OMG I booked a trip to Ixtapa! Anyone been there?
 

Well, I've been feeling the winter blues:sad:...sooooo I happened across a CRAZY seat sale and spontaneously booked a family trip to Ixtapa! Never been there before and wondering if anyone has any advice or recommendations on the place.
We are staying at Zihuatanejo and have booked at a quaint little condo resort.
This isn't exactly going to be a "relaxing" trip per se as we are travelling with my kids (3 1/2 and 5yrs) but I did convince Grandma to come so I hope to sneak in a siesta or 2 in the week. (Fingers crossed on that one:wink:)

Ahhhh...OMG kinda freakin! So excited! Now I am gonna have to hit the gym like EVERY day for power workouts since I have to get in a bathing suit!:redface:

"Ixtapa Mexico, hard to spell... easy to get to"

Does that mean you've been there??:smile:

Have fun Carmen!

Thanks Lisa. I am very much in need of some "stress-relief" so I am looking forward to the escape.:wink:

I bet!!!

I know the feeling.

You guys are going to have a blast though! :biggrin:
Take lots of pictures

Well im jealous !!!! never been but im sure its nice ....Have a good time ...dont forget the camera !!!!!

Never been to the western side of Mexico, so no suggestions from me other than "Have a great and well deserved vacation."

im assuming this is the ixtapa right next to puerto vallarta? ive been twice... gorgeous little town, really nice waterfront. diving isnt great though so be wary if you plan on going.

Was there on the day of the dead which was rad... hope its as much fun without the festivities.

Carmen,

I don't think that you need to do anything to fit in a swimsuit, girl :wink:
That is sooooo exciting! You will love it. :mrgreen:

Thanks guys and gals! I hope it will be a good time. The last time we took a vacation with the kidlets was kinda more work than we bargained for...actually we needed a holiday after the holiday.:neutral: (They were 15 months and 2 1/2yrs) Hopefully this time is a little more relaxing than last...
Unfortunately this will not be a snorkell/dive trip (I'd book elsewhere if so, since I don't think there is much to see on the pacific side) More just a hang-out on the beach and at the pool kinda trip. Can't complain about that though! We found flights for $98 return! So what the heck!:wink:

I have only been to Playa Del Carmen but I have friends that go to Ixtapa every year and it is GREAT. One fellow I know love the surfing and the town as it is very welcome to visitor's. That is one he....double hockey sticks.... of a awesome price for flights. Do you have a hotel booked yet or are you just going down and find one when you get there? Lot's of the people that I know that go there find hotels when they arrive.

Have a great time and take lot's of pic's & yes I am jealous as well.

Carmen, there is decent snorkeling in Zihuatenejo. There is a small, shallow reef running parallel to the beach that has quite a few different species of fishes. Not much for corals though. The jungle grows right down to the beach, and it is quite humid; Will take you a few days to get used to it. I only spent 8 hours there as it was one of the stops on our cruise 2 years ago. Small and friendly with a nice beach. As for Ixtapa, I know nothing about it as we didn't go into it.

That's just what the Westjet commercial says.

Never been but I've been to PV 3 times and Cancun once.

You'll enjoy yourself.

We have booked a condo - a tiny little place with a beautiful pool just off of the beacjh abit. Should be nice and private and price was good too!
We will take a bunch of pics! Always come back with a camera full!

OH!! Awesome Lance!! I will have to do some research ino that and make sure I check it out! Even bring the snorkel gear maybe! Really looking forward to the sun and humidity...therapeutic!

We have been to Mazatlan twice and loved the beach there so I assume this will be similar...
Thanks!

You'll be fine with the kids too. I was all worried about taking the kids on my vacation; it was fine. The flight went about as well (well, about as badly) as one might expect. Unfortunately factors that didn't help was that the TV's didn't work, it was delayed AND slow so a 6 hour flight was more like 7.5 hours .. AND they ran out of the 3 items of food they sell that my kids would actually eat. So yeah, by about 5.5 hours into the flight we were "THAT family" :neutral: and getting a lot of dirty looks but ..well, what can you do. We survived.

Turns out the TVs working wouldn't have helped much. They were working on the way back, but I guess they don't work outside of 200km offshore, only for movies, and you can only buy movies in the first 15 minutes of the flight. :neutral:

But, meh. The vacation will be good no matter what happens with the flights. Your kids will have so much fun on the beach.

Ugh Tony...doesn't sound like the flight went so well! Hoping ours goes a little more smooth! Bringing video games and DVD player! I am going prepared!:wink:

Your vacation was good otherwise?

It was very good! I'll have to try uploading the photos soon. I kinda went camera crazy. Lots and lots of snorkeling and dive pics.