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Christmas in Cancun | Family-Friendly Beach Getaway
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items A warm and sunny Christmas filled with beach days, good food, and slow mornings. This list gathers our favorite moments, stays, and reflections from our holiday week in Cancun. A quiet contrast to our usual go-go-go travels, but still full of memorie...
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Arrival & First Impressions
Grand Oasis Palm | All-Inclusive Holiday Stay
Adventures Beyond the Resort
Arrival & First Impressions
Settling in, first glimpses, and that immediate shift from regular life into vacation mode. These entries capture the travel day, the resort surprise, and our early impressions before the week fully unfolded.
We had an easy, smooth travel day into Cancun, both flights on time, no drama, and we landed just before 7pm, though by then it was fully dark and we couldn’t see much of the city or coastline. The boys didn’t care one bit… they were already buzzing ... https://www.instagram.com/p/CmVctafOvMd/?img_index=1
A Christmas Arrival in Cancun
Grand Oasis Palm | All-Inclusive Holiday Stay
Our home base for this quick Christmas trip — a rare choice for us since we almost never do all-inclusive resorts. But this one offered space to unwind, multiple restaurants, a kids-approved buffet, beach access, and enough amenities to keep everyone...
A full day of relaxing here at the Grand Oasis Palm. The kids found the ocean a bit cold, so instead of swimming they spent hours playing beach soccer with a group of other kids… which honestly ended up being even more fun for them. They were absolut... https://www.instagram.com/p/CmX56QjOTJ0/?img_index=1
Day Two in Cancun: Beach Soccer, Mussels, and a Chill Resort Day
Our final day at the resort was exactly what you’d expect from an all inclusive: slow, relaxed, and completely kid-led. Everyone slept in and we didn’t leave the room until almost 11am, much to the confusion of housekeeping. The boys immediately disa...
A Slow Last Day in Cancun
Adventures Beyond the Resort
All the moments where we stepped outside the all-inclusive bubble to explore the Yucatán’s history, culture, and natural beauty. From ancient ruins to cenotes and charming colonial towns, these are the experiences that made our quick Christmas trip f...
One of the biggest bucket list moments of my life — finally standing before Chichén Itzá, one of the Seven Wonders of the World. After weaving through the entrance crowds and vendors, the pyramid of Kukulkán appears, and no photo prepares you for how...
Visiting Chichén Itzá + Cenote Saamal + Valladolid
We are clearly terrible at “resorting,” but honestly… I’m perfectly fine with that. Day four pulled us off the all-inclusive again and onto a boat bound for Isla Mujeres. The Caribbean water was pure magic — warm, clear, bright — and we spent the aft...
Day 4 on Isla Mujeres | Caribbean Water, Coral Reefs & Coconut Cracking