We had a delightful 4th year in a row......in your beautiful Club Akumal Caribe. We loved every minute of it, even the morning battle for a palapa. Thank you for all your efforts to keep up a low-key, quietly elegant and environmentally nonexploitative resort. Our 6 children are building beautiful memories and a real love for the Mayan people and their history (we have started flying into Mérida and travelling around for 2 days before we land in Akumal for a week--and we love our last night in Mérida before our early flight back to Houston on Sunday) and already know Dzibilchultun, Uxmal, Kabah, Labna, Sayil, Tulum, Cobá, Muyíl, and of course, Chichen! This year we spent a few hours in Izamal, and found it fascinating.

We always get 3 rooms or cabañas, and we love 405 in the hotel, and this year sweet Criselia was a lovely chambermaid. Lazaro at the Beach Bar seems always to recognize us and anticipate our needs, but to be perfectly honest, the entire staff is welcoming and understanding and patient with children and goofy gringos...

Several of our friends have started going down, and I am just so happy to be able to so highly recommend your little slice of Paradise (although I'm probably making it more crowded for me...!)

Good luck with the landfill and with every effort you make to minimize the impact on the environment--I wonder if there's some alternative to the window air conditioners (which i have to admit we do use...)

Thank you very much for your attention to all the details of your delightful organization. We all really appreciate it.
Fondly, hastily, Mary F. and Paul N.

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Last February, my colleague Jennifer Kleinbaum and I brought a small group of teachers to Akumal to learn about marine biology and local culture. Throughout our stay, we were impressed with the hospitality we encountered.

The people at Hotel Villas Maya were friendly and helpful, and the facilities exceded our expecatations. Specifically, we wanted to thank you for giving us a CEA discount for our rooms. We are still receiving positive remarks from our participants about their experience in Akumal. Thanks again. We look forward to returning.

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I just want to thank you guys for everything. My wife, family and myself had the best time in Akumal and the Flamingo was just beautiful. We are already making plans for next year and many of the people who went this time are certainly going again.

I would like to thank also, if you could pass the word, the two people that helped out while down there, The women who helped keep our place clean, Nidia, was the best that I have seen as our place was always spotless.

Also, at the Lol Ha, Alfonzo took care of our every need every time that we ate there and especially on the night that counted.

Thank you again and we look forward to coming down again next year.
Sincerely, Jeremy F.

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I'm writing to tell you that it was a pleasure meeting you back in May during an evening of flamenco dancing, and to also express our profound admiration for your establishment, Club Akumal Caribe.

We arrived on May 9, and were fortunate enough to stay until May 23. During that period, time seemed to stand still, as we basked in the sun under our favorite palapa, enjoyed luxurious breakfasts at Lol-ha, and of course welcomed the evening with Ediberto at the palapa bar every day. Although we have been home more than a month now, we still comment on what our friends in Akumal might be doing at the same moment we look at a full moon or see the sun rise.

All of your people were the kindest, most courteous, and by far the most professional of all the serving staff we have encountered in our various travels around the planet. I have travelled on four continents, and Jora almost as much (she leaves on yet another European trip tomorrow with her sister). We both wholeheartedly concur that your workers are the best-trained and friendliest we have met, regardless of location. Europeans could learn a thing or two from those who work for you, no doubt. We hope that you will continue to take good care of them, as they are monumentally important to the charm and success of your resort.

The food at Lol-ha was better than the majority of fine restaurants in California, bar none. Your staff and manager are to be complimented. Likewise, the waiters are the most professional and courteous we have encountered anywhere. They seem to genuinely enjoy their profession, and take great pride in their work. Please give them all our greetings and thanks for their wonderful help during our stay.

At the bar, we highly commend all the staff, Ediberto in particular. He goes out of his way to mix the perfect drink, make you smile, and suggest local sights and pastimes

On the beach, Cesar is kind, courteous, and helpful to those not fully proficient in Spanish. We loved seeing him every day, so that we might exchange a new phrase in English and Spanish.

Forgive me if I run on and on, but it is rare that one finds such a jewel as Club Akumal Caribe. We intend to return in November, and if possible would like to plan our wedding there as well. We hope that you will never change the formula as it is at present. It is the perfect blend of service and modernity with the rustic, slow pace of Quintana Roo. As May was my third visit since 1988, I found the Club refreshingly unchanged, despite the vulgar development occurring all along the peninsula. We hope that you can and will stay the same. We are doing everything in our power to send you more Californian business.

Thank you for your beautiful place. We will return, and it will live in our hearts until that time.

Best wishes,
Thom L. and Jora Z.

Hotel Akumal Caribe