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I am planning to travel to Mexico with my family, and my child has severe peanut allergies. We still want to go to Mexico, but we don’t know if its safe for my child.
Any one have any insight?
Thanks!
I am planning to travel to Mexico with my family, and my child has severe peanut allergies. We still want to go to Mexico, but we don’t know if its safe for my child.
Any one have any insight?

This is pertaining to restaurants. Any one with peanut allergies that went to Mexico have a good and safe restaurant recommendation?
Thanks!
We’re talking Los Cabos here… Just so you know…

I live in Mexico with a strong peanut and other nut allergy. Ask when you eat, check labels, you will find many in English. The Spanish word for peanuts is "cacahuate". Labels also include the line "puede contener trazsos de …" which means may contain traces of . Be careful with some typical dishes like mole which is a sauce for meat or chicken which has chile peppers, chocolate, and peanuts. My wife and kids love it.

A good question to ask if the people at the restaurant don’t speak much English (in the better restaurants, even in the small towns, someone - if not all generally speaks some English) is ¿Cuales platos no tienen nada de cacahuate? or Which dishes have no peanuts?

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A family emergency has occurred down in Mexico. I NEED to travel to Mexico City as soon as possible, but my passport recently expired. I wanted to know if there was absolutely anyway that I can travel with this expired passport. Is there a temporary permit, visa or anything that i can obtain from the passport agency. I really need to get over there as soon as possible. Thanks.

No, but in an emergency situation you can get a passport renewed in a day. See the information on the State Department website here: http://travel.state.gov/passport/npic/npic_898.html

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im going to one of those all inclusives in mexico and i have a blackberry tour, will i be able to use it there without being charged anything?

no, im pretty sure the rate is 15 cents per minutte and text you use.but if you want to use a phone their, i reccomend buying a cheep prepaid phone and buying like 400 mins for about $60 all together.

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So i’m going to mexico on vacation and i was wondering if i could use my wifi enabled blackberry to make a call or send/receive texts via wifi connectivity? Does any one know if I can do that? I’ve used wifi to make a call when there wasn’t any service at my sisters house but i don’t know if it’ll work in mexico?

Yes, you should be able to do this. You can usually find free wifi in the lobby of nice hotels. If you are looking for more free public wifi hotspots you can also check @ the free wifi wiki: http://freewifiwiki.net/index.php?title=Main_Page

Of course if you are not on a shoestring budget and staying at those nice places you are likely to get free wifi anyways.

Either way — happy travels~!

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My family and I are booked on a cruise at the end of the month. I’ve payed for my vacation, thankfully purchased insurance too, but my base may implement a policy that states that military may not travel to Mexico at all.

I have many U.S. military friends that regularly travel to Mexico, they don’t wear their uniforms of course. I live part time in Mexico and personally do not hesitate to recommend to others they come here. Yes, there are problems in Mexico as there are in the U.S. and there is no guarantee you will be 100% safe anywhere you go. But tourists are not the targets of these problems in Mexico and the kind people of Mexico rely on tourism. I’m sure you will find them very welcoming and happy you have visit their country. With that said, if your base has a (political) policy against the travel you might want to find out what they will do if you go against the policy.

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Does anyone recommend any vacation spots in Mexico? Im looking to stay along the gulf. I have never been and am planning on going in April. Id prefer somewhere where its not TOO crowded and reasonably priced…I just want opinions from people whos been there.

I’d recommend staying in the Mayan Riviera, which is on the Yucatan Peninsula, and the Southern Shore of the Gulf.

This is a popular tourist area, with lots of amenities nearby, but its not overcrowded like some.

Specifically, I’d recommend the Barcelo Maya Colonial. The food was amazing, the buffet changed daily and never got old, and the beach was pristine. Quite large when compared to most of those in Cancun and it has earned every bit of its 5 star rating.

I couldn’t have been happier with the resort. The rooms, beach, restaurant, staff, etc. were all great. I wrote a review of my stay there for The Canadian Traveler; in the sources below.

The beaches here were fantastic, much bigger than at the resorts in say, Cancun so you were able to spread out, etc. and it didn’t feel crowded. The sand was beautiful, soft and white, and the water was great too.

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I want to plan a trip to Mexico this summer, preferably on the western side like Cabo, Puerto Vallarta, Acapulco etc. Just want some suggestions on where i should go. What city has the best nightlife, activities, tours, etc. Also what resorts are good? I am looking for an all-inclusive resort with good service and food and nice accomodations. Any recommendations would be a big help! Thanks!

No were, Careful of the swine flu!

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I am looking to plan a vacation to Mexico with my boyfriend. What are some nice places you have been?

I’m looking at:

Riviera Maya
Cozumel
Acapulco

I have been to Puerto Vallarta and am not really interested in going back anytime soon.

Thanks!
Cancun seems way too touristy.

Zacatecas and Monterrey are my favorite cities in the north. In the center if you have a sense of adventure scenery in the Huasteca is nice. Futher south I am fond of Chiapas

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