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The St. Regis Costa Mujeres Resort Cancun has just opened, as the brand’s second property in the Cancun area. As you’d expect, it’s pricey, but for some people, it will definitely prove to be an easy and luxurious getaway.
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Details of the 213-key St. Regis Costa Mujeres Cancun
The St. Regis Costa Mujeres Resort Cancun has opened as of late June 2026. This property is located in Costa Mujeres (as the name suggests), around 20 minutes by car north of Cancun. For context, there’s also the St. Regis Kanai Riviera Maya, roughly 40 minutes by car south of Cancun (so the two resorts are around an hour apart).
The resort is located on a 3.5-hectare site along the Costa Mujeres beach, which is not particularly wide, unfortunately. However, it is just a short boat ride from Isla Mujeres, which many people will appreciate. The resort features a total of 213 accommodations, including 163 guest rooms and 50 suites.
As you’d expect, the resort has lots of amenities, from several pools, to a full service spa, to a gym and kids club, to a variety of restaurants and bars.
Dining options include Costa Coral (an all-day Mexican restaurant), Fish Market (a Caribbean restaurant open for lunch), Palmare Grill (a seafood restaurant open for lunch), Shami (an Asian fusion restaurant open for dinner), and the St. Regis Bar.
This resort was first announced in late 2022, with a planned early 2025 opening. Now it’s finally open as of mid 2026 — while that’s a substantial delay, we’ve seen worse.
St. Regis Costa Mujeres Cancun rates & points requirements
With the St. Regis Costa Mujeres Cancun now open bookable, what are rates like?
Entry level rates currently start at just over $660 per night, though that’s before Mexico’s high taxes and service charges, which add 30%+ to the base rate.
However, there’s quite a bit of seasonal variation, and in peak season (winter), rates start at closer to $1,000 per night.
If you’re going to book a cash stay here, I’d recommend doing so through the Marriott STARS program, to receive perks like free breakfast, a $100 resort credit, a room upgrade, and more. Ford and his team can help with these requests, and can be reached at [email protected].
For those looking to redeem Marriott points, I see rates starting between 104,000 and 126,000 Bonvoy points per night. Keep in mind that you can receive a fifth night free on award redemptions, which improves the value somewhat.
Based on my valuation of 0.7 cents per Bonvoy point, I’d say the math is generally pretty breakeven when it comes to paying cash vs. redeeming points, especially after factoring in taxes & fees. You definitely get more value with your points in peak season, though.
Bottom line
The St. Regis Costa Mujeres is now open, as the St. Regis brand’s second property in the Cancun area. It’s interesting to see the growth of more non all-inclusive luxury properties in the region beyond Mayakoba. I’m curious to see how this resort looks in real life.
What do you make of the new St. Regis Costa Mujeres?
It looks God awful. It’s a cruise ship.
It looks very beige. I wonder if the interior designers have ever been to Mexico?
Why does almost every Bonvoy/Hilton points-accepting, supposedly "high end for the brand" (St Regis, non-reserve Ritz-Carlton, Waldorf-Astoria, Conrad) tropical resort within a six hour flight from either US coast look like a depressing office building on the outside and a sterile, bland beige and/or grey "medspa" (ew) on the inside, guestrooms and common spaces included? This "un-aesthetic" (Dystopic Brutalism?) is present in real estate interior decorating/staging as well, but it's not as widespread as the...
Why does almost every Bonvoy/Hilton points-accepting, supposedly "high end for the brand" (St Regis, non-reserve Ritz-Carlton, Waldorf-Astoria, Conrad) tropical resort within a six hour flight from either US coast look like a depressing office building on the outside and a sterile, bland beige and/or grey "medspa" (ew) on the inside, guestrooms and common spaces included? This "un-aesthetic" (Dystopic Brutalism?) is present in real estate interior decorating/staging as well, but it's not as widespread as the Hilton/Marriott (in particular) portfolio situation.
It's as if the discerning, aesthetically-minded traveler is being discouraged from leisure travel using points altogether. Not everyone enjoys boutique hipster hotels with few amenities, or--on the other end of the spectrum--screaming child-laden waterparks or all-inclusive anything.
I've visited several "recently renovated guestrooms" at Marriott/Hilton resorts and, in all cases, preferred the pre-renovation rooms. None of the new rooms had any indication that a guest was in a given locale, let alone one anywhere in the tropics.
A few resorts' rooms--across both companies!--were interchangeable from each other; no warmth, character, color, or sense of place whatsoever. Going down a tier from St Regis/Ritz/Waldorf, the rooms' decor transformed from Nurse Ratchet's Biopower and Pilates Inn to that of the office of a sketchy Amway salesman in Buffalo (dark grey Motel 6-caliber carpet with random mustard yellow and navy squiggles to accompany the resorts' unwritten law against cheerful or locally-themed anything in guestrooms).
Both tiers (and both hotel brands) had those attached dentist office-looking bedside lights and attached cold technodeviceplug overkill. They even got rid of the pre-renovation pretty Hawaiian quilt hanging over the bed--a cheap and easy way to give some sort of sense of place to even the most mid-tier Hawaiian resort.
Like so many other aspects of this society in the last half decade or so, those who aren't super rich but can still afford luxury find that the price tag for the truly top hotels and resorts (not points-eligible) has gotten way higher and the product even better. But just take the step down (from non-points luxury brands to the highest tier "points" properties like Ritz Carlton/St Regis/Waldorf/Conrad especially in places like Mexico/The Caribbean/Hawaii) and see how the product has declined in this time frame despite its increased price tag.
I expect this trend to continue or even worsen. The vast majority of who must use points for part of their stay (or all) will flail in order to convince themselves that their increasingly unrewarding, aesthetically ill-pleasing, and even uncomfortable (pre-programmed thermostats and unheated pools sanctimoniously touted as "global sustainability") top-tier points resort experiences are because they are "entitled", "behind the times", or whatever new buzzword is used to signal "soak up the beige or stay home".
Meanwhile, the vast minority of travelers--the kind who can afford to treat money as Bonvoy points, or toilet paper (high currency at supposed five star Tulum Bonvoy/Hilton properties)--laugh and enjoy their resorts. Until today's $2500/night-limit traveler becomes yesterday's $1200/night-limit traveler, and then they too can join the Disgruntled Club or be in denial.
The purpose of a system is its result.
Don’t get confused with Isla Mujures which is much nicer, quieter and altogether another world. A misleading name/address really.
Oversaturated destination and the sargassum this year is particularly out of control
Actually this location on the Costa Mujeres is for the most part protected from sargassum. Isla Mujeres acts as a natural barrier blocking the sargassum currents. So this is a pretty ideal location specifically in regards to sargassum.
Looks like a nice JW. Kanai is much more interest.
The beaches in Costa Mujeres aren’t great if you’re looking for a beach vibe. However, being close to Isla Mujeres is great.
Will it be profitable to have so many luxury hotels in a city that is facing increasing problems with sargassum? This year alone, a significant amount of seaweed has washed up on the beaches, to the point where removing or containing it is becoming very difficult.
This is a serious question and not a wind up, I am genuinely curious.
Why are Americans flying to Mexico for the same beach experience as they can get in say Florida?
the problem with Florida is there are Floridians there
no offense Ben lol
…. :-)
So, Floridians don’t go to Cancun? …. :-)
Harold, as a former Floridian... ZING! GOT'EM!!
AuroB13a -- I am guessing you are not American. I am, I will not spend any money in Florida, if it all possible. Anti gay, anti democratic, Trump loving, plus Floridians are a crazy lot. Just google only Florida. I know Brits seem to love it, but I personally will pass. Separately as a west coast American it is much faster and 10x cheaper for me to go to the West Coast of Mexico than to Florida or the Caribbean.
mdande7, thank you for answering my question, I appreciate it.
You are correct in your assessment that I am not American.
Many of us have no interest going to Florida for political reasons. But besides that, the hotel value and experience is generally way better in Mexico than here.
Looks kind of boring? The one in Kanai is much more interesting.
I feel like anything luxury like this within a 3-4 hour flight of the US is a rip off as it is usually catering to time-poor, money-rich Americans who have a lot of money to throw around and can only vacation nearby. The further you get away from the US, the better luxury experience you get, price-wise anyway.
I say this with obvious sarcasm Karim; “The further you get away from the US, the better luxury experience”, for everyone else too.
Do you know how many suites have a private pool?
I counted 6 in that rendering... bah...
These AutoCAD renderings look nice. The Yucatan has seen an influx of new 'premium' accommodations. Was relatively impressed with the new-ish Waldorf-Astoria there (really good food, actually.) Just wish the CUN airport was a better experience. And the sargassum gets baaad.
Serious question 1990, if you please?
In the 1980’s, on my last visit to the area, the Mexicans boasted that they were flying the world’s largest Mexican flag. Are they still doing so?
I've seen the one in Mexico City; it was big. Not sure it's the largest 'flag' or 'Mexican flag' in the world.