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Thank you everybody. We're doing the bag drag. It looks like only one Marriott hotel in Cozumel for me to use my points., and I agree Southwest points are what's making this reasonable.

This is a great thread. I'm about to make my first trip there doing this. Does anyone have updated info to add?

JamesBon92007, kelemvor, cvchief, and ReefHound, thank you for the information. We'll take everything but tanks and weights. I'm definitely going to do the bag drag, unless my wife really wants to dive in Cancun or cenotes. Unfortunately, I'm only going to have a few days there instead of a...

Due to family obligations, I've had to spend my vacation time and money going to Oahu. There's good diving there, but I've already got 100s of dives around that island. It looks like for my next birthday in a month or so I may get to finally go to Cancun and/or Cozumel. I say Cancun...

Thank you very much.

Is that a shark or a cobia?

I heartily agree with this. And take your time - it's not a race, and you're the customer who's learning new things. You'll do fine then begin a fantastic hobby.

Bill, thank you for the Brady Branch advice. Is there a LDS with a boat there? Unfortunately, my dive buddy's dog is ill, so we won't be going this weekend. I do want to try that sometime, though.

bee123, I'm sorry you had a stressful situation, but you aren't the only one - by far. Breathing underwater is unnatural, and breathing without a mask on is one of the most unnatural and stress-inducing skills for new divers. It was for me. Given time, practice, and proper guidance you can...

I gotta talk to my dive buddy. I went to Manvel Jr High & Alvin HS (Manvel didn't have a HS then). My parents live between the two towns south of Hwy 6. Let me know when you dive Stillhouse Hollow or Travis. I'd like to dive with you, give you a site briefing, or just say hi.

I'm from Manvel, so I've done Twin Lakes (down the road from my parents) and 288. I wish Mammoth was still open, but I think it's still closed. I though about Possum Kingdom Lake. Can you get refills there? I was going to avoid the Metroplex this weekend, because of the UT OU and State Fair...

Me and a buddy are looking to dive in the East Texas spots where we haven't been. I'm a DM, and I don't like having to answer, "Never been there," when asked about a dive site. The only Texas places I've been north of Houston and east of I-35 is Athens. We're thinking Blue Lagoon north of...

It really happened! Now I wish I'd gone. I will keep the invitation open for WPP Lake Travis if anyone wants to dive on a weekend. Just respond here or PM me.

I hope you get better soon. I hear you on the football. I'm scared to watch TCU play UT. There's always next weekend!

I second or third the others, the books are very obsolete.

Anyone want to dive with me at Windy Point this weekend? There are two relatively new boat wrecks that the park owner knows nothing about and reportedly have some information scuffed out - like they're dumps for insurance fraud. My wife and others have looked at them, but I still need to get...

We are in complete agreement. I was saying 'real' price as the fictional lower price implied, as if you're going by the assumption that all the shops are artificially inflating their prices.

That's all very reasonable and valid (in my lowly opinion). There is the consideration that many potential customers compare prices online and make a decision based only on that. I support my local shops even though they are a lot more expensive than Amazon (including my LDS), because I...

You may not have seen my edit with the example. Please provide your own example to bolster your case. Tips are not 'hidden' costs, because you don't have to pay them, the shops mention tipping all the time, and DMs treat you better trying to earn better tips. You have not already paid the tip...

I have been discussing real prices and market forces. What are the 'real' prices in your opinion? Do you have any evidence that anyone is inflating prices and underpaying employees? If you say yes, then 100% of the dive shops in Cozumel are in on it. Because if only one shop uses 'real'...