7 Day Cancun Travel Guide Beyond the Resort

You booked the resort, the wristband is coming, and now a small voice is asking what else is out there. You want the beach days, but you also want to come home with one story that did not happen at the swim-up bar.

This audiobook is the friend who has done the trip and tells you straight. Each chapter opens with a scene, then gives you the verdict on Isla Mujeres by ferry, the cenotes of the Yucatan, Chichen Itza at opening time, Valladolid's pastel streets and Tulum's ruins above the sea. You learn how to ride a colectivo like a local, what things roughly cost, how hurricane season, sargassum season and spring break really play out, and how to walk past the timeshare pitch with a smile. Every chapter ends with a spoken recap so the plan sticks.

By the last chapter you carry a 7-day resort-plus-back-doors itinerary in your head. Press play on the flight down, and land already knowing where you are going.