I’m traveling alone and as a woman, safety is my priority. I paid $270 for my transportation from the airport to the hotel( jungle, not beach area). Crazy prices for sure!
It truly is nuts. One would think that they would want to make it easier and at least no more expensive than Cancun. The goal was to siphon off some of the Cancun airport travelers to ease the crowding there. With insane prices like these for ground transportation, they are very counterproductive towards that end. Thanks for watching.
I think it makes more sense for people traveling in groups than maybe singles or a couple. Splitting the cost of a private transfer for our group of 8, is about $50 each. We saved over $500 on the flights themselves by flying in to TQO instead of CUN. So, even with the expensive transportation it was a better price. I will follow that up with "seemingly" a better price. We don't travel until June 1, so I will follow up after.
I can see where with groups it would be a much better cost per person. Hopefully someone will realize that they are pricing themselves out of a lot of business. Just copy the model used in Cancun and that airport will take off. Pun intended. LOL
I was planning to travel to Tulum to ride the train to cancun. Thank yoi for updating us! Those taxi prices are crazy!! I would walk outside the airport area to find a local street taxi.
We haven't been out to the airport itself, but it is really in middle of the jungle and there isn't much around it. It is a good drive from downtown Tulum as you have to go the two legs of the triangle to get there. But we have noticed where we live, that there are many makeshift taxi stands. Glad that we could help.
It is quite staggering to say the least. Not sure if anyone thought this all the way through when they implemented those fees for ground transportation.
That is definitely some hardcore gouging. Taxis in Tulum are also gouging people going to and and from the beach as well. Left a very bad taste in my mouth. Will not be going back there.
I just booked round trip private service with Canada Transfers. $174 to & from RIU Tequila in Playacar. I’ll have my “Tulum Airport 2024, What To Expect” video up Sunday April 14.
Good, maybe somebody with some sort of business sense explained the insanity of what they were doing and it was rectified. Glad that you were able to get it for a better price, but that still seems a little high, but then everything here in Riviera Maya seems expensive. Thanks for sharing and have a great time!
Hard pass 😂 I got a ride from Cancun airport to Puerto Morelos with four suitcases for only US$40 with Run Run. I did tip $10 on top of that. These prices are very gouging and ridiculous.
I know Maxine. This is pricing this airport out of most people's discussion as to where to fly into here in Riviera Maya. Put that in conjunction with the Maya Train situation and I would be hard pressed to know why anyone would fly into this airport. Cozumel and the ferry would be cheaper.
@@GringosRUs makes no sense. You can take a taxis for a 80 usd from Cancun airport to playa (and 50 if you know private car companies). Theres something really strange with that pricing.
I am a Mexican national living in Cancun and I am embarrassed that my fellow country men are so short sighted and abusive to the hand that feeds them. The government is mostly to blame, they can easily put an end to corrupt taxi mafia but are unwilling given their corrupt nature. I am sorry to say, but Cancun taxis and general transportation companies are some of the worst in the world.
So very true. There is so much money waiting to be shared, that doing so in a reasonable manner leads to an increase in the amount that goes into the pie that everyone is sharing. But sometimes it is harder to reform what has been the norm for so long.
The ground transportation is more than the flights. I assume these are one way fares? I’ll stick to Puerto Vallarta. The bus at the airport will drop you off in Zona Romantica for 10 pesos. $0.60 USD
Yeah, those are all one way fares. Astonishing really that they are that much out of synch with the rest of the area when it comes to those prices. We will be glad to get back to regular Mexico real soon. LOL
Those are very high prices...i was in Zihuatanejo a week ago and we paid 350 pesos to get to centro but we took taxi from outside the airport ...very different there.
What is really weird here is the number of taxis that are just sitting waiting for fares all over the place. But when those are the prices, I can see why they aren't getting much business. I would be hard pressed to add a big tip on when I know what the same taxi ride would cost in other parts of the Riviera Maya, much less the rest of Mexico.
About adding a big tip? How could you possibly give one single penny..they are committing high way robbery. For God's sake. I d rather wait 3 hours for ado bus just not to reward greed which exceeds that of loan sharks.
Much of Mexico is becoming a "non-option" for my future retirement "possible travels destinations" (simply priced out). 😢 Waiting to see your future locations for better alternatives . Thanks 👍🤠✌️
Yeah Tony, the whole Riviera Maya has become very, very expensive. So far it appears that the center of the country is where the affordable lifestyle can be found. We will keep sharing with you as we continue to travel around.
Yeah, we didn't come away from Tulum with warm and fuzzies. It has changed and with the growth that is spreading like crabgrass, it is only going to get worse. Glad that we got to experience it, but definitely not a place that we would want to call home. Thanks for watching.
I thoroughly understand that logic. If you are going to have to be forced into spending that type of money, you might as well get the best bang for your buck! Thanks for watching.
If they would just build a road straight to Tulum from the airport, it would cut down the drive time and the expense. Hopefully that is coming in the future. Thanks Amanda for sharing that info.
Holy cow, what a rip-off! Can't the local government do anything to lower the rates? I'm not sure that locals vacationing there could afford the rates either.
Yeah Cindy, but my question is, what about the people who work at the airport? They definitely are not paying that price each way to go to work. If they are, I may have to go and apply for a job there. The other question is who is responsible for those high rates? State government, local government or the taxi companies? It is going to have to change if they want people to use that airport as those rates are a game changer when considering which airport to choose.
@@GringosRUs Taxi syndicate in QRoo is extremely strong and powerful and colludes with the local and State govt. Elections June 2nd and if any power shifts, the cartel battles war on and then we can see where the other things settle after that. Rinse and repeat every 3 years.
@@axreactsthat is a very fair statement. We suspected this was the case. We try not to delve into the politics, because we are hardly experts and don't have a vote.
True, but if they imposed the same pickup/drop off fees as the taxis, then the savings would be negligible. The fees are the stickler in this whole equation. Thanks for watching.
You get greased first by the taxis when you arrive and then again when you leave. There is supposed to be government meters in all taxis in the state of quintana roo in april. looks like the taxi unions have spoken to the governor about that....
Yeah, they are hitting the tourists hard and it is sad. It is a little short sighted as it will adversely impact the tourist trade and people will find less expensive places to travel.
