One of the things to do when you come to Cancun
is experience an all-inclusive resort.
So we saved the last three days and two nights of this trip
to do just that.
And in this video, we're gonna show you what's it like.
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Think about multiple pools, beautiful locations,
no need to worry about beach chairs and umbrellas,
and all your meals and drinks are covered.
- Cheers! [in Spanish].
On their website, the cheapest room with no ocean view in this hotel
is advertised for around $400 a night.
We paid way less than that by booking somewhere else,
but still more than what we normally spend.
Our time here was amazing,
but not 100% hassle-free.
We cannot go to any of the top restaurants over here.
- Yesterday, the program was different.
And today, they changed.
Now, the question you're probably wondering,
is an all-inclusive resort worth your money?
Well, let me share our experience.
We're already greeted with drinks here.
[laughs]
Cheers! [in Spanish]
The check-in is directly on their app.
This is so cool.
Ah!
You can open the door from your cell phone using their app.
It is so cool.
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Ah, look at that.
"Welcome! Pereira."
All included here in the minibar.
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Oh, wow, baby, look at this view.
I'm already loving it.
Pool, beach. What else could you want, huh?
And the color of the Caribbean sea is
unbelievable
especially from up here.
And there is also this balcony here.
Look at how nice.
- Okay, baby.
- We barely arrived and immediately went
to this beachside restaurant for lunch.
That's Gordon's.
This is mine.
This too.
Our first day can be summarized
as eat, beach, pool,
and you guessed it, eat again.
Cheers! [in Spanish]
Beautiful plate.
But mine...
Mixing too many things here.
- Pumpkin.
Lemon-lime
Coffee
- True vacation mode.
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- Good morning. - Cheers! [in Spanish]
This is the main restaurant where the buffets are served.
You find everything for breakfast.
Here we're at the Omni Hotel and Resorts.
And we get all our meals and drinks covered,
everything included.
The facilities are really nice as well.
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So beautiful.
But not everything that you see around is free,
for example, you must book those pool beds,
and the starting price is $75.
Yes, it's all in dollars.
But that's not unique to this hotel, you know.
All the all-inclusives have their own extras.
We're gonna get into more details in a separate video,
so for now, let's just enjoy.
A little cold for the moment.
So let's compare to the ocean.
- Look how blue.
- Yes. - Oh, baby.
There are some seats over there.
Can we sit over there or those are private?
- Those are private.
That's exclusive for the hotel members.
And there should be more seats over here.
Oh, look at our little shade here.
- Let's see how cold this is.
- Uh-huh.
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- It's nice. - Not too cold?
- No. It's cold when you first touch,
but I think like last time.
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Look at the color of the ocean.
This is everything you dream about when you think of the Caribbean.
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Now, here, although we're in front of the hotel,
using the hotel facilities,
you got to pay attention at your things also,
because this is open beach.
Anyone can walk over here.
And there are also a lot of people selling things here at the beach,
especially handcrafts.
How's the water?
- I can't hear you.
- What do you mean? - Water.
Too much water inside? - Yeah.
- Warmer than the pool?
- Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.
- I saw you playing like a kid there.
- This is fun.
And the sand goes up and down. - Okay.
- So when it goes deep, all of a sudden,
you're pushed/pulled out a little bit, and it's so shallow.
- Okay. So now is the question,
do you prefer with or without waves?
- With - With?
- So much fun. - Yeah. And that's another thing.
There are different beaches here in Cancun.
And you can have totally different experiences.
Check out the previous video
because we already showed you a few options.
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The water is so much better than the pool.
It's so warm.
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Ah!
[laughs]
Yay! Cheers! [in Spanish]
Hibiscus flower natural water.
That's nice.
- Tacos.
Tex-Mex quesadillas.
Fajitas.
But the more important,
part here, beverages. [in Spanish]
- More important?
- Yes, beverages. [in Spanish]
See... Beers and margaritas.
More important
Self-service over here, right? - Yeah, I guess.
Go ahead, serve yourself, baby.
- We can get a quesadilla...
- I'm going to get a quesadilla. - Pastor.
- Absolutely.
Ah, there you go.
Now, we're talking, huh?
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Always good, huh?
Taco al pastor.
Mmm, so good.
It's pork with pineapple, perfect combination
I discovered this in this trip.
There's a previous video in Playa del Carmen,
where we did a food tour.
My first time eating taco al pastor.
I'd totally have this again.
- The spicy is hot.
- How hot? - Very hot for you.
And for you?
- It's medium. - Oh, come on, come on.
There are buffets here, too, all-you-can-eat.
We're getting a small lunch because we have big plans for dinner.
Or so we thought
And also we ate a lot for breakfast, didn't we?
- Yeah. - How was breakfast, baby?
- Too much. - [laughs]
Third time, baby? - Yeah.
- You're taking full advantage of it, huh?
From one restaurant to the next,
we're going for dessert now.
Gordon's dessert.
My dessert.
- So unhealthy.
- [laughs]
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- Big mouth (trying to say)
It's wonderful.
I added some cinnamon for you.
- Thank you. - You like?
- Thanks
Thank you very much.
- Ah!
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You found your own cove here.
Look at this.
Cheers! [in Spanish]
There are lots of pools here,
and every time, you can go to a different one.
Here the water is not as warm as the ocean,
but it's much better than the other pools.
One thing interesting here in Cancun
is that the sunset is behind the hotels.
At a certain point in the afternoon,
everything is in the shade.
It's perfect if you don't want to get too much sun.
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The pools are also very different from one another.
At the main pool, for example, there's a party going on,
loud music, volleyball.
While here, it's just peaceful.
By the end of the afternoon. that's the busiest.
That's the one everyone wants to get to,
the jacuzzi.
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- Oh, baby, you look so good.
Look at that. - [laughs]
- Oh! Don't you need to change your shoes?
- Yes, I do.
Well, but I'm not putting anything much different, you know.
That's all I got.
I'm going like this. - Oh, they'll let you in now.
But seriously, depending on where you go for dinner,
you got to dress up a little bit more, you know.
So don't bring just beachwear to an all-inclusive.
Uh-oh, uh-oh.
No way! According to the information here,
this restaurant will be open today.
This is the Brazilian steakhouse.
I can't believe. We came here for this restaurant.
It's Brazilian food,
I wanted to try Brazilian food here.
And it is closed.
They simply changed from one moment to the other.
Yes, but we came for the Brazilian, and it's closed today.
- Yes, today it's closed.
- But yesterday when we arrived, they told us
that we should come today as yesterday it was already closed
- Yes, today it's closed, but tomorrow...
- No, but yesterday it was closed, today it's closed...
- I understand that today...
- And we came to this hotel because of that restaurant.
- Tomorrow it will be open.
- But tomorrow I'm gone.
- Yes, in that case...
- That can't happen. - I understand, I understand
We tried the other fancy restaurant,
but we were not allowed in.
Guess what? And they're having a private event like this,
and they won't allow us to go in.
So in essence we cannot go
to any of the top restaurants over here.
And they informed us something totally different yesterday
when we checked in.
Very disappointing.
You told us that it was open yesterday.
- Sometimes they close the places
and they don't tell us until the day.
Yesterday the program was different,
and today, they gave us this, and they changed.
- That's not the way to operate.
- Yeah. - I know.
Did you know DaVinci is closed for an event?
- Today it's closed?
- Look at that
- Yeah, if you have a private event,
one restaurant has to stay open.
- Yeah. [laughs]
- It's not that there are no restaurants, there are buffets.
But every all-inclusive has some really nice restaurants
that you should try also when you come here.
And today, it was our chance.
We're back at the bar here,
now waiting for the buffet to open so that we can have dinner.
Cheers, baby. Cheers! - Cheers.
- Cheers! Cheers! [in Spanish].
So if something like this happens to you,
talk to the manager, because we did,
and they were able to accommodate us here in their top restaurant.
They put an extra table just for us.
Cheers! [in Spanish]
I'm starting with the salmon carpaccio,
and Gordon went for Caesar salad.
Let me see this design.
It's a beautiful plate.
Happy, happy!
- I hope so, I hope it's good.
Mmm, soft, tender.
It's not chewy, really good.
And mine is a salmon with peas puree.
And these are roaster peppers.
- So I'll come over here, the short end.
Yeah, it seems flaky.
Let's come over here
Oh, yeah. - Very...
Very tasty.
Mmm, look at this dessert now.
- Dark chocolate warm fondue
with hazelnut and burned milk caramel sauce.
- He had to read. Look at that. [laughs]
- I couldn't remember. It took so long.
It took forever, I couldn't even remember.
- [laughs]
Yeah, it took a little bit too long.
Dinner started two and a half hours ago.
My choice was simple, coconut ice cream.
You can never go wrong with ice cream.
Oh, what a day, huh?
Food was delicious, but it was a three-hour-long dinner.
Now there's a lot of things we learned here today,
a lot of little things that could have made the experience
a little smoother or more enjoyable.
So make sure to subscribe to the channel
because we're gonna share everything in the next video.
And I want to see you back.
- Opened, we had to fight for that.
- Yeah.
- This never opened.
We were told we can get this,
but they tried to pass this off on us.
- Yeah, yeah.
- And the Brazilian which we were told was open,
they decided not to open. - Yep.
- So confusing, it's like...
...a hurricane...
...coming through... you don't know what's going on.