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To a certain extent, it is a matter of you get what you pay for. We just returned from a week at the Occidental Grand where we have stayed for the last 8 years. The hotel is showing its age a little but is still wonderful with beautiful grounds and great service. We dove 2-tank morning dives with BlueXT, an excellent op with all dives going an hour or more as gas and NDL permits. We also split a 10 dive package with Dive Palancar to do single tank shallow dives mid-afternoon. After 2+ hours of bottom time every morning, we were ready for a somewhat shorter (45 to 50 minutes) afternoon dive. Site selection is also a bit more limited with DP but their package was well worth their reasonable cost.