Topic - Travel Advice

2009 has been a tough year for the world’s tourism markets.
Depending on whose figures are to be believed, we could determine that global flight passenger numbers are down between fifteen and twenty per cent; hotel bookings are down at least fourteen per cent, and so we may deduce that the support industries which surround these […]

Mexico will turn its clocks back by one hour this coming weekend, ending its spring and summer engagement with Daylight Saving Time.
Officially, the clocks in Mexico will be turned back by one hour at precisely 0200 (2am) on Sunday, October 25th.  Europe too, will turn its clocks back by one hour on this date, but […]

Mexico’s geographical territory comprises a diverse topography including coastal plains, temperate highlands and extensive mountain ranges which climb to heights of over 10,000 feet above sea level. This diversity gives rise to a range of different climate zones.
If you’re planning to visit Mexico on vacation, or for longer periods – perhaps for living or retirement […]

Mexico observes a number of dates throughout the year to commemorate and celebrate key historical and cultural events in the country’s history.
There are currently ten statutory national holidays in Mexico; however, only nine are observed annually; the tenth one, on December 1, is only observed every six years, on the occasion of a Presidential inauguration.
Where […]

One of the more common annoyances experienced by people visiting or living in Mexico is the presence of mosquitoes.  Mosquitoes make their home here along with other apparent ‘scary’ creatures such as spiders, scorpions and snakes; but unlike the creatures that crawl, mosquitoes are far more commonly seen and felt – and thus can become more […]

2009 has been a relatively quiet year for hurricanes near Mexico.  Technically, the ‘hurricane season’ starts as early as June, although most hurricanes don’t brew until August and September, when the region’s summer temperatures reach their peak.
Hurricane Jimena, headed towards Mexico’s Baja California peninsula, is currently rated as a ‘Category 4′ storm — powerful enough […]

In February of this year, Mexican law-makers rushed a bill through Congress that requires mobile phone operators in Mexico to track and store all customer details, calls, voicemails and text messages.
The new law also requires people acquiring a new pre pay mobile phone to provide official identification at the point of purchase.  The purchase of a “pre pay” […]

Whether you are arriving in or departing from Mexico, there are some straightforward paperwork procedures you will need to engage with. Specific entry and exit procedures exist for foreign visitors, foreign residents on immigrant and non-immigrant visas, as well as Mexican nationals and naturalized foreigners.
Foreign Visitors – If you hold a passport issued by the United […]

Two key barometric measures may be employed to gauge the economic health of a nation’s tourism industry, notwithstanding any official figures published by a Ministry of Tourism: flight passenger numbers and the proliferation and depth of hotel discounts.
Worldwide, airline passenger volumes are down between fifteen and twenty per cent, when compared to the same period […]

Low-cost Mexican airline, Aviacsa, resumed its flights yesterday, ending a four-day hiatus that began when the Mexican government grounded twenty-five of its twenty-six air ships last week; an order which had left the airline effectively closed for business.   On Saturday June 6, a judge struck-down the grounding order imposed upon the company by the Ministry of Communications and Transport and Aviacsa started flying again.
The airline’s management […]