The army will rent you a room beside the Tulum ruins for 1,543 pesos

A night beside the Tulum archaeological zone costs 1,543 pesos through December 20 and then jumps to 3,332.88 for the holidays under new seasonal rates published by Grupo Mundo Maya.

The card covers the seven properties the company operates across the southeast, in Campeche, Chiapas, Yucatán and Quintana Roo. The low season is long, from August 12 through December 20 of this year. High season is eleven days, December 21 through 31. No rate includes taxes, and the prices apply to both Mexican and foreign guests.

The update landed as federal Tourism Secretary Josefina Rodríguez met with officials from the Defense Ministry and Grupo Mundo Maya to tighten coordination over tourism in the southeast, with Tulum at the center of the agenda. For anyone considering a stay at the region's flagship archaeological sites this winter, the new card spells out the cost of each stop and shows where the company expects holiday demand to concentrate.

From 1,155 pesos a night to 3,332

The floor of the card is Tulum Aeropuerto, at 1,155.60 pesos in low season. The ceiling is the hotel at the Tulum archaeological zone, which reaches 3,332.88 pesos between Christmas and New Year's. Every property in between moves on the same two-season logic.

• Calakmul, Campeche. 1,850 pesos in low season, 2,543.75 in high season.
• Edzná, Campeche. 1,466 pesos in low season, 2,217.33 in high season.
• Palenque, Chiapas. 1,761 pesos in low season, 2,905.65 in high season.
• Tulum, Quintana Roo. 1,543 pesos in low season, 3,332.88 in high season.
• Tulum Aeropuerto, Quintana Roo. 1,155.60 pesos in low season, 2,080.08 in high season.
• Chichén Itzá, Yucatán. 1,668 pesos in low season, 3,302.64 in high season.
• Nuevo Uxmal, Yucatán. 1,389 pesos in low season, 2,750.22 in high season.

Holiday markups are anything but uniform. Calakmul climbs 38 percent, the gentlest adjustment on the list. Edzná rises 51 percent and Palenque 65. Chichén Itzá and Nuevo Uxmal nearly double. Tulum jumps 116 percent, the sharpest increase of the seven.

The low-season window is also broader than the label suggests. It covers all of autumn, including Día de Muertos and the American Thanksgiving week, stretches that usually price as peaks elsewhere on the Riviera Maya.

Both ends of the rate card sit in Tulum

The municipality holds the extremes. Through the fall, the archaeological zone hotel is one of the cheaper beds in the chain, undercut only by the airport property, Nuevo Uxmal and Edzná. Once December 21 arrives, it becomes the most expensive room Grupo Mundo Maya sells, edging out Chichén Itzá by about 30 pesos a night.

Eleven days separate one Tulum from the other.

Rodríguez ties the hotels to Tulum's recovery push

Rodríguez described her meeting with the Defense Ministry and Grupo Mundo Maya as part of the work to strengthen tourism management across the region. "We addressed actions to improve the experience at Parque del Jaguar, adding efforts to Tulum Renace and consolidating the Maya Train, Mexicana and the Grupo Mundo Maya hotels as great ambassadors of the region," she wrote on her social media accounts. Promotion of the southeast, she added, is being done "working as a team for more orderly, accessible and competitive tourism."

Grupo Mundo Maya is the state-owned company run by the Defense Ministry, and its hotels were built alongside the Maya Train's main stops, opening in stages over the past two years. Tulum Renace, the recovery strategy that federal and state authorities rolled out in 2025 after a season of complaints over prices and beach access, leans on the same infrastructure. Parque del Jaguar, the protected area that wraps around the ruins and controls the walk to the beach, came up by name in the meeting.

A competitiveness pitch from Grupo Mundo Maya

In a press statement, the company presented the two-tier card as a joint move with Sectur, part of a strategy aimed at easing access to destinations and supporting the growth of tourism in Mexico. In its telling, the seasonal split gives travelers "more competitive and accessible alternatives" and more room to plan trips at different points of the year.

"Located in some of the most emblematic destinations of the Mexican southeast, the Grupo Mundo Maya hotels offer an opportunity to enjoy the natural, historical and cultural richness that distinguishes this region of the country," the company said.

From here, the calendar carries the price. A guest who checks into the archaeological zone hotel on December 20 pays 1,543 pesos for the night before taxes. A guest who arrives one day later pays 1,789.88 pesos more for the same bed.

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