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Re: Car Rental Beware (by R P.):

I'm curious, when you took them up on the timeshare presentation in exchange for Mexican car insurance, did they draw up an insurance policy and have you sign it? It looks to me like you still paid for insurance if you had to fork over an additional $100.

This sounds like a total rip-off. I agree with you, Mexico tourism had better shape up or their American tourists will stop going there. There also seems to be (some) lies and deceit concerning sales of timeshares in Mexico that I've been seeing a lot lately (re: many Mexican timeshare salespeople are telling buyers that there are NO days allotted for rescission, or backing out, which is a total lie).

robertorvaleriem wrote:

I had the same experience in Mazatlan this fall. Our rental rate was great but my US insurance would not cover me in Mexico. Alamo wanted $27 USD a day for Mexican insurance OR I could go to a timeshare presentation and insurance would be free. I did the timeshare thing which was terrible and the insurance still cost an additional $100 at check in. We like Mexico but the constant rip off and timeshare naging is causing us to look elsewhere. Mexico tourism had better crack down or their already poor reputation will get so bad nobody will go there.