If you are planning your own trip, you can make flight, hotel and car reservations online. A number of websites offer discounted rates, as well as hotel and air packages. Of the travelers we surveyed, 21 percent booked their travel to Cancun online. Here are the sites they used:

• www.expedia.com (8%)
• www.travelocity.com (4%)
• www.priceline.com (3%)
• www.orbitz.com (3%)
• www.cheaptickets.com (3%)

For information on the Yucatans history and culture, as well as updates and warnings for travelers headed to Cancun, check out these sites:

• Cancun Convention and Visitors Bureau official website
• Yahoo directory for travel within Mexico website
• U.S. State Department website, offering information on entry requirements, travel warnings, as well as crime and safety details for U.S. travelers to Mexico website
• Center for Disease Control Travelers Health information for Mexico and Central America website