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In my opinion its worth every penny. We have been to Bahia Principe Tulum for the past 2 years. We paid 850 British pounds per person each time and that was for 2 weeks. That was everything, so that works out at about 1500 US dollars.
We took our son who was just 8 months old on the first trip, so he didnt cost anything. The 2nd time he was almost 2, but we wanted to get him his own plane seat so we just had to pay 299 pounds, (approx $500 US). His stay at the resort was free!!!!!
Just a couple of points, we did a lot of research before booking, and our main criteria was the food hygeine situation. The Bahia had rave reviews on all of the sites. We were more than happy with the selection and standard of ALL of the food and drinks at this hotel. Some people had complained that the selection was not very good and the food was a bit bland.......Absolutely not!!!!! We had no complaints at all. The added bonus was that none of us got sick the whole time.
Some people also say that the resort is just too big. that it takes 20 minutes to walk from one end to the other. These are negative reports. From the main reception area, if you walk between the theatre and villa # 1, then past the kids club and the snack bar, past the smaller pool, around the back of the Tortuga restaurant and follow the path, you actually arrive at the Dive school, on the nicest beach. Even with a 2 year old in tow, It takes about 7 to 10 minutes. The beach by the dive school is sorta in between the Tulum and Akumal hotels and is just pure white sand, no rocks, no coral, just SAND. The staff are just superb, my other half speaks excellent Spanish so communication was not a problem, i guess if you only speak english, small problems COULD arise, but i would doubt it.
The ONLY negative thing i would say is the Chair bagging/reserving. It annoys the hell outta me. Most days we were desperate for a shade/palapa because of our little one, we ended up buying a pop up tent type thing for him, and we would watch chairs with palapas sit empty all day, just a towel and perhaps a book getting all of the benefit of the shade, and then at 3 or 4 in the afternoon 2 folks would return from a trip somewhere and plonk themselves down for an hour or so and then leave. I fumed at this for 13 days on our first trip and on our very last day i got down to the beach at 7.30 am and bagged a palapa and 3 beds. I then went to our room and got our little one ready for the day ahead, then we went to get some breakfast. Quite smug in the knowledge that we could take our time and go occupy one of the best spots on the beach. At about 10 am we strolled along to our RESERVED spot, and some #@$%^& had moved our towels and books and kids toys to a big pile in the sand. I WAS FURIOUS. There were now 4 beds where our 3 had been and a different set of towels and stuff. However there were no peeps there, i found out 15 minutes later that they were all in the sea having fun. Now im very placid but i was not gonna take this lying down. I proceeded to dump all of their stuff in a heap in the sand and i set my little family up in the spot that was rightfully ours. When they came out of the water, they were surprised to say the least that someone would dare to move their stuff. However i never found out how they really felt because they all started conversing in a foreign language. UHU YOU GUESSED IT, THEY WERE GERMAN!!
They picked up their stuff and stomped off to the pool. I saw them at least 3 times that day and it looked as if id ruined their entire vacation. Ah well, whats good for the goose is good for the gander. I was very pleased with myself.
Other than that, i highly recommend this place.
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