I don't know if this will help but I just came back from Cancun yesterday and here is some info that I received from people that work and live in Cancun. As far as the drug cartel and the kidnappings Cancun's hotel area is a strip much like South Beach so if something were to happen there are only 2 points of exit and both are manned pretty well by cops. Albeit there still are plenty of petty drug dealers at night hanging by the clubs they are really not looking for trouble. As far as the flu virus honestly we had no idea this was going on till I turned on the TV on Saturday night and so it on CNN. We got there Wednesday. Also I was preparing myself for a complete Q&A once we got to customs in NY but they didn't even check our bags. All they did was give us a memo pretty much saying to stay home if we felt ill. I feel if it was that serious customs would have been a lot harder on a full flight from Mexico. Lastly most hotels, Dreams is one of them, house there employees on a property off site. These employees only go to THEIR homes on forlough once a month, otherwise they are on site the rest of the time. So that eased my mind a little as far as the virus spreading from employee to quest.