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Phil Doherty TUG Member Posts: 23 From: Registered: Apr 2001	posted 02-10-2005 13:28 I was wondering if anyone is familier with the public bus service in Cancun? We are staying almost down near Club Med on the southern end and were wondering if the bus service goes that far down the hotel zone. Also the place we will be staying at is called Cancun Plaza Condominiums. if anyone knows anything about buses or the hotel it would be much appreciated. IP: Logged
jen scott TUG Member Posts: 97 From: Innisfil, Ontario Royal Islander-Cancun Registered: Dec 2003	posted 02-10-2005 15:15 Buses run down the entire hotel zone which includes Club Med I believe. Buses run every 2 minutes. 65 pesos. IP: Logged
K Hodl TUG Member Posts: 1223 From: Arizona/ Pueblo Bonito, Allegro, Mayan Palace, Sudwala, Glenmore Sands, Club Regina, VDPalmar, San Felipe, Pacifica, Royal Caribbean, Islander, VCI Registered: Dec 2000	posted 02-10-2005 15:26 Club Med is actually the turn around for the hotel zone buses. There are lots of buses and you should have no trouble finding an empty seat at the end of the line. ------------------ Ken For photos and descriptions of the Royal Resorts in Cancun Mexico, CLICK HERE Please visit all my PHOTO PAGES of various Mexican resorts I have visited. IP: Logged
Phil Doherty TUG Member Posts: 23 From: Registered: Apr 2001	posted 02-10-2005 16:20 Thank You so much. You can always count on tuggers for the answer to almost any question. IP: Logged
jspang TUG Member Posts: 57 From: Napoleon, OH resorts: Royal Sands week 3,4,5 Registered: Jan 2001	posted 02-10-2005 16:25 The correct cost for the bus service is 6 1/2 pesos actually you give them 7 pesos. That will get you anywhere on the route one way. IP: Logged
Harvey and Lin TUG Member Posts: 796 From: Monterey, CA Registered: Dec 2000	posted 02-10-2005 19:57 The precise amount of the fare is 6 peso's and 50 centavos (as of 1/15/05). The only reason I am clarifying this is it will allow you to get rid of those little centavo coins you get as change in the stores or back from the driver (if he feels like it!) So it's another option rather than giving the driver 7 pesos. Roundtrip from the hotel zone is 6 peso's 50 centavos times 2 or 13 pesos. It's not the 50 centavos differnce that I care about as much as I hate to come home with a bunch of weird little foreign coins that I throw away. Since none of the exchange companies will accept coins for exchange, many airlines will now collect these and donate them to charity. So you can't really lose. IP: Logged
Harvey and Lin TUG Member Posts: 796 From: Monterey, CA Registered: Dec 2000	posted 02-10-2005 20:12 quote: Originally posted by jen scott: Buses run down the entire hotel zone which includes Club Med I believe. Buses run every 2 minutes. 65 pesos. I think Jen got the amount wrong here. Buses are 6 pesos 50 centavos or around 59 cents one way from tne hotel Zone to downtown and the same amount for return. They are not 65 pesos which is about 5 dollars 90 cents at the current exchange rate. Harvey [This message has been edited by Harvey and Lin (edited 02-10-2005).] IP: Logged
mischelle TUG Member Posts: 319 From: NY - Brooklyn; Own 3BR @ Star Island Resort, 3BR@EVR, Embassy Vacation Resort @ Grand Beach Registered: Sep 2004	posted 02-11-2005 04:50 Well don't feel badly about it Jen. If I hadn't been reading this post out of pure curiousity then I wouldv'e continued thinking it was 65 pesos as well. I read it as 65 pesos on one of the Mexico Tips pages.You learn something every day. Chelle [This message has been edited by mischelle (edited 02-11-2005).] IP: Logged
Kathy Q TUG Member Posts: 969 From: New England Registered: Dec 2000	posted 02-11-2005 14:48 Just a note... At the end of my trip in 2003 I carefully counted out the right number of pesos in very small change. When I boarded the bus and dumped this handful of small coins into the bus driver's hand he got pretty upset and threw the coins at the winshield. Eeeeek! I'll never try to get rid of my small change that way again!!! Kathy Q IP: Logged
Fern Modena TUG Member Posts: 7601 From: Southern Nevada Registered: Dec 2000	posted 02-12-2005 07:53 I don't know how the bus fare works in Cancun, but in Mazatlan the bus driver is required to buy ticket books for a certain price. Everybody gets a ticket as they pay the fare. The difference in what the ticket costs the driver and what you pay is the driver's wages. Most all the tourists I know (and many of the ex-pat locals) "round up" the bus fare, since 50 centavos is about four cents. Not much to me, but a hecka lot to the driver, multiplied out. So what do I use the "chicken feed" coins for? Again, in Mazatl�n, there are young children who bag groceries at the supermarket. They receive no pay from the market, but the people who buy groceries tip them small change. I give them all my small change, and if it isn't much, a peso or two more. If I still have small change left, I leave it with the larger amount I am giving the maids. That's what I do. I'm on vacation, and I'm a "rich American" to most of the locals (even though I'm not really). I'm not going to sweat four cents, even multiplied out... Fern quote: Originally posted by Harvey and Lin: The precise amount of the fare is 6 peso's and 50 centavos (as of 1/15/05). The only reason I am clarifying this is it will allow you to get rid of those little centavo coins you get as change in the stores or back from the driver (if he feels like it!) So it's another option rather than giving the driver 7 pesos. Roundtrip from the hotel zone is 6 peso's 50 centavos times 2 or 13 pesos. It's not the 50 centavos differnce that I care about as much as I hate to come home with a bunch of weird little foreign coins that I throw away. Since none of the exchange companies will accept coins for exchange, many airlines will now collect these and donate them to charity. So you can't really lose. ------------------ Fern Modena �My words are my own, please don't use them without my permission. IP: Logged
Harvey and Lin TUG Member Posts: 796 From: Monterey, CA Registered: Dec 2000	posted 02-12-2005 22:55 Another way to do a good deed is to give your small change (with some larger pesos too.) to the chiclet children who are ubiquitos in Mexico. I know we can't personally solve the problem of world hunger (and sometimes these children are very annoying) but these are some of the things as "rich Americans" we can do to help some needy children. IP: Logged
KarenK TUG Member Posts: 979 From: Tonawanda, NY USA; own Villa del Mar, Pto. Vallarta; VCI & Royal Caribbean; Pelican, St Maarten; Swallowtail, Hilton Head; Oberstaufen, Germany. Registered: Dec 2000	posted 02-13-2005 07:51 Some years back during a Spring Break week in Cancun a friend of mine noticed that the bus drivers were collecting the tickets from the unsuspecting Americans who go off via the front door of the bus. The driver was then giving the "used" tickets to other Americans who got on. In this way he was able to pocket quite a bit of cash, as he only had to account for the missing numbers in his ticket book! IP: Logged
geoffb TUG Member Posts: 222 From: New Hampshire Resorts: Club Internacional de Cancun, Royal Sands Registered: Jul 2003	posted 02-13-2005 08:43 I always find it amusing that when the fare is 6.50 or whatever most people end up paying an even number of pesos ( this year) since smaller change is almost never used in Cancun. So, as a couple we'll do the math and pay the correct amount (13 pesos this year). One time a driver tried to get us to pay the extra peso as if we had paid separately and I pointed at the rate sign and did the math for him in Spanish. Most people in Cancun are very honest and you see a few examples of stuff like this. I have actually seen locals start yelling at someone they think is cheating a tourist because they consider it a threat to the local economy. -G IP: Logged
Phil Doherty TUG Member Posts: 23 From: Registered: Apr 2001	posted 02-14-2005 14:04 Can anyone tell me if when you get on the bus, you pay for the return trip at the same time? Awhile ago, someone told me that when you get on, you ask for a return voucher--is that what Karen is talking about? IP: Logged
KarenK TUG Member Posts: 979 From: Tonawanda, NY USA; own Villa del Mar, Pto. Vallarta; VCI & Royal Caribbean; Pelican, St Maarten; Swallowtail, Hilton Head; Oberstaufen, Germany. Registered: Dec 2000	posted 02-14-2005 14:18 No. Fares are one way only. There are no transfers, either. If you get off one bus and get on another one you pay again. I am not sure about this -- but -- the local busses, i.e. the ones that only run in town and do not come out to the hotel zone ...the fare may be lower there. Maybe Jim can enlighten us. IP: Logged
geoffb TUG Member Posts: 222 From: New Hampshire Resorts: Club Internacional de Cancun, Royal Sands Registered: Jul 2003	posted 02-14-2005 17:41 No, you pay one way at a time on the municipal buses.... you'll be handed a ticket, that's not a bus transfer, it is a receipt. Keep it. Do not give it back to the driver or toss it out the window. If the bus is stopped by an inspector and you have no ticket you'll have problems. If the bus is in an accident and you have no ticket you won't be insured. Throw it away after you get off the bus (or keep it as a souvenir). IP: Logged
gresmi TUG Member Posts: 1401 From: Pembroke Pines, FL, USA Own: Aruba - Casa Del Mar, Playa Linda, Aruba Phoenix; Omni Cancun, Seapointer, SA Registered: Dec 2000	posted 02-14-2005 18:36 Fern, Thanks for the info. I know you love MAZ. As my good friend says, "Continue to be cool". quote: Originally posted by Fern Modena: I don't know how the bus fare works in Cancun, but in Mazatlan the bus driver is required to buy ticket books for a certain price. Everybody gets a ticket as they pay the fare. The difference in what the ticket costs the driver and what you pay is the driver's wages. Most all the tourists I know (and many of the ex-pat locals) "round up" the bus fare, since 50 centavos is about four cents. Not much to me, but a hecka lot to the driver, multiplied out. So what do I use the "chicken feed" coins for? Again, in Mazatl�n, there are young children who bag groceries at the supermarket. They receive no pay from the market, but the people who buy groceries tip them small change. I give them all my small change, and if it isn't much, a peso or two more. If I still have small change left, I leave it with the larger amount I am giving the maids. That's what I do. I'm on vacation, and I'm a "rich American" to most of the locals (even though I'm not really). I'm not going to sweat four cents, even multiplied out... Fern ------------------ Greg Greg's Excellent Adventures IP: Logged

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