Cabs from ferry in PDC?

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Kryssa

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The husband and I will be travelling back from the Cozumel by ferry and staying a few nights near Puerto Morelos.

Is it easy to find a cab once you get off the ferry in PDC? Or should we pre-book a private transfer?

It would be better to grab a cab so we don't have to stick to a schedule that day and can instead wake up and have a relaxing breakfast and head over the ferry whenever we want. If we pre-book a private car, we would have to take a specific ferry since they would meet us an arranged time.

Any thoughts on this would be much appreciated!

Thanks!
 
Is it easy to find a cab once you get off the ferry in PDC?
You will need to beat them off with a stick. Just negotiate your price up front. Last month my brother helped out a couple of Asian women who wanted a cab to a street a few blocks back of the ferry terminal. The cabbie they were talking to wanted to charge them the price of a trip to Cancun.
 
Good to know. We are going to stay at Excellence Riviera Cancun and its about 2 miles north of Puerto Morelos. Any idea what a ballpark cab fare would be? I just want to make sure we don't get ripped off.

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We took the ferry over from Cozumel last December. I think we saw more cabs than tourists.
 
Hi Nicolas,

The only problem with hiring a shuttle is that we don't know which ferry we will take ahead of time. Thanks for the suggestion though :)

---------- Post added November 25th, 2013 at 09:07 PM ----------

Just wanted to bump this thread...

Anyone know the ballpark cab fare from the ferry to Puerto Morelos so we don't get ripped off?

Thanks!
 
I've only hired a cab once in PDC, and I was escaping a hurricane so probably paid too much - and he may not have been a licensed taxi?

The drivers should have rate cards, that they don't want to show. I googled the question and the most popular answers are around 380-400 pesos for up to 4 people. The cab from Puerto Morelos to the Cancun airport should be the same. There should actually be large signs with rates at both locations.
 
The last time I took a cab in Playa del Carmen was a few months ago, and there was a fare chart next to the taxi stand outside the bus station. Right around here.
 
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