Transportation

A rental car is handy to have if you're planning on exploring beaches outside the town areas. Once in Los Cabos, taxis and foot are reliable means of transportation. One adventurous option is to rent an all-terrain vehicle or mountain bike to explore the desert surrounding Los Cabos.

Taxicabs are clean and are always available at every hotel lobby, from the airport and at most locations in Los Cabos. They don't use a taximeter, instead, pre-established fares according to the distances will be charged. At the airport the collective taxi (a small 9 passenger van) costs about $12.00 per person to Cabo San Lucas. There are larger buses available for about $12.00 per person. The collective taxis and buses will make several stops on the way from the airport to your hotel. Getting back to the airport from Cabo will cost about $55 to $90 for a private taxi. You can easily consult these fares with your lobby concierge and always confirm the rate with the taxi driver before getting underway.

Los Cabos does have a public transportation bus service however there is no local bus service between downtown and the beach. The busses run between Cabo San Lucas and San Jose del Cabo all day, every day of the week. They start running in San Jose at 5:00 AM and in Cabo they start at 5:20 AM, and run until 9:30 or 10:00 PM.

There are official bus stops, with seats and shade, but the busses can be flagged down, from almost anywhere along the highway, by waving your arms. They will usually stop, if they see you in time. It is safer and easier to walk to the designated bus stops. The busses only run on the main highway and pass each stop (approximately) every twenty minutes. The fare is around 16 pesos (about $1.50 U.S.) between the two towns, less if your only going part of the way. It is a good idea to have changes for the fares.

Banks and Currency

The Mexican official currency is the Peso ($ or MXP)
The paper bills available are $20, $50, $100, $200,$500 and $1000 pesos. Regarding coins, there are $0.10, $0.20, and $0.50 cents, and $1.00, $2.00, $5.00 and $10.00 pesos (recently $100 pesos, which are quite unusual).

Dollars can be readily exchanged for pesos at a variety of banks, hotels, and "casas de cambio," or change houses. You'll also find that U.S. dollars are widely accepted by many tourist-oriented establishments and market vendors but definitely you will get a better exchange rate at currency exchange booths than at the various stores and restaurants. Your best bet is to use an ATM to withdraw pesos, as the exchange rate is based on that offered in Mexico City.

Money Exchange service can be find mostly everywhere (banks, money exchange booths, airports and hotels). Banks in Mexico usually open from 9:00 am to 4:00pm; despite this fact, you can make cash withdrawals from ATMs located everywhere, 24/7.

Major credit cards (Visa, MasterCard, American Express) are accepted all over Los Cabos as well as Travelers Checks.