Refresh Cabo price watch snapshot

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 # Cabo Price Watch - 2026-06-04
 
 - Checked the `2027-02-03` through `2027-02-07` trip window.
-- Public live pages were enough to refresh the floors, but Costco Travel remained click-continue/login-gated and a few exact quote flows did not expose target-date totals.
-- Biggest move: Grand Velas Los Cabos dropped hard to about `$533/night` from the prior roughly `$1,135/night` floor. Solmar also eased to about `$87/night`, and Grand Fiesta Americana is now about `$209/night`.
-- Flight floors are firmer: LAX-SJD is about `$340 RT`, and ONT-SJD is about `$363 RT` on Expedia.
-- Standalone hotel floors now visible: Solmar Resort `$87/night`, Grand Solmar Land's End `$138/night`, Playa Grande Resort `$104/night`, Villa del Palmar Beach Resort `$143/night`, Grand Fiesta Americana `$209/night`, Breathless `$381/night`, Secrets `$308/night`, Hyatt Ziva `$314/night`, and Grand Velas `$533/night`.
-- Package floors stay useful for bundle comparisons: Riu Palace Cabo San Lucas `$832 pp` for 4 nights, Grand Decameron `$862 pp` for 3 nights, Breathless `$1,033 pp` for 3 nights, Grand Fiesta Americana `$1,172 pp` for 4 nights, Hyatt Ziva `$1,212 pp` for 4 nights, and Apple's Grand Fiesta page shows `$609 pp` for 3 nights.
-- Golf holds steady: Cabo del Sol `$75`, Cabo San Lucas Country Club `$183.60`, Palmilla twilight `$213.98`, and Quivira twilight `$233`.
-- Nightlife and day clubs remain well covered: Cabo Wabo `$155`, El Squid Roe `$205`, Nowhere Bar `$50`, Pink Kitty large table `$400`, Nikki Beach cabana `$325`, Mango Deck deposit `$40 pp`, Bagatelle deposit `$100 pp`, Taboo pool island `$884`, Mandala gold `$1,150`, and Mandala diamond `$2,300`.
-- Excursions and water activities now include Cabo whale watching `$76`, luxury whale watching `$97`, private whale watching `$1,504.30`, private luxury whale watching `$3,009.30`, ATV `$78`, UTV `$139`, Tierra Sagrada Beach Club `$104`, Tierra Sagrada Park `$209`, Cabo Sailing `$109`, TwentyFive premium catamaran `$144`, and the 80' Patron yacht at `$2,386`.
-- Missing prices: Costco Travel exact package quotes still did not surface; Apple and CheapCaribbean were usable for public floors, but several package pages were shorter than the target 4-night stay and should not be mixed into the 4-night comparisons without noting the caveat.
+- The biggest package move is Riu Palace Cabo San Lucas dropping to about `$695 pp` for 4 nights, while Riu Santa Fe now shows a cheaper exact 4-night floor at about `$568 pp`.
+- Standalone hotel floors stayed broadly favorable: Solmar about `$87/night`, Marina Fiesta about `$107/night`, Playa Grande about `$104/night`, Grand Solmar Land's End about `$138/night`, Villa del Palmar about `$143/night`, Grand Fiesta Americana about `$212/night`, Breathless about `$381/night`, Secrets about `$308/night`, Hyatt Ziva about `$314/night`, and Grand Velas about `$533/night`.
+- Flight route-floor signals remain in the low-to-mid `$300s`: LAX-SJD is about `$315 RT` on Google Flights and ONT-SJD is about `$377 RT`; these are public route floors, not exact-date target quotes.
+- Golf is still anchored by Cabo del Sol at `$75`, Cabo San Lucas Country Club at `$183.60`, Palmilla twilight at `$213.98`, and Quivira twilight at `$233`.
+- Nightlife and day-club pricing remains strong: Cabo Wabo `$155`, El Squid Roe `$205`, Nowhere Bar `$50`, Pink Kitty `$325`, Nikki Beach `$325`, Bagatelle deposit `$100 pp`, Mango Deck deposit `$40 pp`, Taboo pool island `$884`, Mandala gold `$1,150`, and Mandala diamond `$2,300`.
+- Excursions and water activities now include Cabo whale watching `$76`, luxury whale watching `$97`, private whale watching `$1,504.30`, private luxury whale watching `$3,009.30`, ATV `$78`, UTV `$119`, Tierra Sagrada Beach Club `$90`, Tierra Sagrada Park `$209`, Cabo Sailing `$109`, TwentyFive premium catamaran `$175.33` per adult, and the 80' Patron yacht at `$2,386.25`.
+- Missing prices: Costco Travel exact package quotes are still login-required/continue-gated. Apple and CheapCaribbean public pages are usable, but some Apple pages still expose shorter-stay pricing, so do not mix those 3-night signals into the 4-night comparison.
 - Sold-out items: none surfaced.
-- Package-vs-standalone caveat: package quotes are bundled flight+hotel products and should not be added to separate flight or hotel costs; standalone quotes stay single-item only. A 3-night package floor is not apples-to-apples with the 4-night target stay.
-- New options worth adding: Grand Velas Los Cabos at the new lower floor, TwentyFive premium catamaran, private whale watching in Cabo, Grand Solmar Pacific Dunes, and the Cabo Agency nightlife tour bundles.
-- Budget impact: the budget path stays around `$1.17k pp`, the balanced package-backed path moves to about `$1.78k pp`, and the luxury path drops to about `$2.26k pp` because Grand Velas is much cheaper than the last snapshot. The balanced package route is still the cleanest value choice.
+- Package-vs-standalone caveat: package quotes already bundle flight + hotel, so they must not be added to separate flight or hotel costs. Standalone quotes remain single-item pricing only, and per-night rates were converted to 4-night totals for comparison.
+- New options worth adding: Riu Santa Fe as the new cheapest 4-night package floor, Marina Fiesta as a new low-cost standalone hotel, TwentyFive as a higher-end public catamaran, Tierra Sagrada Beach Club / Park Pass, and the Cabo Bash nightlife tour bundle as a quote-required package candidate.
+- Budget impact: the budget path drops to about `$1.01k pp`, the balanced path lands around `$1.81k pp`, and the splurge path is about `$2.21k pp`. The balanced package route is still the cleanest middle-value choice, while the budget path improved materially thanks to the lower 4-night package floor.