The Pool at Hotel Mar de Cortez

"Guests recline in blue chaise lounges around the perimeter of the pool, reading bestsellers from the lobby library, or snacking on food from the nearby restaurant"

"Families will love the kid-friendly pool area, the rooms are spacious and there are enough of them that it's a dependable choice even in the peak season"

"Colonial-style decor in a lovely planted setting with a mix of older and modern, larger rooms around a pool; some have terraces and all have a/c"

"Epic breakfasts, pool parties at day and room parties at night, the young guests are all loaded and stoked, because this is how they pictured it: hungover, surrounded by a ring of plams in a plastic chaise lounge nursing "mas cer-vay-sahs," the semi-standable person they just slept with comparing trampstamps and armbands in the water with the person they will sleep with tonight"

"This budget option is well-located for partying, great tacos, or "massages," though most rooms stay blessedly quiet and the garden-like courtyard pool is a major plus"