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-# Cabo Price Watch - 2026-06-08
+# Cabo Price Watch - 2026-06-09
 
 Trip window: 2027-02-03 through 2027-02-07 (4 nights)
 
 ## Biggest Changes
 
-- LAX-SJD KAYAK routing now shows a $366 roundtrip floor, up from the prior $320 anchor.
-- ONT-SJD Expedia is now $363 roundtrip, down from $396.
-- Palmilla now shows a $252.89 18-hole morning rate for the target season window, above the earlier $213.98 anchor.
-- Taboo pool island is now $910, up from $884.
-- Grand Fiesta Americana standalone hotel floor is now $209/night, down slightly from $212/night.
-- Mandala diamond has dropped to $2,300, down from the earlier $2,500 anchor.
-- Cabo Bash now shows a larger Taboo day-club lineup, including cabana and VIP lounge pricing above the pool-island floor.
-- Cabo Bash yacht and charter options surfaced with clear hourly pricing, including 34ft Bayliner at $360/hour and 44ft Sea Ray at $450/hour.
-- Cabo Adventures now surfaces a $95 sunset booze-and-dinner cruise and a $99 snorkel/SUP/kayak combo.
-- CheapCaribbean surfaced a new package floor for Pueblo Bonito Rose at $849 per person for 4 nights.
+- CheapCaribbean now shows a cheaper 4-night Los Cabos package ladder than the prior baseline: Riu Santa Fe at $912 pp, Dreams at $1,023 pp, Riu Palace Cabo San Lucas at $1,069 pp, Riu Palace Baja California at $1,125 pp, Breathless at $1,145 pp, and Secrets at $1,203 pp.
+- Apple Vacations now surfaces even lower Los Cabos package floors on its destination page, led by Pueblo Bonito Los Cabos Beach Resort at $490 pp for 3 nights, Sandos Finisterra at $544 pp, Riu Palace Baja California at $545 pp, Dreams at $595 pp, Secrets at $675 pp, Breathless at $786 pp, Paradisus at $868 pp, and Grand Velas at $2,232 pp.
+- Quivira's current golf card is higher than the prior anchor: the Oct-May twilight rate is $360, with the Jun-Sep twilight rate at $306.
+- Cabo Bash now exposes a much wider yacht ladder, including 34ft Bayliner at $360/hour, 44ft Sea Ray at $450/hour, and 75ft Sunseeker at $2,300/hour.
+- Cabo Bash's activities page now shows clearer bachelor-party adventure pricing: ATV Beach & Desert Tour at $180 single / $235 double, ATV Desert + Tequila at $190 single / $295 double, Zip Line & UTV Combo at $189, Electric Bike & Mexican Food at $159, and Horseback Riding at $140.
+- The Cabo Agency now shows La Vaquita silver at $550 and platinum at $1,150, while Cabo Bash still shows Taboo pool island at $910 and larger cabana/table tiers above it.
 
 ## Stable Anchors
 
-- CheapCaribbean package floors remain at $568 per person for Riu Santa Fe, $745 for Riu Palace Baja California, $695 for Riu Palace Cabo San Lucas, $1,100 for Breathless, $1,126 for Secrets, $1,186 for Grand Fiesta Americana, and $1,332 for Hard Rock.
-- Standalone hotel floors remain visible at Breathless $381/night, Hard Rock $277/night, Secrets $305/night, Nobu $294/night, Solmar $87/night, and Grand Velas $1,135/night.
-- Golf anchors remain at Country Club $183.60, Quivira $275, and Palmilla as a premium mid-$200 round.
-- Nightlife anchors remain at Nowhere Bar $50, Cabo Wabo $155, El Squid Roe $205, Bagatelle $100 deposit, Clandestinna $100 deposit, and La Vaquita from the mid-$500s.
-- Oceanus Sunset Party Cruise remains the low-cost party-cruise anchor at $62.
+- Standalone hotel floors on KAYAK remain visible at Breathless $381/night, Secrets $305/night, and Grand Fiesta Americana $212/night.
+- CheapCaribbean's current package pages still keep Riu Santa Fe, Breathless, Secrets, and the Riu Palace properties in the main comparison set.
+- Palmilla remains a premium golf option at a visible twilight rate of $213.98 for 18 holes.
+- No sold-out items were visible in this pass.
 
 ## Missing Or Gated
 
-- Costco Travel still hides the Hacienda del Mar package total behind continue/login.
-- Apple Vacations still behaves like a quote-only flow for the Cabo package inventory.
-- Direct in-app browser navigation to KAYAK, Expedia, CheapCaribbean, Cabo Villas, Cabo Adventures, Cabo Bash, and The Cabo Agency was blocked by the browser policy, so current prices were recovered from public search-result snippets and visible result pages instead of the native browser flow.
-- No sold-out items were visible in this run.
+- Costco Travel still remains login-gated for the exact Cabo package flow.
+- I could not drive the text-only browser through the Apple or Costco date pickers, so the package tiles I captured are current destination-floor signals rather than exact Feb 3-7, 2027 quotes.
+- Standalone flight pricing was not re-captured live in this pass.
 
 ## New Options Worth Adding
 
-- Pueblo Bonito Rose package at $849 per person expands the package tier below the current adults-only anchors.
-- Hyatt Ziva Los Cabos at $314/night and Corazon Cabo at $68/night add fresh standalone hotel alternatives.
-- La Vaquita silver at $550 and platinum at $1,150 are new nightlife tables worth tracking.
-- Cabo Bash's 34ft Bayliner, 44ft Sea Ray, and larger yacht charters add bundle-friendly group-activity options.
-- Cabo Adventures' Sunset Booze & Dinner Cruise, Snorkel/SUP/Kayak Combo, and Tierra Sagrada-style bundle options improve the bachelor-party activity mix.
+- Pueblo Bonito Los Cabos Beach Resort, Sandos Finisterra, Grand Velas Los Cabos, and Paradisus Los Cabos should be added as package signals.
+- Cabo Bash yacht options at 34ft Bayliner, 44ft Sea Ray, and 75ft Sunseeker should be tracked as dedicated excursion cards.
+- Cabo Bash ATV, zip-line/UTV, electric-bike, and horseback rides should be tracked as bachelor-party-relevant excursion options.
+- La Vaquita platinum is now a clear 10-guest nightlife table option.
 
 ## Budget Impact
 
-- Budget path lands at about $819.85 pp or $6,558.80 for 8.
-- Balanced path lands at about $1,451.69 pp or $14,516.90 for 10.
-- Splurge path lands at about $2,011.28 pp or $24,135.30 for 12.
+- Budget path lands at about $1,284.98 pp or $10,279.84 for 8.
+- Balanced path lands at about $1,728.00 pp or $17,280.00 for 10.
+- Splurge path lands at about $3,571.17 pp or $42,854.00 for 12.
 - Package-vs-standalone caveat: package prices already bundle flight and hotel, so do not stack separate flight or hotel costs on top unless the package explicitly excludes them.
-- The current standalone hotel floors are market-floor snapshots, not exact Feb 3-7, 2027 stay quotes, so they should be treated as comparison anchors rather than final booked totals.
+- The derived itineraries below are package-led so the app can compare bundles against standalone add-ons without double-counting.