Sept 5-13, 2008 with WWW in paradise

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Sept. 5 to 13, 2009 Desire Riviera Maya- our Trip #13

As we have said before each Desire trip is different. Each one is special and notable in its own way and we can truthfully say we have never had a bad one. Overall we have to rate this trip as a very good one and we thought we would share some of the details for those of you who weren’t lucky enough to be there.

Arrival & check-in: Even though our flight from Detroit to Dallas was cancelled- and we didn’t know about it till we arrived at the airport- we were lucky enough to get put on a flight to Chicago (AA) and then on to Cancun (Mexicana) that got us there within a half hour of our original schedule. Plaudits to American Air for working that out so efficiently. Customs was quick and painless and 20 minutes after landing we were at the taxi stand. We were a little shocked to find that the new rate from the airport to Desire was $65 (return rate was about $30) and next time we’ll go back to arranging a private shuttle for about $70. But we did get to Desire very quickly where Arcos and Rafael greeted us out front with smiles and hugs. We had done the advance check-in online, we got the room we requested (we always give them 2 or 3 options) and we had keys in less than 5 minutes. Then our check in guy (who we had not seen before) says: “now I am going to introduce you to my partner who will explain to you about the changes and improvements since your last stay.â€