Current security situation in Mexico

Hi everyone!

As you may already noticed by watching or reading news, the actual security situation in Mexico is quite delicate. That means, we strongly recommend you not travelling alone and by rental car through the country. However, if you consider travelling by your own (that is not via a standard program provided by a travel agency), then you should at least travel by tour buses offered by serious travel providers.

For our German guests, the following website may be useful:
Auswärtiges Amt: Sicherheitshinweise für Mexiko

However, there are still some states that are relatively safe for travelling, for instance Oaxaca and the Yucatan peninsula. In Chiapas a visit of the city San Cristobal de las Casas is considered to be safe as well. Besides, a standard package holiday to Cancun and surroundings is of course uncritical.

Coming soon...

In the next weeks I am gonna start posting a few personal travel recommendations.

If you have individual wishes, questions or requests you can state them in "the comment box" below.

Saludos desde Eisenach!

From Mexico City to Xalapa

To travel from Mexico City to Xalapa there are these options:

Bus

If you wanna travel directly from Mexico City Airport to Xalapa, there is a van that travels three times per day to Xalapa and the trip takes around 5 hours. The trip is not so comfortable however and there is no toilet in the van.

Another option by bus is to take a taxi* from Mexico City Airport  to Mexico City Bus Station "TAPO". There are buses leaving to Xalapa almost every hour and there are 3 types: 
        -Economic (ADO normal)
        -Middle class (ADO GL) 
        -First class (Platino)

Adam and I have been taking "the economic option" and we were satisfied.

*For security reasons if you take a taxi in the airport make sure that you take one of those that have service points in the airport area. You pay for your taxi at the service point and you get a ticket, so you don't pay the driver in the taxi. Simply show your ticket to the driver.

Airplane

You can take a flight from Mexico City to Veracruz. Unfortunately, there is no airport in Xalapa. Therefore you have to take a bus from Veracruz to Xalapa.
There are three airlines flying from Mexico City Airport to Veracruz: Interjet, Volaris and Aeromar.
These option is obviously more expensive than the pure bus options above. In general you don't even save time.

How to fly from Germany (FRA) to Mexico

In order to fly from Frankfurt to Mexico City there are several airlines offering flights:

I. Direct Flights
There´s only Lufthansa that is offering a direct flight to Mexico City. The flight takes about 12 hours. If you book early then you can get a flight from 750 euros/person (including return). In general, however, this flight option is expensive (above 1000 euros/person).

II. Flight with stop-over
There are some airlines that flight from Frankfurt to Mexico doing a stop over. These ones are:
-Iberia (stopover in Madrid)
-KLM (stopover in Amsterdam)
-British Airways (stopover in London)
-Air France (stopover in Paris)
-American Airlines (stopover in Dallas)
-Delta (Atlanta)
-United Airlines (Chicago/Houston TX/Newark NJ)
It is important to consider that with a stopover the flight can take from 14-18 hours.

You can check out some options in the following websites:
www.kayak.de
www.skyscanner.de 
www.opodo.de

Bienvenidos! Welcome! Willkommen!

Hi everyone,

We would like to welcome to our wedding blogg, where you will be able to find useful information about our wedding :-)
We will keep this blogg updated with different information about:

• Accomodation
• Transportation
• Places to visit
• etc.

If you have any question feel free to write us. 

Xoxo

Patty & Adam