Our group of 8, all flight attendants, planned on a three day vacation stay in Cancun at another hotel. We found that it was necessary to leave the day before our planned arrival due to passenger loads. We needed a hotel for just one night and Marriot Courtyard Cancun is where we stayed.

The rate was extremely reasonable, $79.00, and our rooms were well appointed with comfortable beds and free wired internet connection. The colors are earth tones with the view from our window overlooking the courtyard and pool area.

The restaurant has both inside and patio dining. We opted to eat on the patio and ordered Beef Fajitas for dinner. At $11.50 per person, this was consistent with prices back home. The fajitas were so flavorable and tender. Loaded with onions and green and red peppers accompanied with handmade flour tortillas. The next morning we had the breakfast buffet for $11.00 and it was full of choices to please any pallet. Eggs, bacon, sausage, fresh pancakes made to order, waffles, fruit, huevos rancheros and fresh juices.

The pool area is a nicely laid out area. Plenty of lounge chairs - REAL lounge chairs (not those cheap plastic ones). At the far end of the area is an above ground hot tub. Clean and well kept, we spent our evening sipping cocktails in the hot tub with other guests at the hotel.

As people said in previous reviews, this hotel is no where near the beach, but for our purposes it fit the bill. As a matter of fact, after spending the next 3 days at Oasis Cancun - we would have GLADLY traded back to the Marriott Courtyard as no amount of pretty beaches can make up for lack of service and decent food at Oasis Cancun (but that's another review altogether)!

My wife & I had 2 days lay over at Cancun from Havana to U.S.. The hotel is all suite, not large but very cozy, with 42" big screen TV in the living room and bed room, free internet connection, shower, bath tub and even a STEAM ROOM! I use it everyday, love it! For $129 rate during New Year hot season, you simply can't complaint! We had a rental car, which remove the transportation problem, we can easily go between Hotel zone, beaches, downtown with ease. Overall, this is a great, in-expensive hotel to consider if you have a rental car. The swimming pool is indeed not big, but the Mexican sun is the same, plenty of green lawn area for sun bathing. The front desk service is acceptable, but need improvements(mainly on the English). The tour desk gentleman is very pleasant and helpful with questions.

Let's put it this way: You would never know if you are in Kansas or Cancun if you stayed in this hotel.

First of all, the location is horrible! Courtyard Cancun is located in the middle of a highway and jungle. Unlike other parts of Cancun (Cancun City or the Hotel Zone), there is NO public transportation. There is not even a cab waiting outside. The only way to go to the beach is to take their $2/pp shuttle which only runs between 8a and 4p, or ask the front desk to call a cab for you and spend $20 and 20 min each way! There is absolutely nothing around, no club, no restaurant, no beach, no ATM, no car rental, no nothing. I stay there because I was going to catch a flight early in the morning and this hotel is only 3 min ride to the airport. So I thought I could potentially save on the transportation to airport. I was wrong! I had to pay $15 per person, or $30 in total for me and my husband for this 3 min ride, based on the hotel's rule. It only costs you $20 total to get a cab from hotel zone to airport! Even worse is that I had no choice because there is no cab stop there at the hotel. I had to take whatever the hotel offered. As I exited, I saw people with bathing suit and towels waiting outside for their shuttle to downtown. I felt so sorry for them. Every single hotel in hotel zone,, though slightly more expensive, has their own beach! And hotels in Cancun city are surrounded by restaurants and clubs, and are actually cheaper than Courtyard! I stayed in Westin in Hotel Zone and Radisson in Cancun City in the past. Westin has beautiful beach and Radisson is so conveniently located, and neither is much more, if not at all, expensive than Courtyard.
Secondly, the hotel is poorly decorated. Though it was only 2 month old when I stayed there, it looks and smells like a cheap motel in 1990's with dark carpet and plastic flowers.
Finally, what about the ants in the bathroom of a top flr room? Isn't this a brand-new hotel? Also, Their pool is smaller than the ones I saw in those Mexican hotels in inland Yucatan.
So, Don't stay there! It's a waste of your money and time. People don't really speak English well at front desk and lack basic training. SO don't expect them to be very helpful! If you want a real vacation in Cancun, go to hotel zone or Cancun city. Don't stay in a jungle!

OK, so it's not on the beach. But it's really close to the airport (without jet noise) and as of now its only $99 a night.

The Cancun Courtyard by Marriott opened in November 2007 and is a first class property modeled after its US namesakes. The owners also manage the Omni Cancun on the beach and guests at the Courtyard can take a shuttle to the beach twice a day.

The property is beautifully landscaped with a pool, hot tub and fountain. The chaise lounges are new and elegant, not cheap or flimsy.
There is free internet and wireless and the rooms all have 27" flat panel TV's with plenty of choices via cable.

The rooms are big,. the bathrooms well appointed. The decor is tasteful and hardly tacky like some resorts. The service staff seems to be learning its way as some of our six days on site our rooms were not made up until 5 pm.

The one restaurant, El Henequen, is very nice, though service is a bit
slow. But the breakfast buffet is only $11 and you can have a big dinner for $20 pp. The food runs from Mexican to American with some earnest attempts at Italian.

There's a full health club and several large meeting rooms and a killer Business Center. The staff is friendly and most, but not all, speak English.

The only downside to this property is its location away from the beach
hotel zone. Neighbors on the main road where the hotel is sited include junk yards and car dealers, though none are visible from the hotel itself. It's really a tranquil oasis.

Aside from the free shuttle to the beach you need to take a taxi to get downtown ($25) or most anywhere else. There is a tour desk which can arrange everything from a cab to a private van tour to Tulum ($275).

The only nearby restaurant, Fonda de Argentina (a fine Argentine steak
house) is 15 min and $25 one way by cab. But, as I said, the on site restaurant is fine.

Expect to see a lot of airline crews overnighting as this is now the best hotel close to the airport, but over Christmas week (peak high season) we also saw many Mexican, Japanese and some European families.

In summary... no beach, a bit isolated but great prices for a Cancun vacation. I'd definitely come back.