Spacey has actually been pretty vocal on the 2016 presidential candidates, as well. At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Spacey compared Donald Trump's campaign to George Wallace's campaign in 1968. (Wallace was also a populist governor who favored racial segregation.
It all depends where you are staying, though a vast majority of flights are from the Cancun airport (which is actually located about 10 min from the begining of the Riviera (where the Cancun hotel zone finishes).
Cancun is the north end of the Riviera Maya. Tulum is the south end. The Riviera Maya is a 90 mile long stretch between the two. Pick your resort. Be sure to ask your travel agent how long a trip from the airport. Our resort in Tulum was nearly two hours, because a few others needed dropping off first.