A longtime family favorite, this year all six Royal Resorts® in Cancun and the Riviera Maya have received Trip Advisor Traveler’s Choice Family Awards and feature in the Trip Advisor list of the Top 25 Hotels for Families in Mexico.


How did the Royal Resorts do? Here are the rankings for the six resorts:

The Royal Caribbean® #4

The Royal Mayan® #13

The Royal Haciendas® #14

The Royal Sands® #17

The Royal Cancun® #19

The Royal Islander® #20

The annual Traveler’s Choice awards are based on the opinions of millions of people around the world who are members of the Trip Advisor online travel community.

This is not the first time that Royal Resorts has been honored by the Trip Advisor travel community. The Royal Sands and The Royal Cancun featured in the Travelers’ Choice listing of the world’s top 80 family resorts for 2009 and were among the top ten family vacation spots for Mexico and the Caribbean. The Royal Sands was Cancun’s top family resort in the 2010 and 2011 Travelers Choice, and both The Royal Cancun and The Royal Haciendas have been awarded Trip Advisor Certificates of Excellence. Three Royal Resorts properties are

also currently ranked in the Trip Advisor Cancun Top Ten Resorts.

What is the secret of Royal Resorts’ enduring appeal for families? All six resorts have a spectacular beachfront setting and offer luxury villa accommodation and a variety of activities for families to enjoy. The fully equipped two-bedroom units sleep up to six people and have a kitchen, living and dining area, full bathrooms and a large balcony, offering families more space to stretch out, relax and enjoy their vacation in true comfort.

Resort amenities include pools, children’s pools, tennis courts, restaurants, bars, stores, two spas and four fitness centers. Guests can sign out sail boats at the Cancun resorts and kayaks at The Royal Haciendas, tennis gear and snorkeling gear at the sports desk, and the activity centers offer a daily program of sports, games and craft workshops for families to enjoy together and for children, teenagers and adults.

For a family fun day out exploring the Mexican Caribbean and the Yucatan, the Thomas More Travel tour desk offers trips to the Riviera Maya’s famous parks Xcaret, Xel-Ha and Xplor, Mayan archaeological sites, zip lining adventures, eco tours, snorkeling, dolphin swims and much more.

Spacious accommodation, amenities and beach location aside, the warm hospitality and sense of community at the Royal Resorts keeps families coming back. Guests who have fond childhood memories of the first Royal Resort, The Royal Cancun, now bring their own children to Royal Resorts, and family reunions with grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins are a chance for everyone to spend quality vacation time together in a beautiful setting.

Many families forge lasting friendships with the Royal Resorts employees that look after them year after year. They look forward to greeting the bellboy who welcomes them home and the maid who cleans their villa, and to catching up with their favorite waiter who knows everyone by name and even remembers favorite dishes and drinks.

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