Category Archives: Beach

Melissa visits Finest Playa Mujeres, Mexico

I visited Playa Mujeres, Mexico in Oct 2015.  Hurricane season.  Yup.  I have been pretty lucky in dodging the raindrops and severe weather when traveling in the fall.  On this trip, it was more rain than I have seen on vacation in a long time.  We stayed for 3 nights, and it rained for the […]

Laurie visits Ocean Blue and Sand in Punta Cana

July 2015 – I was able to stay 4 nights at the Ocean Blue and Sand with my family.  This is a nice resort and everything laid out very well.  Here are some of the highlights of our trip.    

Maggie goes to Puerto Vallarta

I traveled  to Puerto Vallarta for the first time and fell in love.  The Sierra Madre mountains in the distance and the water are an amazing contrast!  Beautiful.  I stayed at Grand Velas and the Hard Rock Vallarta.  

Melissa visits Couples Negril and RIU Tropical Bay, Jamaica

On this same trip, I had the opportunity to visit a couple other resorts as well. Here are my trip reports for them… Couples Negril was a beautiful resort.  This resort reminded me a lot of Sandals Negril.  They cater to adult only couples, and upscale service.  The overall feel of this resort was much […]

Melissa visits RIU Negril, Jamaica

We visited Negril, Jamaica in March 2012.  We went with a group of friends, so we were looking into accomodations that would fit every budget, yet still all inclusive, and nice.  We decided on the resort of:  RIU Negril.  This was a wonderful fit financially and location wise too.  We all had a fabulous time!!!  […]