Happy Easter!
Welcome to life in a tourist town. It’s different. You find yourself in tune with the high season/low season and suddenly all of your family traditions that you’ve grown up with are changed and you have to establish new ones in order to find your “new normal”.
Life in Cabo is no different. First you have the fact that there are not four seasons. You basically have a time when it’s hot, and then less hot. For us locals that have been here a while – we still pull out our jackets and boots for a month or two out of the year, three or four if we are lucky. However, winter, spring, summer and fall as we know it are gone.
Delivering groceries also now means holidays are strange. Our Christmas plans revolve around what day of the week the 25th lands on. If it’s a Friday or Saturday – we probably won’t do anything big – as our time will be spent delivering orders. If it’s a Tuesday or Wednesday, we will most likely plan for a traditional turkey dinner. If we have family in town, they also revolve around our schedule which thankfully they are flexible (as those are the only ones that get an invite at that time of year). Many of our friends who live here also work in the industry, and they have a similar schedule. Your friends now become your family – as those are the ones that you celebrate and share your holidays with. Whether it’s a Thanksgiving turkey, 4th of July BBQ or dying Easter eggs. In some ways it’s much easier as you get to choose your family and there are none of those awkward moments in which you are forced to spend the holidays with those family members you wouldn’t normally choose! 😉 We are blessed to be surrounded with great friends who are now our family. We are Tia and Tio (Aunt and Uncle) to their kids, we have the extra set of keys to their house, and we are there for each other if it’s a babysitting gig, an airport run or a hurricane party.
Cabo us usually slowest in August and September. Those are the months in Cabo where the temperature and humidity caps out, and we try to get away for a bit. Being a small business owner means you are constantly connected, a regular day off is unheard of, and you fill in where you are needed. It’s important that all of our team members take time to recharge their batteries and enjoy Cabo. For us, staycations are a popular thing to do throughout the summer months and we try to disconnect for a week or two so that we are ready for October 1. That is when the Cabo switch is flipped to ON. We are not alone. The person that picks you up from the airport, checks you in, serves your dinner or makes your margarita are usually not able to spend Valentine’s day with their significant other, Christmas Eve with their family or New Year’s Eve with their friends. We have chosen this way of life because we love what we do. We love to welcome people to our piece of paradise, and we love to help you have an amazing time and the vacation that you deserve. We are blessed and thankful for each and every one of you that travels to Cabo whether it’s during President’s week or taking the risk of booking during hurricane season. We have met so many wonderful clients and have formed friendships with many of them over the years. Some weeks the social calendar is so full of trying to see people that are here it’s difficult to get any work done! We love it and wouldn’t change it for anything.
So from our Prickly Pear family to yours – Happy Easter. And remember… Relax! We deliver!
Saludos!
~ Michelle