A calm island. Two things are worth knowing before you land.
Cozumel has no ride-hailing apps: the taxi union has an exclusive and enforces it. Fares from the airport are fixed but high, and they go up after dark.
To pick up inside the airport, ASUR requires each vehicle’s registration — carrying the federal plates and the SICT permit — current insurance and several other requirements. Whoever cannot meet them stays outside the perimeter, which is where they approach you.
Most visitors come from Playa del Carmen by ferry, not by plane. We drive you to the Playa pier and pick you up at the Cozumel pier; tell us which one you need.
Driver name, photo and plate are in MyTrip before you land.
The transfer is prepaid. No driver of ours asks for the fare on arrival.
Do not book a dive for the morning of your flight home. The standard rule is 18 hours between your last dive and take-off, and Cozumel is a diving island.
Picking up passengers inside a Mexican airport takes more than a car. The terminal is federal ground, and the airport authority asks for each vehicle's registration — which carries the federal plates and the SICT permit — plus current insurance and several other requirements. That is the filter the ride-hailing apps do not pass, and the reason the pirate operators work outside the perimeter. We hold that full file, and we are also registered with SECTUR Mexico.
SICT permit and federal plates · SECTUR Mexico · WTTC Safe Travels · Passenger insurance on every ride
Said about us, by name, right outside the exit doors. It is the opening line of a sale, not information. Your booking exists in MyTrip and in your WhatsApp confirmation, and nothing anyone tells you at the door changes it.
Nobody outside our own channels knows whether your driver is on the way. We do, and we tell you. If there were a delay you would hear it from IAN on WhatsApp, not from a stranger who happened to walk up to you.
The most convincing one, because it uses our name and then offers you a solution. We never hand your pickup to somebody who approaches you in the hall, and we never send anyone to tell you to take a taxi instead. The taxi is the whole point of the conversation.
Nobody from eTransfers will approach you inside the terminal. Our driver waits outside, behind the barrier, holding the eTransfers sign. If someone says our name inside the building, keep walking to the meeting point and message IAN.
Timeshare sales. They will offer a free ride, a map or a coupon in exchange for a “90-minute presentation”. Say “no thanks” once, keep walking. Your ride is already paid.
No insurance, prices that change on the highway, no accountability. Only get into the vehicle whose plates we sent you, or an official taxi from the counter inside.
Hall ATMs charge tourist rates. Bank ATMs after customs are fine. If a screen offers to charge you in Canadian dollars, choose the local currency.
Rates 10 to 15 percent worse than a bank. Change a small amount for the first day or use a card.
Porters are fine and expect a small tip. People who grab your cart uninvited expect a large one. Keep your own cart.
Buy an eSIM before you fly or a prepaid SIM at an official carrier desk. Nothing from someone walking the hall.
A vest or a lanyard is not a credential. Our drivers carry a photo ID that matches the name and photo in your WhatsApp.
Tell IAN what happened and where. We report it to the airport authority and it helps the next traveller.
Written and kept up to date by our own team at Cozumel International Airport · reviewed September 30, 2026
The pages our own airport team keeps up to date.
Zones, drive times and the full price list per vehicle.
Step by step from the aircraft door to your vehicle.
Arrivals and departures, and what we do when your flight moves.
Which terminal your airline uses and where we wait.
What time we pick you up and how the return works.
What travellers ask us most about this airport.
Answers in seconds, English and Spanish. Send us a photo of where you are.
US +1 (305) 529-3806 · MX +52 (998) 387-0229, 24 hours.
Right past the exit doors of your terminal, holding an eTransfers sign. Your voucher shows the exact exit.
Nothing. We track your flight number and move the pickup on our own.
With the Premium fare, free cancellation up to 24 hours before pickup and free changes up to 12 hours before. Economy has no free cancellation, but it includes one change with 24 hours’ notice. You manage it all from MyTrip.
Yes, free. Choose infant seats or booster seats at checkout.