RV Park Price Survey

The weather in Mazatlan is, IMHO some of the best weather in Mexico. The further south we travel the cloudier it gets. It is cooler due to its location but the skies are often clearer than the sky is in southern Mexico. The water is warm enough for me too.

We had planned on staying at Mar Villa on the way south, but someone posted to me that they had very bad electricity, lots of shocks, and that Las Jaibas was great. We stayed at Las Jaibas, our choice, our mistake.

We actually spent a number of winters in Mazatlan, and enjoyed it. We only stop there now to stock up on shrimp, so our decision not to stop again was based on that, and the fact that we love more tropical destinations.

We'll buy our shrimp elsewhere, pay more, and continue to try to avoid parks that gouge.

yep....skip a whole town cuz their nightly is not in your price range.... I guess you skip a lot of towns in the USA as well. For a few bucks you may be missing out on a lot....just sayin....dollars are paper and you trade that for an experience. dont be cheap with your paper....

No need to skip Mazatlán. Baraka is at 365 pesos per night, as is Mar Villa, although Mar Villa is near capacity this time of year. The nightly rate at Las Jaibas is on the stiff side, but the monthly rate is very comparable to the other two just mentioned. The beach is good, the restaurants are good, El Centro is just a bus ride away, the theater is impressive, etc.

As much as we hate to skip Mazatlan on the way north, we'll skip it this year strictly because of the prices at Las Jaibas.

Las jaibas is outrageous, that guy chrges in US dolalrs. Worst is Paamul at $50 US a night.

For fairly accurate ATM exchange rates try this as an alternative

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Forget "their" 2% ATM recommendation -- it's wrong

During rapid up and down tics this site may be a day slow. Been using this site 365 for 10-years. Works good enough for me :)

For us, we used ATM cards at either Santander or CIBanco for straight cash. But if we are making purchases we favor Walmarts while using our Capital One credit card. No intl fees and a decent exchange rate. Usually Walmart will also give about 2000p, cash back.

The worst I have seen for Bank machine rates is Vegas casinos. . Something like 6 percent of the transaction. They give you a warning so you can cancel. When we are down south we use Cash Back at Walmart.

I talked to friends in Barra last night, same thing...6,000 peso limit in ATMs in Manzanillo. Keep this in mind and please report your high number extractions as the low number extractions are a damned nuisance. HSBC has been giving the lowest tipo de cambio, BanaMex among the best. 31.30 pesos fee. BanComer refuses to work.

Lazaro Cardenas is another six thousand peso limit - same for Zihuatanejo, but I understand Ixtapa machines allow a higher extraction.