In case you're on the fence about this place, have no fear...Yes Car Rental is legit. Originally I was apprehensive about booking online w/ a local car rental place but went with it due to a few other reviews that had been left. Everything they say they will do, they do. They picked us up promptly from the airport and returned us to the airport as well as a courtesy. The staff are friendly and speak English too. The car we wound up with was nothing fancy, had no bells and whistles but did the job. It was hard to get used to locking the car manually though and I believe we had something stolen from the back of our car in a parking lot once due to my forgetting.
We rented the car so we could drive around during our stay as we visited various places along the Mayan Rivera. We drove from Cancun to Playa Del Carmen to Tulum, to Valladolid, to Cancun.
What you should know about driving here. Maybe even think twice about it. ITS CRAZY! It's chaos, especially once you get out of the touristy areas. Don't speed! I mean it! Don't do it! It's hard not to because EVERYONE ELSE IS! But believe me, the police will tag you and pull you over and more than likely they are LOOKING FOR YOU! You are a TARGET! Why?! Because you don't know their laws and they can exploit that and WILL!
We were pulled over for speeding and running a light. I am 99% certain I did not run a light, but was probably going about 12 Km over the posted speed limit. That said, they don't post the speed limit often. SO PAY ATTENTION.
They will threaten to take your license and tell you that you can pay it in 24 hours from that time at the police station. Then you will panic and offer to pay it onsite (which is exactly what they want) and will then exploit you and once you give in and say okay take my license, then will then tell you they have no tickets and you can pay them there to take care of it. They initially told us the tickets would be about $400 USD, and once we naively scrambled through our wallets trying to find $$ and told them we didn't have it, they took what we had which was $80 USD and some MXP totalling about $95. Then they let us go.
Later we learned once home from an ex cop who happens to travel to Cancun a lot.. when this happens to call 911 and ask for tourist services and tell them what is going on. This should put a halt to any shady business. If it was legit, the officers should follow you to the police station after issuing you a ticket for you to pay right then and there. They will take your license but you go pay right there and then and get it back.
Something else to consider. We were planning on stopping on along the way at various Cenotes and ruins while traveling from one destination to the next. What we failed to consider was leaving our car at any of these sites full of our belongings. Even though everything would be 'secure' in the trunk we wound up not feeling safe about it due to reading reviews about various places and the theft and also potential for car damage due to bumpy unkept roads at these places.
I tell you all of this to assist you in making decisions about what car to rent. If I were to do it again (which most likely I won't) I would get a car that is AWD and can handle pot holes and such.
One last tip. We traveled on a toll road from Valladolid back to Cancun. DO IT. Smooth new road! And no stops nearly the whole stretch! read more