The new generation of all-inclusive resorts
By Heidi Mitchell July 13, 2011 8:06 a.m. EDT July 13, 2011 8:06 a.m. EDT
Daily rates of $220 per person at Now Jade Riviera Cancun include bungee jumping and water sports.
(Travel + Leisure) -- The concept was a great one for a teenager: getting thrown into the pool by flirtatious staffers, eating all the French fries I wanted at every single meal, watching grown-ups humiliate themselves during "talent night."
But those spring-break trips to all-inclusive resorts that I loved as an awkward adolescent were something I have avoided at all costs as an adult. Swapping bracelet beads for drinks, competing with the throngs lined up for soggy burgers and watching people drink margaritas with breakfast is not my idea of a dream holiday. Nor is it my sister's; we agree that her memories of our childhood trips are just as well left in the past. Read More
But those spring-break trips to all-inclusive resorts that I loved as an awkward adolescent were something I have avoided at all costs as an adult. Swapping bracelet beads for drinks, competing with the throngs lined up for soggy burgers and watching people drink margaritas with breakfast is not my idea of a dream holiday. Nor is it my sister's; we agree that her memories of our childhood trips are just as well left in the past. Read More
