The phrase "all-inclusive" carries baggage. For most travelers, it conjures a beach hotel with a buffet, two pools, a swim-up bar, and a list of pre-packaged excursions you can sign up for at the front desk. That model exists in Cartagena and works for some travelers, but it is not what CLG offers, and conflating the two does both a disservice.
A CLG all-inclusive is a curated package across multiple settings under one quote, one point of contact, and one local concierge. You stay in a private villa or suite, not a hotel block. Your meals are prepared by an in-villa chef who shops the market that morning, not pulled from a buffet line. Your yacht time is on a vessel with a dedicated crew that knows your group, not a shared catamaran with strangers. Your transfers are handled by a fleet that recognizes your face by day two, not by a cab line. The package economics work because the surrounding infrastructure is already in place — we operate the villas, the yacht inventory, the chef program, and the transfer fleet as integrated services.
The practical effect is that the CLG all-inclusive feels like having a city working in your favor for the duration of your stay. Reservations get made on your behalf without you asking. The yacht knows where you are headed in the morning. The villa is restocked while you are out. The concierge is reachable on WhatsApp at any hour. That is what "all-inclusive" means in our usage. Everything from the moment you land to the moment you board your departure flight is already handled.
The signature CLG all-inclusive package and the most-booked configuration in our roster. A private villa with full staff, a full-day yacht charter with crew (Rosario Islands, Baru Peninsula, or Cholon depending on group preference), an in-villa chef preparing breakfast and dinner, airport transfers in both directions, and event-week concierge availability. Best suited to groups of four to twelve who want the city, the ocean, and the gastronomy in a single integrated arc.
A couples-focused package built around two travelers. Boutique villa or honeymoon suite with private terrace, sunset sail with crew (champagne included), in-villa chef-prepared romantic dinners, optional spa add-ons, and a slower pace overall — fewer scheduled activities, more downtime. Best suited to honeymoons, anniversaries, and couples celebrating significant milestones who want luxury without the energy demand of a group itinerary.
A group-focused energetic package built for parties of six to sixteen. Multi-bedroom villa with party space, party-yacht charter with onboard music and full bar service, club table reservations at top Cartagena venues, and optional security detail for high-profile guests. Best suited to wedding-party celebrations, milestone birthdays, and groups whose primary objective is shared experience rather than relaxation.
A multi-generational package designed for groups of eight to twenty-four spanning several generations. Large villa with multiple suites and family-friendly amenities (pool zones, kid-safe outdoor space), a yacht itinerary adjusted for family pacing (shorter sail times, calmer waters, snorkel stops with crew supervision), family-style chef menus with kid-friendly options, and optional in-villa nanny service. Best suited to extended-family celebrations and reunions.
An executive-focused package built for business groups. Villa with formal meeting space (conference table, screen, reliable wifi), secure transfers with vetted drivers, business-grade lodging with single-occupancy bedrooms for each attendee, optional team-building activities (cooking class, sailing, Old Town private tour), and discreet on-the-ground coordination. Best suited to executive offsites, partner retreats, and small-team strategy weeks.
Customizable. Most CLG groups end up with a similar arc but the daily mix shifts based on preferences.
| Day | Morning | Afternoon | Evening |
|---|---|---|---|
| Day 1 | Airport transfer + villa check-in | Welcome cocktails + Old Town walking tour | Chef-prepared dinner at villa |
| Day 2 | Yacht departure + Rosario Islands | Lunch at private cove + swim/snorkel | Sunset return + dinner in Old Town |
| Day 3 | Spa morning or bazurto food tour | Pool + downtime at villa | Rooftop dinner reservation |
| Day 4 | Final breakfast at villa | Departure transfer to airport | — |
Default included in signature packages: villa accommodation for the duration of the stay, daily breakfast prepared in-villa, airport transfers (one arrival, one departure per booking), yacht charter with crew (hours scaling with package tier), in-villa chef days (one or two per package depending on tier), and event-week concierge availability through WhatsApp. Higher-tier packages include private island access, dedicated security detail, additional yacht and chef days, and curated restaurant reservations at the most-requested venues in the city.
Common add-ons couples and groups layer on: extra yacht hours beyond the package allocation, spa services in-villa or at partner spa locations, photo and video coverage for the trip (often booked by celebration groups for documentation), helicopter transfers for inter-island travel, exclusive private-island day trips, dedicated sommelier service for wine-focused dinners, and access to invitation-only events during the stay window. Add-ons are scoped in the initial planning call and itemized transparently in the master quote.
Indicative per-person per-night ranges. Final quote depends on season, group size, package mix, and add-ons.
| Tier | Per-person/night indicative | Group size | Ideal for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Essential | from $450/night | 4-12 | weekend escape |
| Signature | from $750/night | 4-16 | week-long villa+yacht |
| Bespoke | from $1,200+/night | 6-24 | private island, multi-property, security detail |
The structural problem with hotel all-inclusives is that they optimize for the hotel, not for the guest. A hotel locks you to one property for the duration of your stay, which means one F&B program, one pool deck, one set of pre-arranged excursions, and one experience replicated across every day of your trip. The hotel benefits from this predictability. The guest pays for it in monotony.
The CLG approach inverts the optimization. We curate across villas, yachts, chefs, drivers, and venues, and the package is built to give your group five different settings across five days under one quote. Your morning is at a private villa pool. Your afternoon is on a yacht in Cholon. Your dinner is at a colonial-courtyard restaurant in Old Town. Your nightcap is on a rooftop with cathedral views. The next day, the mix changes again. By day four, your group has experienced the city, the ocean, the gastronomy, and the architecture in ways a single-property hotel can not deliver.
The single-point-of-contact element is the second structural advantage. With a hotel package, when something goes wrong — a transfer is late, a reservation is misbooked, a guest has a dietary issue — you escalate through hotel front-desk staff who manage multiple guests simultaneously. With CLG, you message your dedicated concierge on WhatsApp, and the issue is resolved within minutes because that person works for your group only during your stay.
The transparent itemized billing is the third advantage. CLG quotes are line-item — villa nightly rate, yacht hours, chef days, transfer count, add-ons. There is no resort fee, no surprise bar tab, no excursion upcharge. Couples and groups know exactly what they are paying for and can dial inclusions up or down based on their priorities. We have operated this model in Cartagena since 2012 and refined it continuously based on feedback from clients across hundreds of stays.
The fastest path to an indicative quote is the introductory planning call. We schedule it on Zoom or WhatsApp video for thirty to sixty minutes, scope your dates, your group size, your tier preference, and your must-have versus flexible inclusions, and follow the call with a written package proposal within forty-eight hours. Two or three iteration rounds typically produce a final scoped agreement.
Booking deposits secure villa and yacht dates within a defined timeline; the deposit and balance schedule is written into the agreement. Most CLG packages include flexible date-shift terms within a defined window if your circumstances change. Reach out through WhatsApp or the concierge form on this page when you are ready to start the planning call.
The tier selection conversation comes down to three variables: the energy level of your group, the duration of your stay, and the experience density you want across that duration. Essential tier suits weekend escapes — three to four nights with a focused itinerary, one yacht day, one chef dinner, and downtime at the villa to recover from the work week you just left behind. The price-per-night is lower because you are committing fewer total nights and fewer concentrated services.
Signature tier is the median CLG booking — five to seven nights with a full itinerary covering villa, yacht, chef, transfers, and cultural experiences. Most groups end up here because the scope of what Cartagena offers is hard to compress into a long weekend without feeling rushed. Signature is also where the integrated CLG model produces the most visible day-over-day quality, because each day is built on the relationships your group has formed with the villa staff, the yacht crew, and the concierge over the previous days.
Bespoke tier is for groups with specific requirements that go beyond the standard package frame. Private-island buyout, multi-property booking arcs (villa for couples, separate suite for solo travelers, separate kid-friendly property for families), dedicated security detail, helicopter transfers, and access to invitation-only events during the stay window all sit at this tier. Bespoke clients tend to be repeat guests, milestone celebrations, or VIPs who require specific service modifications. Pricing is structured per group rather than per-person-per-night.
The CLG inventory is intentionally curated rather than exhaustive. We work with a roster of properties — villas in the Old Town and outside the city, beachfront houses on Baru Peninsula, suites in boutique hotels in Getsemani and the historic center — and a fleet of yachts ranging from forty-foot day boats to ninety-foot multi-day vessels. The roster is selected for consistency: every property has been vetted, every yacht crew has worked with us on multiple events, and every chef has been tested under the pressure of a real CLG group stay.
What this means for you in practice: when we recommend a property, you are getting a property we are confident in operationally. When something needs to be substituted last-minute (a yacht engine issue, a property maintenance problem), we have known-quality alternatives within reach. The integrated inventory is not just a marketing claim — it is the substrate that lets us make commitments other operators can not, because we are not coordinating between separate suppliers each time we plan a booking.
The first day of a CLG stay sets the tone. Your driver meets you at Rafael Nunez International with your name on a placard, the SUV is air-conditioned and stocked with cold water, and the transfer to your villa includes a brief on what to expect during your stay — concierge contact information, the WhatsApp group setup, and the planned itinerary for the next twenty-four hours. The villa is staffed and ready when you arrive, the chef has prepared a welcome arrival snack, and the concierge introduces themselves in person before stepping back to give you space to settle in.
Day two is typically the first scheduled excursion — most often a yacht day to the Rosario Islands, Cholon, or Baru. The yacht crew has briefed your group preferences in advance: music style, food preferences, swim stops, photo locations. The chef sends a packed lunch with the yacht for the day. The concierge is reachable on WhatsApp from your group throughout the day in case anything needs adjustment in real time.
By day three, the rhythm is established. Your group knows how to reach the concierge, the villa staff know your daily preferences, and the schedule has tightened around the activities your group enjoys most. The remaining days operate on this established baseline, with the concierge proactively suggesting refinements (a different restaurant for dinner, a longer beach day instead of a morning excursion, a private chef-led cooking class for the family kids) based on observed group dynamics.
Departure day is handled with the same attention as arrival. The villa staff has packed boxes ready if you accumulated purchases. The driver arrives at the villa thirty minutes before transfer time. The concierge confirms your flight status proactively in case of delays. The transfer to the airport is handled, the bags get checked, and your group leaves Cartagena with the consistent impression of having been fully taken care of throughout the stay. That consistency is the actual product.
A meaningful share of CLG all-inclusive bookings cluster around milestone events — significant birthdays, anniversaries, engagements, post-wedding honeymoons, retirement celebrations, family reunions tied to a specific occasion. The all-inclusive package frame is well-suited to these because the surrounding logistics (group accommodation, coordinated meals, shared experiences) are exactly what a milestone celebration needs but rarely gets when each guest books independently.
For surprise celebrations, the CLG concierge handles the choreography. Decoration of the villa for a surprise anniversary dinner, a surprise yacht arrival for a birthday guest, a coordinated guest arrival sequence for a surprise reunion — these execute reliably because the on-the-ground team has line-of-sight to every component. The couple or organizer asks for the surprise; we plan and execute the moving parts in the background while the rest of the group experiences the trip normally.
For engagement proposals, we have a dedicated playbook. Sunset yacht with champagne, photographer positioned in advance for the moment, a chef-prepared dinner waiting at the villa upon return, optional videographer for the recap. The proposal moment itself happens organically — we do not stage it beyond what the proposing partner specifies — but the surrounding production is handled to a standard that yields a memorable arc for the couple regardless of how the actual proposal lands.
The honest answer: all-inclusive is the right structure when you want the trip to require minimal active logistics work from your group during the stay. Couples on a honeymoon, families on a reunion, executives on a retreat, friends on a milestone celebration — these are groups whose objective is the experience itself, not the planning of the experience. Paying for the integrated package frees the group to focus on each other and on Cartagena, which is what they came for in the first place.
The all-inclusive frame is less optimal for highly individualistic groups where each guest wants to do entirely different activities, or for budget-conscious travelers who would rather assemble lower-cost components themselves and accept the logistics work as part of the deal. Both positions are legitimate. CLG all-inclusive is built for the first kind of traveler, and we are direct with prospects about that during the introductory call.
A hotel all-inclusive locks you to one property, one F&B program, and pre-set excursions. A CLG all-inclusive package curates across villas, yachts, chefs, drivers, and venues — your group experiences multiple settings under one quote, one point of contact, and one local concierge.
Villa accommodation, daily breakfast, airport transfers, yacht with crew (hours scale with tier), in-villa chef days (scale with tier), and event-week concierge availability. Higher tiers add private island access, security detail, and additional yacht and chef days.
Common add-ons include extra yacht hours, spa services, photo and video coverage, security detail, helicopter transfers, private-island day trips, and exclusive restaurant reservations.
Two for the Honeymoon archetype. Four for Essential and Signature packages. Six for Bespoke and Corporate Retreat. We do not do solo all-inclusive bookings.
A booking deposit secures villa and yacht dates. The balance is paid in two installments — typically one mid-planning, one before arrival. Exact schedule is written into the booking agreement.
Standard policy is full deposit refund up to 90 days before arrival, partial refund 60-90 days, no refund inside 60 days. We always recommend travel insurance. Force majeure cases are handled individually.
Yes. The chef program adapts to vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, kosher, halal, and allergy-specific menus. We confirm dietary needs in the planning call and re-confirm one week before arrival.
Yes. The Family Reunion archetype is built around multi-generational groups. Most CLG villas have kid-safe pool zones, and yacht itineraries adjust to family-friendly pacing.
Standard package includes one arrival and one departure transfer per booking. SUV or van based on group size. Additional transfers can be added or arranged ad hoc.
Standard packages include the villa perimeter security. Dedicated personal security detail is available as an add-on for the Bespoke tier and on request for any tier.
All CLG client-facing staff are bilingual English-Spanish. Several team members have working French, Portuguese, or Italian.
Both. Most international clients pay in USD via wire transfer. Local clients can pay in COP. We invoice in your preferred currency at planning lock-in.
Tell us your dates, your group size, and which archetype fits. We will scope your package and walk you through next steps within 48 hours.
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