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Shopping-Prices Cancún

22 Reviews This is an open market in downtown Cancun. The place is very charming and different. You can find jewelery and art and crafts. The place is just a a market to rip pleople off. The sales people are...

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Time Share Puerto Vallarta

18 Reviews These characters are EVERYWHERE in Puerto Vallarta region,in stores,resturants,walking the beach,they may be a bagboy or the resturant owner,they start out being really friendly and overly...

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5th Avenue Playa del Carmen

3 Reviews The vicious feathered warrior-god beckons to you because you can't help but look his way. "Come, come! It's okay, have your picture taken with me." Excited, you go and stand beside him. The god...

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Taxis Cabo San Lucas

6 Reviews Salt Creek, You’re over thinking the whole airport taxi situation. They are not out to get you and they are not all scammers. The prices are high but they are posted and everyone pays the same amount....

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Avenida Revolucion Tijuana

10 Reviews yes, the majority of tourist say this the unique sight of tijuana, but are worng, the big problem is that the hassles of sellers, or club waiters always call tourist come here, beggars and taxis are...

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Time Share Mazatlán

9 Reviews We went to Stone Island and were approached by a guy telling us that for a non committal presentation,we would be paid $200 and have a free breakfast. My wife and I decided that because the guy was...

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Cliff Divers Acapulco

4 Reviews We went to see the cliff divers at night and paid (only) $3 each and watched most of it from the top of the stairs area before gong down a few steps into the 'paid' area. Better view up top! And they...

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TimeShares Cancún

24 Reviews I purchased a seven night vacation at The Royal Cancun during a timeshare presentation for Royal Resorts (aka: Interval Servicing Co Club Internacional de Cancun ). Upon returning home from vacation 5...

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Attractions Puerto Vallarta

9 Reviews Located 12 km south of P.V. is a little village called Mismaloya. All I remember about it is that there is a very luxurious hotel nearby, and that 5 km north from there "El Eden" is located. "El Eden"...

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Activities Cabo San Lucas

6 Reviews Not to far from the center of town in Los Cabos is a Bull Fight Ring. WHen we were there, they advertised bull fights on Thursday nihgts. We knew it would be bloodless so we went expecting to see a...

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Zebra Painted Donkeys Tijuana

4 Reviews The tourist trap IS Tijuana -- you begin encountering it at the moment you cross the border. Remember that this is being written by someone with deep affection for Mexico and C. America. We walked...

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Siteseeing Mazatlán

8 Reviews I took a jungle tour to mean...a jungle tour, not a boat ride to a coconut plantation through a "jungle". The scenery was still nice, but it wasn't what I expected. Getting dive bombed by the pelicans...

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Booking Tours Cancún

10 Reviews I've booked many tours in Cancun. The best advise I can give is to book your tours face to face. Avoid booking online. There is little recourse if things don't measure up. I always leave my hotel to...

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Shopping Puerto Vallarta

7 Reviews I purchased a yellow diamond ring from Pacific Jewelry/Gad & Co (both stores owned by the same people) in April 2010. When I returned to the US, I had the ring appraised and found it was worth less...

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Time Shares Cabo San Lucas

9 Reviews The Presidente Intercontinental Los Cabos or Holiday Inn Los Cabos is a beautiful resort with great food but DO NOT BUY THE VACATION CLUB MEMBERSHIP! The will tell you you can resale your points - Not...

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Shopping Mazatlán

3 Reviews The Golden Zone beach area is beautiful, but it also has some drawbacks. Vendors. Yes, I feel that most of the time everyone has the right to do what they want, but trying to push touristy wares is...

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Taxi's Cancún

8 Reviews When we arrived back from A day trip to mexico City [where we did not feel we were ripped off even once] it was 1am. The taxi to the airport had cost us 300 pesos that morning. however, we were quoted...

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Nearby Towns Puerto Vallarta

2 Reviews I know that this might be an unpopular tip among back packers, but Yelapa is nothing more than a tourist scam. First the people that live there refuse to admit that there is a road to this place. You...

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Night Life Cabo San Lucas

3 Reviews Wabo, over priced and not recommended to vistit. There are lots of bars to visit that are cheaper and a lot more fun. Friday and Saturday night go to The Blue Marlin or Squid Row, best sea food place...

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Snorkeling Cancún

5 Reviews Before going to Cancun, one of my friends told me to avoid going on group snorkeling tours. You wade out into the lagoon in a long line and then all you can see is other people. For this reason, I did...

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Independant Trips Cancún

7 Reviews $35.00 tourist boat in the hotel zone or take the peoples boat at Cancun ( newer boat ) or Puerto Juarez. Catch the public bus R-1 or R-2 at the hotel zone. It will say on the window Puerto Cancun or...

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Uxmal - Sound and Light show - A bit disappointing

by JanPeter74

We went to Uxmal last year. A great Maya site and definitely worth a visit.But at night we went to the Sound and Light show at Uxmal and we thought it was a bit of a disappointment. It is nice to see the site at night with coloured lights, but you are only admitted to a small part of the site. "The Nunnery" is a large square with buildings around it on which coloured lights are projected, while the story of Uxmal is told via an audio system. (In Spanish). We got a headphone system with an English translation, which was 3 minutes behind the Spanish version + lights.So all in all, not bad, but not the must see, I expected it to be.

Too crowded

by micas_pt

Some places you will visit will be over crowded with tourists and buses full of tourists arriving every minute. If you have the chance try to arrive as early as possible, that way you might get a quieter view of what you are visiting since those buses start arriving around mid-morning. Most holiday packages begin and end somewhere around weekend, so Saturday and Sunday are mostly days when places aren't so crowded and you may even get cheaper tickets, as is the case of aquatic park Xel-ha.

Tips

by micas_pt

Some Mexican states are poor and employees earn small salaries. That way in most areas connected to tourism all workers will wait for tips. In hotels for instance you will be expected to tip employees such as room-maid, waiters at the restaurant, guides, street performers, … everybody expects to get a tip. Although $1 might seem few for some tourists it does make a different to locals.

Nuevo Progresso

by frankcanfly

Most border towns can be considered as 'tourist traps.' Their mere existence is to take advantage of differences in government policies. Although great places for shopping, beware of attempts to scam you.The small town pictured here: Nuevo Progresso, between Reynosa and Matamoros and near McAllen Texas, is cleaner and safer than most. You can park your car on the US side for $1 and safely walk across.

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by TERRYANDERSON

Give tips if you have extra money. Not to much, other people will see this. It's not a rich environment around you. Don't put all your money in one pocket. Carry change. Don't pull out allot of money, people are looking at you when you don't even know it. Be awake, alert around your surroundings and you will be okay. Know where you are and where the local police is. If you get caught speeding like I did, wasn't in an open area. I just folded a $5.00 (USD) under my driver's licence and that was the end of that! Did it too many times in Panama. I'm not suggesting anyone do this!

Cancun

by janchan

Cancun is plenty of tourist traps... from the expensive hotels of the 'Zona Hotelera'... to the many souvenirs shops at doubled prices...So... if you are looking for real Mexico, escape from there as soon as possible !! :)

Timeshares!!!

by spartan

Please be very careful when you run into the "Body Snatchers", otherwise known as timeshare people. They are people paid by the resorts to entice tourists to purchase timeshares. If that's what you want to do, then listen to what they have to say. If not interested, tell them that you didn't bring your credit cards, you are not on a honeymoon, and that you are leaving tomorrow.

Puerto Vallarta and around it

by Nanumi

1. once you clear customs and all, do not take a cab from there - walk through the bridge to the other side of the road and get a yellow cab from there - all the way from the airport (above North side) to the extreme South side shouldn't be more than $10.2. always agree on the price before you get into a cab - if not - you'll be charged a goldmine and you'll have to pay it.3. always bargain anywhere and aim at at least half price of the original one - this includes the price of your accommodations, transportation, junk from vendors etc.4. always drink filtered water - get yourself few empty plastic bottles and fill them up with filtered drinking water from your hotel - free!5. if you want to eat from taco stand - check with other tourists/locals if it is an ok one i.e. non Montezuma revenge related.6. make friends with locals but expect that nothing is free. tips are expected...

Tourist traps can be found...

by BorderHopper

Tourist traps can be found throughout Baja and some are actually fun...others are down right annoying. In Tijuana you've got white donkies painted with black stripes which are called Mexican zebras....guys try to get you to take an expensive tourist photo on the donkey. On the other hand you can head outto Rosarito beach and ride the horses for about $5 usd per half hour. It's actually alot of fun!

Cash versus credit cards!

by tomeek

If you intent to discover countryside don't rely too much on your credit card. Gas stations and bigger restaurants would accept all major credit cards but make sure you got enough pesos in your pocket. When you however pay with your credit card, make sure the salesman verifies your card in FRONT of you! They should't do that somewhere behind coz it may happen to you what happend to me, someone must've forgured my card coz later on I got some bills I haven't made. Also, DO NOT understimate the power of carribbean sun! I did and I payed the price, staying in bed for two whole days, recovering from sun burns! However, Mexicans are well prepared for that, in all drugstores you can find very good after sun creemes to heal your wounds! :-) One: keep your belongings tightTwo:take strong sun creams

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