Also…. On the cheap comment, we could have flown to Cancun for 1/2 the price of the airfare from Vancouver Canada to Zihua but we chose to come here.

I share your pain. I look at the YVR->CUN airfares and the YVR->PVR airfares. Then I feel a bit ill as I book my flights to ZIH.

A friend comes each year and gets what is now a great price. He gets the first Air Canada flight of the season (around November 1) with a return to YVR 4-6 weeks later for under C$1,000. I have paid that for a one-way fare.

As an aside, that friend bought points at an all-inclusive in Cancun. The first time he came to Troncones, maybe 2011 or 2012, he did not like it at all. He returned to Troncones in 2022 and loved it. He was back in 2023 and is ready to book his flights for 2024.

My apologies if I started a debate on this, it was a simple question to get and idea on taxi fares so we know what to expect. We were in Zihua 2 years ago and taxi fares varied substantially day to day for the same distances.

The rates only vary (a) when you don't know the rates, and (b) when unscrupulous taxi drivers try to take advantage of you. That's what my Taxi Fares section is for.

In addition, a city taxi driver can pick up fares anywhere. A TT driver has to sit and wait for a plane to arrive and hope there is enough business from it that he gets a fare.

These guys are the Airport Mafia! They charge over double the cost coming the other way! They also limit the number of cabs. the last time I was there I waited almost an hour for a taxi. I doubt if they're hurting as much as the drivers in town!

They aren't a mafia by any stretch of the imagination, and it pains me to see you refer to them as such. They are folks with families just trying to put food on the table, and they're the most professional, least problematic of our transportation services, being federally licensed drivers employed by the airport to provide a safe service. Their rates are higher because (a) they mostly only drive passengers one way, i.e. from the airport to their lodging, and (b) they don't have anywhere near the amount of potential clients that local taxi drivers have: their only customers are airport arrivals, for the most part.

You make this same suggestion every time this same question is asked over and over again.It's not worth it. It is illegal for them to wait for fares there.

I spoke with a Troncones taxi driver a few weeks ago who had taken a fare to the airport. They told me that after they left the airport grounds they were flagged down by people with suitcases and surfboards. He picked up the fare. Quickly he was pulled over (he didn’t say by whom). The driver was told he was not authorized to pick up arriving passengers. The passengers were required to leave the taxi and he was required to drive away. He didn’t know how they got a ride. Maybe TT sent a vehicle.

That driver won’t try to pick up near the airport again.

Given the plethora of taxis, the costs of vehicles, the price of gasoline, etc. it must be difficult for a driver to earn a living. I understand them being rigorous about protecting their turf.

I'm sure he's coming here for 5 weeks with just a backpack. Quit being so cheap.

Oh c'mon. Why all the hate? For one thing it's only a couple hundred yards walk - shorter than most airport terminals - and it's more than a few pesos. More like 400 pesos. Nobody's forcing him to do it. It's just providing him with another option. If he wants to be cheap so be it. He has that right.

In airport taxis at 680 pesos for Zihua and surrounding colonias, if traveling light, its easy to walk the short distance across the airport parking lot where you will find either combis who will take you to El Centro for $20 pesos or regular cabs that will probably take 1 person to a Zihua destination for $250 to $325 pesos. Enough of a difference to buy a nice evening meal in Zihua.

You make this same suggestion every time this same question is asked over and over again. It's not worth it. It is illegal for them to wait for fares there. I'm sure he's coming here for 5 weeks with just a backpack. Quit being so cheap.

Me encantan los combis! You get to live the culture of Zihua.

In airport taxis at 680 pesos for Zihua and surrounding colonias, if traveling light, its easy to walk the short distance across the airport parking lot where you will find either combis who will take you to El Centro for $20 pesos or regular cabs that will probably take 1 person to a Zihua destination for $250 to $325 pesos. Enough of a difference to buy a nice evening meal in Zihua.

You make this same suggestion every time this same question is asked over and over again.It's not worth it. It is illegal for them to wait for fares there. I'm sure he's coming here for 5 weeks with just a backpack. Quit being so cheap.