Comment by Distinct-Thought-419 on 28/01/2025 at 13:40 UTC

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View submission: What is the most overrated vacation destination?

Cabo San Lucas.

I got off of the plane and fought my way through a mass of salesmen at the airport who were trying to sell me a timeshare.

I got to Hertz and the car rental agent tried to sell me a timeshare.

I got to the hotel and before I'm allowed to check in, they spend 30 minutes trying to sell me a timeshare.

Finally I escape the hotel, but as I'm walking around town there are salesmen everywhere yelling at me trying to sell me timeshares.

I even saw tourism businesses around town who distinguished themselves by advertising "No timeshare."

Maybe I just look like a good mark, but for me it was a hellhole of timeshare salesmen.

The rest of Baja California Sur was beautiful, including the nearby but distinct San Jose Del Cabo, and especially La Paz and Los Santos. Cabo San Lucas was terrible though. Even if you escape the timeshare salesmen it's just a bunch of rundown resorts and tourist traps.

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Comment by meowed at 28/01/2025 at 16:43 UTC

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Oh yeah San Jose del Cabo is so much better. We try to hit Cabo San Lucas on Christmas Day every other year for some whale watching but otherwise we hang in SJDC for the majority of our trip. La Paz is fun too.

Also prefer to rent condos and avoid resorts. Averages out to just over $100 and night for a two bedroom ten minutes from the sand.