Cozumel cheap accomodation

Hi,
We are going to Cozumel island for next week. Looking for budget
accomodation over there.

Ziggy

Ziggy wrote:
> Hi,
> We are going to Cozumel island for next week. Looking for budget
> accomodation over there.
>
> Ziggy
Depends on what you mean by "budget". Perhaps you could include some
information about the number in your party, their ages, what you're
looking for (hotel or house), and if a beach location, pool, etc, are
important to you.

Swash

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"Ziggy" ...
> We are going to Cozumel island for next week. Looking for budget
> accomodation over there.

"Budget" is a rather subjective measurement... I've stayed in the Day's Inn
there and I found it quite comfortable and diver friendly (i..e. it was a
walk-in multi-person size shower with an additional faucet that made for
easy rinsing of dive gear)... I've also stayed at the Allegro -- it's
definitely NOT a "budget" accomodation by any stretch of the imagination...
I'm not much of one for the all inclusive places, so I actually preferred
the Day's Inn... At that time, Day's Inn was around $50 per night... There
were some cheaper places for maybe $25 per night from what I understand, but
I'm not sure how acceptable they might have been...

Thus spake zmalol@gmail.com (Ziggy) :

>Hi,
>We are going to Cozumel island for next week. Looking for budget
>accomodation over there.
>
>Ziggy

As others have said, define "budget".

That said, try Hotel Meson de San Miguel. Right on the plaza.

--
dillon

"When the French are against it, you know we can't
be far wrong." - Adm. Bobbie Ray Inman

Dillon Pyron wrote:
> Thus spake zmalol@gmail.com (Ziggy) :
>
> >Hi,
> >We are going to Cozumel island for next week. Looking for budget
> >accomodation over there.
> >
> >Ziggy
>
> As others have said, define "budget".

"cheap", "economy", "frugal".

>
> That said, try Hotel Meson de San Miguel. Right on the plaza.

The only thing going for it is that it's on the Square -- otherwise,
it's neither "cheap" (relative to Cozumel "cheap") nor desirable, IMO.

I stayed there once, in a promotion, when the room was $10 a night.
Never been back ever since.

There are MANY better stays in Coz for $25 or less per night. (I think
Hotel Meson is more than $40 a night); and there are many $10 or $5
a night hotels not far from the Square -- no extra charge for Mexican
fleas.

The names of some of these are in the archives of what I had posted
over the years about Cozumel.

Go to the advanced search option of groups.google.com.

Put in "Cozumel hotel" as the keywords, and "reef fish" as the author
for the search, you'll find 138 threads (that's far too many!)

Now add the condition "budget economy cheap" in the condition 'must
contain one of these words', and you'll reduce the hits to 23 --
and even though many of the posts are DATED (i.e., oldies, in the
1990s), most of the hotels stayed pretty much the same.

Here's ONE way to find "cheap" and reasonably clean and stayable
hotels in Coz:

Start from the Square, and start walking South on Avenida 5th (the
first street from the ocean), and you'll find many economy but
reasonable hotels such as Hotel Elizabeth, Hotel Suites Colonial,
Hotel Aquilar, etc., etc. (by the time you get to Calle 3 Sur
(third street). The Suites Bahia hotel is by far the best buck
for the bang. I stay there every time I go to Cozumel, since 1995.

In the archived threads, I've considered it in the "budget"
category. Wouldn't trade the Large Penthouse Suite of that hotel
(which is STILL cheap <G>) for any hotel room or suite on the
island for the same price.

The Management has taken that room off the LIST (in the lobby and
possibly elsewhere) probably because of high demand because I have
written so much about staying in that room (with separate living/
dining room overlooking the dive-boat pier, fridge, cooking
facilities, color TV, and ... a HUGE jaccuzzi in the bathroom <G>
-- Bob.

Thus spake "Reef Fish" <Large_Nassau_Grouper@Yahoo.com> :

>
>Dillon Pyron wrote:
>> Thus spake zmalol@gmail.com (Ziggy) :
>>
>> >Hi,
>> >We are going to Cozumel island for next week. Looking for budget
>> >accomodation over there.
>> >
>> >Ziggy
>>
>> As others have said, define "budget".
>
>"cheap", "economy", "frugal".
>
>>
>> That said, try Hotel Meson de San Miguel. Right on the plaza.
>
>The only thing going for it is that it's on the Square -- otherwise,
>it's neither "cheap" (relative to Cozumel "cheap") nor desirable, IMO.
>
>I stayed there once, in a promotion, when the room was $10 a night.
>Never been back ever since.

It's been completely refurbed. New tile, furniture, even the
bathrooms were updated.

>
>There are MANY better stays in Coz for $25 or less per night. (I think
>Hotel Meson is more than $40 a night); and there are many $10 or $5
>a night hotels not far from the Square -- no extra charge for Mexican
>fleas.

$35 per night.

>
--
dillon

"When the French are against it, you know we can't
be far wrong." - Adm. Bobbie Ray Inman

"Dillon Pyron" <dmpyronINVALID@austin.rr.com> wrote in message
newseodu0hln66hp5v1s4j48ttqs4ec1kloq3@4ax.com...
> >>
> >> That said, try Hotel Meson de San Miguel. Right on the plaza.
> >
> >The only thing going for it is that it's on the Square -- otherwise,
> >it's neither "cheap" (relative to Cozumel "cheap") nor desirable, IMO.
> >
> >I stayed there once, in a promotion, when the room was $10 a night.
> >Never been back ever since.
>
> It's been completely refurbed. New tile, furniture, even the
> bathrooms were updated.
>
> >
> >There are MANY better stays in Coz for $25 or less per night. (I think
> >Hotel Meson is more than $40 a night); and there are many $10 or $5
> >a night hotels not far from the Square -- no extra charge for Mexican
> >fleas.
>
> $35 per night.

But how can that be? Reef is an authority on everything.

"chilly" wrote ...
> > $35 per night.
>
> But how can that be? Reef is an authority on everything.

I guess they must have just recently started charging for the fleas...
Still, $35 just for the fleas seems rather excessive... Oh well, I guess if
you just *must* have the 'atmosphere', you would be willing to pay an
additional $35...

I still want to drive down there one of these days... Unfortunately, I'm
getting further away from it than closer to it, so something isn't working
quite right... I must be slowing migrating towards Florida so that when I'm
ready to retire, I'll just have to step across the border...

Dillon Pyron wrote:
> Thus spake "Reef Fish" <Large_Nassau_Grouper@Yahoo.com> :
>
> >
> >Dillon Pyron wrote:
> >> As others have said, define "budget".
> >
> >"cheap", "economy", "frugal".
> >
> >>
> >> That said, try Hotel Meson de San Miguel. Right on the plaza.
> >
> >The only thing going for it is that it's on the Square -- otherwise,
> >it's neither "cheap" (relative to Cozumel "cheap") nor desirable,
IMO.
> >
> >I stayed there once, in a promotion, when the room was $10 a night.

> >Never been back ever since.
>
> It's been completely refurbed. New tile, furniture, even the
> bathrooms were updated.
>
> >
> >There are MANY better stays in Coz for $25 or less per night. (I
think
> >Hotel Meson is more than $40 a night); and there are many $10 or $5
> >a night hotels not far from the Square -- no extra charge for
Mexican
> >fleas.
>
> $35 per night.

I haven't stayed there for YEARS, which was why I said "I think ...
is more than $40 a night"

I found this post via google, of a review posted in 1995 (that is
10 years ago <G>):

$> The one we usually stay in is called the Meson San Miguel, it's
$> right on the north side of the plaza, it costs $35/night. No TV

I looked up the hotel webpage link

https://www.reservetravel.com/v4/guestinformation.aspx

and it gave, for a week (8 nights) in March:

$> Room 1
$> Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Total
$> $44.00 $44.00 $44.00 $44.00 $44.00 $44.00 $44.00 $352.00 (per room)
$> $44.00

$> Total Room Cost: $403.04 (includes tax recovery charges and fees)
$> *Unless specified otherwise, rates are quoted in US Dollars.

So, that's $50+ USD a night.

RF> (I think Hotel Meson is more than $40 a night);
is not too far off.

-- Bob.

chilly wrote:
> "Dillon Pyron" <dmpyronINVALID@austin.rr.com> wrote in message
> newseodu0hln66hp5v1s4j48ttqs4ec1kloq3@4ax.com...
> > >>
> > >> That said, try Hotel Meson de San Miguel. Right on the plaza.
> > >
> > >The only thing going for it is that it's on the Square --
otherwise,
> > >it's neither "cheap" (relative to Cozumel "cheap") nor desirable,
IMO.
> > >
> > >I stayed there once, in a promotion, when the room was $10 a
night.
> > >Never been back ever since.
> >
> > It's been completely refurbed. New tile, furniture, even the
> > bathrooms were updated.
> >
> > >
> > >There are MANY better stays in Coz for $25 or less per night. (I
think
> > >Hotel Meson is more than $40 a night); and there are many $10 or
$5
> > >a night hotels not far from the Square -- no extra charge for
Mexican
> > >fleas.
> >
> > $35 per night.
>
> But how can that be? Reef is an authority on everything.


Hardly. I am an authority only when I said chilly

RF> is an officious, under-educated, and under-informed ignorant
RF> bitch (ok, Queen Bitch as you wanted to be called) who has
absolutely
RF> nothing of substance to contribute to any SCUBA newsgroup or lists


See my follow-up to Dillon's post from which the $35 per night
appeared.

$> Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Total
$> $44.00 $44.00 $44.00 $44.00 $44.00 $44.00 $44.00 $352.00 (per room)
$> $44.00

$> Total Room Cost: $403.04 (includes tax recovery charges and fees)
$> *Unless specified otherwise, rates are quoted in US Dollars.

That is the STANDARD room rate. Definitely "more than $40 a night".
-- Bob.