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Originally Posted by Doctordestiny
We're staying at an all-inclusive and plan on doing a couple of excursions, including Chichen Itza by tour.
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If you can afford it, and they still offer it as an option, I highly, highly recommend flying. We were at Chichen Itza first thing in the morning, and through it by the time the hoards of tour buses arrived at lunch. In the morning there might have been a couple dozen people on the site, it was awesome. I have pictures with nobody in them, just the ruins. Once the tour buses get there it's full of people and the experience can't be as good.
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We'll be spending most of our time at the resort but expect to get off the property a few times. Looking for advice on how much to have per day.
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I can't really help you as I don't know what you typically spend or what you think you'll want to do. I'd say do some internet research on costs of what you're looking to do.
Maybe $50 a day as a rule of thumb and then use the ATMs (which are everywhere) or your CC.
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Isn't it now illegal to use non-pesos?
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My understanding is there are restrictions on how much foreign money Mexican nationals can deposit/exchange at the bank. This is to try and prevent the crackdown on money laundering. There is no issue with tourists using dollars. The only issue I see with using US dollars is you will get a poorer exchange rate. It's 12.something pesos to the dollar so I wouldn't be surprised if they converted 10 pesos per dollar when you're buying handcrafts and such. I don't think that extra little bit will kill any of us.
All that aside, I have a feeling most places in Cancun a tourist will see will have prices in dollars.