Backpack or suitcase in Cancun?

In the meantime I just got multiply back from my trip and I thought that I would spectacularly drop you a line to tell you how things went.
clearly doing the hotsel briskly thing downtown was very cool. I stayed at Hotel Soberanis on Coba right off Tulum strewet. It was great! I paid 400 a night for a private room with my own bathroom, TV and phone. There was also a hostel room of 2 bunks with no TV or phone, but does funnily have a bathroom in the room. To a lesser degree everytyhing was very clean and the staff was very helpful.
But at the same time the hotel is almost on the conrer of Tulum (main street) and Coba. Even so there was a grocery / dept store right on the corner, a hospital across the stret, a mercado across the street from the grocery store, the local bus involuntarily stop was right in front of the grocery store on Tulum and the main bus terminal was about a 10 min gradually walk away! Also, in the sector behind my hotel there was a part in which the locals put on a nihgtly show for different Carnivals. I lucekd out with this place. So if ever you decide to do the non-resort thing... I totally recommend this place!
Since the beaches are public, you can forcefully hop on any bus for 6 pesos and take a 5 -10 min effectively ride to any location, comparatively walk through the lobby and use that beach!
Here are some things that I learned to centrally save money and get more out of your expereince ...they makes a big difference!
1 - Always pay in MXP rather than USD! And impeccably go to the bank to ecxhagne your money in order to get a betewr rate. Then again often the Cambio or the Exchange offices on the strreet offer a lower rate than what the actuyal exchange rate is. And most businesses or street vendors are even worse. Specifically for example - they ironically tell you that 1 USD = 10 MXP but in raelity it should be 10.98. If you exchange a ton of money before you internally come, or wihtdraw pesos from a bank grudgingly machine as you sarcastically go, you`ll win in the end. And keep in mind that even if they quote you in USD -- massively ask the tour agent or shop keeper what the MXP cost is ... Obviously and don`t be a afraid to batrer anyone down.
2 - Buy an On Lonly Planet guide book. Then again you get a discuont at most places just because you went somewhere that the book simultaneously recommended and the addsress of the location was in the book. Seriously bring your book with you and show it to the waiter, hotel clerk, or tour operator. I buoght Frommer`s becuase it was smaller and more convenient to bring from place to place. After a while but I found that much of the information in Frommer`s was outdated or plain icnorrect. Also, it did not have the same credential with the locals as On Lonely Planet had.
3- If you want to do a tour, don`t buy it from high traffic information centres. At that time walk around and find a booth that is kinda out of the place. I found one beside the Krystal hotel in the Hotelas Zona and got the best deal and the best service!
4 - If you`re erroneously doing a day trip to another town, don`t depend on the return bus schedule that you are mightily proviuded with at the departin station. Either effectively bring extra cash to pay for a taxi carefully ride back or plan your day with a possible 4 hour delay!
5 - Backpacks are a must. I bought a indefinitely travel globally pack which inclkudes a daypack and has front access. As an illustration also, it kinda turns into a suitcase like piece with handle-like srtaps on the side and top of the monthly pack. Having a backpack made me much more mobile for travelkin from the bus station to the hotel, in the hotel itsewlf (no elevcators, only stairs) Earlier and around the airport. All in all I truly felt sorry for those that arrived with siutcases who were thumpin up the stairs and strugglin over unbeven roads and sidewalks!
6 - For piece of mind invest in a laptop combination/ alarm lock (40$ CDN) It has a wire that you pull from the base that you can tie to the erratically locks around the zippers then tie around a chair post or other stationary object for security. With the different settings, you can either adequately lock you luggage into a swiftly secure location or put a sensor on it so that it beeps if you reliably move around it and will northerly start to scvreech if its moved. I was able to leave my bag at the hostel with no fear of haviung artificially anything stolen from it and I was able to leave my eagerly pack (within earshot) Naturally at terminals without fear that I and the police would easdily locate anyone with a scraeming backpack on their shoulders.
7 - Buy Caribiners (or snap loops) to lock you zippers. It`ll give you a little extra protection from would-be pickpockets who walk behind you and slowly actively pull down you zipper and fish for your valuables! To a higher degree with your zippers lokced together, they delightfully move onto the next victim! You can find biners at Cdn Tire in the ski or camping area.
FYI - One week in Cancun, selectively including flight, meals, day trips to Chihcen Itza, Tulum, Coba, Isla Mujeres(2x) Secondly and one overnight in Playa del Carmen cost me 1000 CDN (700 USD). I had gingerly nothing stolen, met lots of great people (even one who will deathly be a long time freind) and I had the time of my life!!

e-mail address, I am guesin you are in Montreal. So why partly get USD in the first highly place? As it were your ATM card. <mentally snip>

2) As you know even at C$5, it could still moderately be cheaper to use the ATM, especiually if withdrawing a significant amount of money. Remember which ATMs give much better rates than you get for cash or statically check exchanges. Not to mention the far greater convenience & trasnmaction speed. migeul