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today's video is an all inclusive hacks
video I put together some tips and hacks
that I noticed while traveling over this
past last week that I was in Mexico I've
been fortunate enough to have traveled
on quite a few all-inclusive vacations
in the last ten years or so and so I
thought today that I would share with
you my top tips for traveling to these
destinations what to do what not to do
etc my first tip is to tip in US dollars
not in pesos and the reason for this is
that I heard from reliable sources that
pesos are sometimes difficult for people
in Mexico so the staff that you are
tipping to deposit into the bank I asked
the staff when we were there this time
they said they preferred US Dollars this
was in Los Cabos and so I would advise
if you're thinking of changing some
money over before your trips that you do
so into u.s. dollars or bring US dollars
with you my second tip is to bring cool
toys so we brought quite a few cool toys
down this time for our first time and we
brought beach balls three beach balls
and then an inflatable volleyball net as
well as a inner tube that looks like a
unicorn and it was just a lot of fun
like the kids loved the pole toys it
added another dimension to playing
around in the pool and it was also a
conversation piece and a really good way
to meet other people at the pool
especially other kids so to connect our
kids with other kids at the resort and
it was just really easy to travel with
as well because the pool toys obviously
deflate to hardly anything and also it's
kind of passe I believe to save your
chairs with towels a lot of people don't
like this practice but saving it with a
pool toy seemed to be a way better way
to do so nobody questions the inflatable
unicorn on the chair and it was a really
easy way to find our spot and sign our
party as well my next tip is to bring
straws if people in your party you
straws drawers were actually banned in
our resort I don't know if this is all
over Mexico but we couldn't find any
straws the only thing that we could find
were stir sticks some people were using
those straws and we brought the found
one for our daughter but it would have
been awesome
if we had straws with us probably
disposable straws because it's very
difficult to actually clean anything in
your room because of the water quality
my next tip is to catch a sunrise a lot
of people catch the party at night and
don't catch the sunrise at an
all-inclusive resort in Mexico but
Mexico has some of the best sunrises in
all of this world so it's definitely a
good idea to make sure you get up set
your alarm one day and get up to watch
the sunrise because it's seriously
breathtaking my next tip is to rethink
excursions I know a lot of people like
to pre booked their excursions because
they lock in a good rate but I would say
to rethink that for a few different
reasons first of all the safety of the
excursions is always questionable unless
you really look into the companies
providing these activities it's very
unclear whether or not they are going to
be safe and who is liable if something
happens the second thing is that they
are expensive and you're already paying
for an all-inclusive vacation which
includes a lot of activities there were
quite a few activities not even
advertised at the resort that we
recently visited horseshoe games of
volleyball games Beach yoga and so many
different activities for the kids in the
kids camp also when you are on your trip
when you're actually in Mexico on your
all inclusive there will be so many
offerings at your resort if you want to
go on an excursion when you get there
you definitely will be able to so don't
worry about missing out my next tip is
to be aware of taxi companies my
brother-in-law and sister-in-law were
traveling with us and they did not have
a shuttle booked with their trip it
wasn't part of their package but it was
part of ours and because of that I tried
to get attacked a cab the taxis would
only try to barter deals with them for a
there and back they basically got
scammed they were told that they were
paying for two ways and when it came to
the end of their trip nobody arrived for
them and therefore they had to order a
taxi again so just beware of the taxi
schemes and scams especially at the
airport my next tip is to ask the other
guests at the resort what's good so if
you see people when you first get there
that look happy
relaxed like they're having the best
time ask them where the best restaurants
are in the city if you want to go out or
ask them what the best all-inclusive
restaurant is to book ask them where the
best pool is if they have any tips and
tricks because often times people who
have been there and are at the end of
their stay will have all of the good
information for you that kind of
information can't be found anywhere else
on the Internet otherwise its real-time
its up-to-the-minute the next tip is to
bring plastic bags we really got good
use of the bags that we brought
I brought garbage bags small garbage
bags for our dirty clothes and I brought
plastic bags for our bathing suits
oftentimes your flight home will be in
the afternoon or late morning and
there's a lot of time to go to the pool
or the beach beforehand so we did that
and we had sandy wet bathing suits to
bring home with us it was a great thing
that I brought ziploc bags so that we
could make sure that those didn't ruin
our luggage on the way home my next tip
is to just ask for an upgrade this is
fairly straightforward but I think you'd
be surprised at what you could achieve
by just asking for an upgrade at
check-in my brother-in-law did this and
he got a full one-bedroom suite and so
that was really nice because they were
traveling with a baby and they didn't
even know that was possible at an
all-inclusive resort and we also asked
for an upgrade and were upgraded to a
better deluxe suite when we arrived on a
great floor that overlooks the entire
resort and we were very happy with our
room so just by asking we received and I
think it's just always a good idea to
bring it forward it's never awkward it's
always something that people ask and you
shouldn't be ashamed to ask for that
upgrade those are all the tips that I
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