If you saw our Costa Meno Caribbean list from a couple of weeks back (or Costa Meno Italy last summer), you know what this is all about. We use this term we coined to avoid the abc words (affordable, budget, cheap) that so quickly turn us off from a place. So this is our roundup of properties in Mexico that are attainable, but still pass our litmus test for charming, warm-weather retreats. And because “Costa” means coast in both Spanish and Italian, we limited our search to hotels (and a few great house rentals) that are on or near the water. In each Costa Meno location, our price cutoff has varied according to market standards, but in this case we aimed to stay below $450/night—while including a few favorites that run a bit above, and many well below that mark. Don’t worry, we didn’t find these prices during hurricane season—we plugged in the first week of February to make sure the pricing worked. Also a reminder that while we haven’t gone to many of these properties—we pick our friends' brains and do deep research—but we can’t fully vouch for all the details. If you have feedback or additions, please let us know! We update our lists regularly.
We’ve also been working on our Mexico City Black Book, which we’ll publish on Dec 16. So if you decide to head to one of these places for a winter getaway, but also want to build in a trip to CDMX, we’ll have that list for you soon!