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Drive rental car from US to Mexico??
We need to visit Ensenada in Baja California, and it looks like the
easiest way to do it would be to fly to San Diego and drive the 80 odd miles. Is there a problem taking a rental car over the border? Any specialist rental companies? TIA T. |
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On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 12:00:48 +0200, Tom P
wrote: We need to visit Ensenada in Baja California, and it looks like the easiest way to do it would be to fly to San Diego and drive the 80 odd miles. Is there a problem taking a rental car over the border? Any specialist rental companies? I suggest you contact the rental companies and ask them for an unequivocal answer. And you will have to buy Mexican auto insurance from a Mexican company (but sold by American agents, including AAA affiliates). In theory, if you remain in Mexico for over 72 hours you will also need a visitor's card even though you will be in the frontier zone. -- ************* DAVE HATUNEN ) ************* * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow * * My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps * |
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Hatunen wrote:
On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 12:00:48 +0200, Tom P wrote: We need to visit Ensenada in Baja California, and it looks like the easiest way to do it would be to fly to San Diego and drive the 80 odd miles. Is there a problem taking a rental car over the border? Any specialist rental companies? I suggest you contact the rental companies and ask them for an unequivocal answer. And you will have to buy Mexican auto insurance from a Mexican company (but sold by American agents, including AAA affiliates). In theory, if you remain in Mexico for over 72 hours you will also need a visitor's card even though you will be in the frontier zone. Thanks. I just found this link: http://travel.latimes.com/daily-deal-blog/?p=1398 T. |
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On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:37:56 +0200, Tom P
wrote: Hatunen wrote: I suggest you contact the rental companies and ask them for an unequivocal answer. And you will have to buy Mexican auto insurance from a Mexican company (but sold by American agents, including AAA affiliates). In theory, if you remain in Mexico for over 72 hours you will also need a visitor's card even though you will be in the frontier zone. Thanks. I just found this link: http://travel.latimes.com/daily-deal-blog/?p=1398 T. Cool. But do check on the Tourist Card (not mentioned on that web site): http://www.mexonline.com/visamex.htm The 72-hour requirement is stated a bit ambiguously, but the card is required, even in the border zone. On the other hand, you are quite unlikely to be detected without one if don't encounter any internal check points. -- ************* DAVE HATUNEN ) ************* * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow * * My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps * |
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Drive rental car from US to Mexico??
"Hatunen" wrote in message ... Cool. But do check on the Tourist Card (not mentioned on that web site): http://www.mexonline.com/visamex.htm The 72-hour requirement is stated a bit ambiguously, but the card is required, even in the border zone. On the other hand, you are quite unlikely to be detected without one if don't encounter any internal check points. I don't know where you're getting your information, but there is NO requirement for a tourist card in the border zone, which includes Ensenada. http://studenttravel.about.com/od/me...exico_visa.htm http://www.mexicoexpo.com/pages/h_touris.html http://gomexico.about.com/od/entryre...urist_card.htm OTOH only a blithering idiot drives in Mexico without Mexican liability insurance. If someone is injured in an accident you can be held until you can prove that the injured person will be properly compensated. TB |
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On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 20:44:14 -0700, "Technobarbarian"
wrote: "Hatunen" wrote in message .. . Cool. But do check on the Tourist Card (not mentioned on that web site): http://www.mexonline.com/visamex.htm The 72-hour requirement is stated a bit ambiguously, but the card is required, even in the border zone. On the other hand, you are quite unlikely to be detected without one if don't encounter any internal check points. I don't know where you're getting your information, but there is NO requirement for a tourist card in the border zone, which includes Ensenada. http://studenttravel.about.com/od/me...exico_visa.htm From that web site: Who Needs Mexico Tourist Cards? Travelers staying in Mexico for more than 72 hours or traveling beyond the "border zone" need Mexico tourist cards In other words, border zone or not, after 72 hours you need a tourist card. http://www.mexicoexpo.com/pages/h_touris.html From that web site: MEXICO TOURIST CARD & VISITOR FEE Effective July 1999 the Mexican government imposed a 170 Mexican Peso Tourist Fee (approximately $18.00 U.S. dollars) per visitor traveling into Mexico for pleasure or on business. This fee must accompany a Tourist Card, is valid for 6 months, and is necessary if you plan to: * Remain anywhere in Mexico for more than 72 hours. * Stay less than 72 hours but travel beyond the 16 mile checkpoint. In other words, border zone or not, after 72 hours you need a visitor card. http://gomexico.about.com/od/entryre...urist_card.htm From that web site: Question: What is a tourist card and how do I get one? Answer: A tourist card, or FMT, is a tourist permit required for travelers to Mexico who will be staying longer than 72 hours, or traveling outside the United States-Mexico border zone. In other words, border zone or not, after 72 hours you need a visitor card. [...] -- ************* DAVE HATUNEN ) ************* * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow * * My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps * |
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Hatunen wrote:
On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:37:56 +0200, Tom P wrote: Hatunen wrote: I suggest you contact the rental companies and ask them for an unequivocal answer. And you will have to buy Mexican auto insurance from a Mexican company (but sold by American agents, including AAA affiliates). In theory, if you remain in Mexico for over 72 hours you will also need a visitor's card even though you will be in the frontier zone. Thanks. I just found this link: http://travel.latimes.com/daily-deal-blog/?p=1398 T. Cool. But do check on the Tourist Card (not mentioned on that web site): http://www.mexonline.com/visamex.htm The 72-hour requirement is stated a bit ambiguously, but the card is required, even in the border zone. On the other hand, you are quite unlikely to be detected without one if don't encounter any internal check points. When I fly to Mexico, I declare how long I'm staying, and I get a tourist card. Are you saying that if I drive into Mexico, I don't go through immigration? T. |
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On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 23:22:40 +0200, Tom P
wrote: Hatunen wrote: On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:37:56 +0200, Tom P wrote: Hatunen wrote: I suggest you contact the rental companies and ask them for an unequivocal answer. And you will have to buy Mexican auto insurance from a Mexican company (but sold by American agents, including AAA affiliates). In theory, if you remain in Mexico for over 72 hours you will also need a visitor's card even though you will be in the frontier zone. Thanks. I just found this link: http://travel.latimes.com/daily-deal-blog/?p=1398 T. Cool. But do check on the Tourist Card (not mentioned on that web site): http://www.mexonline.com/visamex.htm The 72-hour requirement is stated a bit ambiguously, but the card is required, even in the border zone. On the other hand, you are quite unlikely to be detected without one if don't encounter any internal check points. When I fly to Mexico, I declare how long I'm staying, and I get a tourist card. Are you saying that if I drive into Mexico, I don't go through immigration? Not at the border itself. We take European visitors down to Nogales all the time; no one looks at a thing going into Mexico, although there are usually some guys in uniforms that could probably give you a hard time if they thought something fishy was going on. But at Nogales we usually walk across the border. Driving you do go through a sort of filtering system. There's a red/green light. When the light is green you go through, no problem. If it stays red they'll direct you over to an inspection lane. We've never had to do that ourselves. The real checks occur when you are leaving the Zona Frontera and going deeper into Mexico. Staying in the Zona Frontera is hassle-free. -- ************* DAVE HATUNEN ) ************* * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow * * My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps * |
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Drive rental car from US to Mexico??
Maybe this link will help.
http://www.cabaja.com/ Bart "Tom P" wrote in message ... We need to visit Ensenada in Baja California, and it looks like the easiest way to do it would be to fly to San Diego and drive the 80 odd miles. Is there a problem taking a rental car over the border? Any specialist rental companies? TIA T. |
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