Travel FAQ

After passing through customs (red light / green for search) you will enter the taxi, bus, time share, tours, etc area. There is only one exit so you can ignore everybody and find the exit (assuming you do not wish to purchase Cancun timeshares, of course). Once outside stay to your far right and advance past the mini Margaritaville bar (go ahead, grab a cerveza!). Up ahead by maybe 30 meters / yards you should see the small ticket booth for ADO buses and perhaps even a parked bus. The cost was 160 peso as of January 1, 2016. Do double check bus goes to Playa del Carmen (FYI “playa” means beach so be sure include “del Carmen”). The buses are old greyhounds with luggage underneath, good AC, and a movie to watch during transit. The buses leave roughly every 30 minutes. When you leave the bus may stop twice in the airport – each of the 3 terminals – then off you go. It is about a 1 hour ride. You’ll know you are close when the road becomes an elevated highway in Playa del Carmen. The bus will exit the highway and turn left. The direction the bus now travels heads to the water (important). The bus will stop in a covered bus stop with many buses. This is located on the corner of 5th Avenue, which is the main tourist district of Playa del Carmen. Exit the bus station heading towards water. Look for the chapel, it has a big white cross on it’s roof which is high in the air across from the bus depot. From there you can see the ocean. Smile 🙂 Walk the path towards water and follow it as turns to the right parallel to ocean. It will dead end at Senior Frogs but don’t go that far. Before you get to Senior Frogs you’ll pass 3 different ferry companies. Each company hangs a sign up front with their next departure time. You may wish to find soonest time, or give yourself an hour or so to shop and eat if you wish to relax for a bit. However, do not buy a round trip ticket as it locks you into one ferry company and thus a much stricter departure schedule, yet doesn’t save you any money. The ticket varies by company from roughly 140-160 peso or within $1usd thereof (as of January 1, 2016). The ferry dock is next to Senior Frogs. From the bus station to the ferry is maybe 100 meters / yards or so, certainly no more than a 4-5 minute slow walk. Most the ferries have free WiFi, although it is often very slow. Once the ferry docks in Cozumel gather your luggage and exit the port area. There will be a line of taxis ready to take you to your rental property. If you still need WiFi access at this time usually the ferry still has WiFi at the dock, or you can exit the port and locate the nearest restaurant or bar. Las Palmas is directly across the street, but they will request you purchase a cerveza in order to receive the password.