Topic - Travel Services

One of the most common questions we get asked by people who are renting a car in Mexico is, ‘How much do the optional insurance coverage products cost?’ Third party insurance—which covers third parties but not the car renter in the event of a mishap—is compulsory by law in Mexico, and our car rental quotes [...]

Hotel deals are plentiful throughout Mexico outside of the key holiday seasons. In Mexico these are Christmas and New Year, Easter, and the summer vacation season between late June and early September. As the demand for rooms falls, accommodation prices are usually discounted by hotels and resorts, or they offer ‘free’ extras like breakfasts, spa [...]

Tentative signs that the airline industry is recuperating began to emerge recently, with the news that IATA expects airlines to ‘recover strongly’ this year, and some airlines announcing an expansion to their services, notably for those interested in Mexico: British Airways is launching a twice-weekly flight from London’s Gatwick airport to Cancun using a comfortable [...]

By US and European standards, taxi fares in Mexico are cheap.  Even airport taxis, which are notoriously expensive by Mexican cab fare standards, are reasonable when compared to their counterparts in places like Los Angeles, New York, London and Paris. Taxi cabs in Mexico’s three big cities are all metered.  Elsewhere in Mexico, cabs are [...]

In the pre-web era, most hotels reservations were made via a local travel agent, or perhaps using a specialist hotel booking firm that would advertise sample rates in newspapers and magazines so as to entice readers to telephone the agency. Then one day, along came the Internet. Mexperience, in association with ETS, offers you live [...]

The Leventer Group, a Latin American research company with offices in Mexico and Argentina, has published a report with findings about customer satisfaction in regards to airlines serving Mexico.  The report covers seven airlines: five are Mexican-based companies; two are American-based carriers with extensive operations in Mexico. The survey’s report is sub-headed into groups such [...]

We are now offering a new series of local tours and activities in and around the colonial cities of Aguascalientes and Cuernavaca. Aguascalientes is one of Mexico’s smallest states, situated near the center of the country’s colonial heartland.  Its capital city shares the same name as the state and, although it has not been as well-frequented by foreign visitors [...]

In recent years, Spanish language schools based in Mexico have been plying a brisk trade.  Their natural customer base is drawn from foreign visitors and resident expats who want to immerse themselves in Spanish classes to learn the language quickly from scratch, improve their existing language skills, and share the experience working and learning within a group of [...]

If you’re not planning to rent a car, or won’t be met by friends or family when you arrive at one of Mexico’s principal airports, you usually have three options for ground transportation to get to your hotel or other accommodation: airport shuttle, airport taxi, or local bus. Airport Shuttles – Most of the country’s [...]

Historically, car rental rates in Mexico have been higher in comparison with car rental rates offered in the USA.  However, the market has been shifting: rates in the US have been steadily increasing in recent years, narrowing the gap and, of late, car rental rates in Mexico have begun to decrease.  Mexperience is among the [...]