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-# Cabo Price Watch Report
+# Cabo Price Watch
 
-- Checked at: 2026-05-01T15:25:39Z
-- Trip window: February 3, 2027 to February 7, 2027
-- Source note: Costco Travel search results rendered in the normal Chrome profile and showed the quote prices directly.
+Checked at: 2026-05-01T18:44:43Z
 
-## Biggest price changes
+## Biggest Changes
 
-- Costco Travel now exposes exact package quotes on the results page instead of hiding the prices behind a blocked flow.
-- Cheapest live Costco bundle is Dreams Los Cabos at `$1,448.62 pp` / `$2,897.24 total`.
-- Breathless and Zoetry sit mid-pack at `$1,679.81 pp` and `$1,718.24 pp`.
-- Secrets Puerto Los Cabos is the premium Costco anchor at `$2,006.62 pp` / `$4,013.24 total`.
-- Corazon Cabo Resort & Spa and Hard Rock Hotel still show `Not Available`.
+- `Comfort Inn Suites Los Cabos` improved to `$75/night` (`$300` for 4 nights), down from the earlier `$129/night` exact-date anchor.
 
-## Missing prices
+- `Cabo Real` now shows `$260` morning / `$215` early twilight / `$190` twilight, and `Quivira` now shows `$380` prime / `$323` mid / `$275` twilight. Both are higher than the earlier public anchors.
 
-- None on the live Costco quote screen.
-- The standalone flight, hotel, golf, nightlife, and excursion anchors from the prior pass remain the comparison baseline for non-package budgeting.
+- New nightlife packages surfaced: `Bagatelle` deposit-per-person access, `El Squid Roe` 12-guest package at `$1,275`, and `Mandala` tiered table pricing starting at `$300`.
 
-## Sold out / unavailable
+- New premium excursions surfaced: `Cabo Adventures` gray-whale expedition from `$553 pp`, `Cabo Villas` sailing from `$109 pp`, and private yacht options from roughly `$778` to `$1,276` depending boat size.
 
-- Corazon Cabo Resort & Spa Package
-- Hard Rock Hotel Package
+## Current Anchors
 
-## Login required sources
+### Flights
 
-- None on the Costco quote screen
+- `LAX -> SJD` cheapest KAYAK exact-date result: `$273 pp` (`Viva`, 1 stop).
 
-## Current readout
+- `LAX -> SJD` best KAYAK exact-date result: `$380 pp` (`Alaska`, nonstop).
 
-- Costco package inventory now provides the bundled comparison point: Dreams at `$1,448.62 pp`, Breathless at `$1,679.81 pp`, Zoetry at `$1,718.24 pp`, and Secrets at `$2,006.62 pp`.
-- Those package prices already include flights, hotel, and hotel transfers, so they should not be combined with separate flight or hotel rows.
-- The standalone flight, hotel, golf, nightlife, and excursion anchors from the prior pass remain the budget baseline for non-package comparison.
+- `LAX -> SJD` Delta nonstop alternative: `$377 pp`.
 
-## New options worth adding
+- `ONT -> SJD` cheapest KAYAK exact-date result: `$412 pp` (`Volaris`, 1 stop).
 
-- Dreams Los Cabos Package
-- Breathless Cabo San Lucas Resort & Spa Package
-- Zoetry Casa del Mar Package
-- Secrets Puerto Los Cabos Package
+- `ONT -> SJD` best KAYAK exact-date result: `$413 pp` (`Volaris`, 1 stop).
 
-## Package vs standalone caveats
+- `ONT -> SJD` quickest KAYAK exact-date result: `$827 pp` (`United`, 1 stop).
 
-- Costco quotes are flight + hotel + hotel transfers bundles.
-- Do not double count standalone flight or hotel costs against those package prices.
-- Costco Dreams is now the clean bundled floor, but Expedia bundle inventory from the prior pass can still undercut it.
 
-## Budget impact
+### Hotels
 
-- Budget recommendation still works off the standalone mix, but the Costco package floor is now a concrete bundled alternative.
-- Balanced recommendation can now use the Costco Dreams package as the bundle baseline.
-- Splurge recommendation can now use the Costco Secrets package as a premium anchor.
+- Cheapest room-only floor: `Capital O Hotel Dos Mares` at `$48/night`.
+
+- `Comfort Inn Suites Los Cabos`: `$75/night` (`$300` total for 4 nights).
+
+- `Breathless Cabo San Lucas`: `$393/night`.
+
+- `Grand Fiesta Americana Los Cabos`: `$212/night`.
+
+- `Secrets Puerto Los Cabos`: `$335/night`.
+
+- `Zoetry Casa del Mar`: `$337/night`.
+
+
+### Packages
+
+- `Costco Dreams Los Cabos`: `$1,448.62 pp` / `$2,897.24 total` including flight + hotel + transfers.
+
+- `Costco Breathless`: `$1,679.81 pp` / `$3,359.63 total` including flight + hotel + transfers.
+
+- `Costco Zoetry`: `$1,718.24 pp` / `$3,436.49 total` including flight + hotel + transfers.
+
+- `Costco Secrets`: `$2,006.62 pp` / `$4,013.24 total` including flight + hotel + transfers.
+
+- Apple exact-date package anchors from the latest captured run range from `ME Cabo` at `$1,533 pp` up to `Hard Rock` at `$3,343 pp`.
+
+
+## Missing or Gated
+
+- Costco Travel exact-price quote flow was not re-rendered in this text-only pass; the report uses the latest exact-date quotes captured earlier today.
+
+- CheapCaribbean exact-date package search did not surface a numeric total in the current capture.
+
+- `Corazon` and `Hard Rock` still behave as availability/login-gated package checks in the Costco flow.
+
+
+## Package vs Standalone
+
+- Package totals already include flight, hotel, and transfers. Do not add separate flight or hotel costs on top of them.
+
+- Standalone hotel rates are room-only and still need flights, transfers, golf, nightlife, and excursions added separately.
+
+- Golf rates are per round, nightlife is per table or per-person deposit, and excursion pricing can be per person or per group.
+
+
+## New Options Worth Adding
+
+- `Le Blanc Spa Resort` package from Costco Travel.
+
+- `Hacienda del Mar`, `Villa la Estancia`, and `Marquis` package pages from Costco Travel.
+
+- `Bagatelle` VIP beach-club access and `El Squid Roe` table packages from Cabo Bash.
+
+- `Luxury Whale Watching In Cabo`, `Cabo ATV Tour & Desert Adventure`, and `Cabo Sailing` private/shared options.
+
+
+## Budget Impact
+
+- Budget recommendation: about `$1,026 pp` / `$12,311` for 12.
+
+- Balanced recommendation: about `$2,143 pp` / `$25,718` for 12.
+
+- Splurge recommendation: about `$3,733 pp` / `$44,795` for 12.
+
+
+| Tier | 8 | 10 | 12 |
+
+| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
+
+| Budget | `$1,043` / `$8,347` | `$1,033` / `$10,329` | `$1,026` / `$12,311` |
+
+| Balanced | `$2,196` / `$17,570` | `$2,164` / `$21,644` | `$2,143` / `$25,718` |
+
+| Splurge | `$3,837` / `$30,697` | `$3,775` / `$37,746` | `$3,733` / `$44,795` |

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