We stayed here for 2 days at the end of our vacation and was happy with choice.
It like 80*s style and a bit worn...but thats the charm. Great service and security..and good location for everyone. The pool area was clean and had a nice garden surrounding.
Good food at the restaurant and not expensive;)

Pack your bags and go!!

My husband and I stayed for two nights in the beginning if April and enjoyed our stay. We were prepared for the fact that this was not a 5 star hotel. We were pleasantly surprised at how nice the grounds were. We strolled along the lagoon and through the grounds and they are very well maintained. It has a nice atmosphere. The pool area is good size and it has a swim up bar. We spent time lounging around getting some rays in between going shopping and enjoying the night life. If you are wanting to be right in the center of the action this is the place. Our room was on the 4th floor and there is no elevator so getting my 50 lb suitcase up the stairs was tricky..but you can always have a bellboy bring your luggage up for you. Our room was a studio room and it was quite large. It was not anything super fancy, but it was roomy and had all the amenities one could ask for. We had a kitchen, but we only used the fridge. The bathroom was nice and it had a hairdryer and all the little shampoos ect. I was a little hesitant about the shower head, but it actually worked well. The staff does a good job, and is there to offer any help or suggestions. Overall we enjoyed our stay at the clipper club. I would definitely say that this hotel is for the people who want to be closest to the action, but have a nice place to relax at while on a budget.

The hotel is a perfect hotel for party junkies who party all night long and then sleep on the beach. There is a club that plays techno music all night long until 7:00am. If you are planning to rest forget about it!
You will be woken up at 3:00am by the sound of the bass drum.

In addition, there is a lot of misrepresentation by the hotel staff. The Hotel is NO longer part of Best Western. Therefore, there is no hotel manager, the standards are low (for a three star hotel), and the service is poor.

They state that rooms have a coffee maker. Well, where was ours?
The room stank of second-hand smoke. I am sure some other guests were smoking and then through the AC we were getting the smoke!
They never changed the sheets unless you tell them.
The other annoying part is that at check-in they try to get you sign a piece of paper stating that you will attend this free breakfast. Wake-up people! What's free in Cancun? The free breakfast includes a nice three hour time sharing session:-) Of course, I didn't sign anything nor we went to the free breakfast.
The most annoying part though that they are not sensitive (the hotel staff) that people are very tired when they get there and have no time to listen to this free crap.

The only pros of this hotel are: the swimming pool and the laundry room (although they do not use commercial washers and dryers - so most of the time are out of order) and the proximity to restaurants and clubs (if you are a party junkie).

Bottom-line: there is better bang for you buck in Cancun.
APART from the hotel we loved the experience in Cancun.

The Clipper Club is very conveniently located within the heart of the Cancun hotel zone, just off the main drag. If you are in a room in the south block of the hotel, as we were, you will be entertained by the deep booming sounds of an all-night disco from within the heart of the party zone, which is our only complaint. People staying in the north block of rooms were protected from this all-night thump. We basically could not sleep for three of our seven nights there, even after trying to drown out the sounds by turning up the air conditioner and having the ceiling fan on high. So that's the poor part of our stay.

The hotel is dated, but offers all the amenities you need. Our goal was to do a lot of sightseeing while in Cancun, so we were off site every day. The pool is cute, and the grounds spotless. The gardening is nicely done, and the maintenance staff constantly working away. The rooms offer basic amenities, with a microwave, bar fridge, kitchenette setup, etc. There is a cute restaurant on site, but we were always out and about so we never had a chance to use it. Being on the lagoon side of the strip, we enjoyed some lovely evening sunsets (when we were there to enjoy them, and not off site).

We met some very nice people at this resort, all of them coming through time share slots/RCI/etc. Very pleasant experience. Everyone liked the location due to being so central to everything. The staff at the resort were extremely helpful at all times.

Just down the driveway that leads to the hotel are some very nice and reasonably priced Mexican pubs and restaurants which we enjoyed. We also bought groceries for in the room; there are two OXXO grocery marts just off the end of the driveway to your right as you are leaving which offer basic amenities. Of course, we did the Cancun WalMart shopping expedition and Market 28, which were both lots of fun.

We used the local buses extensively, they are inexpensive and safe. Make sure that you have Mexican pesos for rates; it costs 65 pesos per person to travel as far as you want one way. If you have peso bills, they will give you back change. Do not try to use any type of foreign currency as the bus drivers are not set up to accept or exchange these funds. There is a bank exchange house just to the right of the end of the driveway to the hotel, and they offer one of the best rates we saw while there. The hotel was also matching these exchange rates, which was nice to see.
The bus drivers are very helpful, and do try to assist the tourists with locating the stop you want to get off at. We honestly had a blast using the local busing system.

As for time share presentations, they are offered everywhere. Apparently this aggressive practice will be ending as of Jan. 1 2009, regards of the Mexican government. We chose to take in 3 presentations during our 12 day trip (we stayed another 5 days at a different resort) and accepted these presentations based on two things (1) when the weather was poor, and (2) how much we could negotiate out of them for going. Keeping and open mind, and knowing that we would be refusing all offers, we had some nice tours of some very nice resorts, free food, and lots of free gifts and American cash. Worked out well, and we got a bit of a kick out of it. Took care of our cloudy and overcast mornings when we couldn't really do much else.

If you are looking for an inexpensive place to stay in Cancun, this is sufficient, but do ask for a room in the north block of rooms. They really can't do much about the all night disco, so if you are not a party person this might cause some sleepless nights. Because our plans included constant sight seeing and excursions, this hotel was an excellent base. We also took in the time share presentation offered by the lobby staff at the Clipper Club, and used the $1,000 pesos they paid us towards 4 excursions which we negotiated with the hotel concierge.