Mexican Fishing Licenses Are NOT Needed if Only Fishing From Shore

If you enjoy fishing, but you do not plan to go on a boat while in Mexico – you do NOT need to trouble yourself with getting a Mexican fishing license.  Mexican fishing licenses are only required for people who are on a boat or other floatation device.

If you will only be fishing from the beach, rocks, piers, or shoreline – then you can save yourself some time and money because you do NOT need to get a Mexican fishing license.

If there is a chance you could get on a boat and do some fishing, then you should go ahead and get your Mexican fishing license before entering Mexico.

Call CONAPESCA for details: San Diego office 8am - 2pm Pacific time Monday - Friday (619) 233-4324

0 comments - Posted by Jeff Nordahl at 11:40 AM - Categories: Baja Road Trips | Mexico Road Trips - Mainland Mexico | Mexico Travel

Camping tip of the day - Dust Brush & Pan will keep your vehicle dirt and sand free

Bring a dust brush and dust pan.

In Baja, everything is dusty or sandy, so every time you get in your car, your shoes bring clumps of dust and sand in with them.  If you go for a walk on the beach, you can carry globs of wet sand into your car.

If you set a cooler or a chair outside on the ground, it will also have dirt and sand stuck to it.

After a few days, you could suddenly find the interior of your vehicle and all of your possessions covered in sand and dirt (really not cool if it gets into your bedding).

Solution:  A simple dust brush will work miracles.  Once you get in the habit of brushing off your shoes, feet, and cargo before putting them in your vehicle – you can say adios to the dirt and sand that seemed to breed inside your vehicle.

Most dust brushes come with a handy dust pan – the whole combo pack is about $4-$5 at a hardware store.

A simple fix to an annoying problem.

0 comments - Posted by Jeff Nordahl at 3:34 PM - Categories: Baja Road Trips | Mexico Road Trips - Mainland Mexico | Mexico Travel

Mexico Road Trip – Tip for the Day - Fill Your Gas Tank Frequently

Never allow your gas tank to go below half a tank.

There are two reasons for this:

1: In Baja and other remote areas of Mexico, it is not uncommon for certain Pemex stations to be closed or out of gas.  Also, in central Baja – between San Quintin to Guerrero Negro – there are hardly any Pemex stations.  When we drove through Catavina, the small Pemex station was closed.  This meant we had a stretch of driving over 200 miles without a gas station!  You do not want to run out of gas in Mexico, so fill up frequently.

2: The other reason to always keep your gas tank filled to over half full is mechanical.  Every once in a while we hear reports of some bad gas being sold in Mexico.  While this is not a frequent occurrence, you can protect yourself by filling up frequently instead of letting your gas tank get below a quarter tank.  The principal is this: If you get some old gas that is slightly dirty or old, then your vehicle will handle it much better if it is mixed with other good gas.  But if you run your gas tank until it is almost empty, then fill your entire gas tank with some lower quality gas, your vehicle will then need to run on 100% bad gas.  By filling up every time your tank get s below  ¾ of a tank, then you will always be diluting any potential gas that may not be of the highest quality with the ¾ tank of quality gas you already have in the tank.

That is your Mexico road trip tip of the day!  Hope it helps – happy travels!

5 comments - Posted by Jeff Nordahl at 11:13 AM - Categories: Baja Road Trips | Mexico Road Trips - Mainland Mexico | Mexico Travel

The Importance of Medical Payments on Your Mexican Auto Insurance

The Medical Payments coverage section of your Mexican auto insurance policy is designed to pay for medical costs for the passengers of your vehicle.  Many customers do not pay much attention to the medical payments section when purchasing their Mexican auto insurance - but I will provide you with a real life situation where the medical payments amounts have made a huge difference in how the customer's insurance claim has been handled.

Most Mexican auto insurance policies come standard Medical Payments limits of $2,000 per person up to $10,000 per accident.  This means that the Mexican auto insurance will pay up to $2,000 in medical expenses for each passenger of the vehicle up to a total payment of $10,000.  So to maximize the benefit, the insurance would pay for 5 people for $2,000 each.

We highly recommend purchasing Mexican auto insurance with the higher limits of $5,000 per person up to a total of $25,000 per accident.

We recently got word of the following insurance claim:

There was a serious accident that resulted in multiple injuries to the passengers of the insured vehicle. The Mexican auto insurance claims adjuster was able to pay the hospital $2,000 for each passenger who was injured, but the medical bills totaled more than $4,000 for each person.  So the customer was responsible for paying all costs above the $2,000 per person.  The hospital then refused to release the patients until their medical bills were paid in full.  Needless to say, this became quite a nightmare for the customers.

For this reason, we strongly encourage you to purchase our Mexican insurance policies which include the higher Medical Payments amounts.  Higher medical payments cost less than one dollar per day!

We also encourage you to check with your US health insurance provider to find out if your US health insurance will cover you while traveling in Mexico.  You should also find out how to contact your US health insurance from Mexico in case you need to their assistance.

0 comments - Posted by Jeff Nordahl at 12:12 PM - Categories: Mexico Travel

Travelers Checks in Mexico - Don't Bother!

Hardly any vendors in Mexico accept travelers checks - so we recommend using your US credit/debit cards for purchases and for withdrawing cash while in Mexico.

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0 comments - Posted by Jeff Nordahl at 10:05 AM - Categories: Mexico Travel

Reality on Violence in Mexico In Regards to Tourists

We have insured over 200,000 vehicles that have driven to Mexico in the past 9 years, and we have not had any reports of violent crimes being perpetrated against our customers.  This post attempts to put some of the negative news stories about Mexico in perspective.  From our perspective - and we deal with tourists traveling to Mexico all day long - we do not see any reason to be fearful about traveling to Mexico.

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0 comments - Posted by Jeff Nordahl at 2:28 PM - Categories: Mexico Travel

Mexico Vehicle Import Permit - Contact Phone Numbers

Mexico Vehicle Permit contact phone numbers - we have found direct phone numbers to the Banjercito offices for you!

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0 comments - Posted by Jeff Nordahl at 3:25 PM - Categories: Mexico Travel