Right now, the peso is the lowest it has been against both the US and Canadian dollar for a long time.
Whenever we go to Mexico, we take a couple of hundred US dollars, small denominations, to start out with.
From there on in, we use ATM's, they are everywhere and usually you get a better exchange rate with your bank than you do locally.
Most places take VISA and other major credit cards as well, unless you do side treks to more isolated places. In some of the more isolated places where they do accept credit cards, some will charge you the premium they have to pay to offer you the service of paying with a credit card.
Be careful that you know the exchange rate between US dollars and pesos. When you get change, they will give it to you in pesos, so if you dont know what the current exchange rate is, you could get rooked.
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