40th birthday ideas

[Sweetum]

DH is turning 40 this November. I am thinking of doing a surprise Mexico trip in dec dring the holidays. Any ideas hw I can plan ths? I know, I m sorry it is so open ended, but I need to get started with some idea. Maybe a BTDT? Is dec a good time? Should we do resorts in Mexico? Or are there places we can plan and go to ourselves? I am thinking 4 or 5 days. S that sufficient? What would be good activities besides chilling? Thanks...!

[Jen841]

It was not a surprise, but we went to KeyWest for our 40th. We rested by day, had a great dinner, then enjoyed the night

[Sweetum]

Sounds nice. But I am hoping to get help in planning. Anyone?

[sunshine873]

I'm in the midst of planning a little getaway in honor of my DHs 40th too. But it's on a much smaller scale. Fairly local and only one night away...

[baymom]

We used Costco to book hotel and car portions of our Hawaii trip this year and I was really impressed all around. If planning all aspects of a Mexico trip feels daunting, how about booking an air/hotel/car combo from Costco. Their prices are fantastic, as is the CS. My brother and SIL did Mexico through Costco this summer and had a lot of positive feedback.

[hillview]

What's your budget? There are lots of great all inclusive resorts in Mexico. I'd go to trip advisor and pick based on their top 10 lists of all inclusive in Mexico.

[ZeeBaby]

Another vote for tripadvisor. You also want to look at whether you want to do Caribbean coast or pacific coast. I think once you settle that we can be of more help. For Pacific coast I would look at Puerto Vallarta or Cabo San Lucas and for Caribbean I loved Riviera Maya. We went for a 5 day stay in Playa del Carmen.

[Sweetum]

Thanks, all. I "think" we want to go to the carribean coast :)
And I have looked at trip advisor as recommended. We like to do cultural, historic stuff but I am thinking it would nice to mix it up with beach chillin'. And that's why I said carribean, it seems it has some historic sites to visit such as Tulum, is that right? Is ther anything else along those lines. Also, I am torn between cancan and playa, would you recommend one vs the other? And about all inclusives, is $200 to $250 a night too less? And how long is it worthwhile to commit to enjoy an all inclusive? Never done these before, so wondering if 2 nights might be too less. Even if we don't do cancan resorts or all inclusives, we will likely spend a day or two ther. So, overall is 6 days including the flying time from the west coast be sufficient? And how about other things to do around there? Thanks.
I haven't looked at Costco yet, thanks for that tip. I'll do that next.