Due to health issues, they are flying. I THINK this year will be their first year flying down, they missed last year.

Why do I know this?? The man owes us a beer!

There will be taxis ready, willing and able waiting for you at the airport.

http://www.zihuatanejo.net/localtransport.html

I checked Rob's info. We recall having to purchase a ticket for a private taxi, but don't remember seeing anything about the Collective Shuttle. How do we get it?
Does the Collective Shuttle drop you off at some central location, or take you to your destination? (We're staying at a place not far from Plaza Kioto).

(Personally, I'd schlep our bags over to Andy's store and grab the Aeropuerto combi, but She Who Must Be Obeyed says "No way".)

So, is this the first time in all these years visiting my website almost daily that you've even looked at the Airport Taxi page and noticed there was Colectivo service? Really?

There will be taxis ready, willing and able waiting for you at the airport.

http://www.zihuatanejo.net/localtransport.html

I checked Rob's info. We recall having to purchase a ticket for a private taxi, but don't remember seeing anything about the Collective Shuttle. How do we get it?
Does the Collective Shuttle drop you off at some central location, or take you to your destination? (We're staying at a place not far from Plaza Kioto).

(Personally, I'd schlep our bags over to Andy's store and grab the Aeropuerto combi, but She Who Must Be Obeyed says "No way".)

http://www.zihuatanejo.net/localtransport.html

I agree with Charlie the Cruise Ship Guy and I DO live here for a good part of the year. What taxi drivers go through to earn their living is beyond my ability to determine. On the rare occasions when we do take a taxi we have no problem returning to Zihuatanejo with the taxis available wherever we may happen to be, whether ixtapa, Troncones or Playa Blanca. Having driven a taxi several times in the States I know that every city has its's written and unwritten rules, and there will always be those trying to "beat the system". We try to be ever mindful that we are guests t in this great country which has been generous in allowing us to to make our home here. We pick our battles carefully. Straightening out the taxis, unions, mafia or just plain folks as they may be is not on our list. Seems kind of whiney, to be honest.

I hardly think being threatened and extorted and forced to change taxis from one you trust and have an arrangement with to one you don't know who is threatening you is being "whiney" or trying to "beat the system". The customer should be free to choose to use the service they want. Hiring a taxi to drop you off and come back for you at a prearranged time is a common practice around the world, especially in a remote location such as Playa Larga where one cannot count on finding a taxi available.

These tactics have been scaring away our tourists for years. Everyone including many taxi drivers agree that this type of behavior should not and cannot be tolerated. The instant someone blocks you from being able to move freely you are being kidnapped, and that's how this should be treated.

Hola
I sent a message to PROFECO explaining what happened. If nothing else, they should have a record of what happened.

¡MIL GRACIAS! That's what it takes to get the ball rolling in the right direction.

Hola
Their numbers were Playa Larga taxis 0005 and 0006. Don't know how to contact the people you suggest to report it.

PROFECO has a website where you can file a complaint with all the pertinent details.
PROFECO

They also have a local office you can call. (755) 554-0024
(listed on my Telephones page)

You can also leave a message for the local Director of Turismo at the Ayuntamiento. He should be made aware of this. Ayuntamiento de Zihuatanejo --> (755) 554-4455

Anything you can do will be appreciated and help other folks. I'll do what I can to bring this to the attention of the right people.

Hola
We were at Playa Larga today. We have a favourite taxi guy that we like to use take us there. We made arrangements for him to pick us up at 4:30,like we have done every week since we arrived in October. When we were leaving, the local taxis blocked the road so we couldn't get out. After a short discussion, we were told that our taxi was not allowed to pick us up unless he asked their permission to do so. Our taxi guy then told us that he could still take us there, but we had to use the local Larga taxis to get home. Same thing happened at the Irma a few years ago. Maybe we will just take the combi coming home from now on.

I hope you took pictures or at least got their unit numbers and reported them to PROFECO or at least the municipal authorities so there is at least a record of the incident. The client has every right in the world to request any taxi driver they trust and like to come pick them up at the beach. The taxi mafia is out of control because the politicians won't enforce laws against them, but PROFECO is a federal entity and they can sanction the offenders without fear of political reprisal.

If you made prior arrangements to be picked up THAT IS YOUR RIGHT. The taxi unions do NOT make the laws, and the laws do not say you have to use any particular taxi union or group of taxis at any location. They like to make crap like this up and then intimidate people into believing it's true. Please do not just let it slide or it will continue happening.