New Idea: Fly from Hermosillo to Cancun + Rent a Car

Originally our plan was to drive to Cancun and back.

While crunching numbers I decided to try out a few alternatives with our planning. I mapped out the financials of flying from Hermosillo to Cancun, renting a car there, and renting for a month. Excluding gas and food it came out to $2000, which is a lot less than it would have cost to drive there and back.

The downside to this plan would be missing out on all the places we wanted to stop in between. But we could always do our own trip down the west coast afterwards and avoid that long drive across the country twice.

I like the idea of renting a car so we do not have to worry about ours breaking down or having any problems along the way. So now we just have to weigh the pros and cons and make a few decisions.

Tampa to Mexico Ferry Rumor: Dream Transport for My Cancun Trip?

There are all sorts of posts on the web referring to a  Tampa Progreso Ferry or a Tampa to Cancun Ferry!! This would be one of the greatest things imaginable to happen to my trip if it were true.

Unfortunately everything I am finding out about it is making it seem less likely that it will be up and running early next year. So far my plans to get to Cancun are working their way toward being planned out, but the plans home are still blurry.

It would be so great if we could just hop a boat to Tampa and drive home through the United States. If anyone knows more about this rumor and if it is really going to happen I would love more information!