Mexico Insight

Some people traveling to spend Christmas away from home are beginning to choose quiet retreats, away from the crowds, commotion and mass consumerism of the festive season. Beach locations have always been Mexico’s most frequented locations for vacationers, especially at Christmas and New Year.  Oceanside venues will continue to be an alluring and popular choice [...]

At this stage in the annual calendar, we read through the archive of letters that have been sent to us and pick a handful or two for their inclusion on our Customer Testimonials page. We’d like to thank everyone who made some space in their day to write to us. We read every single letter that [...]

December 12 is one of Mexico’s most important religious holidays.  It is estimated that a million or more Catholic Mexicans will visit the Basilica de Guadalupe, in north-eastern Mexico City, to pay homage to the country’s most revered religious icon: the Virgin Guadalupe (The Virgin Mary). Some people begin walking to the Basilica – in [...]

Chichen Itza, the ancient Maya city, has always been popular with tourists. Year after year, it racks up the highest visitor numbers of any archaeological park in Mexico, not least because of its easy access from the highly frequented resort areas of Cancun and Riviera Maya, from which literally dozens of packed tour buses arrive at [...]

Mexico’s banks were re-privatized in 1991-2, after they had been nationalized by President Jose Lopez Portillo following Mexico’s 1982 financial crisis.  Although the banks were re-privatized by 1992, it was not until 1998 that the banking system was fully opened up to foreign investment. By 2002, over eighty per cent of Mexico’s banking system was [...]