First: Safety
The ferry wars seem to be over and the target is no longer in operation. Indeed, it looks like the perpetrators went out of their way to not till kill people. And while there were a few incidents in Playa concerning drug gangs, those were gangster vs gangster and it is in no ones best interest to hurt the tourist trade.
But most importantly if you travel from the Cancun airport on the ADO bus, or taxi, you will be departing and arriving at VERY secure places. The bus terminal in Playa is 100 yards from the ferry pier which always has serious armed guards.
Convenience:
Southwest Airlines has lots of flights form Houston Hobby to Cancun every day and they don't charge extra for bags. They also now operate into and out of the very nice new terminal 4. Busses lave every 15 minutes I believe. At the Playa Pier they always have little tricycle guys who are more than happy to lug all your stuff for a few bucks, same at the Cozumel end.
Savings:
The rates do vary over time but the SW into Cancun is always less, and sometimes greatly less than United into Cozumel. I did a check this morning and found there to be $309 per person difference. (United $609 and SW $271) Add a $40 bus and $24 ferry R/T that means each person saves over $200 at least. Again there are times when that changes but check for your vacation time and maybe adjust it to save the most.
I still take the ferries most times as I fly a to out of Cancun to Houston on the cheap at $94 each way airfare.
Happy Travels
Dave Dillehay
Aldora Divers
PS The Playa Consulate closing was only because their one employee lives in Cozumel and is barred form taking ferries for now.
The ferry wars seem to be over and the target is no longer in operation. Indeed, it looks like the perpetrators went out of their way to not till kill people. And while there were a few incidents in Playa concerning drug gangs, those were gangster vs gangster and it is in no ones best interest to hurt the tourist trade.
But most importantly if you travel from the Cancun airport on the ADO bus, or taxi, you will be departing and arriving at VERY secure places. The bus terminal in Playa is 100 yards from the ferry pier which always has serious armed guards.
Convenience:
Southwest Airlines has lots of flights form Houston Hobby to Cancun every day and they don't charge extra for bags. They also now operate into and out of the very nice new terminal 4. Busses lave every 15 minutes I believe. At the Playa Pier they always have little tricycle guys who are more than happy to lug all your stuff for a few bucks, same at the Cozumel end.
Savings:
The rates do vary over time but the SW into Cancun is always less, and sometimes greatly less than United into Cozumel. I did a check this morning and found there to be $309 per person difference. (United $609 and SW $271) Add a $40 bus and $24 ferry R/T that means each person saves over $200 at least. Again there are times when that changes but check for your vacation time and maybe adjust it to save the most.
I still take the ferries most times as I fly a to out of Cancun to Houston on the cheap at $94 each way airfare.
Happy Travels
Dave Dillehay
Aldora Divers
PS The Playa Consulate closing was only because their one employee lives in Cozumel and is barred form taking ferries for now.