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briansue
Apr 18, 2016Explorer
As far as the value of the pesos goes - we personally did not see prices changing as we got more and more pesos for our dollar. But we were not in the more Americanized areas that much. The people of Mexico still earn in pesos and spend in pesos - for the most part they do not pay much attention to fluctuations and value or their pay would go up and down almost daily and prices in stores would do the same. Things may change in the long run but we did not notice it. Things like fuel and tolls do not change - though both are overpriced - it is not due to dollars. Perhaps the rates in those more touristy area RV parks do change but we did not see it where we travel. Rates in some parks have gone up but I think that has to do with some park owners thinking they have to raise prices to make more money when numbers of visitors go down - bad policy but that is what we think. We also noted that one RV park we visit had raised rates to equal what another charged - but this was also bad because the parks could not compare as the higher price charged by one was due to a swimming pool and WiFi plus a couple other things the other park did not have - comparing apples to oranges and charging the same price. Our experience is we still pay far less for a place to park in Mexico than we do in the US - but in the US we get 50amp electric and good water pressure among other things. Those parks in Mexico that charge too much may find themselves out of business. Once we cross the border we change our money to pesos and we no longer have any dollars nor do we do any business in dollars.
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