Originally Posted by
JDiver
Missing from this mix is Zihuatanejo (pretty different from nearby Ixtapa). It’s definitely worth considering.
I bailed on going to Zihuatanejo this winter for PV in part because of posts like this:
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/29282730-post71.html
I originally wanted to do Zihuatanejo because I've gone through something slow and grueling and wanted a warm place with no memory, like someone else of note.
But "yeah, my relatives who speak the language and have considerable local knowledge won't go there any more" is a
for me.
But I found a cute place in PV for
$55 a night on Hotwire immediately after Christmas, nonrefundable (it won't be fancy but I mostly want cheap, cheerful and local) and got plane tickets for PVR-MEX to spend a few days there too before going back on an AS award ticket (MEX-DFW-SEA, plus bonus PHX one way ticket during baseball spring training- nice to get two different one ways on a one way booking).
Is it really different from a few months ago? I think the cake is baked on my current trip but I could see going there on another trip if it's safer. I enjoyed Cabo and being outside the Zona Hotelera in Cancun on my previous Mexico trips.