Best way to do Tulum?

lydia · 09-30-2007

We are traveling with our 6 children ages 5 to 18. We would like to tour Telum. Would it be best to book a tour ahead of time? I've read about taking a bus or taxi. Is it easy to hire a guide once there? We'd really like the kids to hear the history and learn about the area. Thanks for your suggestions.

Tommygurl · 09-30-2007

http://www.playa.info/tours-anna-james-tulum.html

With 6 kids I would book a tour. We usually just take a Collectivo & go on our own.....But there are only 4 of us!

Lindseyae · 09-30-2007

the tour on this website-Tulum and Beyond! Sounds awesome-we'll be taking it a week from Tuesday!

Babaloo · 09-30-2007

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Originally Posted by lydia

We are traveling with our 6 children ages 5 to 18. We would like to tour Telum. Would it be best to book a tour ahead of time? I've read about taking a bus or taxi. Is it easy to hire a guide once there? We'd really like the kids to hear the history and learn about the area. Thanks for your suggestions.

hire a Tulum guide when you get there - easy
..that is if that's all you want to do...the tours mentioned above involve a good bit more - good times tho

raquelle261 · 09-30-2007

Hiya. I am assuming you mean Tulum. If that's correct, then you can book a brilliant tour right here through this website, with (by all the recommendations you'll read about him) an awesome tour guide by all accounts. Details can be found here:

http://www.playa.info/tours-anna-james-tulum.html

Babaloo · 09-30-2007

the full playa.info tour will run you close to $800 usd
if'n you just want to tour the ruins...much less
i'm a proponent of Mitch's tours - but it could be a bit costly for a family of 8

**Mitch** · 09-30-2007

I think we have exactly what you're looking for! Click here for more info.

lydia · 09-30-2007

Thank you. Yes, I mean Tulum. Which also explains why my search of the forums didn't give me the answers I was looking for. Going to hide my head in shame for incorrect spelling. (And to do a search with correct spelling.)

Tommygurl · 09-30-2007

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Originally Posted by Babaloo

the full playa.info tour will run you close to $800 usd
if'n you just want to tour the ruins...much less
i'm a proponent of Mitch's tours - but it could be a bit costly for a family of 8

Good point Rick

Yikes!
Collectivo & hiring a guide there would be way way way cheaper!

Sukidog · 09-30-2007

Yeah, but Mitch is HOT!!! Oh, and smart and funny too. $800US is alot of money though.

Mexivoof · 09-30-2007

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Originally Posted by Babaloo

the full playa.info tour will run you close to $800 usd
if'n you just want to tour the ruins...much less
i'm a proponent of Mitch's tours - but it could be a bit costly for a family of 8

Perhaps they could get a good deal, only James and Anna know for sure. i wouldn't want to be in that little van with six kids

**Shammy** · 09-30-2007

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Originally Posted by Tommygurl

Good point Rick

Yikes!
Collectivo & hiring a guide there would be way way way cheaper!

But getting 8 people into the same colectivo

...not always an easy thing to do!
If I didn't do a whole tour, I'd hire a van and driver for sure!

jeffandbecky · 09-30-2007

We took the Tulum tour back in '04 and really enjoyed it. Well worth the money and more importantly the vacation time. We met Mitch a couple of years ago and he seems to be a throughly enjoyable guy who has worked hard to build a very good reputation in the area. I would not hesitate to book one of his tours.

If you decide to go on your own or with another tour make SURE that you get to the ruins as early in the morning as possible. First, you will beat most of the crowds, and second, you will miss the heat of the day. Be sure to drink plenty of water. I would drink a half liter of water when I got up in the morning, a half liter just before the ruins tour and another when you finish. You may not feel it right away, but you will lose water very quickly standing in the sun and that could ruin the rest of your day.

**Anna** · 10-01-2007

First off, I'd just like to point out that kids are not charged full price on these tours. Secondly, the Tulum & Beyond tour gives you a LOT more than just the ruins of Tulum, with snorkeling in magical cenotes and visiting a pristine beach for a great lunch. Kids and teenages usually love this tour.

If taking a tour is not for you for some reason or another, renting a private van with a driver is definitely the way to go for a family that size. Between colectivos and taxis that you will end up taking to get anywhere, it will not be that much more expensive than doing it on your own, and a LOT easier. Click here to give us your information and we'll get back to you with a quote. You could get if for just a half day and do only the ruins or do a full day and visit some other places of interest too, whatever you want (but I recommend the latter; the area is so much more than 'just' ruins).

Playabart · 10-01-2007

We rent a minivan for the day. We did it for both Chitzen Itza and separately for Tulum. I like this approach simply because it provides a more intimate family experience and it is, of course, CHEAPER. It is very easy to hire your own tour guide in Tulum. I have done it twice. My advise is to get into site, send the kids down to the beach and look around, and observe a tour guides that you like. When they are through with their tour, approach them and ask what they charge for a one-half hour tour. With your kids, that will be the optimum length. A private guide can direct their presentation directly to your family. Once you are through, you are free to go to the beaches of Tulum, or to go to Xelha for snorkling, to a Cenote, or to more of several public areas that provide snorkling. If you rent, however, beware of the local police, who will attempt to collect $200 speeding fines in cash right there on the spot. For lack of a better option, you may want to try this website to make your reservation. I have had a hard time finding online reservation sites for car rentals. https://www.myrentalcar.com/book_new...ry=Mexico&lan=

There may be a better way, but I have not found it.

09-30-2007	#1 (permalink)
lydia sandflea Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 4	Best way to do Tulum? We are traveling with our 6 children ages 5 to 18. We would like to tour Telum. Would it be best to book a tour ahead of time? I've read about taking a bus or taxi. Is it easy to hire a guide once there? We'd really like the kids to hear the history and learn about the area. Thanks for your suggestions.

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Playabart sandflea Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Utah Posts: 3	This is how we do it with 5 kids We rent a minivan for the day. We did it for both Chitzen Itza and separately for Tulum. I like this approach simply because it provides a more intimate family experience and it is, of course, CHEAPER. It is very easy to hire your own tour guide in Tulum. I have done it twice. My advise is to get into site, send the kids down to the beach and look around, and observe a tour guides that you like. When they are through with their tour, approach them and ask what they charge for a one-half hour tour. With your kids, that will be the optimum length. A private guide can direct their presentation directly to your family. Once you are through, you are free to go to the beaches of Tulum, or to go to Xelha for snorkling, to a Cenote, or to more of several public areas that provide snorkling. If you rent, however, beware of the local police, who will attempt to collect $200 speeding fines in cash right there on the spot. For lack of a better option, you may want to try this website to make your reservation. I have had a hard time finding online reservation sites for car rentals. https://www.myrentalcar.com/book_new...ry=Mexico&lan= There may be a better way, but I have not found it.

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09-30-2007	#2 (permalink)
Tommygurl crab killer Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: I am Canadian!! Posts: 14,186	http://www.playa.info/tours-anna-james-tulum.html With 6 kids I would book a tour. We usually just take a Collectivo & go on our own.....But there are only 4 of us!

09-30-2007	#3 (permalink)
Lindseyae way into it Join Date: May 2006 Location: Iowa City, IA area Posts: 164	the tour on this website-Tulum and Beyond! Sounds awesome-we'll be taking it a week from Tuesday!

09-30-2007	#5 (permalink)
raquelle261 añejo Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Hull, UK Posts: 1,653	Hiya. I am assuming you mean Tulum. If that's correct, then you can book a brilliant tour right here through this website, with (by all the recommendations you'll read about him) an awesome tour guide by all accounts. Details can be found here: http://www.playa.info/tours-anna-james-tulum.html

09-30-2007	#6 (permalink)
Babaloo añejo Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Paamul, Q Roo Mexico Posts: 10,363	the full playa.info tour will run you close to $800 usd if'n you just want to tour the ruins...much less i'm a proponent of Mitch's tours - but it could be a bit costly for a family of 8

09-30-2007	#7 (permalink)
Mitch hunky tour guide Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Playa del Carmen Posts: 169	I think we have exactly what you're looking for! Click here for more info.

09-30-2007	#8 (permalink)
lydia sandflea Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 4	Thank you. Yes, I mean Tulum. Which also explains why my search of the forums didn't give me the answers I was looking for. Going to hide my head in shame for incorrect spelling. (And to do a search with correct spelling.)

09-30-2007	#10 (permalink)
Sukidog reposado Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: ON, Canada Posts: 1,366	Yeah, but Mitch is HOT!!! Oh, and smart and funny too. $800US is alot of money though.

09-30-2007	#13 (permalink)
jeffandbecky life=playa Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Driftwood Posts: 724	We took the Tulum tour back in '04 and really enjoyed it. Well worth the money and more importantly the vacation time. We met Mitch a couple of years ago and he seems to be a throughly enjoyable guy who has worked hard to build a very good reputation in the area. I would not hesitate to book one of his tours. If you decide to go on your own or with another tour make SURE that you get to the ruins as early in the morning as possible. First, you will beat most of the crowds, and second, you will miss the heat of the day. Be sure to drink plenty of water. I would drink a half liter of water when I got up in the morning, a half liter just before the ruins tour and another when you finish. You may not feel it right away, but you will lose water very quickly standing in the sun and that could ruin the rest of your day.

10-01-2007	#14 (permalink)
Anna top babe admin Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: after 10 wonderful years in Playa, now back in Sweden Posts: 3,002	First off, I'd just like to point out that kids are not charged full price on these tours. Secondly, the Tulum & Beyond tour gives you a LOT more than just the ruins of Tulum, with snorkeling in magical cenotes and visiting a pristine beach for a great lunch. Kids and teenages usually love this tour. If taking a tour is not for you for some reason or another, renting a private van with a driver is definitely the way to go for a family that size. Between colectivos and taxis that you will end up taking to get anywhere, it will not be that much more expensive than doing it on your own, and a LOT easier. Click here to give us your information and we'll get back to you with a quote. You could get if for just a half day and do only the ruins or do a full day and visit some other places of interest too, whatever you want (but I recommend the latter; the area is so much more than 'just' ruins).

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