We used to vacation at Ixtapa back when we lived in Minnesota. Board the airplane at 15 below zero. Three hours later, 85 degrees warm.
We visited Huatulco when there was just one hotel on the beach. Good food. Clean beach but nothing to do otherwise, so we asked the hotel mgr for suggestions.
He got us on a spotless Air Liberdat DC-3 and flew us to Oaxaca city. Very neat, old historic city.
We just missed the Oaxaca radish festival...
We used to love Mexico and went twice a year. Have been all over both coasts. Like you I loved getting on a plane in November when it was kind of cold here and getting off in a tropical paradise. Then it started getting bad and we stopped going.
We have a Mexican friend from a small town in Michoacán. He is finally selling his restaurant and retiring. Said he is going to spend some time in his huge house there and threw out the welcome mat for us. We may go for awhile. He’s kind of a big wig there and we’d be safe.