TRAVEL FAQs

Customarily condo owners have a damage/security deposit. I have a $200 damage and security deposit that I will process directly with you and you can pay me by Venmo or PayPal or you can mail me a check. We prefer Venmo because no credit card fees.

Terrasol charges a daily facility usage fee (or resort fee) of $17.50 per night for 2 people, $22.50 for 4 people and $27.50 for 6 people. Children under 10 are no charge. Our 3 bedroom/3 bathroom condo #235 has maximum of 8 person occupancy (4-6 preferred) and condo 115 is designed to accommodate 2. Occupancy must be made known to me in advance of your stay. Terrasol offers parking for $5 per day. Any food and drink charges that you may charge to the room from the palapa restaurant are your responsibility of course. Condo 235 (the 3 bedroom) has a $40.00 cleaning service fee and condo 115 has a $25 cleaning fee which is required and is paid at the end of your stay. All Terrasol charges must be paid directly to Terrasol upon check-out. This cost is not much, but required, and you can use your major credit card at the front desk. The VRBO/Homeaway listing includes this information to you on the listing and it is also in the Terrasol rental agreement I have provided you by e-Sign.

The studio condo, condo 115, is very large and has a king size bed in a separate sleeping areas with a sleeper sofa at the other end of the condo so you can have 4 people stay there, however we prefer 2 people at this condo. The 3 bedroom has 3 bedrooms with king size beds and a sleeper sofa so 6 people can stay or 8 people if you double up in the third bedroom. Please remember that Terrasol does charge a daily rate of $17.50 per night for 2 people and $22.50 for 4 people. If you have 6 people staying at the 3 bedroom condo, the Terrasol’s daily rate is $27.50 per night (plus tax). Example: 4 people for 5 nights = $112.50 (not much money). There is a one-time cleaning fee of $25 for the studio condo and $40 for the 3 bedroom condo. These costs are the same for anyone staying at Terrasol at any condo and do not go to the owner (me). You pay these fees at the front desk at Terrasol and you can pay them with any major credit card.

Unfortunately, you cannot. Terrasol has a strict rule to this and won’t allow any pets (not even a service animal). By the way, Jana and I LOVE dogs and have a wonderful dog named Charlie. If we are Facebook friends, you will see pics of Charlie posted frequently. He goes to work with me every day. He is actually sleeping on my desk now (snoring), as I am typing this document.

Terrasol and most of the condos have options for perfect full views of the ocean and partial views.
The studio condo has a great view of the ocean and you can hear the waves crashing at night. During the summer you can really hear the waves pretty loudly. Not too loud to keep you up from sleep though.
The 3 bedroom condo is right on the very front row and closest possible to the ocean. You have a panoramic million dollar view from this condo.

Both of our condos have a deadbolt lock for the front door and also a locking front metal screen door. The sliding doors can be locked from the outside so you can leave from the patio to the beach or pool and lock the door as well. The reason the front door has a locking metal screen door is so that you can leave the front door open and securely enjoy the breeze through the day and evening. It is WONDERFUL to enjoy that breeze through the condo. If you do that, please turn off the AC. Electricity is expensive and the condo owners are charged for the electricity used during your stay. We try to keep our costs down for you on the condo rental so your help with our utility cost is very much appreciated and allows us to continue to keep our price low. Both condos also have a locking safe for your cash and passports. I have provided you this information regarding all the doors and locks, but I must say that I have never heard of Terrasol having a security issue or something stolen from a condo. The staff is the same people for many years and they value their jobs and appreciate Terrasol’s salary and benefits. There are many people who rent from us year after year and they have made friends with the staff, gardeners, maids, repair technicians, palapa cooks, waiters, and security guards. The staff will smile at you and wave and greet you. Many do not know English but after a few days you will likely pick up some Spanish and get to know them well.

Yes, Terrasol has a maid service that comes at the end of your stay to clean the condo. They also come just before you arrive as well to spruce it up and now they also wipe things down thoroughly as an extra precautionary step to clean. These maids are amazing with cleaning. We try to sweep the floor and then they come after us and they seem to get far more than us. I don’t know how they do it so well. They clean the beds and do the laundry too. It is always a very nice gesture for you to help them if you can start a load before you leave so they can get a head start. They appreciate that very much.

They are open at 8am till 11pm every day. I believe this has been their hours for quite a while. Check in time must be after 4pm but if you arrive earlier you can ask the front desk if the maids have the condo ready for you. They will let you in earlier if possible and if not, then you can leave your luggage with the front desk and go down to the palapa restaurant to eat some lunch and enjoy watching the waves crash from the ocean and feel the cool breeze flow through the open thatch roof dining area. If you believe you will be arriving at Terrasol late, PLEASE contact me immediately. I can make sure there is a key waiting for you at the guard.
If you are needing to check-out before 7am, contact me at least one day before your departure date. I can help arrange for your check out to be handled in advance of your departure and you won’t have to be stressed out.

Honestly, my wife was worried about mosquitos (back in 2019 when Zika was the world’s worry) and we haven’t really seen any mosquitos. If there are, it is very few and likely because we are close to the ocean and fresh (still water) where these bugs like to live. Often we will open our windows and doors and not one bug will fly in. Regardless, we have a company spray our condos for bugs.  We want to do our best to minimize these unwanted intruders. 

Terrasol is pretty much quiet really. If you want a party place, Terrasol isn’t really for you. It is very quiet with no events or parties, and music. From a far distance you may hear the time share places that have big parties going on and you can hear they have loud microphones saying something but I can tell you if I was at those locations I wouldn’t be happy. It would be very loud and annoying. We like peaceful and Terrasol is quiet and peaceful for sure. Between May 1 through October 31 the condos sometimes undergo renovation and work so you may hear some construction, however the workers must work only from 8am till 5pm. Typically people get going in the morning to fish from the shore or walk in to town or marina to shop, eat at the fabulous restaurants and enjoy the party music and fun. Then you can go back home to your Terrasol condo and have a nice quiet peaceful sleep and relax!

Each condo owner has to buy their own internet. I am a technology person and internet and technology is very important for me. I have a hard time getting “unplugged” when I vacation. And I don’t like going back to work with a thousand emails in my inbox. I helped on a project to get fiber internet delivered to Terrasol and we now have it installed throughout the complex. Both of our condos have at 150Mb download speed and it is very reliable. Roku streaming TV is setup for you as well (lots of USA channels) and I have fully automated both condos with lighting z-wave controls to optimize energy efficiency and controlling the lights with Alexa is fun. I hope you find time to do less work and internet, and get out to experience Cabo. Or, go read a book and take a nap on our new lounge chairs on the patio. You work hard, take a day off and unplug for a little while. The wifi password info is at the condo. Got suggestions for me on some new tech stuff? Email me at Walt@Lane.net

Once you get off the plane and you are walking through immigration or customs at the airport your cell phone won’t work very well. You really aren’t supposed to be on your cell phone anyway during that time. When you exit the airport your phone will light up with Mexican cellular providers. I use Verizon now. I was on Sprint and my phone does not display Sprint or Verizon as a carrier, however both will allow international calls and I have yet to receive an extra charge on my bill. You probably should contact your service provider and confirm before you leave. Typically the extra charge could be on data usage and I have heard that can get expensive. So put your phone on wifi when you get to the condo. Terrasol also has wifi throughout the complex. If you decide not to use your cell phone in Mexico, I would consider keeping your phone on airplane mode or turning off your cellular on your phone settings to avoid expensive bill. I have installed a “Google phone” at the condo so you can make and receive calls to the U.S. and Canada for free! The phone will have its phone number labeled on the back of the handset. The other cordless phones are just to make calls to the front desk, the gate, or to other Terrasol condos.

If you have rented a condo before you likely have found that you are on your own to buy coffee, paper towels, etc. We do supply those items at both of our condos for our guests. We go down to Cabo about 4 times a year to re-stock the pantries and check things out and so far we haven’t run out of the core items we believe you will appreciate available to you. We supply coffee, coffee filters, paper towels, plastic cups, aluminum foil, spices, quality cookery and utensils, quality dinnerware, BBQ grill with propane tank, corkscrews, bottle openers, and much more. There is also plenty of beach towels, bath towels, beach chairs (we own the chairs and towels so you must bring back to our condo), sheets, pillows, blow dryer, USB charging stations at each nightstand and other amenities. A pack-and-play portable crib is at the 3 bedroom (which can be brought to the other condo if needed). We really try to outfit the place so we don’t have to pack too much each time we go down. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions about anything specific. And we also love to receive suggestions for items you would like for us to add to the condo for your future stay!

Terrasol has its own desalinization plant so the water at our condos is pure according to Terrasol. We drink from tap all the time. We do buy water bottles just because they are portable and convenient. When we run out of water in them, we fill them back up from the tap and put them in the freezer. We also order water on tap with ice at the local restaurants surrounding the marina. The water is good there too. I have a sensitive stomach and have had no issues at all. So as far as I’m concerned, the water is A-OK.

Cabo San Lucas is located at the southern tip of the Baja just south of California. The separation of it from the mainland of Mexico provides a layer of remote access for local travelers and easier ability for the control and management of processing visitors to the area. During the Covid virus concern, the majority of residents of Cabo San Lucas vaccinated and took precautions that minimized the outbreak. The Mexican government has invested heavily to assure the employees of the hotels and venues at Cabo have the healthcare available so Cabo may continue to be one of the safest locations in the world to visit.
Although we have not heard of any issue with Zika, over the past years there has been concern about mosquitoes because of the Zika virus in other parts of the world and people wonder if Cabo has this concern. The Aedes aegypti mosquito is found at much of the western hemisphere from the temperate lower altitude regions of Central and South America to much of the United States. (Except for high-altitude locations near 1 mile like Denver, Nairobi, and Mexico City are not threatened by mosquitoes)
I believe you need to allow a perspective to the area you currently live. Most areas of the United States have common and somewhat significant mosquito habitat because we receive moderate rainfall, have many fresh water lakes, ponds, and places for optimum mosquito larvae. Desert environments are not at all ideal for mosquitoes because you just don’t have much standing water anywhere. And that is what mosquitoes need to lay their eggs. And, Cabo is considered a desert-like environment! Therefore we have seen very little, if any, mosquitoes when we visit. There may be some, but I believe that you will have more risk at home in the U.S. than at Cabo. This is our opinion. Do your own research of course before you make your trip. We were at Cabo for 2 months during the Covid outbreak in 2020. If it were me, I would go to Cabo any time without a concern.

Short answer: From the recent history and shared experiences at Cabo, YES CABO IS A VERY SAFE PLACE. However, just about anywhere you go where there are beaches, there will be some way to obtain drugs. Our condo complex at Terrasol is gated and quiet with no indication of anything but the Terrasol staff and patrons with no vendors or solicitors. The Cabo San Lucas marina is a 5 minute walk from Terrasol and is very beautiful with stone pathways, well kept and clean, and includes police patrol on segways. The police are friendly and are not intimidating at all. You will see many families with their children walking with their parents around the marina with no concern. The only risk is that the edge of the marina does not have a fence to keep someone from falling in to the water. The water is shallow but it would be a fall and I was a bit surprised they didn’t have a secure fence of some sort. There are vendors around the marina that will approach you to take a fishing excursion, parasailing, swim with dolphins, whale watching, you name it. They are actually nice people though and if you are friendly back to them they will see you again and say hello and not harass you. Or you can ignore them too. Again, they are nice and they are used to people ignoring them. LOL.
I have researched the web and did find that 2 hours north of Cabo San Lucas is an area considered a criminal risk. I wouldn’t travel there of course. The city is called La Paz, California Sur, Mexico (or just La Paz). To search anywhere in Mexico that is considered unsafe, you can go to this website:
Mexico Travel Warnings
It is a current listing of the unsafe areas. You can enter in Cabo San Lucas and read for yourself about La Paz.
So don’t go there. Stay at Cabo San Lucas. It is considered very safe and beautiful and fun.
Likewise Tripadvisor has many posts by vacationers about Cabo San Lucas. Here is a link that I hope still is active. (please let us know if this link becomes broken)
Trip Advisor: Cabo San Lucas