All the information you need to rent a car in Riviera Maya. Renting a car is a good option to know the attractions of Riviera Maya and travel through the Yucatan Peninsula
Riviera Maya Mexico It is a very appetizing destination for its beaches and its tourist attractions in the area. In addition to being able to rest and enjoy your hotel, outside there are corners that await you to surprise you. The most usual thing for tourists is to do excursions with an agency: these are some of the top excursions in the Riviera Maya.
How to visit the Riviera Maya freely?
For For those who are not very fond of tourist excursions, there are other options to get to know the Riviera Maya and its surroundings. Most of the tourist places can be reached by public transport. There are also services taxi what do you do guides, you can share with other tourists to save. And of course you can rent a car or do private tours. You arrived on vacation to a natural paradise, enjoy it to the fullest.
Complete information on how to get around for free in Riviera Maya
Why rent a car in Riviera Maya?
Going out on your own to discover these lands will allow you freedom on your trip and, among things, avoid the masses of tourists who go on organized excursions, something that many of us appreciate. Normally, when you are not taken but you go, more things usually happen on the trip, the experiences are different.
What do you need to rent a car?
Requirements to rent a car in Riviera Maya, you will need to be more than 18 years old (some companies more than 21 years old, and others from 25), a driver's license and credit card. The credit card serves as a guarantee: they withhold an amount, usually about 300 usd, which they return to you when you return the car. As far as I know, this is common when renting a car, here and in other countries.
There are many national and international car rental companies, you can find them at airports, in the main cities or on the internet. Car rental companies usually facilitate the delivery in hotels, something very comfortable for the tourist. I recommend you book your car online months before, especially if you travel in peak times such as Christmas, Easter or summer. They tend to increase prices as the date approaches, just as it happens with airline tickets. You do not need an 4 × 4 to travel the Peninsula, the roads are good and safe. If you have any questions write us and we try to solve.
Reserve your car at Rentalcars, an agency that includes different car rental companies
How are the roads in the Yucatan Peninsula?
The roads in the Yucatan Peninsula are safe and well indicated, following the rules you will not have frights. I leave you some tips for driving around the Yucatan Peninsula.
How do I rent a car in Riviera Maya?
There are many car rental agencies, there are offers to choose from. You can rent by Internet (It is cheaper at times). They give you different options to get the car delivered to you: from the airportat your hotel Or from the agencies that you will find in Cancun, Playa del Carmen, Tulum or wherever you are.
Rent online with time in advance is usually the best option to get good prices. I imagine that all companies have their pros and cons, in the end in the world of travel what contributes the most is the opinion of another traveler.
What places to visit by car from Riviera Maya?
There are several attractions to visit nearby by car. You can write down points of interest and organize great days in the area. If you are from Playa this entry about best beaches in Riviera Maya can help you choose Normally the best beaches are not where they build the all included, so if you are addicted to the beach, you can move by car in the area. In addition to beach, there are several Mayan archaeological zones like the well-known Chichen Itza, Coba, Tulum or Ek Balam. Cenotes, the colonial city of Valladolid, caves like those of Santa Rita.
For you to have a reference, Chichén Itzá and the Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve are the two maximum distances for one-day trips from the Riviera Maya. A Chichén hard about three hours on the road, a little less, the same for Ría Lagartos.
PRopes of day trips from your hotel in Riviera Maya.
I think this would be all for my part Do you have any advice or experience for other travelers? It will be the best way to help others.
Good way,
- Offers on flights international and national ..
- Find the accommodation with the best offers from Booking.com.
- Stay with airbnb and get 25 € discount.
- Contract activities, tours and excursions organized.
- Rent a car with the indispensable and necessary best discounts.
- Secure your transfers of arrival or departure to the airport.
- Travel safely with IATI and take advantage of 5% off.
If you prefer, you tell us your idea of the trip and together we organize it.
Hi, I'm going to visit Tulum in March, and I was thinking of renting a car. Do you have any agency to advise me?
Is that the blog does not appear the name you recommend.
Regards,
Hello Ariel, thanks for warning, you are absolutely right.
For price I did it through the internet with American Car Rental, I also use Mex Rent a Car a lot, for being a Mexican company. You can search them directly on their website or in a general search engine. If the trip is in Holy Week, rent it with Ariel time.
Best regards,
Hello, how are you? I would be going to February and around 16 hs to Playa del Carmen with a rental car. Do you have a quick place to visit that afternoon and go by car? Not to miss a day without going on an excursion ... but we would go straight to the beach. Thank you very much for your contributions
Hi Ezequiel, good time February 🙂 Before Playa you have Maroma beach, it is beautiful. They make pay for access, there are two of the coolest all-inclusive luxury hotels. You can also go around Puerto Morelos, and I would tell you to stop at a cenote in Puerto Morelos, but the time between arrival and car pick-up is just. I leave the reference articles in case you fit the time. Maroma Beach: https://www.elcaminomascorto.es/mejores-playas-riviera-maya-2/ Cenotes Puerto Morelos (Lucero Verde is nearby): https://www.elcaminomascorto.es/la-ruta-de-los-cenotes-de-puerto-morelos-leona-vicario/
Any questions I try to support you. Good trip.
Hello Sandra!
We are going from May 12 to 19 at the Bahia Principe Gran Tulum hotel on an all-inclusive basis due to an offer we found. We have transfers from the airport included but we doubt whether to rent a car from the airport itself so as not to lose so much time in the transfer or if on the contrary to rent it in Playa del Carmen or in an agency that brings it closer to the hotel. We have looked at the hotel itself (they have Europcar) but the prices are very high and the comments are not very good.
We are a sea of doubts. What do you advise us? We want to visit Chichen Itza on our own, cenotes, Tulum...
Any suggestion will be welcome! Thank you very much in advance!
Hi Tami. For us, it is a very good option to rent a car in the Riviera Maya, as it is calm and safe to drive, even though you can always have some inconvenience. If your spirit of travel is to go at your own pace and pace, it is the most advisable. If you have the transfers, it may be better that they take the car to the hotel with the company you want, it is a service that they usually provide at no extra cost.
I leave you an article about Chichen so you can see ideas on how to get around: https://www.elcaminomascorto.es/chichen-itza-maravilla-ir-yucatan/
About the car rental companies, you will see that almost all of them have negative comments, hardly any of them are free. If you have rented a car in other countries it is the same. Take a good look at all risk insurance preferably, not deductible as they usually do.
Have a great time here, will you tell about the experience?