sbillings
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Getting from San Diego to Tijuana
We're flying into San Diego from Minneapolis and wondering if there is a shuttle or some way of getting to the border from the airport. We want to
rent a car in Tijuana then drive to Ensenada to a friends home there. Renting a car in CA then driving to Ensenada is way expensive.
Is there a bus or anything that goes from the airport to the border?
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Mango
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I took the San Diego light rail system from the border crossing at TJ/San Ysidro to the airport. It was pretty convenient for me with just a backpack
years ago.
There is a stop about 50 yards from the border crossing. I think I had to take a shuttle bus from the closest stop to the airport; but, it was very
close.. like a five minute ride. Very easy to use and the way to go. Maybe somebody in SD can link you better from the airport to the light rail
system.
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mtgoat666
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| Quote: | Originally posted by sbillings
We're flying into San Diego from Minneapolis and wondering if there is a shuttle or some way of getting to the border from the airport. We want to
rent a car in Tijuana then drive to Ensenada to a friends home there. Renting a car in CA then driving to Ensenada is way expensive.
Is there a bus or anything that goes from the airport to the border? |
take taxi from airport to santa fe depot ($10)
take trolley from depot to border (sdcommute.com)
walk across border
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BajaNomad
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| Quote: | Originally posted by mtgoat666
walk across border |
Or, take Mexicoach ($5):
http://www.mexicoach.com/
There's a Mexicoach bus stop across the street from the trolley stop in San Ysidro.
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bajadock
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Bus #992(i think) goes from SD airport downtown to Santa Fe station. $3, exact change please, and it runs approx every 15 min. Per mtgoat's link,
tijuana trolley is ez to border.
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sbillings
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Wow, you are some informed travelers. Thanks a lot.
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Get a transfer when you get on the bus, and you can use that transfer on the trolley (don't pay again). Get off the bus at the American Plaza trolley
stop, which is on Broadway and Kettner - you'll see the train station. Get on the blue line trolley to San Ysidro. Once at the end of the line, walk
across into Mex. and get a taxi to your car rental office - all the major car rental companies have an office in TJ. That taxi ride shouldn't cost
more than about $7.
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Bajagypsy
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Are there any car rental places at the border?
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Pstreet1
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See Shari's post "Renting a car in TJ."
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I think Enterprise in San Diego still lets'you rent in the USA and drive across into Mexico a ways. The Fox Baja Studios in ROsarito recommends
Eneterprise. Be sure to stop on the MExico and get the Mexican insuance for the day.
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bajaguy
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Dollar and AVIS also. You have to buy their Mexican insurance
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sbillings
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Thank you everyone for the information you sent. We were able to get on the 992 blue line bus from the airport and onto the trolley very easily.
Crossed the border, got the rental car at Dollar and were on our way. Went to Ensenada and it was so cold when the sun wasn't shining that I wasn't
sure I was in Mexico! Otherwise pretty uneventful. Didn't realize the Baja was so "americanized." Don't think I'll be back there anytime soon.
Will look farther south in Mexico for my retirement abode.
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