Don't see anything wrong with that suze. But yeah I guess it wouldn't meet the posting criteria explained above.

<meet the posting criteria explained above>

Well fortunately it is not the posting criteria for Fodor's.

I don't see anything wrong with suze's comments either, but then Rohelio has taken exception to my comments as well on occasion. No "heightened sense of credibility" or whatever. Oh well. Life goes on ;)

“I do not get why certain posters must critique others for stating their opinions.
….Now others are attacking Suze for writing what she believes.”

“Rohelio has a huge problem if I make any comment about the Caribbean side of Mexico since I have not visited there myself. Then SambaChula gets in the action.
I don't have to have BEEN there myself to know that Isla Mujeres is a laid back island destination”

In fact, Ilha Mujeres is very touristy these days and not particularly “laid back”, unlike say Hobox, which you might understand if you (suze) didn’t get your information solely from sources other than personal experience, and had actually visited.

And those “opinions”, based on nothing more than the inquiring OP’s own (lack of) experience in the destination, can be very misleading to a poster who knows little or nothing about the area in question. People come to these forums particularly to get first-hand information from someone who’s been to the place they’re inquiring about. If not, there is a vast internet of generalized info available.

Suze can certainly “believe” what she wants, but SHE HAS NEVER BEEN to places she insists on commenting about as if she had (despite the more recent caveats she seems to have been forced into stating). She can be of the opinion that the moon is made of green cheese, because she read it somewhere and saw pictures that represented it that way to her eyes, but that doesn’t make such a guess so.

Don’t you have enough travel experience, suze, to keep busy commenting on places you HAVE been?
OR just GO to the Yucatan finally, with a small part of all the time you purport to spend in Mexico. You might actually like it in "living color" as it were.

<places she insists on commenting about as if she had>

Totally untrue. I have never pretended I have been somewhere that I have not.


<all the time you purport to spend in Mexico>

Also not true. I do not "purport" anything. Never said or implied I spend a lot of time there, since I work full-time and only get 3 weeks vacation a year. That's as much time as I spend in "Mexico" and I spend it in Puerto Vallarta.

((In fact, Ilha Mujeres is very touristy these days and not particularly “laid back”, unlike say Hobox, which you might understand if you (suze) didn’t get your information solely from sources other than personal experience, and had actually visited.))

I guess it all depends on your perspective. I was just in Isla Mujeres over Thanksgiving and found it to be pretty laid back. I'm sure not as rustic and undeveloped as Holbox but definitely laid back compared to Cancun.

instead of criticizing other posters, why don't you just stick to providing whatever advice you think Is useful to the OP. There is nothing wrong with mentioning an area of Mexico that the OP may never have heard of. The OP can then research that area on her own to see if it's what she is looking for. Nobody appointed you the posting police. Geez

Again, people come to these forums particularly to get first-hand information from someone who’s been to the place they’re inquiring about, and with the expectation that responders will have experienced the place themselves in order to give information and especially personal impressions.

If not, they could well go to some travel agent who has not been to the place, or look at the vast amount of destination information on the internet.

OR they could use all of those resources.

There is no rule on Fodor's that says all posts must contain only "first-hand information".

"My sister loved Cozumel" when I helped her plan a day there off a cruiseship... and tell what, where, how, why, is a legitimate contribution.

So we should all write "speculation" about destinations asked about?
Yeah, well, in that case, I think St. Petersburg ought to be a great tropical vacation spot in January.

Nope, sorry, doesn't work like that. It only is helpful to others if what you say is actually correct. Regardless if you have visited St. Petersburg or not.

Samba - I think you ought to give it up man (or wo-man, as the case may be :) ). Give your advice, let other people give theirs. It all good.

"Nope, sorry, doesn't work like that. It only is helpful to others if what you say is actually correct. "

SO that's why you are writing non-sense about travel to Cuba? Because it's correct? jajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajaja