The spiraling costs of Los Cabos

“The Cancuning of Cabo” (March 2) enumerated some of the problems I had on three visits to Mexico’s Los Cabos in the past 10 years. Each time I swore not to go back but was lured by the surf and sun. I tabulated the costs and benefits of my last trip to Los Cabos and compared them with a week I spent in Hawaii during the same month.

Hawaii won out on all fronts except one: travel time. I paid less for food, flight and car rental. I was never hustled in Hawaii. I never had merchants trying to cheat me on the exchange rate.

If Los Cabos wishes to be taken seriously, business owners should review the success of Hawaii.

Michael J. Capoccia

Huntington Beach

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Author Beverly Beyette is right that Los Cabos is worried about a drop in tourism. Why go when it costs as much to eat there as in L.A.? When it costs as much to golf there as in L.A.? When it costs as much to fish there as in Southern California? When it is not cheap to stay there or fly there? We Americans have again Americanized a perfectly good vacation spot and, in the process, overpriced it.

S. Stanley

San Clemente

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