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[QUOTE=Falkirk;2227404]It seems like you're the guy to talk to about taking a trip down to NL, Bbond. I tried to PM you, but I couldn't. Is there another way to get in touch with you, or am I doing it wrong?[/QUOTE]Falkirk, become a paid member. It's only $20 a year and worth every cent. The assistance experts like Bbond and others around the world is a hundred times worth it. The PM feature allows you to receive more personal or "sensitive" information.
[QUOTE=Bbond;2225212]Talking with an ex cashier, brother to the ex-GM, the Montera is for sale, if you want to open it, a gold mine it would appear, but the asking price, are you ready? US $2,000,000, yes 2 million US dollars.[/QUOTE]Tell us about The Montera, wasn't it the alternative freelancer substitute for the deteriorated Boystown?
[QUOTE=Mugroso;2230404]Tell us about The Montera, wasn't it the alternative freelancer substitute for the deteriorated Boystown?[/QUOTE]Sort of, yes. But there was more to it than just that. They allowed the girls to "ficha", guys pay 35 or 40 pesos for a beer and the girl got a 20 peso kick back in the form of a small chip or "ficha" that they turned in at the end of the night for cash. Many many girls were very unhappy when that stopped, they made tons of money of of it. The vast majority of those beers bought for the fichas were not drank, eithe poured them of the floor, passed them to a friend, or in the case where fools bought them buckets of beer at ficha prices, beers were dumped directly into the bucket when customer wasn't looking. The Herradura, before it closed, was also a "ficha" bar, but girls were paid cash directly. The Intimo, still open, used a laminated paper ticket for their fichas. There are short time dive motels next to the Montera where girls could take clients if the guy didn't have his own hotel room. I cannot, comfortably, discuss the other issue. Some things are best left alone.
I am just getting out of a relationship with a girl from Laredo who may actually get deported to Mexico / Nuevo Laredo. It turns out that her son who is 23 and still lives at home is in love with his own mother and wants to control her every move and now I have been abandoned because women always choose their children before any man even if her kids are wrong. But I just applied for global entry which is what has kinda been holding me back from going to Nuevo Laredo. Most likely I will meet a girl and I won't want to come back at 6 30 in the morning just to beat the lines coming back to the USA and work on Monday. Hopefully I will be approved and be able to use it. I am going to Monterrey in 2 weeks, I hope. I asked for a whole week off. I plan on staying for a whole week there. I am not very good at writing reviews but knowing me I will be wanting to write something. But I will probably be going to Nuevo Laredo allot if I get that global entry pass. I mean, there are allot of attractive girls in Nuevo Laredo.
What are the parking alternatives now?
[QUOTE=Beavis;2231266]What are the parking alternatives now?[/QUOTE]Basically? The lot above the bus station. Seems to be the place of choice.
People starting to make this like the Tijuana forum. Come on. Scared to come dow?? I have lived here 10 years, cross regularly. It's no big deal.
[QUOTE=Beavis;2231266]What are the parking alternatives now?[/QUOTE]The covered parking above the bus station is the best. Covered so not hot, 24-HR security, still close to the border crossing.
[QUOTE=Zygomatic;2231257]I am just getting out of a relationship with a girl from Laredo who may actually get deported to Mexico / Nuevo Laredo. It turns out that her son who is 23 and still lives at home is in love with his own mother and wants to control her every move and now I have been abandoned because women always choose their children before any man even if her kids are wrong. But I just applied for global entry which is what has kinda been holding me back from going to Nuevo Laredo. Most likely I will meet a girl and I won't want to come back at 6 30 in the morning just to beat the lines coming back to the USA and work on Monday. Hopefully I will be approved and be able to use it. I am going to Monterrey in 2 weeks, I hope. I asked for a whole week off. I plan on staying for a whole week there. I am not very good at writing reviews but knowing me I will be wanting to write something. But I will probably be going to Nuevo Laredo allot if I get that global entry pass. I mean, there are allot of attractive girls in Nuevo Laredo.[/QUOTE]Will you be crossing by foot or driving? With driving, you'll need SENTRI and the Mexican government charges $300 per car per year for the privilege. I refuse to give the Mexican government this kind of money so I wait less than an hour each time I come back home.
Will you be crossing by foot or driving? With driving, you'll need SENTRI and the Mexican government charges $300 per car per year for the privilege. I refuse to give the Mexican government this kind of money so I wait less than an hour each time I come back home.
If you avoid Saturday and Monday the way that's not bad at all. Are usually crash between 7 AM and 8 AM and I've never waited more than 30 minutes, but avoid the peak times.
[QUOTE=Unstoppable;2233377]Will you be crossing by foot or driving? With driving, you'll need SENTRI and the Mexican government charges $300 per car per year for the privilege. I refuse to give the Mexican government this kind of money so I wait less than an hour each time I come back home.[/QUOTE]SENTRI is the fast lane bridge crossing program. Completely separate from the interior permit.
I got lucky in 2016, drove to Mty from Reynolds since no one was manned at the Reynosa checkpoint.
In 2018 not as lucky at NL, even for one or 2 days they made me turn around and get an interior windshield decal. Cost was $60 with refundable $400 deposit (which they refunded to my card upon returning).
Pissed me off because once I had my paperwork in order came back to checkpoint and different set of guards didn't bother checking they just waved me thru!
If I could re-do Mty, I would park, go to NL Bus Station and get a $25 rt to Mty, and when there either ride cabs a la carte or ride to nearest car rental and rent a car for my stay.
Heads up: MX car rental prices on sites like Priceline / Hotwire are No Where near out-the-door price. They say $8/ day on PL then you get there. They say $8/ day is for car you need to purchase $20/ day insurance fees etc by law. Not sure if there's a way to decline tack ONS like that.
I'm sure there is an annual $300 window sticker option, just not for me.
[QUOTE=DramaFree11;2233416]Will you be crossing by foot or driving? With driving, you'll need SENTRI and the Mexican government charges $300 per car per year for the privilege. I refuse to give the Mexican government this kind of money so I wait less than an hour each time I come back home.[/QUOTE]The $300 is bridge crossing fee for a year. (28 pesos for regular users, each trip). Many Sentri users, that live in Mexico, cross almost daily, so that $300's actually saves them money. I don't know if there is a way for infrequent Sentri users to pay on a per crossing basis. Since the renovations on the bridges, Sentri is now bridge 1 only, and that bridge is reserved for Sentri users only, M-F 6 am to 9 am.
[QUOTE=Zygomatic;2231257] But I will probably be going to Nuevo Laredo allot if I get that global entry pass. I mean, there are allot of attractive girls in Nuevo Laredo.[/QUOTE]This past Friday, I needed to walk across, at 8:15 am. Ped line was all the way back to Ocampo Street. I was in Laredo 20 minutes later. The sister cities appealed to CBP for assistance in the long wait times and so far it has helped, every check station inside was manned and the wait times greatly reduced.
The cheapest way to go to Monterrey / Laredo by bus from San Antonio is to get the senior citizen discount on Greyhound. On the internet you buy the round trip ticket from SA to Monterrey, and depending on the day of the week and the time of day the the fare is usually about $30, sometimes less. I just went down this weekend and the round trip total was $30.80, taxes and fees included. I bought the ticket to Monterrey but got off in Laredo. You can also get off in Nuevo Laredo, or if you feel like it, go all the way to Monterrey. Hard to believe, but the round trip fare from SA to Monterrey on Greyhound is cheaper than to Laredo. I used to go on Turimex all the time, but their fares aren't competitive anymore.
I am over 62 (by a long shot, up there with DJT), but if you are under 62 and look like you might pass for a senior citizen, it should work too. Just make sure when you pay for your ticket on the internet to put down that you will pick up your ticket at the kiosk at the station. Do not put down "print out at home". When you pick up your ticket at the kiosk you just type in the number they give you when you pay for it, and it spits out the ticket in the form of vouchers or coupons that look just like the tickets you get at the counter, and you don't have to waste your time at the counter. With these the driver never asks you for your ID, but if you print out the ticket at home they will ask you for your ID to check for fraud, and they might also check your age.
It's fun to play around with the Greyhound website testing out all different kinds of permutations and combinations. Once I found a one way senior citizen fare from NL to Monterrey for $1. 00, the normal price being about $6. 00. Greyhound uses algos to set their fares employing many variables just like the airlines, and there's nothing better than beating an algo (after screwing Mexican putas of course).
Also as some have noted, with the new system on Bridge 1, the wait is no where near as long as it used to be. I walked back yesterday afternoon and there was no line at all, cars however were backed up. The CBP agents also seem to have done away with their usual ass holery, and are even halfway polite. Just make sure you stare at their name tag like you are trying to memorize their name. Those jerks, mainly low IQ Hispanics, are way overpaid, and do not want any trouble, particularly from angry gueros (ha ha, thanks for that one zygo, and probably a big thank you to DJT as well).
[QUOTE=SlickWillie;2233827]The cheapest way to go to Monterrey / Laredo by bus from San Antonio is to get the senior citizen discount on Greyhound. On the internet you buy the round trip ticket from SA to Monterrey, and depending on the day of the week and the time of day the the fare is usually about $30, sometimes less. I just went down this weekend and the round trip total was $30.80, taxes and fees included. I bought the ticket to Monterrey but got off in Laredo. You can also get off in Nuevo Laredo, or if you feel like it, go all the way to Monterrey. Hard to believe, but the round trip fare from SA to Monterrey on Greyhound is cheaper than to Laredo. I used to go on Turimex all the time, but their fares aren't competitive anymore.[/QUOTE]Slick is right on this one. I just checked and depending on what time you book, it is cheaper, using the senior discount, to book all the way to MTY, from SA, than it is just to Laredo. So if price is a factor, and you can qualify, or finagle, senior fares, that is the way to go. Personally I would not use that, as for me, those buses are the most crowded and uncomfortable that there are.