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What kind of traveler are you? Do you want everything handled for you so all you have to do is arrive at the airport on time and everything else is already arranged? Or do you like to be a hands-on manager of your vacation planning? Do you want to arrive at your luxury hotel with your time scheduled out in advance ' massage at 3, dinner at 6, dancing at 8 ' or do you prefer to arrive at your efficiency suite, grab the local yellow pages and let the adventure begin? Whatever it is you want, however you like to travel, as long as you enjoy beautiful island paradises, great food, a choice of adventures to experience and friendly people, you'll find it on Cozumel. Start with a travel agent in the town or city where you live. Cozumel is such a well-traveled area that many vacation packages, from the simple to the lush, from the relaxed to the vigorous, are readily available through companies that specialize in arranging them.

By booking packages you can save time and money and be assured of getting exactly what you want out of your precious vacation time. First tier packages include airfare, transportation (either a rental car or a prepaid service to take you to your hotel and back to the airport) and a hotel room. Second tier packages include all of your food, drink and rental cars if needed ' all arranged for and prepaid in advance (remember tipping is usually not included). Third tier vacation packages include the activities, if any, you would like to experience on the island while you are there. You can prepay for scuba excursions and lessons, snorkeling adventures, day trips to visit the ruins on the Yucatan Peninsula, babysitting and adventures for the kids, massages and essentially anything else you can think of for your maximum pleasure. The advantage of arranging all this in advance is that you won't have to do it when you arrive and you'll probably save some money as well.

Vacation packages deal in volume and hence they get discounts for all of the goods and services they provide. All of them mark up their costs, of course, but still, you'll end up saving money by going through them. You can even schedule free time to relax or try some new experiences you hadn't planned for. You decide. After all, it's not only your money, it's also your vacation, and you should get exactly what you want at exactly the price you would expect to pay.