks at a discount and for a small fee, they are willing to pass their discounts along to you.


Think of it as having a 75% - 90% off coupon. Each VIP member can ask whatever they want to allow you to use their week, but most charge between $120 and $200 for you to travel as their guest to the Moon Palace Resort.


Keep in mind that the VIP member gets a minimum of $700 off for each week that they travel so that would mean that you would be paying $700 more to book through Palace Resorts, unless they are running some type of promotion. Then you may get the same amount of money off your rooms, but you will not get all of the VIP benefits. Keep in mind that the price is just for the room, not for the all inclusive portion of your stay.


If you want to know more about what the VIP benefits are, you can visit http://www.dreamcancunresorts.com/ and go to the page that says Aventura Spa Palace Resort. On that page you will see a list of what is included with the VIP benefits.


If you want to find a VIP member, you can find them on Ebay (just type in Cancun or Moon Palace Resorts and on VRBO.com You will see quite a few members who are willing to give you one of their weeks for a huge discount price.