What I've learned from taking 100+ buses in Mexico

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The ULTIMATE GUIDE to bus travel in Mexico! Get my top tips for taking first class buses in Mexico. From buying tickets online to what to tip the luggage handler, I've covered everything you need to know about traveling by bus in Mexico.
00:00 Intro
00:37 Rule of thumb for bus travel in Mexico
01:11 Why I LOVE traveling by bus in Mexico
02:35 Must-know Spanish vocabulary for bus travel
04:03 Purchasing ticket at counter vs online
05:02 Bus ticket tutorial
08:04 Using a third-party website
08:50 What to expect at the bus station in Mexico
09:42 When to arrive for your bus
10:11 Carry-on luggage
11:42 Who to TIP at the bus station (and how much)
12:01 What to do after your bus arrives
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Primera Plus website: www.primeraplus.com.mx/
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How to Use the ADO Bus in Mexico: www.janineintheworld.com/ado-...
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@travelingblindwithchad1156 Год назад

Just spent 10 weeks traveling all over Mexico by bus put on over 3000 miles, buses in Mexico are awesome

@alex-wittman Год назад

Yessssss, love this!

@miguel-h Год назад

I recently took the bus from Querétaro to Mexico City. Even though the tickets were bought right there at the station about ten minutes before departure, the whole experience was great, and the people at the terminal were very helpful.

@miguel-h Год назад

Also there are discounts for students and senior citizens, and it’s nationwide in Mexico.

@alex-wittman Год назад

Definitely the best way to travel in Mexico!

@talesfromtheleashexpatdogl1426 Год назад

@@alex-wittman If I buy him a seat, can I take my mobility assistance/anaphylaxis alert service dog?

@marshall886 9 месяцев назад

Probably not...

@tessbeasley Год назад

If you are not Spanish-speaking, I highly recommend getting your bus tickets in advance to avoid some disconnect. I thought it was going be super easy to get bus tickets and head to San Miguel once we landed in Mexico City. After getting the tickets, we waited at the bus station with our bus not listed on the board the entire time. All of the buses with our departure time had left the board and we were just standing there anxious but every attendant assured us it was on the way. We waited 40 minutes for our bus to actually get there then we were worried about missing our connecting bus since our first bus was so late. All went well and I am glad for the experience, but it was not as smooth as it could’ve been😅 if only this video had come out a couple weeks earlier! Hahaha

@alex-wittman Год назад

You asked so here it is! My top tips for traveling by bus in Mexico 🤓 What other topics would you like to see me cover related to traveling in Mexico? P.S. There are chapters in the video description in case you want to jump to something specific :)

@MexicoAdventurer Год назад

Primera Plus also gives sandwiches and juice or soda. Like airlines! I like Primera Plus. And ETN double decker.

@mariobruyere9169 Год назад

Travelling on a luxury bus in Mexico is way more enjoyable and comfortable experience than in Canada (more akin to cattle shipping). Argentina provides a similar experience (as in Mexico, some bus companies are better than others, obviously).

@danbryan2688 Год назад

I’m just finishing up a 4 month (4 stop) trip to Mexico. I ended up using buses to get from location to location. I was surprised by how cheap and how nice the buses were. I used ETN which was great. All but one of the trips went smoothly - 5hr delay due to a traffic issue - plan for that to potentially happen

@alex-wittman Год назад

Glad to hear your had a mostly smooth experience, Dan!

@LJ-jq8og Год назад

IF only the USA could learn from Mexico on bus travel 😊

@reubenblanco3021 6 месяцев назад

Not really encouraged by the big oil companies since most Americans own a vehicle.

@hinojosacastanedajoseelias2160 Год назад

I don’t know why I love your videos, I’m Mexican, and I really enjoy your videos. I like to see the perspective of my country in the eyes of foreigners, besides that with your videos I learn English. Saludos desde la Ciudad de México (Sorry if I made a mistake with my English)

@alex-wittman Год назад

Your English is fantastic! Keep up the good work!

@beachlife8367 Год назад

Let me tell you something: the information she packs into these videos is mind-blowing! She covers things I haven't even thought about "thinking" of (if that makes sense)! This is like the second, or third, or tenth video I've seen by her that has been SO helpful, it's not even funny! Thank you SO MUCH for this content!

@alex-wittman Год назад

Your comment made my day! Thank you for your positive feedback & I am so happy that you find my content helpful 🤓

@doodlethebeagle2078 Год назад

Mil gracias por todo 🙏

@dialogarconlahistoria8229 Год назад

¡qué bien promocionas México! Mis respetos.

@genaroignot3332 Год назад

Great video Alex

@LJ-jq8og Год назад

Great video, ❤ so looking forward to the experience !

@laurab9867 Год назад

Awesome video with lots of information. Thanks so much! 👍

@bobankr Год назад

Another excellent, very useful and detailed segment. Great job!

@joroberts1174 15 дней назад

Brilliant! Thank you 🙏

@raymcsloy8125 Год назад

We have missed you guys!!

@cindyk3076 Год назад

You gave some really great tips, Alex, as usual! Thank you.

@alex-wittman Год назад

Glad it was helpful!

@hinthegroove9740 Год назад

Mom and daughter are just so lovely 😊

@genaroignot3332 Год назад

Alex you are great!!

@markfoley3923 Год назад

Lovely video, Alex. Bien hecho! I do most of my Mexico travel in the Yucatan region, and the ADO bus website is similar to the Primera Plus site you demonstrated. I tip my luggage handler when loading as well as when collecting my bags. Be sure to keep valuable and important documents with you on your person (inside) the bus, and try to select a seat not too close to the onboard toilet. Cheers!

@alex-wittman Год назад

Yessss, the toilet tip! Thanks for sharing, Mark!

@christopherarkills8912 Год назад

Thanks for this video! I love bus travel in Mexico and try to convince friends it is the way to go. On my last bus trip from Guadalajara to Guanajuato I sat with a Mexican woman. We didn’t talk much but she was happy watching the movie Mamma Mia, while I was watching the band Queen Live from Montreal. We both seat danced our way to GTO.

@deano7643 Год назад

Great video Alex, I wished this had been out prior to my last trip but after our discussion about the buses, it was easy enough to do. Thanks as always!😎

@alex-wittman Год назад

Now you're an expert for next time!

@denispotvin6396 14 дней назад

Excellent video! Really. A lot of useful details, very well explained, and very refreshing (not boring at all). All your tips are going to be very useful to me. Thanks a lot.

@roundpaws Год назад

Fantastic video as always. Very informative and loved seeing Mom ❤

@alex-wittman Год назад

So glad you found it helpful, Lynne!

@ernestoamesqua4848 Год назад

This video is a blessing! right as im about to travel. Thank you!!!

@alex-wittman Год назад

I am so glad you found it helpful, Ernesto!

@yolindabadenhorst2099 Год назад

Must be the most informative bus travel clip up to now. Thanks for this. Planning a trip next year.

@alex-wittman Год назад

Glad it was helpful!

@indyschlumpf728 Год назад

Great information! Thanks.

@alex-wittman Год назад

So glad you found it helpful, Indy!

@ebouwens Год назад

Such great practical and accurate advice. Travel blogs seem never to talk about these important details.

@ebouwens Год назад

Also, how is it that I have the same San Francisco cup by my computer as you put it down? Fun!

@mdrichards Год назад

Love traveling in Mexico by bus! Such a different experience than in the US.

@alex-wittman Год назад

Night and day difference!

@allzen0 Год назад

Thank you so much for this video. I'll be making my first flight into Mexico City later this month then taking a bus to Puebla. I have been so nervous about handling the bus travel. I really appreciate this video. Of course, I've been nervous about about the MX airport too and will watch your other video about that in a little while. Thank you for your informative YT channel.

@alex-wittman Год назад

I hope these videos helped to ease your nerves about, Kathryn! You've got this 🤓

@crumpetlips2062 Год назад

Great stuff, thanks!

@alex-wittman Год назад

Glad you liked it!

@sunnybrookfamily6711 Год назад

Excellent video! And yay for your Mom making her Backpacking Brunette debut!

@alex-wittman Год назад

So fun to have her in the video 🥰

@janineintheworld Год назад

Truly the ultimate guide!! This is so helpful-- I'm embarrassed to admit that I didn't know you're supposed to tip the luggage handlers 🤦🏻‍♀ I always learn something from you! Thanks for the shoutout!! 💕

@alex-wittman Год назад

Love your ADO guide, Janine! So so helpful!

@alexwallace6120 Год назад

Thanks for the informative video ,on those beautiful buses .In 1982,I was a student and took inexpensive buses to Acapulco, Oaxxaca, and Michocan.I don't remember what class but they weren't fancy. I went back to Baja Norte and Baja Sur by bus in 1988 and it was inexpensive and fun.

@alex-wittman Год назад

Glad you found it helpful, Alex! Baja in 88 sounds fun 😎

@davidraf3067 4 месяца назад

Congratulations for your video. Its very good and detailed. As a mexican citizen I love to travel by bus. In Mexico the buses are really good, specially First Class with movies and music. When I am abroad, travel by bus has been sometimes a nightmare. I miss the snack they usually gave before covid.

@jpsmusicandmore5457 Год назад

Great video Alex. I really like that they are serious about the luggage tags. That is a relief.

@alex-wittman Год назад

I lost mine once and had to wait until alllll the bags were claimed and no one was waiting so they would give me mine 🤓

@jpsmusicandmore5457 Год назад

@@alex-wittman Some of what I have read about other countries is you never check your bags cause you never get them back.

@JP-fv4bm Год назад

Your channel consistently provides the best travel tips for people traveling to Mexico. On my last trip to Mexico with my family, we took a first-class bus trip from CDMEX to Morelia Michoacan. It was a great experience, better than what is available in the states.

@alex-wittman Год назад

Thanks for your kind words, JP!

@dhobby7771 Год назад

Thxs for this most informative video. ADO Bus is my favorite. Hello Mom. ATB from lovely Cancun.

@alex-wittman Год назад

Thanks for watching, Don!

@ovh992 Год назад

Please do a video on job opportunities for English speakers in Mexico. That would be so helpful for people who don't want to survive off RU-vid.

@michellewarnica Год назад

Thank you! Getting ready to take my first trip. San Miguel de Allende to Guanajuato 🎉😁💗

@jesswoo1 Год назад

Me too!

@alex-wittman Год назад

Two of my favorite cities in Mexico! Safe travels, Michelle!

@icasanova0721 Год назад

Hermoso pelo ❤️

@edgarandre5216 Год назад

As a Mexican I recommend traveling by bus it's easy to get a ticket at any time, any destination and on Website or App and you can enjoy the beautiful landscapes, all buses are very safe and monitored in real time.

@davebacon6194 Год назад

luv this lady, plus did you notice those knives hanging correctly on the wall, looks like somebody in the house knows their way way around a kitchen!

@alex-wittman Год назад

Ahhh thanks for watching, Dave!

@danjsilve Год назад

Yeah I love the bus style travelling. In Mexico from CDMX I have taken buses to Puebla and Acapulco, then to Puerto Escondido. Then a much smaller bus to Mazunte, a colectivo to Pochutla and a OCC bus to Salina Cruz. Sometimes you need to wrap up warm as they can have the AC set to Artic cold. Next week I take a bus from Tapachula to Guatemala City.

@alex-wittman Год назад

Good tip about the AC, Dan! Safe travels to Guatemala City!

@danjsilve Год назад

@@alex-wittman Thanx Alex, I will be staying just 1 week, in Guatemala as I want to here for another 6 months and beyond, and I can’t miss Día de los muertos or Copa Mundial, which I will watch the Mexican games with the locals for the atmosphere. What a beautiful country they have here.

@danjsilve Год назад

@@alex-wittman Oh and thank you also for the great tip of paying with PayPal, as yes I have had trouble paying online. I often go to the bus station the day before and pay, at the same time I know I am going to the right bus station.

@ziffel77 Год назад

Great informative video Alex! ***waves*** HI MOM!!!

@alex-wittman Год назад

A special little cameo 🥰 her house was AMAZING for filming! So much light 🤩

@ziffel77 Год назад

@@alex-wittman yes! For a while I thought oh my gosh you and Taylor moved until I saw your Mom. So I don't want to move to Mexico anymore I want to move to her house. 😄

@alex-wittman Год назад

@@ziffel77 her house is gorgeous!

@lorabarton3403 Год назад

Mom is right! Show some love to those who help you :)

@josephvizzini1277 Год назад

Hi Alex, Traveling to Guadalajara next week for the first time. Checking things out to see if Guadalajara could be my next home after I retire in about a year. Love your videos, very helpful. I will be taking a bus over to Queretaro and maybe San Miguel de Allende. Any absolute must sees in any of those cities? I'll be traveling alone so any advice for a solo traveler?

@mccoy4984 Год назад

I should have watched this video before I traveled from San Miguel to Queretaro on a second-class bus. It was fine except for the fact I didn't realize it was essentially doubling as a school bus and delivering kids from SM to their homes outside the city. It was constant starting and stopping on back roads and doubled the time it took to get to our destination. Yikes!

@melescobar6107 Год назад

Your Mum is so cute! Thanks for the great video! Do you prefer sitting in any particular seat? I watched a video once and they recommended the first seats as the best. I can't remember why though :)

@alex-wittman Год назад

If I am traveling alone, I will get one in the very back since there's usually one row of single seats. Otherwise, I like more toward the front (first row is the best since no one can recline their seat on you).

@marinajaffe143 Год назад

Love your videos! Was wondering if you have any tips for getting to and from Querétaro from the NLU airport? Are there any buses?

@alex-wittman Год назад

Hi, Mariana! I haven't had the opportunity to fly in or out of the NLU airport yet, so unfortunately, I don't have any tips.

@dewipratiwi9016 Год назад

Nice video. Really appreciated. Do they have a maximum luggage on the bus? If it yes, how many kilos?

@7425mc Год назад

How do you plan the bus trip from point of departure to point of arrival, eg bus companies servicing the route and associated schedules?

@dennishassler605 Год назад

They kicked my pet and I off the Lusury Bus, so I took the local slower bus, but kept my pet ; )

@alex-wittman Год назад

Glad you found on option that worked for your, Dennis! Safe travels!

@smttn1 6 месяцев назад

Hi Alex, do you happen to know if you can bring a small dog in a carrier on Mexico buses?

@sergiodelnodal4718 4 месяца назад

I will be going to Merida (city) on May 3rd. I will be there for 3 days. I was thinking of takin the Maya train to Cancun on the 6th, but I can not seem to find a website where I can pruchase tickets. With that said, I would like to have a plan B if train fails.. I am not sure how to go about for the bus. Can I book with Primera Plus as well or just play it by ear and go to the Terminal of busses?

@n6385j Год назад

What options do I have for getting from Mexico City airport to the Roma area in the city? Uber is one way I know, but what about public buses?

@lesiaeljudah7869 4 месяца назад

Hi it will be my first trip to Merida Mexico I like to know if the bus goes to Merida or do I need to fly from the last stop of Mexico

@SwissFrames 11 месяцев назад

Is there a way to get the INAPAM discount when booking online ?

@Wilfredos_ Год назад

The videos, do the have programming?, or it is just a monitor to hook your phone?

@alex-wittman Год назад

They have movies and shows!

@trrra Год назад

What about the chance of being assalted/robbed? Especially in the center states?

@mouadzaaim9892 Год назад

Hi thank you for sharing please do I need my passport with me if I bought the ticket online? Is there someone who will ask me about the passport or some checkpoints? Can you give more details how I can travel from city to city without my passport

@rick-be 2 месяца назад

Usually the toilets are unuseable.

@2.0b92 Год назад

Can anyone please help on a bus from Tijuana to San Louis Potosi ?? Advice this will be my first trip in Mexico solo .. how do I stay safe !?

@rapramix Год назад

Hi, a newbie here, are there any trains between big cities in Mexico?

@alex-wittman Год назад

There are a few tourism trains (most famously El Chepe in Copper Canyon), but as of now, there are no trains connecting big cities in Mexico.

@jesswoo1 Год назад

Thank you for the information. So if I fly into Mexico City the bus station is right there! ? I’m going to visit Querétaro and after San Miguel

@jesswoo1 Год назад

You answered my question in another video about the airport. Thank you so much

@alex-wittman Год назад

Yep, buses leave from both terminal 1 & terminal 2!

@rookiemaquillage Год назад

Are pets in carrier allowed on the bus with the passenger?

@sebastianthedog Год назад

I’d like to know the answer to that as well.

@TimMaloneyNMactor Год назад

I took the wrong Bus 32 years ago from Morelia to San Miguel De Allende . It was like a bad Chevy Chase movie . I figured it was my Karma catching up with me from a past Life , or something .

@alex-wittman Год назад

Oh no, Tim! Sounds like quite the story!

@TimMaloneyNMactor Год назад

@@alex-wittman I`ll spare the details , but yes , buses are the way to go .

@2hrtzmeet 11 месяцев назад

Hi Alex, My buddy lost his passport in Queretaro, We are in Guanajuato at the moment, consultant told him 4-6 weeks for a replacement, so our solution is for him to take a bus from GTO to Guadalajara, than to Tijuana, in Tijuana he can cross in the USA with his Military ID..Here Is my question....Do you need to show a passport to ride get on a bus in Mexico? any info would be helpful

@alex-wittman 10 месяцев назад

You don't usually need to show your passport to board, but if the bus got stopped for any reason, the police could ask passengers to show their documents.

@JosephDurkin-er3sq 11 месяцев назад

Did they ever ask for your passport while on the buss

@cruzalejandro2915 Год назад

You look always so beautiful and nice hermosa mujer

@alex-wittman Год назад

Thanks for watching 🥰

@ferv6190 Год назад

Nope! I prefer to travel by ETN Buses they have a Cafetería insde de bus and it's like a bus of London I like to travel in the second floorBut I don't know if they have Route to Queretaro.

@alex-wittman Год назад

I have taken ETN buses too! Great company 😎

@zap4264 6 месяцев назад

Bus prices are much more expensive than travelers say, according to websites I'm checking from home. I don't understand where these cheap prices come about. I've been quoted hundreds of dollars for overnight busses. :/

@alex-wittman 6 месяцев назад

What destinations are you hoping to travel between?

@jessereeves3120 5 месяцев назад

Probably a dumb question, but what about traveling with dogs?

@genaroignot3332 Год назад

Hi Alex how are you today ?

@alex-wittman Год назад

I’m great 🥰 thanks so much for watching!

@MarcoAntonio-pp1lu Год назад

Mom's a fox, !

@MarcoAntonio-pp1lu Год назад

Is she single?

@davldpratt7487 10 месяцев назад

How much is English spoken at bus terminals or on bus?

@jmac3327 Год назад

Sistah...have you moved? Nice background.

@alex-wittman Год назад

I was visiting my mom in Michigan!

@traceyb715 Год назад

Any chance you can take pets?

@theroach1012 Год назад

Your mom is way beautiful.

@thekoreantraveler 8 дней назад

Don't ride the bus from Culiacan to Los Mochis, because you might be stopped by narcos and asked to get off the bus as of April 2024

@parker1ray Год назад

I'm sorry, how could anyone in the modern era not own a car?

@whyillustrated5610 Год назад

Generally most average/middle income people who are financially intelligent don't own a car

@parker1ray Год назад

@@whyillustrated5610 Not in America!

@solorock28 Год назад

@@parker1ray in Mexico you can buy everything you need within 3 to 10 block from your house, and if it is further away, u can use public transport, or an uber