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Old Jan 21, 2020 | 3:36 pm
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Originally Posted by travelnewbie
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Queretaro was fantastic!. A pretty wealthy place, and we really enjoyed it. Regarding airlines, I would suggest stick to the Aeromexico or Aeromar as we saw horribly long lines on the others even at the gates, disorderly mess, just a free for all at the gates. We also did a recent trip all over Mexico -from PVR to Merida to Puebla and to Cancun. All were great except Cancun
Whilst on Cancun-some thoughts--
There is a taxi mafia that controls Cancun and they do not allow Uber to come near the airport or hotels. If you order Uber at a hotel, be discreet, sit in the front, act like it is your freind/relative. We were told by Uber drivers that they have been threatened by machetes by taxi drivers
On all accounts, avoid Comfort Inn at the Cancun Airport-it is a mess...the taxi mafia is very active there, the lobby is a mess, there is no breakfast, they fleece you off $$$$ and they will not give you a shuttle to the airport (they made some excuse and then we saw them harassing a woman for money to take her to the airport ). In addition the lobby is run by a few guys who have a counter there and are trying to sell all sorts of tours/extras very aggressively. The whole place is being run as though a group of people have taken over it. We were really glad we did not stay there for more than a night.
Regarding Airlines, we were quite happy with Aeromexico but we had to check in and pay for a bag ($30) even though we are Aviator card holders. We will be canceling that card soon.
By all means write the Comfort Inn headquarters about your stay. My guess is the hotel is in name only.....but experiences like this drag the whole corporate image down.
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