A whole beachfront house, not a room in one

Cancel 46 or more days before arrival and your 50% deposit is refunded in full — nothing is withheld. Cancel between 45 and 31 days out and the deposit is forfeited, but nothing further is owed because the balance is never invoiced. Cancel inside 30 days and the rental charge is non-refundable, capped at what you have already paid. The $500 security deposit always comes back if you never occupy the villa.

If Mexican civil-protection authorities order a mandatory evacuation, or Cozumel airport or the Playa del Carmen ferry closes for 24 hours or more because of a named storm, and you lose nights as a result, we issue a credit for those nights valid 18 months. It is not a cash refund — which is exactly why we tell everyone travelling between August and October to buy travel insurance that covers weather disruption.

No. Casa Dana is a private home in a quiet residential community, so parties, weddings, receptions, organised events and commercial use are not permitted without our written approval in advance. We are glad to discuss a small family celebration — just ask before you book.

Both words get used, so here is the precise answer. Casa Dana is a detached, single-family house — three storeys and 2,400 square feet that are yours alone, with nobody sharing a wall, a ceiling or a stairwell with you. It sits inside Costa del Sol, a gated beachfront community, which is why guests often describe it as a Cozumel condo rental: you get the things people usually want from a condo complex — a guarded gate, a shared beach area, the infinity pool and the pier — without the parts nobody wants, like a lobby, a neighbour above you, or a lock-off unit that turns out to be one bedroom of somebody else's apartment. If you have been comparing Cozumel condo rentals and wondering why this one has three floors, that is the reason.

The whole house. Every booking at Casa Dana is the entire villa — all 3 bedrooms, all 3 full bathrooms, the kitchen, both living areas, the terrace, the pool and the pier. There are no other guests on the property, no shared rooms, and no per-person pricing: the nightly rate is the same whether two of you come or 8.

Three bedrooms sleep 6 comfortably — a king, a queen with a futon, and two twins, each bedroom with its own full bathroom. A queen sleeper sofa in the first-floor living area brings the total to 8. The rental agreement caps occupancy at 6 adults and 8 people in total, counting children and infants.

Beachfront, and we will be precise about what that means because listings are often vague. Casa Dana sits inside the Costa del Sol gated beachfront community on Cozumel’s quiet south-west shore, roughly 60 yards from the water, with an oceanfront terrace, a community beach area and a private pier you can walk out on. It is not a house with a sea glimpse from one upstairs window — the Caribbean is what you look at from the terrace, the pool and two of the three bedrooms.

There is a heated infinity pool overlooking the ocean, a separate kiddie pool for small children, and a hot tub — shared only with the handful of houses in the Costa del Sol community, not with a hotel’s worth of guests. Most days our guests have it to themselves. The pool is heated year-round, which matters more than people expect in January.

Yes — the reef along this stretch of shore is good for snorkeling straight off the beach and pier, and Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park is a five-minute walk away. Beach equipment is provided.