Mexico Insight

Mexico’s Peso closed at an historic low against the US Dollar today, as traders down-graded the currency in wake of the financial situations unfolding across the world.
By the end of trading, US Dollars were being sold by retail exchange houses in Mexico City for around MX$11.89.
Around eighty-five percent of Mexico’s economy is entwined with the US, so any down-turn in the States […]

On September 8th this year, the Bank of Mexico began to circulate a new series of the $200 Peso bank note.
This latest issue follows-on from the re-design of the $50, $20 and $1,000 Peso Bank Notes, which are leaving behind the ‘arty’ Aztec feel of the previous series and ushering-in a new era of symmetrical […]

Real Estate Development companies are now well established in Mexico.  Their presence in the Mexican real estate market is giving life to realty projects which offer a safe, professional and straightforward method to purchase a home here.
These property developers have weighed-in to Mexico’s real estate market investing, collectively, tens of billions of dollars of capital over the […]

As of January 2009, Mexicana de Aviacion, one of Mexico’s principal airlines, is expected to commence a direct service between Mexico City and London.  Although no formal annoucement has been made yet, the flight is likely to connect Mexico City’s Benito Juarez airport with London Gatwick.Â
At present, only British Airways operates a direct flight between Mexico City and London’s […]

In the pre-web era, most hotels reservations were made via a local travel agent, or perhaps using a specialist hotel booking firm that would advertise sample rates in newspapers and magazines so as to entice readers to telephone the agency.
Then one day, along came the Internet.
Mexperience, in association with ETS, offers you live online rates […]

Gasoline and diesel fuel for road vehicles has been subsidized by the Mexican government for years.  The USA, in contrast, operates ‘open market’ gasoline prices at its pumps.   When the price of oil was lower than it is today, and gasoline in the US was selling for around US$1.20 a gallon, Mexicans would complain vociferously […]

One of the most breath-taking travel experiences Mexico has on offer is the Barranca de Cobre – Copper Canyon – an area of outstanding natural beauty situated in north-western Mexico.
The ‘Copper Canyon’ is actually a series of twenty canyons, formed over the years by six rivers.  The area is some seven times the size of […]

In the USA, Canada and the UK you dial the same set of codes to connect with a cell phone, regardless of where you or the cell phone are ‘based’, whereas in Mexico you need to learn a few rules to be able to connect with cell phones.
Mexico has adopted the ‘calling party pays’ scheme whereby it’s free to […]

Forget cramped seats, hot stuffy cabins and feeling every stone and bump in the road.  Bus travel in Mexico is a world apart from bus travel in places like the USA and the UK.
Since the early 1990’s, Mexico has invested diligently in its intercity road network.  As a result, the country is today well connected by […]

Towns and cities across Mexico are preparing for the country’s Independence Day festivities which take place this month.  Walk around almost any town in Mexico now and you’ll see streets, town squares, schools, shops and commercial centers being dressed in patriotic decorations showing off a display of reds whites and greens – Mexico’s official colors.
Ambulant […]