We show you downtown La Cruciceta, and give you a tour of our Airbnb. We also break down our cost of living in depth - including accommodation, restaurants, and groceries, and give you our top recommendations.
WOW!!!! I had no idea that visitors were paying so much to visit the town I live in. I spend only $700 USD a month including my 3 bedroom fully furnished apartment, all my food including eating out, and periotic boat trips... EVERYTHING!!!
Hola Georgia and David. Nice informative video but I'm looking forward to see what you did in the valley around Oaxaca City. I'll find old fashioned culture and history more interesting than new resorts. The only port in Mexico where I encountered Cruise ships was Puerto Vallarta. Five decades ago the cruise ships were much smaller but anytime they docked in Puerto Vallarta the character of the town was completely changed and barely seemed to be Mexican to me. A few thousand Americans crowding the cobblestone streets created a south of the border Disneyland. Ants can be incredibly annoying, as can lizard poop, but you didn't mention scorpions crawling up your bedroom wall, which I experienced in my hotel in Oaxaca. I suppose it crawled under my door from the patio garden, and that is where I returned it. $217 per day! The new coastal resorts that have sprung up the past few decades seem to have been designed to suck the maximum amount of cash out of the tourists' wallet. In 1971 the Hotel Loren in Puerto Escondido was $30 pesos per night, and the little hotel in the middle of Puerto Angel (no name as far as I could find) was $15 pesos a night. If that was out of the travelers budget another hotel just north of town was $10 pesos per night. No hotels in the inaccessible Huatulco, but camping in the area was probably free. I hope your temporary residency extension is proceeding smoothly (for Mexico, anyway). I'm glad you saw the church interior of the Santuario de Atotonilco. The monstrous face above the entrance door is enough to keep anyone from committing any serious sins. I don't remember your video of several months ago showing that, but I really enjoyed the video. Perhaps the face was too horrible to show to mixed audiences. I think the same video may have visited Pozos, but I'm not sure. In 1974 the town was still mostly in ruins, with rocky street after rocky street bordered with ruined buildings, mostly roofless. Picturesque, however. Planning to see anything on the way to Tequila?
The next video will be about the artesanías around Oaxaca. Huatulco was definitely hard on the wallet. Renewal is going about as smoothly as anything in Mexican government does and we found out that we have to return in two weeks to finish the process so we will have to drive back 10 hours round trip and get a hotel for a couple of nights. I don't remember the face I'll have to look back at my photos. No plans on the way to Tequila but we do plan on checking out the area around Guadalajara while we are there.
@@GeorgiaandDavid How frustrating. Yes, I did leave a long comment and I reread it after it arrived on your site, but now it has disappeared. This is the third time it has happened on your site. Not sure I have time to try to recreate it. Excellent video, however..
I hate that it keeps happening. If you have any recommendations for the area around Tequila I would love to know. We just arrived yesterday so we have 26 more days. We have plans to visit the nearest pueblos mágicos but that is all.
Just getting caught up - - I'm really surprised at the expense to stay in Huatulco. I'm all about that mezcal though! 🤣Nice to know you can go into a place and sample the goods before you buy.
Sooooo many Canadians, they have really pumped up the prices especially in high season when they all flee from the snow. I really did see the appeal though the beaches were so beautiful with very calm water.
The short answer is for 12 years we lived on 30% of our combined income. I (Georgia) had a deferred compensation plan so I put away 50% of my income every month and wasn't taxed on it then. They are now paying me monthly for the next 15 years and we are paying taxes at a much lower rate since it is our only income. We were also maxing out both of our 401k accounts so we will have that once the deferred compensation runs out.
We felt it was enough. We enjoyed 7 beach clubs, spent the day at 5 beach front restaurants and ate at an additional 15 restaurants in town during our 28 days. It's always possible to spend more we didn't get any spa treatments, do much shopping or do any boat tours. We did everything we wanted to do and that was our total.
Disappointing to see the insect/lizard problems. Especially with what you paid. We were hoping to travel to Huatulco for the 6th time this coming February but unfortunately they are getting out of our price range. We would be spending that ($6000) minimum at a resort for 1 week easily. I think it will be the DR this year. Too bad.
It was definitely disappointing. Prices in the touristy parts of Mexico are rising quickly. Central Mexico is still very affordable. Enjoy the DR we got engaged at a resort in Punta Cana.
$42.00 for two "porkchops" in Mexico????? - You can go to a steak house in the USA for that price and get steak. And did you see the crap they had on top of the porkchop??? GROSSSS No way I would ever go to this place.... HOLY sh*T...
I doubt you can get a whole house month to month rental, spend 7 days at beach clubs, 5 full days at beachfront restaurants and eat out more than 15 times at different sit-down restaurants in town as a couple per month for that price. We all have different traveling styles and budgets. I can tent camp and live on ramen noodles for a couple hundred dollars per month, but we don't want to live that way.
@@GeorgiaandDavid so Americanise....you do not have to camp and eat ramen the food is so fresh you just have to know local you all about hotel beach club again that is you life but not a way to show in video you trave...l you just change place and keep you comfort ..... good luck and all the best !!
So I don't feel my time was well spent watching your video as it was more about your 2nd rate Airbnb rather than Huatulco. There are probably 500+eating establishments as well, so the few you listed don't do the area much justice. I hope you can make some improvements so I can re-subscribe to your channel and enjoy your quest across Mexico.
I'm sorry you feel that way. We are always trying to improve. We do also realize that it is not possible to please everyone and we too have RU-vidrs we love and others we just don't.
You don’t need subscribers like this. The video clearly states what it’s about. Then for the “subscriber” to come off as if you should get on your hands and knees beginning them to stay because their so unique and special. Meh !
