Little man is staying with Grandma. We took him to Phoenix over Christmas and it was anything but a break. Love him like crazy but Cancun is not the place for a 13 month old. Here's a pic of the little turd...

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I look like a dork but hey......

Back to subject at hand: Here's my canned list of tips for the Omni:

Tips for the Omni to make your stay more enjoyable and cheaper:

1. They can be pushy to try to get you to listen to their membership/vacation club (AKA timeshare). I own one but I came to them because I liked the resort so much. if your a member, they see you have a special bracelet and they leave you alone. They only ask in the lobby. There is usally a lady stationed at both ends of the lobby and they will ask you every time you walk by. Just say your a member and you left your bracelet in the room. Or ignore them.

2. The towel station is rented by Aqua World. Each time you get a towel they will ask you if you want trips, etc. Just say no. There is no avoiding it. The easiest is to say this is my 10th time here and I just want to relax. They will leave you alone.

3. If you do allow them to pitch the timeshare, they will show you all the rooms, give you free breakfast, and $100 off your bill (as of Sept 2006). It is a bit of a high pressure pitch. The trick here is to barter a bit, get them to come down, then say you need some time to go back and think about it. They will give you like a couple hours or something stupid. Then, never show back up. You have the coupon, your all set.

4. Don't buy trips from the inhouse travel agency called Caracol. They are too expensive and again, they rent their facility. Brants tours and Joes Jeep tours are much better and cheaper.

5. If you don't go AI, the lobby bar and the jacuzzi bar have happy hours (2 for 1 drinks). Read the signs and take advantage of it. The Omni is NOT cheap but its not horrendous. Fruity drinks = $5, beer =$4

6. Free Wireless Internet Access in the lobby. Bring you laptop. They have a business center but its $5 an hour.

7. They will put a credit card hold on your account. That is very common in hotels, if you don't understand this, just google it.

8. The Omni sits on a high hill. Be prepared to walk up it a lot from the strip. It doesnt sound too bad but after a week it kinda sux.

9. Almost all rooms bigger than a studio have a refrigerator. USE IT. There is only one party store open near by. There used to be more but they are still under construction. OR, just go to get groceries, OR the Omni will get them for you forr 20% of your bill.

10. Bring a collapsable cooler and fill it with beer. They wont and CANT say anything if you take it to the beach and drink it. The beach is FEDERAL property. I've drank the beer at the pools and they never complain. Just dont be stupidly obvious.

11. Get breakfast room service. Its nice.

12. Have breakfast on the beach at the Pina Colada. $14 US all you can eat and the most awesome view for breakfast I have every seen.

13. Tip the maid well $5-$15 per day depending on room size and how messy. You can leave her requests and she will usually get them . Try to leave a note with the Spanish word for what you want. I am referring to things like more coffee (most rooms have coffee makers and coffee), sugars, utensils, etc. Or ask her to wash the dishes. They usually wont unless you ask. Terrible translation is" Lavarse los platos por favor.

14. As always, you can get what you need just by called the front desk too.

Some of these tips may make me look cheap but I don't do them all, all the time. Use whatever ones you like. One thing I do is tip pretty BIG, and some of these corners cuts allow for this.

Great Close restaurants:

Laguna Grill, Lorito Joes, Puerto Madero, La Dolce Vida

Lots more farther north up the street.

Just remember that if you have a regular room, the refrig is really a snack bar with items that you pay for at the end of your stay. It is locked with a key unless you ask to have it unlocked. It is full of counted drinks & candy, so has little room for adding your own things. We actually left a couple of XX in there, & they almost charged us for a can of soda we never used. When I told the desk clerk to go count, & check for the beer I left for him, he cancelled the charge immediately! ;-}

We brought a collapsible cooler bag (use it as a carry-on bag) & used that for extra water, etc.

Wow, did this post string really get started at 11:19 pm, on September 05, 2004, and just now get resurrected? Or is there a serious problem going on with this bulletin board?

212eric V.P.

PEOPLE'S CHOICE GUIDE CANCUN

LOL........

212eric........ I never even looked at the dates! I saw it on page 1 & saw the answer from "Eric A," so I chimed in, knowing other folks are looking for Omni info! shows you how much I'm around. Stuck in a time warp.......... hahahha

I'd add one more tip....don't take a room on the 2nd floor. The corridor is open to the lobby and the rooms are loud. Ask for one above the 2nd floor and they're fabulous.

Cheryl

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