The $600 room and the expectation that comes with it
A hotelier explained why Tulum is expensive, and the math holds. The harder question is what a $600 room is supposed to feel like once the guest stops caring about water trucks.
A hotelier explained why Tulum is expensive, and the math holds. The harder question is what a $600 room is supposed to feel like once the guest stops caring about water trucks.
A yoga teacher training in Tulum pairs a 200-hour certificate with breathwork facilitation over 21 residential days, taught by five teachers from different lineages.
Tulum Yoga Music Fest opened with a kirtan for nearly 100 people inside Azulik's dome and will close on Sunday after a week of classes, music, and ceremony across town.
Suspected La Veleta water contamination, seen in neighbors' videos of cloudy, foul-smelling water, has a Tulum group asking authorities to sample the aquifer.
Souljourn Yoga's first trip to Mexico is a Tulum yoga retreat in March 2027, with $200 from every registration going to LADLE, the community center for local kids in town.
Where to eat in Tulum, by the chef at Motmot: Honorio's cochinita from 6 a.m., Mestixa's Bib Gourmand street food, a sour orange yuzukosho, and Arca's open fire.
Mexico's Culture Ministry will inspect the ceremonial pole before the Voladores de Papantla return to Tulum, six months after thin crowds drove the flyers away.
The sargassum season in Tulum is still running after 6,500 tons. Two forecasts put the low point around November, and one warns the break could be short.
Zamna Tulum 2027 has its first ticketed night. Anyma's ÆDEN show lands January 4 with 21 DJs on three stages, general admission from 110 dollars and VIP from 350.
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A direct flight from Chile to Tulum came up in a meeting with Chile's ambassador. No airline flies it, and the town also proposed a promotional deal with Viña del Mar.
While sieving the sand at Playa del Pueblo, the Tulum beach cleanup logged 32 kilos of marine litter on Friday, including 200 grams of microplastic and three syringes.
Artisans, paramedics, and food vendors inside the Parque del Jaguar are being photographed for a state register, seven weeks after the gate money moved to an army company.
Tulum weddings have fallen to their lowest demand in a decade. The registry went about two weeks in August without a single ceremony, and one resort has gone from 40 a month to one or two.
Crews have hauled 6,500 tons of sargassum in Tulum off four public beaches since January, and the containers have made more than 1,800 trips. The arrivals have not stopped.
The Tulum Independence Day parade drew 3,200 marchers across 25 contingents, 10 more than last year, and fell on the same day as tonight's Grito with Super Lamas.
Rental income tax in Mexico splits foreign owners in two. Residents pay on net income with a 35 percent deduction. Non-residents pay 25 percent of the gross rent, with nothing deducted.
Tulum airport flights return to five international cities this winter. Four are Canadian; the Newark route lasts 39 days, and the full schedule adds up to 10 weekly frequencies.
The 2027 sargassum budget allocates the Navy 1,866.9 million pesos for ships, a dock, and four buildings in Quintana Roo, and excludes the municipalities from the spending.
Environmental groups and the business council behind the Tulum beach cleanup say the recyclables pulled off the sand are headed to a fuel plant. The dates and the money are missing.
Quintana Roo's sea turtle nesting season reached 29,413 nests by the end of July, most of them green turtles, with a single leatherback nest in the entire state count.
Tulum hotel occupancy holds near 20 percent on the coastal strip, five properties have paused operations, and the sector is asking banks to restructure credit before winter.
UMusic Hotel and Beach Club Tulum becomes the official hotel of Zamna before it opens. The partnership promises a year-round calendar and names dates only from December 31 to January 10.
The Tulum government report counted 83 percent fewer homicides and new street works. Hotel, housing, and property figures tell a harder story, and both deserve a reading.
The first Tulum mountain bike race under the Xibalbá name puts more than 100,000 pesos into prizes and stops at 500 riders, a ceiling the organizer set for safety.
Tulum police extortion is reported by visitors every day. What the municipal traffic rulebook actually authorizes, what a fine costs, and where to report an officer.
Taxi fares, buses, transfers, road changes, mobility updates, and practical transport guidance for Tulum.
Weather context, travel timing, seasonal changes, and planning guidance for visitors and residents.
Guides, access updates, regulations, and practical planning around cenotes and the Tulum archaeological zone.
Food, dining, beach clubs, and nightlife coverage for visitors looking for practical choices, current openings, and the mood of Tulum after dark.
Coverage of public beach access, coastal restrictions, closures, and the balance between tourism and public space.
Reporting on permits, construction, regulation, and major development decisions shaping Tulum’s urban growth and investment climate.
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