Airport transportation
I read alot of travel forums and a question I see asked over and over is “how do I get from the airport to my hotel, Akumal, Isla Mujeres, Playa del Carmen..etc.”
If transportation is not part of your vacation package, you will need to decide how to get to your hotel.
From the Cancun airport to your hotel in the Cancun hotel zone
1. Taxi from the airport, $58.00us one way, this is not our recommended way to get to your hotel.
2. Shared van or “colectivo” from the airport, $14.00us per person one way. You will have to take a taxi back to the airport, around $20.00us. There are no colectivos to the airprot from the hotel zone.
3. Pre-arrange a private transfer company to meet you at the airport upon your arrival. This is what we recommend for a hassle-free, quick ride to your hotel.
Several we recommend and sample roundtrip prices:
USA transfers $55.00us roundtrip for 1-3 passengers
Cancun Valet $65.00us roundtrip for 1-10 passengers
AGI Tours
From the Cancun airport to the Isla Mujeres ferry
1. A taxi from the airport is $62.00us one way. This is not our recommended way to get to the ferry.
2. The cheapest way to get there is to take the ADO bus from the airport to the downtown Cancun bus station. From there, taxi the rest of the way to the ferry.
Bus – 40 pesos (about $4.00us per person) Taxi – 50 pesos (about $5.00us) to the ferry dock.
Do the reverse for your return trip to the airport, or take a taxi.
3. Shared van or “colectivo” $18.00us per person one way. There are no colectivos for the return trip to the airport. You will have to take a taxi which is about $25.00us.
4. Private transfer company.
Several we recommend and sample roundtrip prices:
USA Transfers $65.00us roundtrip for 1-3 passengers
Cancun Valet $75.00us roundtrip for 1-10 passengers
AGI Tours
Best Day offers a roundtrip shared van transfer for $226 pesos per person ( $17.38us as of 11/16/09 2009)
From the Cancun airport to Playa del Carmen
1. A taxi from the airport is $90.00us one way. This is not our recommended way to get to Playa del Carmen.
2. Shared van or “colectivo to Playa is $28.00us per person one way. There are no colectivos from Playa back to the airport. There is a bus fom the Playa del Carmen bus station, the cost is 90 pesos (about $9.00us per person).
3. Our preferred way to travel to Playa del Carmen from teh airport is the ADO bus, this is adirect bus from the airport to the bus station in Playa del Carmen, 90 pesos per person. Comfy seats, T.V., A.C. and plenty of storage for your luggage.
4. Private transfer company.
Several we recommend and sample roundtrip prices:
USA Transfers $105.00us roundtrip for 1-3 passengers
Cancun Valet $125.00us roundtrip for 1-10 passengers
AGI Tours
From the Cancun airport to hotels in the Riviera Maya
1. A taxi from the airport will be $100.00us and up one way depending on the resort you are going to. This is not our recommended way to get to your hotel in the Riviera Maya.
2. Arrange for a private transfer, the prices vary depending on which resort you are traveling to.
Several we recommend and sample roundtrip prices:
USA Transfers
Cancun Valet
AGI Tours
From the Cancun airport to Cozumel
The ferry to Cozumel departs from Playa del Carmen
See directions to Playa del Carmen above
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Hi. bought a ticket yesterday (11/30) from Playa to Cancun airport and paid 100 pesos at ADO…
Still a deal …but not the 70 it was or the 90 it probably was a month ago!
Thanks for the update Marissa!
Perry is heading down soon to get all the new prices, hope they don’t change again by the time he gets there!
Hi. My hubby and I are travelling to Mexico at the end of January. We are wanting to take the ADO bus eventually to Mahahual from Tulum and back again. Can someone email me a current time schedule for this. That would be great!
cheapeat way to rui cancun motel.
Hi Jeffrey,
How many people?
You can get a shared van from the airport for $15 us per person one way, then a taxi back to the airport is about $25us, so if there are 2 of you, the total to and from the airport would be $55us..and the van to the hotel will be shared with lots of people staying at different hotels so you may have to stop a few times before you get to your hotel.
The other way is a private transfer with USA, $65us roundtrip for 1-3 people and it’s your own private car right to your hotel. $10 more, but you get to your hotel faster. (click on the link above to reserve)
If getting to the hotel faster isn’t important and want to save $10 go with the shared van.
I am wondering if you go with the USA travel to Playa De Carmen area do they take you to your hotel or only to Playa?
Hi Pam,
Yes, they will take you right to your hotel in Playa.
We are booked and counting down….just wanted to add another area to check on private transfers. We used cancun shuttle and for $130us we booked private roundtrip transfers to our hotel in Riviera Maya. Our neighbors use them everytime and say it is the way to go. They stay in Cancun and pay $50us or less from the airport directly to their hotel.
Stephanie,
If you know how we do business, you know that we would never try to mislead our customers, or trick them in any way. For that same reason we do not recommend the company that you mentioned. They operate several websites and in one case they have designed a website that could mislead people into thinking that it is the official Cancun airport website.
If you visited their website and clicked to get information on the bus, it will only lead you to information on their service. We consider this a form of deceptive promotion and absolutely eliminates them from any promotion on our websites or in our products. The people we recommend are those that we trust 100% not to mislead you in any way.