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If you’re not planning to rent a car, or won’t be met by friends or family when you arrive at one of Mexico’s principal airports, you usually have three options for ground transportation to get to your hotel or other accommodation: airport shuttle, airport taxi, or local bus.

Airport Shuttles – Most of the country’s principal airports offer an airport shuttle service. Pre-booking a shuttle from the airport to your hotel or other accommodation is the simplest way of arranging your ground transportation in Mexico, especially so if you don’t speak much Spanish, as the principal alternative to an airport shuttle is to purchase a ticket from the authorized taxi booth at the terminal. Airport shuttle staff will meet you or your party at the airport arrivals area. They will monitor the status of your flight and, if your plane is delayed, they will wait for you.  There are usually two classes of services offered: Standard and VIP.  With the Standard service, a comfortable suburban van drops-off a number of people at their hotels in the vicinity, in turn.  The VIP service is exclusive to you or your party; you don’t share the transport vehicle with others and you’re driven directly to your local destination.  We offer professional airport transfers from airports at all of Mexico’s most frequented cities and resorts.   Visit our Airport Shuttles page for more information and to make bookings securely online or by telephone.

Airport Taxis – Taxis from Mexico’s airports are among the most expensive taxis you’ll hire here; it’s not just Mexico—worldwide, airport taxis charge a high premium to travelers using their services.  All of Mexico’s airports offer official airport taxis, where rates are set by zone.  To use the service in Mexico, you buy a ticket from one of the ‘authorized taxi’ kiosks, proceed to a taxi rank outside the terminal building and board the next available cab. At some Mexican airports, travelers are bombarded by verbal offers from an eye-boggling selection of taxi/transport services as soon as they exit the customs area.  The experience can be somewhat intimidating to unseasoned travelers.  If you plan to use an airport taxi, we recommend you buy a ticket from the airport’s authorized taxi booth.  You can read a detailed guide about traveling by taxi in Mexico here on Mexperience, which also includes a section about airport taxis.

Local Buses – Some airports have a bus station situated at the terminal building; however, many of Mexico’s airports don’t have a bus station adjacent and so to use local buses you may need to exit the airport area and hail a local bus on passing road.  If you’re carrying a lot of baggage, the bus option may not be your best choice. Travelers arriving at Mexico City’s airport can avail themselves of the bus services which depart from there to popular colonial cities such as Puebla, Queretaro and Cuernavaca without the need of first having to take a cab to one of the capital’s bus terminals.  Note, however, that bus services offered from the airport are considerably less frequent in comparison to those which operate from the capital’s bus terminals, so if your flight arrives late in the evening or overnight, you may need to book a hotel overnight or take a taxi to a bus station to find later services than those offered from the airport.  Our guide to bus travel in Mexico is comprehensive and shows you how to get around locally by bus.

Original post by Mexico Insight

En Google seguimos celebrando cada oportunidad de reunirnos con la comunidad de desarrolladores para compartir ideas y conocimiento. Nuestra próxima parada será la Ciudad de México.

Ésta será una excelente oportunidad para presentar las últimas tecnologías y herramientas
que Google pone a disposición de los desarrolladores. Queremos promover la innovación y
potenciar sus capacidades haciendo un humilde aporte hacia el desarrollo y el crecimiento de la industria Mexicana de aplicaciones Web.
Te invitamos para a que nos acompañes este próximo martes 13 de abril, de 9:00 a 18:00 hrs., en el Centro Banamex de la Ciudad de México, ubicado en la Avenida del Conscripto No. 311, Delegación Miguel Hidalgo.

Ahí realizaremos el festival para desarrolladoresDevFest 2010,con algunos de nuestros mejores ingenieros y muchos otros líderes técnicos para conocer más sobre el desarrollo de aplicaciones Web y como emplear mejor las tecnologías y herramientas de desarrollo de Google.

Don Dodge, Reto Meier, Pamela Fox y Christian Schalk estarán entre los muchos conferencistas de primer nivel a cargo de las presentaciones y debates delDevFest 2010.
La agenda incluye: Desarrollo de aplicaciones móviles con Android, Cómputo en la Nube, Geo Web, HTM˽, Chrome, Extensiones para Google Wave, Web Social y otras tecnologías que compartiremos en un espacio único para el intercambio de ideas entre desarrolladores profesionales.

Inscríbete aquí.

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Mexico’s National Immigration Institute (INM) has announced a range of amendments to its immigration and internment procedures to be implemented starting May 1, 2010.   Although the amendments do not significantly alter the core rules and regulations which underpin current immigration law, the changes will make the paperwork and procedures less complicated for foreigners wishing to enter Mexico; particularly for those coming to Mexico to do business and those who wish to live, work and retire here.

The current entry form completed by all foreigners entering Mexico and traveling beyond the 20km ‘frontier’ zone, known as FMT-Forma Migratoria Turista-will be replaced by a FMM, or Forma Migratoria Multiple.

The new FMM will cover visits of up to 180 days for tourists, business visitors and technical visitors, with sections on the form for each category type.  Business and technical visitor categories are clearly defined and the entry extension to 180 days is a significant change to current regulations which allow business visitors only a 30-day window to remain in the country.

The new FMM forms are scheduled to be introduced on May 1 and the new FMM-based procedures will be available to visitors who are passport holders of countries eligible for entry to Mexico under the current FMT.  People entering Mexico as well as those who have applications for FM3 and FM2 visas in process to April 30, will be treated and processed under the current procedures.

For people who are staying in Mexico longer than 180 days using FM3 or FM2 visas, the current paper booklets will be replaced with plastic cards, and holders will no longer need to have their change of address, change of business activity, marital status, et al, annotated on the document proper.  Resident foreigners will still be required to file notification of changes in personal and professional circumstances, but the procedures which required the surrender of the document to the institute for a period of up to several weeks while changes were annotated will no longer be required.

Mexican consulates based overseas will no longer issue FM visa booklets.  They will, instead, issue a sticker that is placed into the applicant’s passport once the INM has approved an overseas application.  The applicant will then need to enter Mexico within 365 days and obtain the new FM visa card within 30 days of internment, by visiting a local office of the INM.

In summary:

Tourists: If you enter Mexico as a tourist, your entry will remain virtually unaffected by the new procedures.  You will simply need to complete the ‘Tourist’ section of the new FMM visitor’s card (which replaces the FMT) at the port of entry, and when you enter the country you will be granted leave to remain in Mexico for no longer than 180 calendar days.

Business Visitors: If you visit (or plan to visit) Mexico to undertake business activities or to undertake work in Mexico for periods of 180 days or less, you will enjoy greater flexibility by way of these new arrangements. 

Long Term Visitors and Residents: If you remain in Mexico for longer than six months, there are some welcome simplifications being introduced to the FM3 and FM2 visa procedures, especially in relation to doing-away with the process of surrender and re-issue of paper booklets.

We will revise and update our guides to Entry Requirements and Immigration on May 1.

Original post by Mexico Insight

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