Hey guys, i'm planning a one week vacation with my GF so would be awesome if you guys could help

Date: Late Sep/Early Oct

Objective: Beach to relax, nice sights, sea, nice food etc etc so cultural stuff is not our main focus on this trip (although some nice/interesting things to see) would be ok if we decide to allocate one day to do that.

Budget: Nothing too high, I'd say medium budget? I can't give a number because i'm not sure what are the high end prices for those places.. but I guess 1k-1.5k each is more than fine.


I was thinking about mexico, or dominican republica but im open to better places ofc. In mexico I was told isla mujeres, riviera maya were good but i don't have a clue.
Can you guys experienced travels give me some tips?

thank you

I assume that the 1-1.5k includes transportation? If yes, where are you flying from (CSKA?)? Did you want to do some diving as well? Or just lay on the beach, resort type? More into the comfort or backpacker scene?

Boliver fell in love with Guayaquil (Ecuador). Try PM'ing him to learn more details, he's still around.

San Juan del Sur looks like an option, see a trip report about Nicaragua written by Chuck Bass (and PM him if interested - he's yet to finish the most interesting part of the report).

Costa Rica is obviously more expensive.

Panama is not so enjoyable (according to someone from its capital who I chatted with) because of the annoying combination of heat and humidity, which makes residents rather unfriendly, especially to gringos.

Buenaventura (Colombia) seems not recommended because of crime and lack of good beaches.

I have zero first-hand travelling experience, though

OP seems to live in Portugal (according to a bit of forum search ), so mind that he has hardly any language barrier even in those Latin countries where English isn't spoken widely.

If this is the case, then a return flight to Sao Paulo will be significantly cheaper (due to the popularity of the destination) than to a Spanish-speaking Latin country, plus I've heard good testimonials about the coastal cities in the south of Brazil, though Florianopolis is expensive.

CSKA is the name of a few sports clubs in former socialist countries, it stands for 'the Central Sports Club of the Army'.

Oh, and I forgot Lima as a good low-budget destination, in terms of both the airfare from Europe (according to kayak.com) and the cost of living.

Hey guys, thanks for answering! yeah latin barrier doesn't exist

"I assume that the 1-1.5k includes transportation? If yes, where are you flying from (CSKA?)? Did you want to do some diving as well? Or just lay on the beach, resort type? More into the comfort or backpacker scene?"

I like just to lay on the beach, relax... def more into comfort scene for this trip!

I was thinking about Dominican republica, or places in Mexico. Ecuador i don't know much about.. i guess we're looking a bit more for the "hype" places as oposed as going to discover in some less known countries

Any more tips guys? Or maybe some of you that had gone on a trip such as this?

ty for suggestions though

Bali is ideal from my own experience. Croatia is on the list for the next one of that ilk.