Ateo
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Shuttle from SD to TJ Airport?
Im flying out of TJ to Guadajara in May and was wondering if anyone knows anything about a mode of transport that takes you from the US side across
the border and drops you at the TJ airport. There wil be 8 of us. Option 2 is just driving the cars across and parking them at the airport for 9
days. Any help would be appreciated.
Volaris is flying my whole family (4) round trip for $600. Wow.
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Ken Cooke
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From the Volaris website
Finally, and from Tijuana, we offer shuttle services to downtown San Diego, California, San Ysidro and vice versa. This is a service offered by
Crucero ground transportation and offered exclusively to our clients.
link: http://www.volaris.mx/en/site-information/frequently-asked-q...
HTH,
-Ken
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Kalypso
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It's not easy to find, but here is the link to the Volaris Shuttle Service
It leaves from the Greyhound bus station in downtonw San Diego and costs less than $15 one way. It will take you directly to the airport. Busses leave
pretty frequently and it's easier to just walk in to the bus station and get the ticket than it is buying it on line.
If you have enough Spanish to negotiate the web page, the shuttle serivce has a list of all the Volaris flight numbers along with what time you should
take the shuttle from SD. They're giving at minimum a 3 hour window on most flights. Depending upon what time your flight leaves TIJ that may be more
time than you need.
The trip with average traffic takes about 35-40 minutes. About 20 mintues to the border where Mexican officials will board the bus and ask to see
everyone's ticket. I've been told that sometimes they will make everyone get off and they'll off load all the luggage and you have to clear customs
there at the border. I've not had that experience. Once through the Mexican border stop it's another 10 minutes on to the airport.
Volaris allows passengers to print their bordering passes up to 72 hours in advance of the flight. I would highly recommend you do that. They've got a
dedicated line for passengers with bording passes to drop off their luggage. It is a substantially smaller and faster line than the regular line for
flight check-in.
Getting to TIJ via shuttle is easy, coming back is a royal PITA. The last time I took the Volaris shuttle from the Tijuana airport to cross back it
was a 2 hour wait for the bus to get up to the passenger drop off point for American immigration/customs. I think everything and everybody was moving
faster than the bus line. Then I couldn't find the right bus back on the American side for the trip back, so I just hopped the trolley.
The Volaris shuttle busses are pretty beat up, but they'll get you there an back. It just takes some time.
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danaeb
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Transporte Terrestre
http://www.taxisairport.com/en/
My fare is $70 one way from north park to the TJ airport via otay. This is the fare for a large passenger van so it's cost effective if there's a
group. I recommend calling for your reservation rather than booking on the internet if you decide to go this way.
Dana
Forgot to mention the daily rate at TJ airport is about $16usd/day.
[Edited on 2-17-2012 by danaeb]
[Edited on 2-17-2012 by danaeb]
Experience enables you to recognize a mistake every time you repeat it.
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Gaucho
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I parked at this place a few months ago. They shuttle u to the border for free, you walk across jump in a cab and you're at the airport in 10 minutes.
Do the reverse on the way back. Super easy.
http://otaymesaparking.com/
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Ateo
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All, great suggestions. I will probably go with the Transporte Terreste since it'll be a group.........I'll let ya know what I choose and how it
goes! Thanks.
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sancho
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Volaris does kick out some good prices,
$150 RT to Guad , nice. Used to fly Aeromex TJ/Vallarta
for yrs. early '80's. $120 rt, heck with inflation your $150
is less than that
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