This week’s roundup of Latin America travel deals brings us lots of excellent vacation options from Mexico — including a yoga retreat on the water, $100 daily resort credits in Cancun, $500 credits on romantic getaways, and a rather cool incentive that aims to keep you off of your cell phone while enjoying a Puerto Vallarta vacation. Read on for details.
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CostaBaja Resort & Spa
La Paz, Mexico
The Deal: Paddleboard Yoga Retreats
What Makes It Cool: This Mexico resort is offering a new, four-night yoga package that promises the benefits of yoga, intensified physically and spiritually by balancing on a stand-up paddleboard that’s floating on the protected waters surrounding CostaBaja rather than on a traditional mat surface. Retreat pricing starts at $1,042 for double occupancy and $1,349 for single occupancy. Enjoy the Early Bird Special and take advantage of reduced pricing: $1,017 for double occupancy and 1,324 for single occupancy.
Valid for Travel: CostaBaja’s paddleboard retreats are offered January 8-12, 15-19 and 22-26, 2015, with additional retreats during the year being planned. Early booking discount for reservations made by December 15, 2014, for retreats beginning January 2015.
Info & Reservations: https://reservations.ihotelier.com/crs/p_prod.cfm?ProdID=588966&HotelID=74163&killcookie=1&LanguageID=1&utm_source=0914+Paddle+Board+Retreat+CB+R&utm_campaign=0914+CostaBaja+Thanksgivng+R&utm_medium=email
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The Ritz-Carlton, Cancun
Cancun, Mexico
The Deal: $100 daily resort credit
What Makes It Cool: Book a vacation at this luxurious Mexico beach hotel and you can receive breakfast for two and a $100 daily resort credit. Offer is available per room/per night, based on single or double occupancy.
Valid for Travel: Through December 31, 2014.
Info & Reservations: www.ritzcarlton.com
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Casa Cupula Hotel
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
The Deal: Unplug on Vacation
What Makes It Cool: Casa Cupula, an upscale LGBT hotel in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, is offering prizes for guests who unplug from their smartphone during their visit. If you unplug for 24 hours, you’ll win two-for-one dinner at Taste restaurant, valued at 200 pesos; unplug for two days and you’ll get 50% off a massage at Pump Gym, valued at 500 pesos. Three days with no smartphone will yield 50% off a private chef-cooked Romance Under the Stars dinner on your terrace, valued at 1,150 pesos. And if you can go for four days, you’ll get a free night at Casa Cupula on a return visit during Saver Season, valued at U.S.$149.
Valid for Travel: Through July 31, 2015.
Info & Reservations: www.unplugwithus.com
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Journese
Caribbean, Europe, Fiji, Mexico, Tahiti, Hawaii
The Deal: $500 Future Travel Credit on Romantic Escapes
What Makes It Cool: Journese is offering a Romantic Escapes vacation package at properties including Mexico hotels, with a “future travel credit” up to $500 per booking at partner resorts. The future travel credit can be applied to second vacations across the Journese portfolio, including Australia, the Caribbean, Central America, the Cook Islands, Europe, Fiji, Hawaii, Mexico, New Zealand, Tahiti and the United States.
Valid for Travel: Book by December 31, 2014 for travel through June 30, 2015.
Info & Reservations: www.journese.com