It truly is nuts. One would think that they would want to make it easier and at least no more expensive than Cancun. The goal was to siphon off some of the Cancun airport travelers to ease the crowding there. With insane prices like these for ground transportation, they are very counterproductive towards that end. Thanks for watching.

I can see where with groups it would be a much better cost per person. Hopefully someone will realize that they are pricing themselves out of a lot of business. Just copy the model used in Cancun and that airport will take off. Pun intended. LOL

It was shocking when I was doing the research. I knew that taxis here were on the high side, but, my goodness, that is ridiculous. Thanks Cathy.

If they would just build a road straight to Tulum from the airport, it would cut down the drive time and the expense. Hopefully that is coming in the future. Thanks Amanda for sharing that info.

Good, maybe somebody with some sort of business sense explained the insanity of what they were doing and it was rectified. Glad that you were able to get it for a better price, but that still seems a little high, but then everything here in Riviera Maya seems expensive. Thanks for sharing and have a great time!

Please update when you do Travel we travel in June and would like to know the experience you have.

It is quite staggering to say the least. Not sure if anyone thought this all the way through when they implemented those fees for ground transportation.

If you were flying domestically, the ground transportation will cost you about as much as some flights if not more.

We haven't been out to the airport itself, but it is really in middle of the jungle and there isn't much around it. It is a good drive from downtown Tulum as you have to go the two legs of the triangle to get there. But we have noticed where we live, that there are many makeshift taxi stands. Glad that we could help.

There’s nothing outside the airport but jungle, the ADO bus is only 11 or 12 U.S.D. from Tulum to the airport.

​@GringosRUs how much are street cabs from airport? How safe is ADO? We're heading to Tulum Dreams.

Yeah Tony, the whole Riviera Maya has become very, very expensive. So far it appears that the center of the country is where the affordable lifestyle can be found. We will keep sharing with you as we continue to travel around.

What is really weird here is the number of taxis that are just sitting waiting for fares all over the place. But when those are the prices, I can see why they aren't getting much business. I would be hard pressed to add a big tip on when I know what the same taxi ride would cost in other parts of the Riviera Maya, much less the rest of Mexico.

About adding a big tip? How could you possibly give one single penny..they are committing high way robbery. For God's sake. I d rather wait 3 hours for ado bus just not to reward greed which exceeds that of loan sharks.

It is true. We are so looking forward to getting back on our tour of "regular" Mexico. LOL

Local Mexicans have difference prices, and they also take buses.

Total insanity Dave. How do they expect to recoup their costs on this airport when people will avoid it just because of these prices.

It really is just....WOW, isn't it?

Yeah, those are all one way fares. Astonishing really that they are that much out of synch with the rest of the area when it comes to those prices. We will be glad to get back to regular Mexico real soon. LOL

Yeah, that is another level of math, isn't it?

Totally agree. It is counterproductive to what it was designed to do.

@@GringosRUs makes no sense. You can take a taxis for a 80 usd from Cancun airport to playa (and 50 if you know private car companies). Theres something really strange with that pricing.

Sorry Ramon. We didn't need a rental car as we have our own vehicle. We did see that there was a few rental car companies in Tulum.

I agree. For a collectivo however, you really can't have more than a backpack.

From what we have seen arriving here at the condo complex, that is quite often the case, the backpack that is.

Not when I did the research for the video. That may have been added by now. Hopefully they are doing something to alleviate the costs. Thanks

I know Maxine. This is pricing this airport out of most people's discussion as to where to fly into here in Riviera Maya. Put that in conjunction with the Maya Train situation and I would be hard pressed to know why anyone would fly into this airport. Cozumel and the ferry would be cheaper.

Yeah, they are hitting the tourists hard and it is sad. It is a little short sighted as it will adversely impact the tourist trade and people will find less expensive places to travel.

Yeah, Julie, totally agree with you on the whole vibe here. We can't wait to get back to "regular" Mexico. LOL

Not that I found when I did the research. If you go to the Tulum Airport website, they listed the ground transportation that was available.

Depending on who's pocket all that money is going into, yeah, it will get real complicated.

That is not a far distance, but it is a longer drive due to the lack of a direct road into Tulum from the airport. Thanks for sharing the info John.

Would you mind sharing the info for the transportation carrier?

It is showing that there is at least two different car rental agencies at the Tulum airport. We did also see some rental agencies in town as well.

Hola Elsa!

So very true. There is so much money waiting to be shared, that doing so in a reasonable manner leads to an increase in the amount that goes into the pie that everyone is sharing. But sometimes it is harder to reform what has been the norm for so long.

I thoroughly understand that logic. If you are going to have to be forced into spending that type of money, you might as well get the best bang for your buck! Thanks for watching.

I don't know the answer to that question. We have a car and I didn't research the ADO prices from the airport. Sorry

$300mxn which is $15

Yeah Cindy, but my question is, what about the people who work at the airport? They definitely are not paying that price each way to go to work. If they are, I may have to go and apply for a job there. The other question is who is responsible for those high rates? State government, local government or the taxi companies? It is going to have to change if they want people to use that airport as those rates are a game changer when considering which airport to choose.

@@GringosRUs Taxi syndicate in QRoo is extremely strong and powerful and colludes with the local and State govt. Elections June 2nd and if any power shifts, the cartel battles war on and then we can see where the other things settle after that. Rinse and repeat every 3 years.

​@@axreactsthat is a very fair statement. We suspected this was the case. We try not to delve into the politics, because we are hardly experts and don't have a vote.

True, but if they imposed the same pickup/drop off fees as the taxis, then the savings would be negligible. The fees are the stickler in this whole equation. Thanks for watching.

I can agree on Tulum. We didn't really find any reason to ever go back. Thanks for watching.

That is a good price. It makes sense to offer an affordable alternative for people. Thanks for sharing.

I also use ADO everywhere...cheap clean and reliable.

And yes, that does have a large impact on the prices. Thanks for watching.

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