Cancun to Tulum (pesos, hotels, transfer to, taxis)
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Whats the safest and best way to travel from Cancun airport to Tulum (and back)>?
I think my hotel offers a shuttle but I also see several companies that are offering one way trip 70 $.
Any suggestions welcome
Within Tulum, do hotels offer day trip packages ? Or is it preferable to arrange on one's own ?
At Cancun airport, look (or ask) for the location of the ADO bus ticket counter. ADO is a first-class bus line, very clean and comfortable. ADO has buses that run direct from the airport to Playa del Carmen and then Tulum. Other times you take a bus to downtown Cancun first, then transfer to the bus to Tulum. The ticket price is less than $20. Lots of tourists use the ADO bus, it is safe.
The bus terminal in Tulum is in the city, not near the coastal resort hotels. If you are going to a beach front hotel, take a cab from the bus terminal. If you want to do a trip to Chichen Itza, you can take an ADO bus from Tulum bus terminal there and back, which is what I did. No need to go on a tour. You can also visit the Tulum ruins on your own without a tour - they are on the north side of the city along the coast.
Got a call from a friend who went to Cancun and said she and her friend were scared out of their mind by a taxi driver. They asked him how much to take them during the day about 2 miles back to their hotel and he wanted 325 pesos. She said she told him no thanks they would walk for that exorbitant amount. The cab then followed them along as they walked first saying ladies stop being cheap and they told him to F off. He continued to follow them telling them they were disrespectful. All in English. Finally he lost it and called them some really horrible names and said they'd get what they deserved in Spanish which my friend can understand. They hurried along to another hotel and walked up to the lobby and there two guys in front were harassing them asking if they wanted a taxi. They literally are freaked out by those guys saying taxi now I could hear the fear in her voice as she called asking could something have happened to them in daylight there.
Cancun is just an utter disaster right now with the documented rip offs with taxis and rental cars. Not to mention the people getting beat up for daring to take an Uber. I know most people have a good time there and make it through by just paying through the nose for everything there but why do people reward a place like that? Until people start choosing other places it will only get worse.
Got a call from a friend who went to Cancun and said she and her friend were scared out of their mind by a taxi driver. They asked him how much to take them during the day about 2 miles back to their hotel and he wanted 325 pesos. She said she told him no thanks they would walk for that exorbitant amount. The cab then followed them along as they walked first saying ladies stop being cheap and they told him to F off. He continued to follow them telling them they were disrespectful. All in English. Finally he lost it and called them some really horrible names and said they'd get what they deserved in Spanish which my friend can understand. They hurried along to another hotel and walked up to the lobby and there two guys in front were harassing them asking if they wanted a taxi. They literally are freaked out by those guys saying taxi now I could hear the fear in her voice as she called asking could something have happened to them in daylight there.
Cancun is just an utter disaster right now with the documented rip offs with taxis and rental cars. Not to mention the people getting beat up for daring to take an Uber. I know most people have a good time there and make it through by just paying through the nose for everything there but why do people reward a place like that? Until people start choosing other places it will only get worse.
I ended up taking Amstar shuttle from airport to hotel and back and was a hassle free experience . However taxis within Tulum were overpriced. It was suggested that I take the "collectivo " which was far more reasonable but not necessarily door to door . For 8 miles, I paid 450 pesos for taxi but only 25 pesos for Collectivo .
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