igoncrazy

Am I seeing this correctly? Under $100 per night for all inclusive??

flyer4512

Yes but we got 120K Wyndham points for $128 and spending $2k on cards.

Hard to beat 8 nights at an AI for $128

We decided on Viva Wyndham Azteca, Riviera Maya

TTT103

Absolutely, a fantastic deal!

NavyDoc

How did you get 60k per card?

garretterika

Just jumping on this thread...i booked all inclusive viva azteca for march 2016, 2 adults 2 kids using go free rewards points, but made reservation with wyndham rewards for 3 adults 1 kid because my oldest is 13 and the resort classifies her as an adult. Does anyone know if the resort is goung to chargevextra fees once we arrive?

frmnj

I have no experience with Wyndham but with other chains the extra person fees are automatically calculated if deemed so by the reservation. It's tough to override those at checkout. I would cancel and rebook as two adults and two kids. In all probability the check in staff will not question your child's age.

fj58

Just returned from 8-night "Go Free" stay at Viva Azteca; three adults and one 16yo kid. Booked 15 July. No problems.

YMMV

aarato

I have booked 6 nights (2x3 nights) with 2 kids 14 and 16. The hotel representative sent me an email asking for a confirmation of the children's ages which I confirmed truthfully. The reservation website clearly states children are up to 17 years.

HOWEVER, it would be great if some more people could confirm that children's ages 17 and under could stay there without paying anything extra.

aarato

I got confirmation from the hotel.

2 Children up to 17 years can stay free of charge with parents in the same room. This is hands down the best redemption deal I have seen for hotel points for a long time.

magnicus

I booked 5 nights at Azteca a couple months ago for late Feb. Pretty sure it's the best redemption value I have gotten out of points in any program!

Had a little trouble because some of the points I used were "gold" points and the reservation date was past their expiration date. I just stayed persistent with the phone rep. (They shouldn't have been "gold" points in the first place since the app hung up and I got double booked for another redemption night and they refunded gold points back to my account and used regular ones instead.) She came back with what she thought were solutions a couple times and I just said "no, that doesn't help me, this is what I'm trying to reserve, and that solution won't let me do that"...back on hold a couple minutes...after 3 rounds of that she had a solution and said I could book what I wanted now. I asked if she could do it for me! Pretty sure I would have had problems because it took her 15 minutes and a couple more hold times, but she did it, and I'm happy to be baking on the beach for 5 nights in Playa!

I'm also staying at a decent but inexpensive hotel off of 5th for 3 nights prior to enjoy that part of town, take a day trip to Chichen Itza, and a day trip to Cozumel. Just an idea for y'all to stretch out the trip and not "waste" days on the resort, it shouldn't be too hard to find someplace right off or even on the main strip for $30-50 a night. Trip Advisor is your friend to avoid the worst ones though!

magnicus

I'm staying at Hotel Hacienda del Caribe, just in case anyone was wondering what hotel it was. I booked it for 3 nights for $113 cancelable on Orbitz using a 20% discount code. Not a bad price, pretty decent reviews, rather convenient, and I don't plan on doing much more than sleeping there anyway.

I've also re-booked my Southwest tickets twice to bring the costs down, although you get credits for that, not refunds, keep an eye on the sales though, it's worth it! Total cost for two for 8 nights, about $770, plus shuttle bus, side trips, shopping, and food for the 3 dinners and 2 lunches we are off resort. Ballpark $1,150 + shopping. I used points from about 25 nights paid stays at Wyndhams, the most expensive was around $90, most in the $55-70 range. $1,500 value for the 5 nights for about $1700 in spend. It's pretty hard to beat that!

shanna135

Of the all-inclusive properties, which is the best? Best food,beach, rooms etc... Thanks

lebowski2222

Just returned from Azteca, i did like this place but its my first all-inclusive experience so I don't have anything to compare it to.
We were actually one of the few americans at this resort, it was full of Canadians, French Canadians, germans, and people from south america.
There are a lot of smokers at this place (Assuming because of the European and S/A influence?
The food is decent, but only did the buffets because we had kids with us. I really enjoyed the pizza. Beach was pretty nice. Overall its pretty nice.
Make sure you have everything printed out. I tried to just get stuff off my phone and they didn't like that.

You are allowed to use the amenities and restaurants at the Maya resort up the road.

DaBimmerMan

Does anyone know if I were to have 2 adults, 3 children, would they let us stay in the same room with a extra charge? Or would they somehow make us get additional rooms or something else? Usually we just stay all stay in the same room, but with an all-inclusive I'm thinking we are going to need braclets for any Wyndham resort?

TTT103

From the terms and conditions:

... where a Go Free Award also includes meals and other amenities for up to two (2) guests for the free night.