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"Hotel California" in Todos Santos--Buyer Beware


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A few years ago we took a ship's excursion (Princess) to Todos Santos outside of Cabo. It was advertised as a tour to see the Hotel California which inspired the Eagles' classic album. We were skeptical, knowing that the song is supposed to be an allegory and the photo on the album cover is of the Beverly Hills Hotel. We really wondered how they got away with advertising the town's and hotel's "fame." The hotel / restaurant played alot of Eagles music in the background and there was a shop across the street selling T-shirts with this claim to fame.

 

Today I see in the news that the Eagles are suing the owners of this hotel for fabricating this story and perpetuating it to attract visitors to this little village which has nothing else to attract or offer tourists. http://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/the-eagles-sue-hotel-california/ar-BBAEfsa?OCID=ansmsnnews11

 

Please be aware of this if you should be tempted to book a tour to Todos Santos. The cruise lines, I hope, will change their tour descriptions now that this is out in the open. It's really just a 60-minute bus ride to a small village which has a hotel and restaurant that caters to tourists.

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>> to this little village which has nothing else to attract or offer tourists. <<

 

Apart from good food and drink (far better than anything the vast majority of passengers who stumble off of a tender into the tourist trap that is the Marina), silver jewellery, glassware and art that is a notch above the usual tourist fare (see also San José del Cabo), wander around a pleasant Mexican pueblo far removed from the tack that is Cabo)... and enjoy the ride...

 

You didn't really believe the Hotel California story in the first place, did you?

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