Mexico Insight

At present, travelers visiting or passing through the UK are only allowed to depart with one piece of carry-on luggage with them.   Beginning January 2008, passengers traveling through British airports will again be able to carry two bags on board their flights out of Britain.
After the British police said that they foiled a terror plot in August […]

Historically, genuine competition has been more concept than actuality in Mexico.   The domestic airline market was an epitome of Mexico’s closed market culture: ‘multiple choices’ but only one price.
At the turn of the century, domestic air travel in Mexico was significantly more expensive in comparison to domestic air travel in the US or Europe; in relative terms, prices were […]

Hotels in several regions across Mexico have been announcing a series of deeply discounted seasonal offers recently.  The period from mid-September to mid-December is considered ‘low season’ and properties across Mexico discount prices to entice travelers with flexible schedules to take up the slack in occupancy.
The latest list of offers we were sent at the […]

With the Euro and Pound Sterling rising to record levels against the US Dollar on foreign currency markets, Mexico looks set to win tourist revenues from Americans, Canadians and Europeans, at least in the mid-term.
If you earn your money in US Dollars and are planning a vacation in Europe any time soon, expect your holiday […]

The number of people affected by the severe flooding in the state of Tabasco is now estimated to exceed one million, according to official statistics.  Of those, around 500,000 people are estimated to have been left homeless.  Water supplies are cut off, and the Red Cross is now working to avoid the spread of water […]

If you’ve been visiting Mexico’s central highlands any time in the last three weeks, you’ll know that a cold front has been making temperatures feel decidely chilly, all the way from Chihuahua in the north, through Mexico City and further south into Puebla.  Because most of Mexico’s inland destinations are at altitude, cold fronts can feel much colder […]