nothing in comparison to taxi prices in chicago....
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Comparing apples to rutabagas.nothing in comparison to taxi prices in chicago....
Yes don't rent a scooter you should probably stay home and never leave your house. I rent scooters everytime I am in cozumel- 6 times a year and have never had a probelm. So to refer to them as death mobiles- a little overboard. No need to get into the scooter debate everyone has their opinions
As far as the taxi fare increase i will just have to save a little more back for that final ride to the airport. As long as I got my 14 bucks left at the end of my trip i know i can get to the airport at least.
My wife and I stayed at the Blue Angel until we realized that we could get a oceanfront room with a car and food included for the same price at Sabor. That was in 08. Six trips later and we're still at Sabor. This year it was $10 more a night. It would be foolish for us to book BA for $10 less with no car and just breakfast for food.As far as the taxi fare increase, no biggie to me. It won't add much to my overall vacation cost. As far as the AI breakdown above, let's see...
1. Cab fare... I'm going to town regardless, so it's going to be spent. To Eat, shop, see friends, and sometimes run errands. We could eat at or around the Blue Angel every night, but we like diversity.
2. Meals- Suffice to say, for me I'm fine with a good taqueria most nights which definitly doesn't cost me $10 per person. Even if it did, I'd still do it over the lack of food quality in the A.I.'s I've experienced. One of them, Aventura Spa Palace is rated at VERY good quality food, but we thought it was pretty bad and after 2 nights were going into Playa every night to eat.
3. Cost - The $80 A.I. mentioned above has got to be the cheapest AI I have ever heard of in the Riviera Maya, ones I have been to have been above $2000 for 2 people for 1 week. Even so, our style of vacationing is more boutique style hotels like the Blue Angel where you get personalized service, and everyone knows you and caters too any special needs. Also, when all is said and done we spend less compared to the AI's we've been too. A.I's make sense for some folks and families, but for just the 2 of us? No.
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Since the scooter issue has come up, I'll add my own personal take. I rented a scooter on Cozumel on January 1, 2000. I was not a newbie - I had owned and driven motorcycles from the time I was 18, so I thought I knew what I was doing. But scooters have a much higher center of gravity, are much less stable, the roads on Cozumel are bad, and the other drivers either don't see you or ignore you. Coming back from Mezcalitos on the cross island road, I hit a hidden pothole, went head over handle bars, broke 7 ribs, punctured a lung and a spleen, had to be flown by air ambulance back to the states, and spent 11 days in a hospital. I'll have back pain every day for the rest of my life. I had to give up golf, because making a full backswing is now impossible. But I'm a lucky man - I didn't join the hundreds of people (at least 12-14 every year) that return from their Cozumel vacations in a body bag because of scooter accidents. Go ahead, rent a scooter. If your life and safety mean so little to you, why should I care?.