About a year ago, I found myself at a party where a group of ladies discussed all-inclusive resorts in Mexico.
Do we go to Cozumel? Puerto Vallarta? Cabo? Cancun? It's amazing how affordable some of these places are, and they're so nice! All you can eat, all you can drink and the most gorgeous private pools!
At one point, a woman with a slicked-back ponytail asked me if I'd ever been to one of these vacation spots South of the Border. I said, "No, honestly, if I want a beach vacation, I'll just go to Florida."
Ponytail turned up her nose a bit and pressed me on it: "Don't you think Florida can get old, though? I really think the all-inclusive is the way to go."
I replied: "Maybe. But at least there's a significantly lower chance I'll get my head chopped off by the cartel in St. Petersburg."
An audible groan and a few eyerolls.
It's perfectly safe. American tourists have been going there for years! Don't believe all that fear-mongering from Republican politicians. Mass shootings happen every day in the States, but you're worried about being unsafe in a luxury resort?
Blah, blah. It's not even worth arguing with these people.
I do hate to say "I told ya so," though.
In case you missed it, U.S. tourists are stuck in Puerto Vallarta after a Mexican drug lord was killed. Now, the cartels are shooting each other and blowing things up all around town. Cartel roadblocks have forced the airports to cancel both arrivals and departures, and the guests at those wonderful all-inclusives I heard so much about are sitting ducks.
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