The Ninja Mom's guide to the Cancun Airport

Once you get off the plane- get thru customs, get your baggage- then follow these EXACT instructions (Do NOT Deviate from this):

Go thru the double doors- where you will see sharks- these are the time-share/excursion sharks--- do not make eye-contact. They will stalk you, they will try to talk to you and ACT like they are your ride- they will even LIE to you! With purpose and intent---run/walk straight to the next set of double doors which leads you outside. If you see the sky- you are in the right place to get your ride! Outside are the massive amounts of transportations companies- find yours... and congrats, you just maneuvered the CANCUN airport!

**Hack- you know those small white slips you need to get back thru customs... do NOT put them inside each passport. I did this, thinking "keep each slip with the passports"- then I had to get out my passport multiple times and found those white things falling out onto the floor (oh the horror). Put them all together, seal them up someplace safe. You only need them in customs when you leave.

RETURNING to the CAN aiport:

YES you want to arrive 3 hours early! No joke, lines are long--- and it's all "scan your passports to get your boarding passes" into the kiosk- hurry up and wait as the kiosk will not take your passports and you have to key all info in manually---- and you must to this for EACH traveler. It took us 45 min to just get our bags checked- (remember the white small slips falling on the floor--yeah, that happened 5x too many).

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