There are trips you take because the timing works, and then there are trips you take because something in you is asking for more. My stay at Banyan Tree Cabo Marqués in October 2019 was the second kind. I had just left my corporate job feeling underpaid and undervalued. With two weeks before my next role began, I booked myself a solo trip to Acapulco—and discovered that real luxury is about being understood, not just being served.