Lead Coverage
Who Is Behind the Alleged Attack on a Tulum Taxi Driver?
Quintana Roo’s mobility agency opened proceedings against a Tulum taxi driver holding concession 805 and will seek its permanent revocation. His own union backs the move.
Transportation in Tulum: Taxi, Bus, Transfers, and Mobility
Taxi fares, buses, transfers, road changes, mobility updates, and practical transport guidance for Tulum.
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Society
Taxi Drivers Who Join Uber in Tulum Still Face Attacks and Threats
A Tulum taxi concession holder working for an app says members of his own union surrounded his car near Jaguar Park, one week after Uber in Tulum began recruiting taxi drivers.
Society
Can Anyone Drive for Uber in Tulum?
Uber in Tulum is currently operating with licensed taxi drivers. A test ride from La Comer and a union driver explain how to sign up and who pays for the free trips.
Businesses
Why Overcharging This Winter Could Be the Most Expensive Mistake Tulum Businesses Make
After a low season of empty rooms and closed hotels, Tulum prices this winter will decide whether visitors return. Recovering losses at the register would repeat the old mistake.
Businesses
Uber Is Now in Tulum, Competing With the Taxis and Recruiting Them To
Uber in Tulum went live on October 20 with free introductory rides, while the company recruits local taxi drivers and motorcyclists for Uber Taxi and Uber Moto.
Businesses
Uber began operating in Tulum and Playa del Carmen
Uber in Tulum and Playa del Carmen began taking trips on October 20 with free opening rides. What a fare costs after the promotion is the part nobody has published.
Society
La Veleta waits for a crosswalk as federal road money falls
Federal road upkeep funding is set to fall by nearly half in 2027, and the requests Tulum has pending on Highway 307 are contingent on a budget that deputies have not yet voted on.
Businesses
Starbucks closes its Tulum hotel zone store after 11 years
Starbucks in Tulum is down to a single store after the Boca Paila branch closed with no notice. The chain’s September closure plan for North America does not cover Mexico.
Politics
New neighborhoods, new roads, and no signs to govern them
Road safety in Tulum hinges on streets the municipality does not yet own. The engineers' association wants them municipalized, starting in the fast-growing south.
Society
Neighbors report repeated crashes where La Veleta meets a highway with no crosswalk
A La Veleta road safety petition filed September 21 asks federal authorities to study the Highway 307 entrance at Avenida Quinta Sur and rule on a traffic light and a protected crossing.
Environment & Nature
Tulum's business council joins the beach cleanups, and the plastic gets a second destination
Environmental groups and the business council behind the Tulum beach cleanup say the recyclables pulled off the sand are headed to a fuel plant. The dates and the money are missing.
Society
The state wants a taximeter in every Tulum taxi, and the union wants Shark
Imoveqroo says the 24-zone fare board Tulum's taxi union published is not authorized, and that taximeters in Tulum are the answer. One La Veleta fare rose from 31 pesos to 100 pesos.
Society
A Minor Dies in a Cobá Motorcycle Crash and the Tulum Ambulance Breaks Down
A minor died, and two people were injured in a Cobá motorcycle crash on Saturday. The ambulance sent from Tulum broke down, and neighbors drove the survivors to Valladolid.
Society
Tulum road closures start Monday on the routes trucks use to skip the center
Tulum road closures began Monday for a CAPA sewer connection at Faisán and La Selva. The notice gives three days, then states that the work will run for an indefinite period.
Society
Tulum charges Madrid prices for a taxi, with one-sixth of Madrid's wages
Tulum taxi fares rose as much as 223 percent on an unsigned union list. The prices match those in Madrid, where workers earn about six times as much as in Quintana Roo.
Society
Rides inside La Veleta jump 223 percent on the new table
A 24-zone table has pushed Tulum taxi fares as high as 100 pesos on rides the state priced at 31 pesos. It shows no agreement number, signature, or stamp.
Riviera Maya Travel
What a dog needs to enter Mexico under the new rule
Bringing a pet to Mexico changed on August 3, 2026. Dogs need a new US screwworm inspection; cats do not, and the return trip has its own rules.
Lifestyle
What coworking spaces in Tulum actually cost per day
Coworking spaces in Tulum run from about 14 dollars a day to 22 dollars a day, and monthly memberships from 150 to 300. What the price does not cover is the outage.
Society
Will the fare in Tulum's new taxi app match what the driver charges?
Tiburones del Caribe says its Tulum taxi app will launch on the Play Store in about 10 days, featuring fares for cruising cabs and schedules for the colectivos.
Businesses
Tulum's hoteliers welcome the artists and want the mass events off the coastal strip
Tulum hotel occupancy should turn in November, three weeks after the hotel association last placed the recovery in October. Fewer airline seats are available in the meantime.
Society
A loud exhaust in Tulum carries a 1,575 peso fine, if anyone is checking
Motorcycle noise in Tulum returned to the municipal agenda nearly four months after an operation against modified exhausts, with residents asking why the checks stopped and the noise did not.