Pointsloop

I respect your point of view.

Can you share with us some info on why ride share are not advised besides being pushed off the road by taxi drivers?

do Cancun taxi drivers take credit card payments?

Ive had good experiences with USA and Canada transfers. But they are not the best option if I wanted to go into Cancun costco or etc.

I totally did not intend to spread any misinformation good or bad. That was the info I got after doing the research. Nothing I’ve said so far has been misinformation.

if there’s a better or safer option than what’s commonly available, then I think it would be great for people to have that info to make an informed decision.

As you’ve said, Cancun Taxis may be as safe as any big city, even though you yourself have informed us that they have been known to put Uber drivers in danger, I would want my loved ones to be informed about possible safer options.

cevawn

Ive taken USA Transfers recently. They are very easy to use. Cost was 24 dollars round trip per person. Shuttles are clean and air conditioned. I prepaid online, but they can be cancelled without penalty close to the day.

out of curiosity i did try to use the uber app but it did not function in cancun.

Pointsloop

thanks for the helpful info. I have a suspicion that ride share apps may be geoblocked in the hotel zone.

I’ll try when I get down there and share what I find.

txhyattlvr

Except you wrote that "according to your research" the taxi drivers aren't background checked and aren't insured. The implication to the casual FT reader is that taxis in Cancun aren't safe. That's wrong and total misinformation. Your also feeding the narrative that Cancun, in general, isn't safe - which is also not true. Bad stuff can happen anywhere, but in general, and by any reasonable standard, the official taxis in Riviera Maya are plentiful, safe, and (relatively) inexpensive.

BTW, presumably when a pissed off taxi driver (attempting to save his/her livelihood) attempts to run an Uber off the road, a) the taxi is empty and they are NOT driving a customer somewhere themselves, and b) the Uber/Rideshare (getting run off the road) IS driving a customer somewhere...

Pointsloop

wow for someone that’s says they are not trying to to spread misinformation, that’s a lot of presumptions.

I Can also presume that those Uber drivers are trying to make a living too and also presume they don’t want to get hurt and also presume there are more cars on the road than just taxi drivers and Uber drivers.

Here’s something with no presumptions:

https://www.theyucatantimes.com/2017...ers-in-cancun/

where have I ever stated that Cancun isn’t safe? Why would I go there if that was the case?

I’ve never said all taxi drivers are not background searched or not insured.

i was only discussing transportation options.

Can you provide us what kinda background search all Cancun taxi drivers go through and how to verify they have insurance. If you can provide that info, you may finally contribute something useful to this discussion instead of just a lot of presumptions.

txhyattlvr

Seriously? A single years old article? It’s a metro area with 1M residents and 8M int’l visitors per year.... Guess what? Sh*t happens wherever you live, too.

For the last time... the taxis are considered safe by international standards and ride share isn’t recommended. Now go ahead and have the last word... I’m done.

Pointsloop

single incident? Maybe you should the whole article.

Pointsloop

Cabify or Uber Ride share apps definitely do not work in the Hotel Zone area of Cancun. They work in downtown area but are Geoblocked in the hotel zone area.

Cabify seems to be 1/3 more expensive than Uber, but Cabify is in the taxi union and go through background checks.

kinda funny, but UberEats is available.

hope that info helps.

Pointsloop

Make sure to double check your Hyatt points activity after you check out.

Mine had a ridiculously wrong low eliglble spend amount that I had to call WOH to get fixed.

Zelucifer

Same thing, zero eligible spend posted. Waiting to get it fixed.

hoipolloi

how come Hyatt is not dropping it's prices for stays at this hotel this month ? Come on Hyatt, it's the coronavirus, give it up!

txhyattlvr

Because a) leisure destinations aren't losing that many customers (yet) - Disney World, for example, is still packed to the gills and Key West (last weekend where I was) is still fairly normal and b) lowering prices right now isn't likely to stimulate much demand when the world is in panic mode. Outside of cruise lines (which have been selectively mass discounting) there hasn't been that much movement in the leisure business. It will very likely come, however.

hoipolloi

More and more employers are asking their staff to avoid personal travel abroad, so I'm expecting cancellations.

Come on Hyatt Ziva, stop the "manage perceived value" bluff and drop your prices already.

Beachchaser

Has anyone been successful in submitting a beg claim on a price found on playa resorts website as they seem to be about 15% cheaper for same rate and room type?

HoustonConsultant

Yep, worked for me in Cap Cana. The actual rate wasn't hugely less expensive, but the extra 20% was nice. My BRG was accepted within 12 hours.

The playa website seems to pretty consistently run just a bit lower than the hyatt website.