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Trifecta
We went to Hedo in May, Desire Pearl Jan of this year (just a few weeks ago). We liked both, have nothing bad to say about either, but we would probably say Desire Pearl wins overall. at Hedo we stayed in the brand new rooms on the nude side, at Desire we stayed in one of the master suites...so we had a similar accommodation level at both places. Here are my quick thoughts.
1) Physical plant much nicer at Desire, although its a smaller resort and there is much less activity-wise...no sailing, boating etc etc. Its just a beach, pool, jacuzzi, beach volley-ball etc. But no water sports. But the pool side games and antics were well done at both, we thought desires were a little better. The beach was nicer at Hedo, although its nothing amazing...neither is great. the jacuzzi at pearl was huge and the beds at the poolside were a revolving door of crazy PDS. Just amazing.
2) Service was MUCH better at desire. Like off the charts better. Sorry Hedo. The "island time" thing is cute, but when you are on vacation you want a towel when you are cold and wet. being told "they are coming mon" over and over just gets old.
3) rooms: Hedo room was BRAND NEW so if you get a new room, it probably is a tie with desires rooms, but at both places we barely stayed in the room. The patios were better in Hedo. We had much more room to enjoy ourselves at hedo on the patio. If you are in an old hedo room, desire would win. They really kept the rooms super clean, nice and stocked with beer water and soda in our room. They cleaned the room twice a day.
4) food: Desire wins. Not by a landslide, but its just better. Only downside is the possibility of travelers diarrhea in mexico. We didn't get any, but its possible.
5)PDS: Daytime PDS is not very blatant at Desire...but things heat up in the evening at the jacuzzi where the resort pretty much says all PDA should be. They also have a sin room that got crazy crazy crazy three of our four nights. Night time we saw and experienced some pretty crazy stuff. Granted, both resorts wax and wane based upon the people/groups there at the time you are there...but we thought it was a little better at Pearl.
6)Nakedness: Hedo wins. There are plenty of folks at desire with bottoms on...some with bathing suits on. Its not more than about 15% but its obvious.
7)Ease of arrival from airport: Desire wins. ITs only 15 min away. Lots of flights and easy transfer.
8) Creep factor: The single guys at Hedo have a certain creep factor that just does not exist at Desire. sure, the vast majority are great and not creepy at all, but we were there for 5 days and had a few creepy instances. Nothing bad, just a few interactions that put a damper on things. Who wants to expend energy "shaking off" a tagalong who thinks he has a right to hang out with you. We had to do that a few times. In all fairness to this "comparison" though, although we felt that the single guys at hedo were a little creepy for us, none of them EVER did anything physical that was uninvited. And, that being said, one guy at Desire DID feel up my girls boobs without first asking her. So its funny that I am making an issue of the single men at Hedo. We had previously decided that her boobs (which are amazing) are fair game (we are not swingers, but touching above the waist is fair game with us), But, we would have expected someone to ask permission first. Several other men and women asked first and she said "sure" every time. But this one guy just came up and did his thing. No big deal, but I think no matter where you are, naked resort or not, you still ask permission before you touch another person anywhere, let alone on their breast or other sexually significant areas.
9) The people: We loved the people at both....but the single guys were an issue at Hedo and we just clicked with more people at Desire. It could have been who was there that time period, but this is what we noticed.
Do we plan to go back to hedo one day? Absolutely. I wouldn't discourage anyone from going. You will have a GREAT time. Its where it all started....But for now we will be calling Desire "home". I know there will be others who will disagree, thats fine. There is something for everyone at these places....its nice there are options.
Cheers!!!
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