Car Hire in Cancun - Getting to Cancun
Direct flights to Cancun are available from London; British Airways has scheduled flights twice a week and various tour companies also operate chartered flights into Cancun from airports in the UK. From within Mexico, you can fly to Cancun from Mexico City. It is also possible to connect to Cancun from various hub airports in the USA.
Taxi charges from the airport to the main hotel centre are high. It is recommended that visitors take one of the Airport vans that carry around 10 passengers and their luggage comfortably to requested hotels. Alternatively, after a 1.5-kilometre walk to the highway, you can flag down a local bus into town, which costs around US$0.50.
Cancun is easily reached by car from Mérida or Campeche via Highway 180 east. Mérida is about 83kms from Cancun.
Daily buses to Cancun are available from Playa del Carmen, Tulum, Chichén-Itzá and other nearby beach and archaeological zones such as Xcaret. Long distance buses are generally more popular for travelling within Mexico and frequently ply the route between Cancun and Acapulco or Mexico City. Luxury buses go to Cancun from Mexico City, but the trip takes around 24 hours.
