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Now it’s a great time to travel to Mexico and all its holiday destinations. Bad press has turned into incredible vacation deals at beachfront hotels and summer bargains.
“It would not be unusual to see packages now on sale from 30 (percent) to 50 percent below what they were last year at this time,” Priceline spokesman [...]
It’s been two weeks since the State Department and the Centers for Disease Control lifted their travel warnings on travel to Mexico, and the deals are rolling in.
The CDC lifted its recommendation against nonessential travel to Mexico on May 15, citing evidence that Mexico’s flu outbreak was slowing down, increasing numbers of cases in the [...]
Diana Flores eases into an empty swinging poolside daybed, staring contentedly at the turquoise Caribbean Sea. “I feel like I’m in a Corona commercial,” the Los Angeles resident says, beckoning a waiter. Flores, 52, and her husband had priced out nearby Laguna Beach and Palm Springs for the long Memorial Day weekend. But nothing beat [...]
Some travelers are sticking with planned trips to Mexico despite the swine flu scare, but others are postponing vacations or switching to the Caribbean or sunny beaches elsewhere.
Kevin Stickle of Ferndale, Wash., departed Tuesday from Seattle with his wife for a weeklong beach vacation in Ixtapa despite the U.S. Centers for Disease Control’s recommendation to [...]
Need a last-minute vacation? Deals to Mexico abound and now is a good time to go as the swine flu scare has proven to be less menacing that imagined. Some resorts are offering a flu-free guarantee to customers and discounts of up to 70 percent, sometimes in addition to other deals such as kids staying [...]
There may be no better time to visit Mexico than now. It’s been about a month since swine flu scares sent tourists fleeing, but with new cases of the H1N1 virus on the wane, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lifted its ban on nonessential travel to Mexico on May 15. Museums, restaurants and [...]
With a clean bill of health and a lifted travel ban, Mexico tries to draw tourists back with deals and perks.
Everything for the wedding was ready — the on-site florists, photographers, and a 35-foot acrylic platform built over the blue ocean water at the Rosewood Mayakoba resort near Cancun. Then, two weeks before Megan and [...]
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control have downgraded warnings about travel to Mexico but deals are still abound to get tourists to come back.
Early on in the swine flu outbreak, the CDC urged people to avoid nonessential travel to that country, but that was changed May 15 to just a precaution for people at high [...]
Desperate to woo back travelers who cancelled trips in the wake of Mexico’s swine flu outbreak, more than 20 coastal resort hotels have launched a “flu-free guarantee”: Guests who catch the H1N1 virus in Mexico — and have the blood test to prove it — can get their next three vacations for free.
The initiative comes [...]
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as well as the U.S. Department of State have now lifted their recommendations that American citizens avoid all nonessential travel to Mexico. This is good news for the travel industry, and it may be good news to consumers looking to stretch their vacation budget this summer.
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