Mexico Insight

With the Christmas and New Year holiday period well past us, hotel deals are plentiful again across Mexico.  As room demand falls, accommodation prices can get discounted by thirty per cent or more, depending on the location and type of establishment.
If you’re planning to visit Mexico City, you will get much lower rates at many […]

There is a growing trend among expats worldwide—including those who reside in Mexico: staying home for six months.
Some people want to leave behind the cold winters in their home country and avoid the sultry humidity prevalent during the high summer months at most of Mexico’s beach locations between May and October. Others want to enjoy Mexico […]

Mexican immigration law, like most countries’ immigration law, is a complex labyrinth rife with elaborate regulations and procedures.  Our guide to Mexican immigration has been published to give readers a précis of the rules; an overview that shares understanding about the basic immigration principles as they are applied under Mexican law.
If you’re planning to visit Mexico […]

We have today published the January Edition of Vista, our Mexico Newsletter.
Our free monthly newsletter contains commentary, advice, tips and practical knowledge about travel, living & lifestyle and real estate in Mexico.   It also includes the writings of two talented columnists; an exclusive missive penned by Foreign Native (not available on the Foreign Native blog) and […]

English is the present-day ‘lingua franca’; a situation that has come to pass, in good measure, by the global influence of the Anglo-Saxon culture over the last few hundred years.  However, English has succeeded as a language for another reason: its enormous flexibility. The language is bequeathed with a mixture of Romantic and Germanic languages, and […]

On January 1st 2010, Mexico’s national sales tax rate, commonly referred to by its initials IVA (Impuesto al Valor Agregado), or Value Added Tax, rose by one percent, to 16%.
Price tags at retail stores across Mexico include this sum, so the amount you see advertised for an item is the amount you pay; distinct from […]

New Year’s Eve is mostly a quiet affair at homes across Mexico.  Many Mexican families stay indoors and pass the evening taking supper and drinks with close friends and family.  On the run-up to the occasion, markets undertake a brisk trade of grapes, as well as red and yellow-colored underwear. These satisfy a demand to uphold traditions which […]

Fast food franchises ply a very brisk trade in Mexico.  Notwithstanding Mexico’s enormous range and diversity of native foods and flavors, middle-class Mexicans especially have adopted a keen interest in all things fast, processed and packaged when it comes to eating out.
If you enjoy junk-food fixes, Mexico will oblige when you’re here.  However, if you […]

Following the upgrade of our web site in November, we have today launched a brand-new edition of Vista, our Mexico Newsletter published every month and delivered to registered subscribers by email.
The new edition of Vista is published in PDF, a format that enables us to present more information and manage the look and feel of the publication […]

Britain’s High Court has today ruled that the strike called by the Unite union on behlalf of the company’s cabin crew, and scheduled to begin Dec 22, is illegal.  The judge hearing the case agreed with British Airway’s legal counsel who argued that the union had incorrectly balloted its members.
The ruling handed down by Britain’s […]