About Mobile Phone Use / Internet

SIM cards or international roaming packages with your telecommunications provider can be good options to keep in touch with friends and family back home.  Be sure the sim card you purchase will cover all the countries you are travelling to.  

You can expect most, or even all hotels to offer WiFi—some for free, others for a modest fee.

WhatsApp
If you don’t already use this service, we recommend downloading this application also. It’s a mobile phone App that offers fast, simple, secure messaging and calling for free (data charges may apply – ask your phone provider).

As a general indication, for many of our tours, guides use WhatsApp to communicate with the group. In any case, it’s an easy way to connect with other travellers in your group. 

ABOUT MOBILE PHONE USE / INTERNET
All of Mexico’s airports have WiFi access, although you will need an account for Telmex’s high-speed internet service known as ‘Infinitum’, or a US airtime provider with whom Telmex has a roaming agreement: there are several including AT&T and Boingo; check with your airtime provider to see if they have an agreement with Telmex.  Failing this, you can purchase an access token online from the Telmex portal that presents itself when you connect to the service.

Coffee shops and bistros across Mexico offer WiFi access.  Starbucks offers free WiFi – the access password for the branch you visit is provided on your purchase receipt. Almost every independent coffee house across Mexico offers WiFi access free of charge.  You simply ask at the counter for the access code and type this into your computer when it asks you for a network key.