Why make reservations with OHG ?

Because we’re not Orbitz^® or Expedia^® or Travelocity^®. And because you want good, trust- worthy assistance from a solid company whose size is sensibly suited to its purpose. And our only purpose is to meet your travel needs and be of service to you in coming to Oaxaca. We are a group of hotels that adheres to the highest standards whether we are in the three, four or five star catagory.

While our goal has never been to be the biggest, we have always strived to be the best and to pay close attention to what we do. We’re committed professionals in our chosen field - which means that when you choose us we always have your needs in mind.

Our office is located a few blocks from Oaxaca’s main square and just across the street from Santo Domingo - one of the most beautiful churches in the world - and we can see it from our window. We have a little balcony that overlooks Alcala street and we also have internet presence and encrypted electronic funds transfer, a secure on-line booking engine and state-of-the-art reservation system - thanks to the people in our U.S. office who do all that for us.

We’re definitely not a dot.com company in search of something to sell. We’re a Oaxaca company - which means that we're about tradition and community. And we were that long before the internet took over the landscape. Computers sometimes make interacting inflexible and shallow. At the Oaxaca Hotel Group, there is a living breathing person behind every interaction. We've been welcoming people to Oaxaca for over 20 years. When you make a booking with us, we do require a deposit but wouldn't think of charging that until we make sure that everything is as it should be, as you want it to be. It's important to us that we can keep our promises to you.

The View From Our Office

And, as we said, we’re not Orbitz^® or Expedia^® or Travelocity^®.

Orbitz^® says they represent 40,000 hotels worldwide. Now that’s a lot of hotels to be involved with. We represent fourteen of the best hotels in Oaxaca City and five on the Oaxacan Coast. We know all the hotels very well and we have the opportunity to visit each other all the time. We know the general managers, the people at the front desk, the reservations manager. We and our hotel colleagues stay in close touch with each other in order to serve you better. It’s a mutual commitment we’ve made.

And Expedia^® says that it reaches more than nine million travelers each month. Well, that’s a lot of people to care about. We only reach people like you who are interested in coming to visit us here in Oaxaca. The truth is, we don’t have enough rooms in Oaxaca to host 9,000,000 people in a whole year.

We don’t sell advertising on our sites, we don’t leave cookies on your site or ask you to sign in and become a member of something. We don’t have flashing lights or banners. We make our way by doing a good job of serving you the way people used to do. We always try to be clear and direct and to practice good computer manners.

Our companies, the Oaxaca Hotel Group and Zapotec Tours/ Oaxaca Tours, are made up of good hearted, hard working people both here in Oaxaca and in the United States. Thanks to the internet, our offices are in touch with each other dozens of times a day - planning for your comfortable stay.

So, we’re a company well suited to our destination and we’re a staff that understands and appreciates people who are interested in our culture.

We’re a small, strong company and we can serve you well because we can act quickly and, at the same time, carefully. And what’s vitally important is the spirit in which we do it; a spirit of attentiveness and basic human concern. We’re really sharp where it counts and we’re always trying to be friendly in our approach.

And we still love Oaxaca for many of the same reasons you might. We have warm and friendly people, great food, beautiful architecture, near perfect weather and wonderful arts and crafts.

And on balmy sunny afternoons in Oaxaca when the sky is sharp and clear blue, you'll find young couples holding hands strolling through the plaza; while other couples with children walk home from the market, arms filled with fruits and vegetables and flowers. Older folks sit on the benches in the square, watching a young business person rushing ahead, shaking their heads and wondering to themselves, “What's all the hurry about?”

So, we invite you to come visit us and to use our services. We have good, knowledgeable people in the U.S. to take care of reservations and confirmations, special requests and other arrangements. They take care of the internet security and banking and they do it right. And they do it on time. They’re good at it. They enjoy this sort of thing. We count on them and so can you.

And they count us to take care of you once you arrive. And we will. Come down and enjoy a sunny Oaxacan afternoon. Take a tour of the villages and archeological sites. Sit a while in the main square and we think you’ll soon be saying to yourself, “You know, I think they’re right, 'What is all the hurrying around about?'”