Carlos Diver
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Just did it this past week. It was a breeze, and not a big deal at all. I think I ended up spending around $23 total each way.
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All true, but I have done both and it's a lot more convenient to fly direct to Cozumel. The price difference has to be a lot more than what the extra transportation costs to get me to do the bag drag. In 30+ years of going to Cozumel for me it has happened twice. YMMV, of course.
Flying from LAX to cancun is just about the same as to cozumel.
Well, some of my disdain for those horrible boats is personal preference, but what port can you drive to from OHIO for $200 RT? Well, if you only count gas costs maybe. Still a hard trip, especially on return, and you miss so much.Cheapest flight for us is $790 to Cozumel, $570 to Cancun, both on American. I'm actually glad I saw this thread. It wouldn't have occurred to me to go to Cancun. The high price of airfare is the reason we tend to cruise... find a port we can pay $200 for both of us to drive to, and pay $529 pp for 7 days on the boat. It's hard to justify the cost of a land vacation (though we're looking at Cozumel and Roatan for one next year).
That depends. The cheapest I found in October was $547 and the fastest was over 8 hours each way. $348 for non-stop has a lot of appeal...Flying from LAX to cancun is just about the same as to cozumel.
Well, some of my disdain for those horrible boats is personal preference, but what port can you drive to from OHIO for $200 RT? Well, if you only count gas costs maybe. Still a hard trip, especially on return, and you miss so much.
Sorry, about the state mistake. Brave man to take a 13 yo car on a big trip. Still, you do miss so much of the places you visit, yet - you get a taste. Good way to select the places you want to really visit.Iowa and Ohio are different places. We leave out of either New Orleans or Galveston, both are single day trips. At $4 a gallon, gas is around $180 RT to New Orleans, or $220 Galveston. That's for two people, airfare I'd have to pay per person, of course. My car is 13 years old, so I don't really worry about wear and tear anymore. We have to park, but we'd have to pay for parking at an airport too- so that's moot.
As long as you don't drink, and I don't, cruises are cheaper than most nice hotels. We like them and the dive ops seem more than happy to accommodate their schedules. I also like that I'm going to be able to dive Roatan and Cozumel in one vacation, maybe Costa Maya- we still haven't decided. And have a day of doing something else in Belize.