Author: Judy Newell (Judy Newell)

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its guidance on April 2 to say fully vaccinated people can travel within the U.S. without getting tested for the coronavirus or going into quarantine afterward.

Travelers headed to Mexico’s Caribbean coast will find multiple options in and around the popular beachfront town of Tulum.

COVID-19 insurance policies are increasingly joining passports and sunscreen as vacation staples, creating opportunities for insurers as more countries require mandatory coverage in case visitors fall ill from the coronavirus.

The United States, Canada, and Mexico are extending the restrictions on non-essential travel

Vacationers are invited to the grand opening of Planet Hollywood Beach Resort Cancun. For Mardi Gras 2021 instead of floats following parade routes, the city’s artistic verve has turned its attention to dozens of homes and businesses across the city, transforming them into Bourbon Street–worthy thematic “house floats".

For the 33rd annual Readers’ Choice Awards survey, readers leaned in heavily to nostalgia, as travel was pretty much on pause the whole year. Here are the hotels in Mexico travelers couldn’t stop thinking about this year.

Cancun has registered over 6.4 million tourists since reopening during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Mexican airport operator ASUR. Of that, over 2.7 million were American travelers on vacation.

Every year gray whales make their way from the Bering and Chukchi seas in the arctic to the lagoons of Baja in the world’s longest mammalian migration. It’s nothing short of a miracle that these giant animals swim over 5,000 miles south to Baja to have their babies in protected and warm waters.
One of the bays where they raise their calves is Magdalena Bay, home to a comfortable whale watching camp.

For one upfront rate, you’ll get accommodations, meals, snacks, beverages, and most activities, including non-motorized water sports like snorkeling and kayaking.