Trip Planning·24 min
Landing at Tulum Airport
Tulum's own airport was built for 5.5 million passengers a year and has never handled a quarter of that. When the second door to this coast is the right call, and when Cancun still wins.
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El Nido
The best months start November 1. Book while the fares still make sense.
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Maldives
It comes right on November 1. Far enough out to get your pick of dates.
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Tulum
The good stretch opens November 1. Time yet to watch the flights.
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Piste, Valladolid, Merida or the coast. Five bases for Chichen Itza, ranked by the only thing that changes the day: what time you get through the turnstile.
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The El Nido flight no longer leaves Manila. Here is what that changed, what the van from Puerto Princesa actually takes, and which route wins from a morning arrival.
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The four lettered tours are not four versions of the same day. Since the lagoons became capacity-capped permit slots, the choice runs backward: pick the lagoon, and the letter comes with it.
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