Saturday, January 14, 2012

How much money should I bring to Mexico for vacation?

How much money should I bring to Mexico for vacation?
I am going to a small village in Mexico called Sayulita in December. We are renting a house and will be making our own food half the time and going out to eat the other half. We won't be doing a lot of paid activities (horseback riding, etc.) ..we're mainly going to explore on our own. However we will be eating/drinking a lot and will be buying lots of souvenirs. How much money (American) should we each bring to live comfortably for 8 days? Thanks
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Hi, That village is near Puerto Vallarta, in Riviera Nayarit i think. You won't need a lot of cash, if you want to eat seafood with some beer, it won't cost you more than $30, and you will eat good food and drink a lot of coronas. In a fancy restaurant a corona will cost you no more than $2, a cocktail maybe $5. About the souvenirs, i dont know what you have in mind, some clothing ? no more than $30 each, earring and necklaces? $20. Good luck!!!
2 :
When I went to Telchac in Yucatan for two weeks I only tool 200 dollars in American money and it lasted me the whole time because I lived off of food they sold in the parks which i only paid about ten to twenty pesos for which is 1 to 2 dollars our money and all the chips and stuff you can buy at the grocery store start off a a peso which is about ten cents here. also went to Xcaret which was almost like a theme park there and I was able to pay for th eentrance and I broght back many souvenirs from Cancun too
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Not sure if there is a bank or cash machine in Sayulita .... but bring your ATM card because dollars are very hard to spend or change to pesos. Tell your bank you'll be in Mexico. If they do take your dollars they'll give you a terrible exchange rate Here's a Sayulita message board http://sayulita-mexico.com/