Whenever a friend tells me they're going to Cabo, the first thing they ask is which town to stay in. And I get it, because on a hotel booking site the two look pretty...
Read More Cabo San Lucas vs San José del Cabo: Where I'd Actually StayPicking where to stay in Cabo is honestly the hardest part of planning the trip. There are nine different areas spread along about 50 miles of coast, they all get labeled...
Read More Where to Stay in Cabo: The Two Questions I Ask Before I BookThe most useful thing I can tell you about the Cabo airport is that nobody who talks to you inside the building is your driver.
Read More Cabo Airport Guide: Don't Stop Walking Until You're OutsideThe best time to visit Cabo is November, which surprises people who were expecting me to say winter. To be exact, I mean the two weeks or so between the end of the big...
Read More Best Time to Visit Cabo: Warm Water or Whales, Pick OneThe list of things to do in Cabo that your hotel hands you is about forty tours long. Mine is a lot shorter. The best things to do here are the cheap, close, short ones...
Read More Things to Do in Cabo: My 10 Best, and What I'd SkipThe beach question I get more than any other is some version of "wait, can you even swim in Cabo?" It's a fair thing to ask, because most of the beaches in the hotel...
Read More Best Swimmable Beaches in Cabo: The 7 I Actually Swim AtRight after "where should we stay", the next thing friends ask me is where to eat. My answer tends to surprise them, because almost none of it comes with an ocean view.
Read More Best Restaurants in Cabo: The 10 I'd Go Back ToEvery winter a friend texts me some version of "is the whale thing in Cabo actually worth it, or is it a tourist trap?" My answer is yes, it's worth it. Between about...
Read More Whale Watching in Cabo: Worth It, If You Pick the Right BoatYou don't need a tour to see El Arco, even though "which tour should we book?" is the first thing everyone asks. Walk down to the Cabo San Lucas marina by about 8:30 in...
Read More El Arco and Lover's Beach: Take the $20 Boat, and Go EarlyA 5-day Cabo itinerary usually starts life as a list of about fifteen things and a question about what order to do them in. My answer is to do three.
Read More 5-Day Cabo Itinerary: How I'd Spend Each DayIs Cabo San Lucas, the town itself, as much of a tourist trap as people say? My answer is that it's the best base in Los Cabos and a pretty poor place to wander around...
Read More Cabo San Lucas Guide: A Great Base, If You Go In With a PlanWhen a friend tells me they loved San José del Cabo, the first thing I ask is where they stayed. The name covers four places that you can't walk between. There's the...
Read More San José del Cabo Guide: One Name, Four Different PlacesWhen a friend tells me they've booked a hotel "on the Corridor", I always ask the same thing back: which kilometer? Most of the time they have no idea, and I get it. The...
Read More Cabo Tourist Corridor Guide: Check the Kilometer MarkerWhen a friend with a serious budget asks me about Cabo, the question is nearly always the same: which of the fancy ones is actually the best? They usually have three tabs...
Read More Best Luxury Resorts in Cabo: The 10 I'd Actually BookIs a Cabo all-inclusive worth it? Most people are expecting a yes, because their last beach trip was to Cancún, where it's pretty much the default.
Read More Is All-Inclusive Worth It in Cabo? Count Your Dinners FirstEvery so often a friend texts me a screenshot of a Cabo rental car for seven dollars a day and asks if it's too good to be true. It is. Nobody has ever driven out of the...
Read More Renting a Car in Cabo: Ignore Any Price Under $40 a Day"Do I need to rent a car?" is the second thing friends ask me about Cabo, right after where to stay. If you're staying on Médano Beach, around the Cabo San Lucas marina...
Read More Getting Around Cabo Without a Car: Every Ride Has Two PricesWhen a friend tells me they're nervous about Cabo, the question is almost always about cartels. So I'll answer that one first. Yes, I think Cabo is a safe place to take a...
Read More Is Cabo Safe? What I'd Actually Worry AboutHow much does Cabo cost? Most people are hoping the answer is "not much, it's Mexico." It isn't. Cabo is priced like a US resort town, and the Mexican price list is a few...
Read More How Much Does a Cabo Trip Cost? My Real Budget for TwoSnorkeling in Cabo looks better on a tour page full of colorful coral than it does through a mask. My honest answer is that Cabo is a decent place to snorkel and not a...
Read More Snorkeling in Cabo: The Best of It Is Free Before 10amEvery friend of mine who snorkels asks the same thing once they've read about Cabo Pulmo. Is it really worth giving up a whole day of the trip?
Read More Cabo Pulmo Day Trip: Is It Worth It? I'd Stay the NightFriends who are planning a second or third trip to Cabo always ask me the same thing. Is Todos Santos worth giving up a beach day for?
Read More Todos Santos Day Trip from Cabo: I'd Go for the Long LunchWhen friends find out La Paz is just up the road from Cabo, the question comes fast. Can we drive up for the day and swim with whale sharks? Or see that lagoon with the...
Read More La Paz Day Trip from Cabo: Give It a Night InsteadWhen a friend who doesn't really fish asks me whether they should do a fishing charter in Cabo, I ask them one thing back. Would you enjoy five hours on a boat if no...
Read More Sport Fishing in Cabo: The Boat I'd Book and What It CostsWhen a friend asks me where to get tacos in Cabo, I answer with a question: what time are you eating? I promise I'm not dodging. It's the most useful thing I know about...
Read More Best Tacos in Cabo: My 10 Picks, and When to GoAlmost no beach club in Cabo charges you for the chair. That surprises people, because "how much is a chair?" is the first thing everybody asks. What you agree to is a...
Read More Best Beach Clubs in Cabo: My 8 Picks and What You Really PayMédano Beach has a reputation as the loud tourist beach in Cabo San Lucas, and it has earned part of it. It's still worth it, for a morning. Get there before ten, walk...
Read More Médano Beach: Three Beaches in One, and I'd Pick the MiddleChileno Bay is a 20 to 25 minute ride from Cabo San Lucas, and people want to know if a beach is really worth that. Yes. Go for a morning. Be in the water by about 9 and...
Read More Chileno Bay: I'd Go for a Morning and Be Gone by 11"Is Flora Farms worth it?" is the question I get from almost everyone staying near San José, usually a day or two after they've seen the photos of the string lights. My...
Read More Flora Farms: Is It Worth It? I'd Go Once, in DaylightAlmost every friend staying near San José del Cabo asks me which farm restaurant to book, and the next question is usually "or should we just do all three?" You only need...
Read More Flora Farms vs Acre vs Los Tamarindos: Which One I'd BookThe San José Art Walk is 45 minutes to an hour from Cabo San Lucas at that time of day, and it's worth the trip. I'd cross town for it once, on a Thursday between...
Read More San José del Cabo Art Walk: I'd Cross Town for It OnceA sunset cruise in Cabo usually gets booked as if every boat were roughly the same evening. They aren't. I'd do it once, on a boat that carries fourteen people or fewer...
Read More Cabo Sunset Cruise: I'd Go Once, on a Small BoatCabo ATV and camel tours usually get booked because one person in the group has seen a picture of a quad on a beach and wants to go. These tours are well run, the guides...
Read More Cabo ATV and Camel Tours: Fun, but Not on a Short TripEvery trip, before I've even found my driver, somebody offers me a free ride, a free breakfast or a free boat trip. And every trip a friend texts to ask if they should...
Read More Cabo Timeshare Presentation: Why I Skip the Free Breakfast"Should we do Cabo or Cancún?" is a question I get from friends all the time, and they usually expect me to say Cabo before they've finished asking. I've been to Cabo...
Read More Cabo vs Cancún: Which One I'd Book, and When"We've got three days in Cabo, what can we fit in?" is a text I get a lot, and my answer is always the same. Pick two things, do each one before 10am, and save the long...
Read More 3-Day Cabo Itinerary: How I'd Spend a Long WeekendWhen a friend asks me for the best all-inclusive resort in Cabo, I ask one thing back before I name a hotel. Do you want to swim in the ocean?
Read More Best All-Inclusive Resorts in Cabo: The Ones I'd BookThe best adults-only resorts in Cabo come in two kinds, and they have almost nothing in common. So one question comes before any hotel name. Do you want quiet, or do you...
Read More Best Adults-Only Resorts in Cabo: Quiet or Party?When a friend with kids asks me for the best family resort in Cabo, I ask two things back. How old are the kids, and do they need to get in the ocean?
Read More Best Family Resorts in Cabo: My Picks by Your Kids' AgesCabo resorts with swimmable beaches make a much shorter list than the hotel photos suggest. Most hotel beaches in Los Cabos are for looking at. The sand is real, the view...
Read More Best Cabo Resorts With Swimmable Beaches: It's a Short ListPicking among the best boutique hotels in Cabo starts with what you're willing to give up. Every small hotel here asks you to give up something, and it helps to know what...
Read More Best Boutique Hotels in Cabo: The Walkable Ones Are LoudThe best hotels on Médano Beach are spread along two miles of sand, so I don't start with a hotel. I start with which part of the beach you want to wake up on.
Read More Best Hotels on Médano Beach: Pick Your Stretch FirstThe best hotels in San José del Cabo depend on which San José you mean. The name covers three different places to stay, and you can't walk between them.
Read More Best Hotels in San José del Cabo: Pick the Area FirstThe best Cabo honeymoon resorts depend on what the two of you want from the week, so that question comes before any hotel name. The famous ones all look alike in the...
Read More Best Cabo Honeymoon Resorts: What the Upgrade Really BuysOn the best affordable hotels in Cabo, I've got good news and one catch. The good news is that a cheap, decent room is easy to find here, and it costs about the same in...
Read More Best Affordable Hotels in Cabo: Where I'd Book Under US$300My answer is Chileno Bay for most people, and Montage if you're bringing kids.
Read More Montage Los Cabos vs Chileno Bay Resort: Which One I'd BookFor a couple, I'd book Las Ventanas. It has the best service in Los Cabos, the stronger restaurants and a much bigger entry-level room. What flips it is the ocean. You...
Read More Las Ventanas vs One&Only Palmilla: Which One I'd BookIs there enough to do in Cabo with kids? There is, as long as you know what kind of trip you're booking. Cabo with kids is a pool trip with three or four good morning...
Read More Cabo With Kids: What I'd Book at Every AgeThe Cabo first-timer mistakes that cost the most get made at home, on a booking page, weeks before you fly. The three expensive ones are a "beachfront" hotel on water you...
Read More Cabo First-Timer Mistakes: 15 I'd Talk You Out OfWhen a friend tells me they've booked a whole week in Cabo, the next text is usually "is seven days too long?" It isn't. A week is the first trip length where I stop...
Read More 7-Day Cabo Itinerary: A Full Week, One Base or TwoWhen a friend asks me for the best resort in Cabo, I ask two things back. Do you want to swim in the ocean? And how do you feel about a checkout bill that's a lot bigger...
Read More Best Resorts in Cabo: My 13 Picks and Who Each Is ForMy answer is Le Blanc if you're two adults, and Grand Velas if you have kids or if the room and the dinners are what you're really paying for.
Read More Grand Velas vs Le Blanc Los Cabos: Which One I'd Pay ForIf you're pricing a family all-inclusive in Cabo and you'd like to book it through Hyatt, you end up with two tabs open. One is Hyatt Ziva Los Cabos, and the other is...
Read More Hyatt Ziva Los Cabos vs Dreams Los Cabos: My Pick With KidsIf you typed "Four Seasons Cabo" into a search bar, here's the first thing to know. There are two of them. They're about 60 miles apart, and the airport sits between...
Read More Four Seasons Cabo del Sol vs Costa Palmas: Which I'd BookMost people get to this question from one side. You've been looking at the Hard Rock for a family week, or at Nobu for a few nights as a couple, and then you notice on...
Read More Hard Rock vs Nobu Los Cabos: Same Beach, Different BillFriends who've done Todos Santos as a day trip from Cabo always come back with the same question. Should we have stayed the night?
Read More Best Hotels in Todos Santos: Where I'd Stay the NightWhen friends are staying in Cabo San Lucas, the text I get on about night two is "okay, where do we actually eat?" It usually comes right after a so-so lobster dinner on...
Read More Where to Eat in Cabo San Lucas: 10 Places Off the MarinaSan José is the town I pick when dinner is the point of the trip. The question friends send me from the plaza is always some version of "there are a dozen pretty...
Read More Best Restaurants in San José del Cabo: The 10 I'd Eat At"Is El Farallón worth it?" usually reaches me as a text with a screenshot attached: lanterns, a stone ledge, waves breaking right under the tables. My answer is yes...
Read More El Farallón in Cabo: Is It Worth It? Once, at SunsetWhen a friend asks me about Sunset Monalisa, the question usually comes out as "is it a tourist trap, or should we go?" My answer is go, once, and for most of you that...
Read More Sunset Monalisa in Cabo: Is It Worth It? For a Drink, YesThe message I get most from friends heading up Highway 19 goes something like this. "We'll be in Todos Santos around noon, where should we eat?"
Read More Where to Eat in Todos Santos: Check the Clock FirstWhen friends ask me about Cabo nightlife, it's almost never the spring break version of the question. It's more like "we're in our forties, is there anywhere to go after...
Read More Cabo Nightlife: The Bars I Love and the Clubs I'd Do OnceThe first thing to know about the Cabo San Lucas cruise port is that there's no pier. Your ship anchors out in the bay and a small boat called a tender carries you in to...
Read More Cabo Cruise Port: What I'd Do With One Day Off the ShipWhen a friend who golfs tells me they're going to Cabo, they've usually already booked the hotel, and now they want to know which of the famous courses to play. That's...
Read More Best Golf Courses in Cabo: My 4 Picks Anyone Can BookFriends who dive always ask me the same two things before a Cabo trip. Is the diving any good, and should I bring my gear?
Read More Scuba Diving in Cabo: I'd Give It One MorningFriends ask me two things about Cerritos Beach. Is it worth the drive from Cabo, and is it really the one beach on the Pacific side where you can swim?
Read More Cerritos Beach: I'd Only Drive Out for a Surf LessonWhen a friend tells me they've booked "the Pacific side" of Cabo San Lucas, I ask which hotel before I say anything else. A room at Solmar Resort and a room at the Hard...
Read More The Pacific Side of Cabo: It's Really Two Different PlacesThe friends who ask me about the East Cape have usually done Cabo a few times already. They've heard there's a quieter coast up the Sea of Cortez with calm water and...
Read More East Cape Baja: Pick Your Month Before You Pick a TownWhen a friend asks me "Cabo or Puerto Vallarta?", they expect the Cabo person to say Cabo. I've been to Cabo more times than I can count, so I get it. But my honest...
Read More Cabo vs Puerto Vallarta: Which One I'd Actually BookWhen a friend finds a great September rate in Cabo, the text I get is always the same: is hurricane season really that bad?
Read More Cabo Hurricane Season: The Weeks That Actually MatterWhen a friend books a hotel in San José, I usually get the same text about a week later: "Okay, but what do we DO there?" Here's my honest answer. San José has a handful...
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