Can anyone suggest the cheapest/best car rental company in Mexico City that will have the costs included up front? So many mixed messages out there about this in Mexico and I haven't been able to find much up to date info on Google. I am unsure which ones I may have a surprise from at the counter. I understand 3rd party liability is mandatory and I just want to be sure that's all covered in the quoted price when I book online. There seems to be a lot of variance in pricing so I would love some feed back. TIA!

Not sure l would be brave enough to drive there. Spent 10 days in Mexico City in March, the traffic was insane. I don't think anyone follows rules. People walk out into the road without looking, and motorists don't seem to ever use turn signals. I used uber, and public transit the whole time l was there. I have driven in some very large cities, and the traffic there scared the bejesus out of me.

We are actually not renting to drive there. We will take uber and subway for our time in the city, but then we are renting a car to travel around the interior of Mexico.

Oh, nice. I took a bus. It was okay, not great but as a solo, it felt safer. Be sure to check out freetours.com when you there. They have some great walking tours around the historic district, and the murals.
Also, almost everything is closed on Monday, so that's the best day to go out to the pyramids. Lots of places are free on Sunday. Plan a full day at the Anthropology Museum. Also, rent the headset, self tour, as very few descriptions of the artifacts are in English. Spanish only. Enjoy.
VIPs restaurant s are good basic Mexican food at reasonable prices. Make sure you get the Spanish menus.
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We spent about $100 a day all including 0 liability insurance (or whatever it is called). Thankfully we got it because somebody bumped our car while it was parked on the street and caused some damage. We rented from Enterprise at the Mexico City airport and it was a total disaster. Price quoted on the phone was less than when we showed up. Ended up trading out car in for another one at their Polanco location because ours broke down halfway into the city and they were a lot nicer. The prices seem to be the same everywhere we’ve rented in Mexico - $100 Canadian per day with all the insurance. Honestly I recommend taking the bus over a car ANY day. Bus to your location, take cabs and uber while there. If you aren’t getting robbed at the car rental agency, you’ll get robbed at the toll booths, robbed by crooked cops (carry cash with you to pay them off) and robbed at the gas stations (they are notorious for ripping tourists off) My husband is from Mexico City and literally sweats every time he has to drive on the highway. Its just not worth it unless you HAVE to do it.

Well this is positive!
All joking aside I appreciate your honesty but we are going as far as 7.5 hours away from Mexico city. On a bus that would be like 12 hours! I can't imagine how this option could be better and I'm certain there are no taxis that would be affordable to that distance...lol are there any other options for getting around to different locations outside of Mexico City?

Katherine Ann Meadows the only thing I’ve ever used are the buses, namely etn and omnibus in that region. They can be surprisingly quick and some even travel overnight. You can check the schedules online. May I ask where you are heading to?

Marie Amaro Xilitla, San Miguel, Los Pozos, Guanajuato, Grist Tolamtongo...in that order.

beautiful places! Tolantongo is one of my favourite spots and yes, it can be quite difficult to get to without a car. One of the scariest drives I've ever been on (you'll know what I mean when you get to the final stretch) but its so worth it! I wish I had more positive feedback on the car thing

Marie Amaro Thanks, I appreciate that- lol

Katherine Ann Meadows I did 10 hours on a bus. They have nice buses. Coach style. A/c, TVs, stop for food. You don’t wanna drive there.

I know. I'm getting really anxious about it and I have never felt that way in any of our travels.

The buses are nice there. I’ve done it several times

Try autoeurope.ca who have genuinely insurance-included rates....

The info i know is from my sisters blog post last month. Check it out. It has some helpful tips for driving there. https://www.lacolinaproject.com/.../15/you-drive-me-crazy/
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Fox..they have been good to us...rented from them three times in diff locations across Mex. You can reserve with a liability only option and they don't try to upsell the rest.

If Rentalcars.com are part of your search do not use them
.. they do not show up with the car and have no kiosk where you can get help.

I've heard their bad!

If you want real peace of mind, call the place you want to book and ask them if there are any chargers on arrival. If you find a car for five dollars a day, you can guarantee you are going to have a surprise at the counter. But definitely I would recommend once you have reserved, call them to follow up and confirm if there is anything that will be added to your reservation.

I rented a car in Mexico very bad experience never got my deposit back 250 dollars US MEXICAR it is cheaper to go with taxis you can barter also with them

We are traveling 8 hours northwest but yeah I think we have decided to just use buses taxis and uber on this trip. I have had my reservations about renting in Mexico and my gut tells me not to so I'm gonna trust my instincts:)