Villa La Estancia Beach Resort & Spa

accomodation are gorgeous, but it is all about money. The all inclusive plan is a joke. You could only choose from 2 resteraunts and there was only 4 items on the menu you could have. The good stuff was extra. Gratuities added at will. Would never go back!

Would I go back? No. Every local every 10 feet hawks timeshares, trinkets, boat rides, etc. Airport lobby guys with official looking badges offer help only to segue into a sales pitch. Beaches are beautiful - when you can see the water between the 2 or 3 cruise ships, dozen yachts, and myriad skiffs, speedboats, and jet skis. Don?t swim off the beach. Scuba diving locally is a lawless meat market of dive boats, glass bottom boats, kayaks, and jet skis. Underwater, life is abundant. It's a paradise overwhelmed with uncontrolled development and tourism. Too bad.

My girlfriend and I took an 8 day vacation in Cabo San Lucas because we had wonderful pricing on hotel and air through trave agent. However, the price gouge came when we fell for the supposedly all-inclusive 'meal plan.' At our first dinner we found out that the meal plan doesn't cover seafood, meat or top-shelf liquor (my Jack Daniels). And, if you want to order these, they are available at airport prices (I will say that the portions, even for appetizers, are huge). As a result of making the mistake of signing up, we ate 3 days worth of meals at the hotel and regretted almost all of them. The food is not that good, and service is slow every time, even at the bar. \n \nThe on-site deli/*10, sleeve of saltine crackers = $*). \n \nThe pool is great, but the promise that no children from the other 2 buildings will be allowed to use the Estancia pool is not true. There is no enforcement of any of the rules they claim to have. \n \nWe, of course, got accosted to sit through the timeshare ...

I think it's a good place if you are going with kids and you don't plan on leaving the resort, but you'd probably be better off going to an all inclusive if that were the case. \nThere were a ton of kids and it made it tough to enjoy pool, spa, lounge chairs, etc. and the food/drinks were EXTREMELY expensive ($* for chips and guac) and not amazingly good. \nWe found way better food and drinks down the beach which were closer to the action (The Office Bar area) and much cheaper. The walk to the beach bars was a bit of a jont considering we passed quite a few resorts that were closer and probably more relaxing. The staff was nice, the grounds were clean and the spa was nice but my overall opinion is they need to have more of a taco/beer stand and less formal dining at such high prices and drop the time share pressure/tours.

Beautiful facilities but terrible management. We have stayed 3 times over 4 years and it just gets worse. We were robbed in the gym and in our room last time. Management denied everything and threatened to call the police on us!! We were told that if we mentioned it to anyone, we would be asked to leave the property! We were also the third room to be robbed that week and there was no action. It sounded as if it was a regular occurrence from the other guests who live there permanently. We will never go back! Do not take the chance, it is not worth it!

Overall, it was a great vacation. The beds are hard as a rock, but besides that, everything was wonderful. Never once were we disturbed with timeshare offers. It was very peaceful, clean, the attendants were all so attentive and sweet!! Taxis are a rip if you're heading to downtown cabo, I'd rather walk (it's about a 20 min walk) but heading back to the hotel is always cheaper than getting to downtown cabo. I would highly recommend this hotel to a friend, we're even thinking about buying one of the properties here within the next year =]

Sure it looks pretty in the pictures & it is supposedly a 4 star -- DON'T BE MISLED!! TERRIBLE service, terrible treatment, staff did not care about any of our needs or our SAFETY, 3 hour long check in process, only to be escorted to our room through the parking garage, next to dumpsters; I could go on forever. DO NOT STAY HERE! '

The property is only 5 years old and the on-line pictures were not even closely matched. The wait for a room was beyond 4 p.m and we arrived at 1:00 and were told it would be 3:30. Also happened to others! They tried to switch us to a lower quality property. The amenities were non-existent - no water cups, no coffee and $10.USD to make a 1-800 call. The staff was superbly ignorant and arogant to boot. If you only go to swim you will enjoy it. They accepted my credit card in the dinning room and then charged it to my room - go figure or better yet go somewhere else!