General Reports

[Phordphan]

Visiting for the first time:

1) can you rent a car in San Diego (US) and drive it across the border for a stay down there?

2) Are you able to rent a car when in Mexico?

3) Do you recommend renting a car, or just uber to the street scene, and bring the girls back?

4) Is it safe to walk late at night in the zone, to and from hotel?

Thanks for the generous response, most people would have told me to read the forum much appreciated. Lastly, is the scene better in the day, does the quality get better at night in terms of street girls, and then are Uber's to and from the beach cheap relative to US Uber's?

Sounds like my best bet is to just not rent a car and stay close to the girls, and I see a lot of people write about renting rooms with the street ladies. Is it safe to bring them back to your hotel / Airbnb? Will they come back with their friends and rob you? Basically trying to figure out why everyone's renting a room the girls offers.

Are Airbnb's safe? If reviewed well?

Appreciate the response:

Is there a reason that people rent rooms with the girls, that they recommend? Would you consider it safe to take a girl to your Airbnb? IE will they return to rob you later?

Is it safe to get an Airbnb of the reviews are good?

Lastly, is the WiFi / internet reliable enough to work for an extended period of time in Tijuana?

Thank you again!

You know, not to be a jerk, but all of this has been answered a billion times in the forum. So, RTFF. Also read the (dated) Brockton O'Toole's Guide. Guys who jump on here and expect to be spoon-fed information that they could have found themselves with a few minutes reading are often treated somewhat harshly.

Your questions indicate that you've read virtually nothing. Had you done so you would know that the downtown area of Tijuana, aka "Centro" is pretty small, and the Zona Norte (where the hookers hang out) is only a couple of streets. There is no reason for a noob to drive. You don't know the traffic patterns or rules and you certainly don't want to get stuck in a multi-hour wait to cross the border back into the USA. Again, you'd have known this had you read up a bit.

The scene in Tijuana is very club-centric, and very wham-bam-thank you ma'am. The standard session for a bar girl is 30 minutes, for a "paradita" it's 15-20 minutes. They will not come back to your hotel during their shift, and may not afterwards, depending on the girl. Club girls MUST use the hotel appended to their club, street girls usually, but not always, must use the hotel that they are posted up in front of. Again, a bit of reading would have answered all of this.

Renting an AirBnB is highly recommended if you plan on spending a day or two. Your only option would be to contact an escort service to send a girl, but be aware that many will not send a girl to a residence or an AirBnB. This is for the safety of the girl.

There is no answer to your WiFi question. Some places have good WiFi, other places it sucks.

Uber in Mexico is substantially cheaper than in the US. You can certainly Uber to the beach. The weather at the beach is particularly shitty right now, unless you like cold, wet and windy.

[Phordphan]

Unless you like paying morditas to crooked Tijuana cops, I would strongly recommend against driving in Mexico. Cars with California plates are a magnet for cops and they will make up an excuse to pull you over whether you've done anything or not. If you really are intent on renting a car, get one with non-California plates.

How much driving do you do in Tijuana? I've been driving there for maybe 10 years. I've been jacked up by the cops four times. Outside of the Zona Norte, in which I will not drive at night, I do not consider CA plates a cop magnet. They've had plenty of opportunity to pull me over and never have.

[Dickus Maximus]

Yes but the mandatory insurance will cost you out the ass. Don't be fooled by those $1/ day ads. Total bait-and-switch. Better to rent in the US.

Absolutely true. The insurance is not optional CDW like in the US and it can be $30-40/ day. What you think is a $10/ day rental ends up being $50/ day. Worse, The sites sell "insurance" which is completely useless, you still have to buy the insurance with the car. Bait-and-switch is an understatement. It's outright fraud by the booking sites.

Unless you like paying morditas to crooked Tijuana cops, I would strongly recommend against driving in Mexico. Cars with California plates are a magnet for cops and they will make up an excuse to pull you over whether you've done anything or not. If you really are intent on renting a car, get one with non-California plates.

I drive down a lot and haven't had a problem with this. If you look around, half the cars have California plates. I don't have an expensive car though and don't wash it a lot. Saw them pull over a nice clean Mercedes in front of me the other day. Poverty is power.

Yes. The main thing you have to fear in la zona is crooked cops shaking you down--leave your weed at home. Unless you appear helpless to defend yourself, get drunk or act stupid, nobody else will mess with you.

I've been stopped a few times by the cops and never had a problem. They did search me and might have nicked a 20 off me once. Would not be fun if you had drugs on you. Used to be braver, but now I try stay inside, move quickly between clubs and Uber in and out. Never had a problem, but no need to invite trouble.

[TjBrazil]

Is it possible to have sex with 50 yo women and what do you do if you're married to one. I went to the pool over superbowl weekend, and saw a bunch of 50 somethings in their one peice bathing suit, and thought "I could never have sex with any of these girls and they are my age". How do older married guys do it. Women age like shit. Any of you guys were married and got into the mongering world later in life because you wanted a hot young girl again, and couldn't have sex with your wife again. Any good stories.

[Jackie888]

Visiting for the first time:

1) can you rent a car in San Diego (US) and drive it across the border for a stay down there?

2) Are you able to rent a car when in Mexico?

3) Do you recommend renting a car, or just uber to the street scene, and bring the girls back?

4) Is it safe to walk late at night in the zone, to and from hotel?

It is your first time. I recommend using Uber. It is ridiculously cheap. Street laws are fuzzy in Mexico. Sometimes drives stop at red lights, sometimes they slowly craw across while looking both ways. Many of the main boulevards are one way streets and you don't know it until you think you see people driving on the wrong side of the road. Lanes are fucked up and not clearly marked. Or they paint the new lanes but forgot to erase the old lanes. Hills are black diamond. Potholes will blow out your tires. Ever tried to change a tire at midnight in low lighting? Unless you want to drive down to Rosarito or Ensenada, just take Uber. Tijuana is not a cultural center. This isn't Mexico City. There is not that much to see.

If you hotel is adjacent to the clubs, you are okay. About 2 block north of the clubs is the beginning of Drug central where cops stop perps only if escorted by Marines. Don't go there. Otherwise, walk where you see a lot of people. If a street is empty, there is a reason for that. Common sense really. Regardless of whether you are in Afghanistan or Inglewood, you don't go to a location where the locals cleared out. There is a reason for that.

Just my opinion.

[Baxter Slade]

If you need to ask these questions, then the answer is, don't drive in Mexico, and pay a taxi everywhere at least in zone. Even walking to revolution, you could encounter drunk locals. If your trying to live in Tijuana and accepted the risk that's different. But if your just visiting just take the taxi because if you stand in front of HK looking at your cell for uber at midnight, a lot can go wrong. Your head will be down, your phone will be out, the taxi guys will be begging you, and a dozen other people will be asking you for money since your standing still. Jump in the taxi for the hotel. And driving is another world of problems between insurance police getting lost.

Here we go again dogers.

I can see why you would be the last person the Tijuana chamber of commerce might hire. And Solo would probably be there best hire.

I'm as old white and gringoy as you can get. I'm in Tijuana just about every weekend having the time of my life (knock on wood) . Is there any way we could meet up and I could buy you some beer or the drink of your choice and spend some time with you. I would like to study maybe what it is your doing wrong. I think it would be some great information to include in the book I'm writing.

However if you are just writing fiction to entertain the bros. Please disregard my invitation.

[TjBrazil]

Hey,

Has anyone used tinder in Cancun. Are most of the girls escorts or normal girls by Mexican standards. I don't know if I should sign up for seeking for only one week in Cancun. If I can find some semi pros on tinder I would just stick to that.

[Babe Magnet]

Visiting for the first time:

1) can you rent a car in San Diego (US) and drive it across the border for a stay down there?

It's no problem unless you wreck it or get it stolen. Just make sure you buy liability insurance for Mexico. You can get comparative rates at mexadventure.com. If you notify the rental car company that you are driving into Mexico most car companies will either charge you more or say rip up your contract.

2) Are you able to rent a car when in Mexico?

Yes but the mandatory insurance will cost you out the ass. Don't be fooled by those $1/ day ads. Total bait-and-switch. Better to rent in the US.

3) Do you recommend renting a car, or just uber to the street scene, and bring the girls back?

Unless you like paying morditas to crooked Tijuana cops, I would strongly recommend against driving in Mexico. Cars with California plates are a magnet for cops and they will make up an excuse to pull you over whether you've done anything or not. If you really are intent on renting a car, get one with non-California plates.

4) Is it safe to walk late at night in the zone, to and from hotel?

Yes. The main thing you have to fear in la zona is crooked cops shaking you down--leave your weed at home. Unless you appear helpless to defend yourself, get drunk or act stupid, nobody else will mess with you.

[LuvMexicanas]

Hotel Ticuan is much more a nice hotel, and has really nice jaccuzi suites. Rizo looks. Ok, but more a love hotel, the neon and shit would give me a headache to have to 'exist' there.

Cascadas. Some people can stand a 2. 5 star room, but I can't.

Try Hotel Rio Rita which has pretty swanky rooms at sometimes half the cost of Ticuan. Also, it's a much shorter walk to the Zona. The only drawback is you can't parade in an endless sea of escorts because once you register one, you're done for that stay. You could have her visit you 10 times but it's her and that's it. But if you're more about banging bargirls, I think Rio Rita works better and that's saying a lot for me because I'm a pretty loyal Ticuan fan.

[Captain Solo]

Cadillac,

1. Rental cars cannot be taken out of state due to insurance, but if you buy Mexico's liability and comprehensive insurance, you will be covered.

2. Rental car in Mexico is very cheap, $1 -2 a day, but they will try to make you buy their insurance for $15-16 a day. Budget and National has rental offices ion Revo.

3. Street girls will not leave their hotels, only work out of their assigned hotels. Very hard to convince street girls to switch hotels left alone to go outside La Zona.

4. There are people late at night to 10-11 Pm on Revo and Constitucion and you can walk, but there are still risks of robberies and policia shakedowns. UBER is only $2-3 from La Zona to most places in Centro Tijuana, why take a risk?

Visiting for the first time:

1) can you rent a car in San Diego (US) and drive it across the border for a stay down there?

2) Are you able to rent a car when in Mexico?

3) Do you recommend renting a car, or just uber to the street scene, and bring the girls back?

4) Is it safe to walk late at night in the zone, to and from hotel?

[Cadillac31]

1. You would need permission from the rental car company in the form of a letter.

2. Yes.

3. Uber and Taxis are more than abundant in Tijuana and the centro area is very walkable for where you want to go.

4. Up to you and where you are staying. Tijuana is a city. Cities have crime but some people live in cities and never experience any crime. Up to you and luck I guess. Take common sense precautions and you will probably be fine.

Appreciate the response:

Is there a reason that people rent rooms with the girls, that they recommend? Would you consider it safe to take a girl to your Airbnb? IE will they return to rob you later?

Is it safe to get an Airbnb of the reviews are good?

Lastly, is the WiFi / internet reliable enough to work for an extended period of time in Tijuana?

Thank you again!

[Cadillac31]

1. You would need permission from the rental car company in the form of a letter.

2. Yes.

3. Uber and Taxis are more than abundant in Tijuana and the centro area is very walkable for where you want to go.

4. Up to you and where you are staying. Tijuana is a city. Cities have crime but some people live in cities and never experience any crime. Up to you and luck I guess. Take common sense precautions and you will probably be fine.

Thanks for the generous response, most people would have told me to read the forum much appreciated. Lastly, is the scene better in the day, does the quality get better at night in terms of street girls, and then are Uber's to and from the beach cheap relative to US Uber's?

Sounds like my best bet is to just not rent a car and stay close to the girls, and I see a lot of people write about renting rooms with the street ladies. Is it safe to bring them back to your hotel / Airbnb? Will they come back with their friends and rob you? Basically trying to figure out why everyone's renting a room the girls offers.

Are Airbnb's safe? If reviewed well?

[Dogers69]

Visiting for the first time:

1) can you rent a car in San Diego (US) and drive it across the border for a stay down there?

2) Are you able to rent a car when in Mexico?

3) Do you recommend renting a car, or just uber to the street scene, and bring the girls back?

4) Is it safe to walk late at night in the zone, to and from hotel?

If you need to ask these questions, then the answer is, don't drive in Mexico, and pay a taxi everywhere at least in zone. Even walking to revolution, you could encounter drunk locals. If your trying to live in Tijuana and accepted the risk that's different. But if your just visiting just take the taxi because if you stand in front of HK looking at your cell for uber at midnight, a lot can go wrong. Your head will be down, your phone will be out, the taxi guys will be begging you, and a dozen other people will be asking you for money since your standing still. Jump in the taxi for the hotel. And driving is another world of problems between insurance police getting lost.

[RikyMichaels7]

Visiting for the first time:

1) can you rent a car in San Diego (US) and drive it across the border for a stay down there?

2) Are you able to rent a car when in Mexico?

3) Do you recommend renting a car, or just uber to the street scene, and bring the girls back?

4) Is it safe to walk late at night in the zone, to and from hotel?

The only car rental place that will give you a Mexico waiver is AVIS. I have rented from them in San Diego and driven to Tijuana. Costs an extra 50-75 dollars. Better to walk over and get an UBER so you don't get stopped like I have several times previously or get caught driving drunk. Do not walk to the zona unless you want to get choked out and lose all of your belongings.

[Artisttyp]

Visiting for the first time:

1) can you rent a car in San Diego (US) and drive it across the border for a stay down there?

2) Are you able to rent a car when in Mexico?

3) Do you recommend renting a car, or just uber to the street scene, and bring the girls back?

4) Is it safe to walk late at night in the zone, to and from hotel?

1. You would need permission from the rental car company in the form of a letter.

2. Yes.

3. Uber and Taxis are more than abundant in Tijuana and the centro area is very walkable for where you want to go.

4. Up to you and where you are staying. Tijuana is a city. Cities have crime but some people live in cities and never experience any crime. Up to you and luck I guess. Take common sense precautions and you will probably be fine.