taxi fares increase

**ryberg** · 06-30-2005

This is not the most exciting news in the world, but it seems pretty slow over here lately, so why not. Official taxi rates have recently gone up. Here are some examples in pesos from the official rates sheet for PDC to various destinations, to give you an idea (arranged in ascending order):

PDC 14 (minimum within city)
Playacar 46
Xcaret 93
Puerto Aventuras 139
Mayan Palace 180
Akumal 226
Puerto Morelos 255
Xel-ha 359
Cancun airport 388
Tulum 400
Cancun city 411
Cancun hotel zone 452

Steve

playabum17 · 06-30-2005

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Originally Posted by ryberg

This is not the most exciting news in the world, but it seems pretty slow over here lately, so why not. Official taxi rates have recently gone up. Here are some examples in pesos from the official rates sheet for PDC to various destinations, to give you an idea (arranged in ascending order):

PDC 14 (minimum within city)
Playacar 46
Xcaret 93
Puerto Aventuras 139
Mayan Palace 180
Akumal 226
Puerto Morelos 255
Xel-ha 359
Cancun airport 388
Tulum 400
Cancun city 411
Cancun hotel zone 452

Steve

Guess I am going to have to cancel my next trip, this will blow my entire budget!

06-30-2005

but just because that what it says does't mean thats what you will pay

**ryberg** · 06-30-2005

Those are officially published rates, so a driver trying to charge you more is in violation of official, published regulations of the system he's working in, unless there are some extenuating circumstances. You could use the information to pressure the driver into playing things straight with you, in that case. I don't know if that's what you mean...

Steve

PlayadelSoul · 06-30-2005

Damn, now I have to give my employees a raise.

Seakony · 07-01-2005

I have had only 2 taxi drivers quote me the correct price. One even quoted me 5.00 U.S to take me from 10th and 12 to Mamitas. I told him to get lost..no sense arguing with him. One charged me 3.00 from Mamitas to 5th and 8...he did not get a tip and I told him I knew he was overcharging me. The 2 guys that quoted me correctly got a 4.00 tip and I thanked them for being honest. It pays to know the rates.

07-01-2005

We never had a problem with taxi drivers trying to overcharge- everyone was pretty consistent(30 pesos from anywhere downtown to Reef Coco Beach). I felt like it was a pretty fair rate.

The only time a driver wanted to negotiate a rate with us was when we were headed back from Yal-Ku. I had him drop us at the Colectivo pickup and he offered to drive us to PDC for $25; he was polite and fine with it when we said no thank you. That was about $10 less than we were quoted by a taxi driver in Playa, just still a lot more expensive than the collective.

jscarbor · 07-01-2005

Taxis are still a bargain in PDC.

**ryberg** · 07-01-2005

I'm in the "never had a problem" group. This may in part be because I used to get in, tell them where I was going, quote them the correct rate and then say "right?" But actually since I never had a problem I gave up doing even that. In general though I'd take up the rate question before you take off.

Steve

07-01-2005

Some of the drivers are obviously irked when they realise we're local and they can't overcharge us.

You can even overhear the base operator announcing 'red shrimp' arriving when the ferry comes in because they're so keen on tourists!

Sue · 07-01-2005

The woman at the front desk of the All-Riviera got us a taxi to the airport for $38 US. That's about right.

07-02-2005

Here is my example I used to pay 15 pesos from Poblado de Iberostar in Playacar to Iberostar Tucan. One day my mom came to visit me at the poblado, and i walked her back to the taxi so she could go back to the hotel. I then asked the guy 15 pesos right? and he said no thats only for employees and mexicans, and she ended up paying 20 or 25 or something. On the otherside coming from Cancun to Playacar they usually ask about 50 dollars and then my boyfriend would say no thanks if its not raining they would bring it down to 30 or 35 if it was raining it was more like 40.

06-30-2005	#1 (permalink)
ryberg playa maya guy Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: wandering between the Village Vanguard, NYC, 1961 and the Plugged Nickel, Chicago, 1965 Posts: 9,724	taxi fares increase This is not the most exciting news in the world, but it seems pretty slow over here lately, so why not. Official taxi rates have recently gone up. Here are some examples in pesos from the official rates sheet for PDC to various destinations, to give you an idea (arranged in ascending order): PDC 14 (minimum within city) Playacar 46 Xcaret 93 Puerto Aventuras 139 Mayan Palace 180 Akumal 226 Puerto Morelos 255 Xel-ha 359 Cancun airport 388 Tulum 400 Cancun city 411 Cancun hotel zone 452 Steve

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06-30-2005	#3 (permalink)
mofi Posts: n/a	but just because that what it says does't mean thats what you will pay

06-30-2005	#4 (permalink)
ryberg playa maya guy Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: wandering between the Village Vanguard, NYC, 1961 and the Plugged Nickel, Chicago, 1965 Posts: 9,724	Those are officially published rates, so a driver trying to charge you more is in violation of official, published regulations of the system he's working in, unless there are some extenuating circumstances. You could use the information to pressure the driver into playing things straight with you, in that case. I don't know if that's what you mean... Steve

06-30-2005	#5 (permalink)
PlayadelSoul añejo Join Date: May 2005 Location: We'll know when we get there, We'll find mercy Posts: 8,963	Damn, now I have to give my employees a raise.

07-01-2005	#6 (permalink)
Seakony añejo Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: no longer in Mesquite with nothing to do Posts: 10,146	I have had only 2 taxi drivers quote me the correct price. One even quoted me 5.00 U.S to take me from 10th and 12 to Mamitas. I told him to get lost..no sense arguing with him. One charged me 3.00 from Mamitas to 5th and 8...he did not get a tip and I told him I knew he was overcharging me. The 2 guys that quoted me correctly got a 4.00 tip and I thanked them for being honest. It pays to know the rates.

07-01-2005	#7 (permalink)
bic4d Posts: n/a	We never had a problem with taxi drivers trying to overcharge- everyone was pretty consistent(30 pesos from anywhere downtown to Reef Coco Beach). I felt like it was a pretty fair rate. The only time a driver wanted to negotiate a rate with us was when we were headed back from Yal-Ku. I had him drop us at the Colectivo pickup and he offered to drive us to PDC for $25; he was polite and fine with it when we said no thank you. That was about $10 less than we were quoted by a taxi driver in Playa, just still a lot more expensive than the collective.

07-01-2005	#8 (permalink)
jscarbor beachaholic Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Texas, USA Posts: 463	Taxis are still a bargain in PDC.

07-01-2005	#9 (permalink)
ryberg playa maya guy Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: wandering between the Village Vanguard, NYC, 1961 and the Plugged Nickel, Chicago, 1965 Posts: 9,724	I'm in the "never had a problem" group. This may in part be because I used to get in, tell them where I was going, quote them the correct rate and then say "right?" But actually since I never had a problem I gave up doing even that. In general though I'd take up the rate question before you take off. Steve

07-01-2005	#10 (permalink)
Mindbender Posts: n/a	Some of the drivers are obviously irked when they realise we're local and they can't overcharge us. You can even overhear the base operator announcing 'red shrimp' arriving when the ferry comes in because they're so keen on tourists!

07-01-2005	#11 (permalink)
Sue añejo Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Minnesota Posts: 1,675	The woman at the front desk of the All-Riviera got us a taxi to the airport for $38 US. That's about right.

07-02-2005	#12 (permalink)
mofi Posts: n/a	Here is my example I used to pay 15 pesos from Poblado de Iberostar in Playacar to Iberostar Tucan. One day my mom came to visit me at the poblado, and i walked her back to the taxi so she could go back to the hotel. I then asked the guy 15 pesos right? and he said no thats only for employees and mexicans, and she ended up paying 20 or 25 or something. On the otherside coming from Cancun to Playacar they usually ask about 50 dollars and then my boyfriend would say no thanks if its not raining they would bring it down to 30 or 35 if it was raining it was more like 40.

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