Tag Archives: allinclusive

Twenty-Four Hours in the Cheapest All-Inclusive Resort in Playa Del Carmen

35 Things That Happened in the Weeks Before the Pandemic Hit

As we move into the second anniversary month of the Covid-19 pandemic affecting the entire world, BuzzFeed has our backs with a list of “35 Things That Happened in The Weeks Right Before The Pandemic Hit That Will Make You Question Time, Space and Reality“

Saturday Snap – Happy 19th Anniversary, Shea (and Happy 2nd Anniversary of the Calendar Year!) ;-)

Shea and I have been together for 24 years (“more than half my life!” she regularly reminds me), married for 19 years and today, are celebrating our “preferred” anniversary date…as we joke that we have three each year: * the February legal one when we got married in jeans in our living room in Calgary […]

Friday Funk Link – 10 Ways To Make A Winter Trip to West Edmonton Mall Feel Like A Tropical Vacation

Contrary to the impression you might get from some western Premiers, the Covid pandemic is not over. But with vaccinations and boosters also being increasingly common, we’re all slowly returning to “normal” (whatever that is.) Shea and I weren’t quite ready to book an out-of-country hot holiday as that leads to all sorts of other […]

Happy (Third) Anniversary (of the Year), Shea!

Sure, we have three anniversaries but today happens to be one of them so I thought I’d mention it! 🙂 For those who don’t know how we ended with *three* wedding anniversaries, here’s the story… First off, due to the red tape and expense of a legal destination wedding at the time, we chose to […]

Saturday Snap – Our Only Visit To Mexico During Covid…

Buy a six pack of Sol at the liquor store, some limes at the grocery store, and put beach videos on the TV. 🙁 (But hey, at least we’re being safer than overly entitled snowbirds!)

Friday Fun Link – What Are All-Inclusives Like with Covid Protocols

Obviously Mexico and hot holidays are on my mind lately – yesterday, I posted about how a picture of the Isla Mujeres ferry evoked some thoughts about how much life has changed in the past year and then I found myself seeking out videos of those brave (foolish?) souls who are still venturing south for […]

Saturday Snap – My Own Corona Virus

This was my view one week ago today. I admit that I was a bit nervous heading to the airport the next day as the Coronavirus seemed to blow up big (in news coverage if not actual cases) during out week in Mexico but our flight went ahead so, (un)fortunately, we weren’t stranded in Cancun! […]

Five Reasons To Stay At A Cheaper All-Inclusive Resort (And Five Reasons Not To)

Shea and I weren’t sure if we could afford an all-inclusive holiday this winter after buying a new house last fall. But we decided that if we booked a much cheaper resort than some of the high-end places we’ve stayed at in previous years (we paid almost half what we did last year!), we should […]

Music Monday – “Ma ma sa, ma ma coo sa/Ma ma se, ma ma sa/Ma ma coo sa”

Back from a week in Mexico and will likely do some resort-themed posts over the next few days starting with this one… And my big thought of the day is – I really have no idea why most Cancun resorts have a Michael Jackson impersonator as one of their nightly shows when you never see […]