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Cabo Photography

Sun Cabo has always felt it important to photograph our homes as well as possible. We choose not to cheapen the house with bikini glad women as they are not fixtures and are unlikely to be at the house when our guests arrive for their vacation. No we spend our time ensuring the light depicts the homes as they are. We want the houses to look great but not mislead anyone.

While we have never charged our villa owners for the photo shoots used to promote their homes our attention to detail has been recognized and developers are now asking us to provide photographic service for new projects as well as existing villas. Congratulations to John Baer and Dave Girard for their skill experience and willingness to rough it under the most basic of conditions.

This week Dave is camping out in a house on the beach missing the temperate climate of Vancouver, BC. Included is a photo of the shack he will be photographing. Dave we salute you for your dedication to your art!



The house is Villas del Mar #471 - which we did not photograph and if you visit our website you will see why we are back there now getting better photos of it.

Villas del Mar #471

Villas del Mar is a managed community of luxury beach front homes in the Palmilla area of Los Cabos, which features the prestigious Club 96, the resident's beach Club

Charter Yachts New Home

Monday night, April 12th, saw the official opening of the new boat storage and maintenance facility at the Puerto Los Cabos small craft harbour. The 20,000 sq ft dry-stack facility with a 150 ton Travelift crane can handle vessels up to 125 feet in length and got a good test by hauling up the 110 ft Panache. This is the first dry storage facility in Baja and should be of interest to many boat owners in the area who are absent for long periods of time. The dry stack storage facility is for boats and tenders up to 33 feet.

The Travelift is the most modern lifting device available and is designed to displace the points of pressure on lifts to reduce stress on the hull. The company operating the facility have brought in experienced staff from their operation in San Diego.

The Panache is a charter yacht that can be rented through Sun Cabo Vacations as part of a full accommodation package or day or part day fishing or cruises. Please call one of our agents to get the most up to date rates and information.

Toll free 1-800 710-2226
International +1 604 232-4110

April Fools

The end of April will mark the end of what I believe has been one of the best offers we have ever been able to offer in Cabo. Since Casa Esperanza was available to rent the owner has allowed us to offer this 4 bedroom luxury villa at just $950.00 per night. To put that into perspective a 4 bedroom unit in the residences next door at the Esperanza resort is $3500.00 but then you need to add another 29% for service fees and taxes.

Not only is Casa Esperanza a truly beautiful home guests have access to the beach club with its spa, fitness equipment, bar and restaurant as well as those in the Esperanza Resort. In fact it is hard to understand why we still have any dates available in the house. That might be because the owner only accepts 7 night rentals and they have to run Sunday to Sunday. Then again that is how you have to book if you want to stay in the Residences in Esperanza.

April 30th will be the last day this offer is available and the offer is good for all new bookings for any weeks except for the holiday weeks of Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year.

For more information give us a call today before this great deal expires:

Toll Free 1-800 710-2226

or Visit this link Casa Esperanza

What Price for Expertise?

In any recession Travel suffers but in the economic collapse that we hope we are now climbing out of it could be that the travel industry will never recover to where it was before. As in many other markets clients seem to be splitting into 2 definable categories: price-sensitive and value added.

The price sensitive is far beyond the client who is looking for a deal, this is the shopper who simply looks at the cost and is inevitably at risk of buying the nightmare holiday rather than the dream one. How cheap does it have to be to be good value if the trip is a disaster?

Value added clients are those who are willing to pay more to get advice on purchases. They might not always approach a purchase that way but if they contact either a travel agent or travel consultant that is in effect their position. 97% of travelers believe they will pay more if they book travel through a travel agent even though this is not the case. Indeed the travel agent can often find better options and deals than are easily found by the client themselves.

Travel agents have a wealth of knowledge about travel but often it is more general, many specialize in certain areas or seek experts for help with specific destinations. Those that specialize are consultants and as consultants they seek to match the best travel experience to the clients requirements by asking the right questions, doing research, and making recommendations based upon their knowledge.

The travel consultant minimizes the risk in purchasing a vacation, business trip, or other travel experience. In many cases the difference in price from other sources is nil, but where there are fees they are clearly value added and worthwhile. You do get what you pay for afterall.

New Hope for Tourism?

The travel and tourism industry is more reliant upon economic health of nations and consumer confidence than most other industries, which is why talk within the industry is no about recessionary counter measures, financial institution bonuses, and economic action plans than it is about the introduction of a new 5 star resort in Los Cabos. In years gone by Groundhog Day was a big deal as tour operators hoped for a few more weeks of winter to coax more vacationers to the sun in Mexico and the Caribbean.

So in the last few weeks some long awaited optimism has started to return, not because bookings are increasing, occupancy in hotels is up, or travel companies are hiring but because key economic indicators in the US are showing that the world's largest economy is growing. What was more of a surprise was how quickly:

It was reported today that the US economy grew at an annualised rate of 5.9% in the last 3 months of 2009. These were revised figures showing a higher rate of growth on the original figures. What this shows is that the US is coming out of the recession rapidly and what is healthy is that this increase was due to an increase in manufacturing output and not consumer spending, in fact consumer spending shrank in terms of the numbers but still show an increase overall.

Manufacturing has increased to meet demand as retailers and businesses replenished stock levels. Business spending on equipment and software saw a jump by over 18% and exports of US goods at 22.4% which is the fastest pace in 13 years.

While all this is very good news it is evident that the experience of this recession has effected people significantly and it could take many months even years before consumer confidence and spending return to the levels they were at during the late 1990s and early years of this century. That might be a good thing but overall everyone in the travel industry is praying that the good economic news is sustained and breathes new life into our flagging industry.

True Luxury for Less Money

Los Cabos has 3 world class and renowned resorts that provide unsurpassed luxury accommodations and services: Las Ventanas, Esperanza and the One & Only Palmilla. The last two have residential communities close to them that provide similar levels of accommodations to visitors wanting the privacy and intimacy of a villa rather than a hotel.

In Palmilla case the name actually includes not only the hotel but also several residential communities. Sun Cabo has been privileged to be the only agency allowed to promote Villas del Mar since the formation of the community's rental program. These homes became an easy sell for anyone looking for excellent service, accommodations, and resort amenities that were provided by the opening of Club 96, the residents' beach club. The only barrier for some was the price as a typical 3 bedroom started at $2800.00 per night plus 14% tax.

Now another option is available at less than half the price in Punta Ballena (Whale Point) which is adjacent to the Auberge Resort of Esperanza. These new homes are 4 to 6 bedroom with access to their own beach club (view from which is shown in the picture). The beach club has a restaurant and bar, spa and fitness equipment and the best views of Lands End, the very tip of the Baja in Cabo San Lucas. The view is even better in January, February and March as the hump back whales begin their migration to Alaska and Northern British Columbia.

Please check out the Sun Cabo Vacations website for these new additions to the largest selection of true luxury villas:

www.suncabo.com