Surely you have heard about all-inclusive hotels, especially if you are planning or thinking of traveling to the Caribbean. An all-inclusive hotel not only includes your stay (room) and hopefully breakfast, but in these hotels, you have everything at your disposal; food, drinks, activities, pool, access to facilities, shows, and much more. At these types of hotels, you just have to dedicate yourself to relax, and enjoy! You won’t have to think or take care of anything at all.

In general, these are large hotel chains that have hotels located in the main tourist centers of the world and offer this type of all-inclusive package. There are even chains that have more than one hotel in the same place, differentiated by their location, category, or profile to which it is directed. Many of them are in the Caribbean. Cancun all-inclusive hotels are the most requested in the area.

Check-in procedure

When you arrive and check-in, they will put a bracelet on you that you will keep on during your entire stay. With that bracelet, they identify you and know that you are from this hotel, and you will be able to enter and consume everything that it includes, as well as visit the hotels of the same chain.
Minors usually wear a bracelet that identifies them as minors, so they will receive smoothies, juices, and everything that does not contain alcohol.

Do all-inclusive hotels really include everything?

What the hotel includes depends on the category of the hotel, since within the all-inclusive options there are obviously different types of hotels and a wide range of prices.
Some hotels may charge you for the Wi-Fi, laundry services, spa, and some extras such as luxury drinks like champagne.
The idea is that you have everything you may need to be included in the price. Nor do you have to leave the hotel complex (unless you want to), since most of them offer a kind of mini-city where you can have fun, relax, and engage in many activities. They also tend to have gift shops, ATM machines, and stores, to cover every need. Such is the case with Cancun all inclusive hotels.

Almost every all-inclusive hotel include:

Room: the room with services like towels, robes, amenities, cable, minibar, and a safe.

Food: Every meal, which is often unlimited 24 hours a day; starting the day with a huge breakfast buffet with thousands of options (bread, cakes, toast, sandwiches, pastries, fruit, and much more). The same goes for lunch and dinner, where the buffet offers tons of options for every taste. They usually also have snack bars where guests can order some fast food snacks, like hotdogs, nachos, pizza, or hamburgers. All kinds of drinks.

Facilities: Swimming pool for adults, swimming pool for children, many hotels even have water games like an amusement park, lounge chairs, armchairs and common areas in reception. There are beach or pool towels for the guests’ disposal, games, and more. Most hotels offer a children’s club, a place where you can leave your little ones to have fun playing with other children in a caring environment. They have entertainers, games, educational activities, and more. Many of the hotels have a gym, and if they don’t they have gym classes. Many hotels also include equipment for activities at the beach, such as kayaks, life jackets and floats, and snorkel equipment.

Activities and entertainment: The vast majority of these hotels offer every night various dance, music, magic, and acrobatics shows and contests where guests participate.  Another activity that is usually offered is Gym: yoga on the beach, aqua gym classes, dance, aerobics, and endless activities. Many games and activities are usually organized by entertainers, like contests, competitions, activities, and sports in the pool, and much more.

Recommendations

All-inclusive hotels are recommended if:
* Your idea of a vacation is to relax and unwind. You don’t want to have to plan a lot, or worry about anything.
* You don’t want to go out of budget. Here you don’t have to spend extra if you don’t want to.
* You travel with children, as a family. It is an ideal trip for families and parents to relax without having to be aware of everything at all times.