mexico8

Bus fare in PV is 10 pesos and no transfers.

Yes in PV. The white taxis seem to charge per person but the regular yellow taxis are total cost - could be 1 to 4 people. The bigger cars (SUV) might ask for more. That's why it is best to verify the cost before entering the car.

Thanks to everyone for the information. It really does not make any sense for us to book a cruise for thousands of dollars to get the extra perks with Sapphire. Now I know that is the only way to get the 6 points I can rest easy knowing that. Next cruise after this one we will have the extra points. In the past we were joined by ships officers at the dining table and they always ordered and paid for the wine and one officer went out of his way to get us a nice discount on something. That was quite a few years ago. The good old days..... The days of wine and roses.......

From the cruise port to the marina should only cost about 100 pesos ($8.00 Cdn). Not far. Make sure to confirm the price with the taxi driver before you get in. You can negotiate with some of them.

There is Uber, taxi and InDriver in Puerto Vallarta. With a taxi you should verify the cost when you enter the taxi so there are no surprises at the end.

We have a 17 day cruise booked for November on the NCL Jewel. We need 6 more Latitude points to reach Sapphire status (some nice perks). Is there any way to get 6 points before the November cruise? Can we purchase something ahead of time to get those 6 points? Any info appreciated. Thanks.

Thanks.

Thanks for the info.

We took an Azamara cruise last year and wonder if any of the cruise days would count on NCL latitudes program? I thought I had heard they were part of the same company but can't confirm that. Anyone know?

We live close to the Ottawa embassy so my husband went in person to get the Visa.

What a shame about all the time and money wasted and then to have the ports changed.

Thanks for posting that info. (We are in Mexico until end of March). He will apply as soon as we get back and he has his photo taken for the Visa application.

We are out of the country and he will apply in early April when we get back home. Keeping my fingers crossed.......

My husband is booked for a land trip in April for Egypt and a Nile cruise. He is retired from the Federal Government. After reading these posts I am wondering if he will be approved for a Visa. I am starting to worry he might not get a Visa to visit Egypt.

Whatever happened to equality? A shame about you not being able to list your service in the Daily. Sure not fair treatment. BTW - love the bird photos and descriptions. Thank you.

We have been on numrous NCL cruises and always enjoyed them. We especially like the different foods offered in the buffet - Indonesian etc. A nice change from regular buffet food. We just booked another NCL cruise for November and they offered the "Have it all" package. What I find a little annoying is the service charge we have to pay to use it. For the beverage package the added on service charge for the 2 of us for 17 days in about $800. Not exactly "free at sea" and another thing that bothers me is that cappucino or latte are not included in the package. I think we will decline the beverage package. We don't drink $23 each per day so its not worth it to us.

We were going to pay about $700+ for the drinks package (the service charge) for our 17 day cruise but now that I know that cappucino is not included in the drinks package I think I will cancel the "free" drinks package. We are not big drinkers (we do like cappucino) so I don't think it's worth paying about $22 each per day in service charges. Some port days we might have one drink and a couple of cappacino so it's better to just pay as we go.

Anyone I know who goes to Pipi's enjoys it. It is very touristy but fun and different. If you go into the romantic zone a good place for lunch or dinner would be Adobe's. Not as much fun as Pipi's but good food and value. You will get much better deal paying with pesos so do get pesos to pay for items you plan to purchase.

We will be on the Oosterdam on Nov. 15th.

Appreciate the posts. We will be getting a taxi. Good info on this site.

We often fly in the day before but for this cruise we have a direct flight to FLL and there would be other flights that could get us to FLL for the cruise. We have 6 hours between the flight arriving and the ships departure so a little leeway in case the flight is late arriving in FLL.

Thank you. Taxi it is!!!

We are going to the port area from the airport direct. (No hotel stay).

We won't have any cell phone service with our Canadian cell phone. We would like to use Uber to get to the port from the Fort Lauderdale airport but can't use our cell phone. Is there any way to use Uber without a cell phone or should we get a taxi to the port? Any info appreciated.

Great post and so helpful for other users of scooters. Thank you.