Resort credits at Le Blanc Cancun
Just spent a week at LeBlanc Cancun through a Residence Member and got black bracelets (VIP) benefits.
Stay was excellent and very relaxing with beautiful weather. Service is great. There's a lot of posts about how it is wonderful already.
We received $1500 Blanc Benefits (resort credit) which 50% can be used for spa and 50% excursions.
Please note that redeeming the credits comes with a 16% service fee that is a room charge.
It is only at LB that you can use 50% resort credit for spa I believe. Other properties is less.
We went to the presentation and negotiated another $500 of resort credit plus $500 of palace money that we could use for covering the room charges.
FYI it is not the easiest to track how much palace money is left on your account in the app so you have to ask the front desk. The app just zeroes out any covered room charges that are paid with palace money.
My post is mainly about how we spent the credits just so people know about the math and experience. I see a lot of information online that the resort credits are "useless" but they aren't as long as you understand the math and how they work. It was my first time at LB Cancun and I felt we had really good experiences with the credits overall.
FYI spa menu lists the price that already includes the 16% service fee.
Aura massage for a couple 80 min - worth it very very relaxing >
$625 blanc benefits >$100 service fee (room charge)Facial 80 min - worth it very relaxing and my face looked so smooth and shiny. ~$296 Blanc Benefits
~$47 service fee (room charge)
- Add on body scrub 25 min - not worth it. The scrubbing was maybe only 10-15 minutes max and felt rushed. The other part was just me taking a shower afterwards. 🤷 ~$141 Blanc Benefits
~$22 service fee (room charge)
- Men's facial 80 min - very relaxing. My husband took a nap so he doesn't even remember the facial 😅 ~$294 Blanc Benefits
~$47 service fee (room charge)
- Also received free 25 minutes mani, pedi, mini massage due to member plus benefits as part of our stay
Excursions prices listed DO NOT include the 16% fee already. You are not required to use the private transportation provided by the tour operator if you do not want to but that costs $15 per person round trip. We did it was just easier.
- Subsee - this was super fun! You're in a submarine with glass so you can watch fish in the coral reef. Definitely worth it! *Not good for the claustrophobic* (Price for two)
~$238 Blanc Benefits
~$38 service fee (room charge)
Extra cash fees = $35 pp dock fee + transportation
- Mangrove tour - bit of a misnomer. We picked speedboat upgrade so it was more of a speed boat tour with two people to one boat and you speed through the mangroves and wave at them 😂 it was VERY fun. You do get to drive. (Price for two)
~$198 Blanc Benefits
~$32 service fee (room charge)
+$100 upgrade to speedboats (room charge) and this included transportation
Extra cash fees = $20 pp dock fee
- Lagoon Sunset Cruise - had a great time. Live saxophone, drinks, dancing, leisurely cruise lasting about 1.5 hours (Price for two)
~$278 Blanc Benefits
~$45 service fee (room charge)
Extra cash fees = $35 pp dock fee + transportation
Overall spent all but $36 excursion credits
Total of $714 in excursion credits redeemed
Used majority of the palace money to pay all the service fees
Total around $1356 at spa which used all $1250 in eligible spa credits and the rest of my unused palace money
Paid $38 out of pocket at check out for adding on the extra spa scrub since I didn't have enough spa credit/palace money at that point.
Paid total of $90 charged to credit card at the excursion operator for the dock fees/transport fees
I would absolutely do the sunset Cruise, subsee, and speed boat tour again in the future. Massage 10/10 if you have credits. Facial was also lovely. Would not pick any of the 25 minutes add on services again though. Quite happy with all these extras we got to try out this week. We had a great time! The Sunset Cruise was our last activity on our last day and it was a great cap to an excellent adventure.