Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Airport to Playa del Carmen

Options for getting from the airport to your hotel in Playa del Carmen.


  1. Your hotel's shuttle (contact your hotel or booking agency)

  2. Private taxi (should be about $65)

  3. A colectivo van that will take up to 10 people. They don't leave at any specific time, but you will have to wait until it's full enough to justify the trip. You may have to make stops at other resorts and hotels along the way, which can easily double the time it will take you to get to Playa del Carmen. To take one of these authorized taxis, go to any of the TTC kiosks located around the terminal and buy a ticket, or just step out of the arrival hall and you will get many offers. The price usually works out to about $18 per person.

  4. Mexican bus company Riviera operates a direct bus service between Cancun airport and Playa del Carmen. Tickets are about $9 each way. It leaves from outside the main arrival hall at the airport. Just before you exit the terminal, there is a Riviera counter where you buy the ticket. In Playa del Carmen the bus works out of the main bus terminal on 5th Avenue and Juarez.
    Bus Schedule:
    http://www.travelyucatan.com/cancun_airport_to_playa_del_carmen_bus_schedule.php

    Once you arrive to the bus terminal in Playa, there are plenty of taxis to take you to your final destination. If your hotel is walking distance, but you don't want to lug your bags in the heat, grab a guy with a triciclo, a tricycle. He can get you and your luggage to where you want to go.

The Cancun airport has some information you might find useful: www.cancun-airport.com/index.htm

Lastly, if you want to try to share a shuttle with other guests of our wedding, let us know when you arrive and where you are staying. I'll try to develop some sort of a spreadsheet to connect people if you are coming in at similar days/times.

2 comments:

  1. Lisa,
    I will be arriving on Saturday around 4:25 pm in Cancun. Is anyone else arriving at that time, to share a shuttle/van to the Royal Playa del Carmen?

    Maggie

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  2. I've started the lost Maggie! If I find any one coming around then, I'll connect you. :)

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