Wedding Illness: Water Warning - Buffet, Playa del Carmen Quintana Roo

2 Avenida Solidaridad, Playa del Carmen, 77710 Quintana Roo, Mexico

Hello!

We visited for a beautiful wedding. Unfortunately 10+ people that I personally know fell ill during or after their trip. The first person had symptoms of nausea, diarrhea and vomiting. We did not see him for 2 days straight. He had lost a total of 10 pounds. Then my sister in law and myself were the next victims, first night we ate at Las Cuevas. Everything is buffet style, but they had employees walking around offering an assortment of meats. The second night we ate at Mercado, I had pineapple, grapefruit, some waffles and sausage. That night, we ordered room service before a boat trip, this was fettuccine Alfredo and a burger. During the boat is when I started to feel a little nauseous. I did not eat on the boat, as the food did not look edible. Next day I felt fine. Attended a cocktail hour and I can’t recall if I ate anything crazy that day. The day of the wedding I was woken up with horrible diarrhea. During the time, 4 other bridesmaids were sick as well. We pulled through and made it through the wedding. I had an accident after dinner... I’m 26, this is beyond uncalled for. I was so sick the following day. I had extreme diarrhea with no substance to it. It got so bad I went to the resort doctor. I was given 4 different medications, including antibiotics, anti nausea, anti diarrhea, and anti cramping. I also received a shot to the bottom to help with the nausea. I was on the antibiotics for 5 days and then 2 days for all the others. It helped with the diarrhea for the 2 days, and now I’m back at home and our stomach is hurting. We’ve been in contact, and it seems most people are getting sick after arriving from there trip, including a 10 month baby. We know it’s most likely the water since the baby has come down with it. And he didn’t have much food at all. His mother and the baby are making a trip to the ER as it’s now been a full WEEK of losing fluids. We’re all extremely dehydrated. The water there is NOT sealed nor is it properly filtered. It comes in glass bottles that are easily refillable and there is a bottle cap that screws on. The water isn’t safe and they claim to have a filtering system, but since the pandemic who knows how long it’s been since that’s been changed. Don’t stay there unless you want to fall very ill. | Symptoms: Nausea, Diarrhea, Vomiting, Cramps