helpful tips on deciding where you should stay on holbox island as well as a full room tour
of where i stayed at at holbox dream as well as you know me an honest review of how that was
coming up where you decide to stay when you travel somewhere has such a huge impact on
your impression and experience of a place and if you're new here i'm christine where in the world
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i got to see and i booked my trip to holbox island 24 hours before arriving there and now
that i know some helpful things i want to share all of them in next week's video and actually
to be honest a really great way to start this is here in understanding how this island is laid out
so the first thing to know is holbox island is located north of cancun and i have a full video
on how to get there so if you need help on that link in the description below but after you get
into cancun airport and you take the two and a half ish hour drive up to tequila you're jumping
on the ferry to get over to hobash island and it looks like it's really large but it's actually
super tiny island the part where the people can leave and the big island okay where normally
it's protected it's a protected area and there's no inhabitants on the other side of the island yes
looks more or less similar like this it's mangrove it's like coconut trees pounds and so what he
refers to as small island is this portion of the island that is where everybody is at and
you know you can see it right here in terms of the part that is actually inhabited is very small and
the road stops here and the hotel that i stayed at was right over here in this area and if i could be
totally honest and do it over again i thought the area of the beach that i was at over here
was pretty good but i really wanted that like hammock being able to swim out to a sandbar vibe
i'm so curious when you're going to haul wash tell me in the comments below and also tell me
where you're considering staying and if you have any recommendations all the places that
were most highly recommended to me i've dropped in the description below so you can check out
some of those options and if you're getting some value out of this make sure you cheers
that like button and consider subscribing here's a few other helpful tips that people have been
asking me in the dms on instagram the first one is christine how long should i spend on this island
and for me i was there for just two nights which felt insanely short and i packed it full
of activities make sure you check the full video playlist in the description but it definitely felt
rushed and wasn't enough time my girl katrina wrote a really helpful blog article i'd link
that in the description below but this is her take on the question of how long to spend there
i would recommend a minimum of five days because getting there is a work of art and science and
then at least you have three days in between and then your fifth day ends up being your travel day
and that's because there's the island is so beautiful it's so picturesque you feel like
you're in a national geographic she is right in terms of it being very picturesque which means
you are spending a lot of time outdoors and so it actually is really important to be there during
good weather the second thing people ask me is like what are the peak months what are the best
months to be there and so i talk about this in my helpful tips video but december to march is kind
of like the cooler months i was there during the hottest month which is may and it was hot
okay let's talk about where i stayed which was at holbox dream and again i planned this trip very
last minute so i was booking this hotel literally right before i arrived and i was there in may 2021
and the rate i paid with taxes and fees was 150 per night and i was there for two nights
so everything seems fine and good i filmed a little something for you as
soon as i checked in but then we'll compare it to how i felt uh when it was time to go
i'll say i'm neither excited nor disappointed about the hotel i'm decently comfortable there's
only like six mosquitoes in the room and there's air conditioning that's exciting my fan doesn't
work the bed's pretty uncomfortable but the service the staff is super nice i would say
for 150 a night i think i'm paying to be on the beach which is it's a fair trade off uh would
i say it's worth it i don't know whatever it's whatever i'm neither happy nor unhappy how's that
getting ready to check out i'm rushing because it's time to get to cancun but i wanted to give
an honest review of my room because i'm all about keeping it real i would say it was amazing because
it was right on the beach that was really nice to be able to open this door and look out at
the beach see right there was really really awesome and you're probably like oh there's a
pool but like it's it's basically like a little pond um but it's still really nice it's nice to
have water next to you all the time i will say i discovered after the fact that this room does have
a refrigerator so when i asked the front desk and again i love the staff here they're amazing when i
asked the front desk to please put my wine in the fridge which he did i'm realizing uh i could've
done it myself the other thing is i know i know you're gonna probably think this is gross but
i haven't showered since i was here because uh it's hot outside but at the same time like
i like to take at least a warm shower um and i do like cold showers but i like to take cold
showers when i want to take cold showers and not because i've been forced to take cold showers so
you know a lot of ridden scene and wiping reminded me of camping in ethiopia all over again
uh and yeah the bed was as uncomfortable as i expected but keith air conditioning worked that
was awesome because it really is really hot here really hot here so i would say overall
it was a fine experience would i do it again absolutely not would i recommend it
if you can find a good price and you enjoy being on the beach absolutely that's my real review
oh gosh i love this island make sure you check the description for tons
more helpful info and resources and tell me in the comments where you're considering staying i'm
christine i'm here every week with new videos hope to see you in the next adventure ciao
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