What's Cheap and Free in Cancun and the Yucatan [Paperback]

Brenton S. Mulliner (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 15, 2004

Cancun is the number one vacation destination in the world. The author lives in Cancun and gives you the real inside secrets to make your vacation more fun and more affordable.

This new and innovative travel book is the first travel book to come with an interactive DVD that will teach you how to:

Stay at beachfront hotels for 75% less than the big chain hotels,

Eat first class meals at local restaurants at a fraction of the name brand hotels.

Snorkel for free.

Visit the ruins at your own pace, avoid the crowds and spend 50% less than packaged tours.

All this and lots more!

With more than 300 color photos, maps and charts this book is the only Cancun book you need. It includes the most comprehensive list of Cancun related websites, hotel phone numbers and restaurant reviews of any other Cancun travel book.

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About the Author

Brenton S. Mulliner, formerly a yellow pages publisher, has traveled to Europe, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Tahiti, Fiji and the Hawaiian Islands. He lived in Argentina for two years and visited that country from Buenos Aires to Tierra del Fuego.

Brenton and his wfie have been exploring Mexico since 1996 and they have lived in the Cancun area off and on during that time with their five children.

All of the photos in the book and the video footage on the DVD for What’s Cheap And Free In Cancun and The Yucatan have been taken by the author!

Brenton, born and raised in Riverside, California, speaks, reads and writes Spanish fluently. He and his family currently split thier time living in Scarborough, Maine and Playa del Carmen, Mexico.

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Wolley Segap International; Pap/Dvdr edition (December 15, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0975596306
• ISBN-13: 978-0975596302
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,183,417 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #90 in Books > Travel > Latin America > Mexico > Cancun & Cozumel
  • #94 in Books > Travel > Latin America > Mexico > Yucatan Peninsula

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Finally....the perfect travel book., January 28, 2005

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Janice K. Detavis - See all my reviews
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This review is from: What's Cheap and Free in Cancun and the Yucatan (Paperback)

This book is fabulous! We used it to go all over Cancun and to the ruins. We had a small budget for our vacation, but thanks to this book we felt like we were going first class! We found the best deals in town and it was easy! Anyone traveling to Mexico needs this travel book.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars We Used This Book For Everything, February 5, 2006

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Un Loco Lindo (VA, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: What's Cheap and Free in Cancun and the Yucatan (Paperback)

We ordered the book for use before we left for Cancun. It turns out we used it to pick our hotel, it piqued our interest for which restaurants we wanted to visit (you must visit Luck Luciano's a local Italian Restaurant) and helped me pick a golf course to play on.

The DVD was extremely useful. We were able to view the tourist destinations before we paid for a tour. We actually used the DVD to do two different self tours, something that we probably would not have otherwise done.

The author's humor and insights were great. We really appreciated the fact the the tips were very personal - the author and his family had visited most of the places mentioned and that made it seem like we could trust his recommendations more.

Worth the money and more.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This Book Is A Winner, April 15, 2005

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NewJerseyChristine (New Jersey, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: What's Cheap and Free in Cancun and the Yucatan (Paperback)

We had a family reunion in Playa del Carmen, MX. Five families got together to celebrate my parent's wedding anniversary. We had little kids, teens, adults and my mom who has some trouble getting around. You can only imagine how hard it was to decide where to go and what to do

The DVD that comes with this book proved to be invaluable. We all watched it together and saw all of the major sites. We got to see if the attractions were kid friendly BEFORE we paid the entrance fee. My mom even went with us to Xcaret. She is not a swimmer but after watching the DVD she saw that there were lots of places to rest and lots of animals to see - the turtles were her favorite.

We did as the author suggested and had breakfast and lunch usually at "home". We brought our Sam's Club card (I never thought that Sam's Club was in Mexico) so we even saved money on groceries. We ate out for dinners.

Hola Asia in Puerto Morelos was one of our favortie places. The food was fantastic and very inexpensive. Our waitress was from New Hampshire.

What a grat family reunion. We plan on going back in five years.