Hurricane Resort Repair Progress Report For Cancun And Riviera
By Jack Reidelberger, Thu Dec 8th

Are you considering a visit to or the Riviera Maya, butare concerned with the damage caused by Hurricane Wilma thispast October? You are not alone. I will share information fromunbiased travel agents and travel industry experts that haveseen the repair progress first hand. Hopefully, this will easesome of your concerns and get you back to the beach with aMargarita in hand!

The downtown region was the hardest hit of the resortareas in the Yucatan Peninsula and vacationers would be wise toavoid until late summer 2006. If you are a bargainhunter, you might be hard pressed to find discounts. Many of theoverflow visitors scheduled to stay in have filled theresorts in the Riviera Maya.

As you might expect, the work to rebuild the tourist areas ofCancun and the Riviera Maya started immediately after Wilma hadpassed. The Mexican Government and the people of Mexico areworking day and night to restore their beautiful resortdestinations. They look forward to welcoming you back to relaxon their white sand beaches. When you do return, you will findthat many of the beaches in the Riviera Maya have been expanded.Some have decreased; it varies from resort to resort. Some ofthe properties are listed below. will begin a $20 millionbeach restoration project in December 2005.

The airport is fine, and undergoing minor repairs. Here is abreakdown

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of some of the individual resorts in the Riviera Mayathat are accepting vacationers. You can find additional detailsand photos at GoAwayTravel.com.

Iberostar Paraiso Maya - looks great, beach is fine
Iberostar Paraiso Lindo - one restaurant is beingrepaired near the beach, property and beach are fine
Iberostar Paraiso del Mar - freshly painted on theoutside, property and beach fine
Secrets Capris -looks great, gained more beach
Bahia Principe Tulum- at 100%, gained beach
Bahia Principe Akumal - at100%, gained beach
Bahia Principe Coba - new hotelcomplete and ready to open
Sunscape Tulum (Dreams asof 12/15) - gained beach. New pool and some oceanview rooms willbe ready 12/15.
Grand Palladium Colonial andKantenah - looks great
Grand Palladium WhiteSand - new hotel, rooms are complete. Construction stillgoing on with pool and restaurants but still scheduled to openon time
Barcelo Maya Tropical and Colonial Beach -new hotel, looks great, beach is great
Barcelo MayaBeach - everything was fine, freshly painted outside, beachis great
Adventura Spa Palace - repairing onerestaurant, everything else is great. All spa facilities arefully functional.
Iberostar Tucan - hotel and beachare great. The jungle area is sparse but the animals are stillthere
Riu Yucatan - fully operational, still a greatbeach
Riu Playacar - fully operational, still agreat beach
Riu Palace Mexico - fully operational,still a great beach

About the author:Jack Reidelberger is co-creator of the online travel websiteGoAwayTravel.com, awebsite that specializes in treating your vacation like it'stheir own.