Take a look at the Traveler's Guide and take advantage of all the suggestions on enjoying your trip:
Recommendations by subject and by type of traveler
AND DON’T FORGET, during the travel season, to take the following recommendations into account before leaving the country.
BEFORE
- Prepare your trip
- Make sure you meet all the requirements for entering and traveling through the countries you visit
- Check the expiration date of your passport
- Always carry a copy of your personal documents with you
- If you're traveling with children, make sure to get a notarized authorization from both parents
- Register your travel itinerary in the Registration System for Mexicans Abroad (SIRME)
- Learn about the laws and customs of the places you will visit
- Pay attention to the health requirements for the countries you will visit
- Get full medical and/or travel insurance
- Decide how you will pay for things on your trip
- Consider paying your phone company for an international roaming package so that you can stay in touch with friends and family
WHILE YOU ARE THERE
- Watch your behavior
- Be cautious
- Always have your official IDs on hand
- Make an emergency contact list
- In the event of a problem—if you are the victim of a crime, natural disaster, accident or illness—tell your relatives in Mexico and contact a Mexican embassy or consulate
WHEN YOU GET BACK
- Consult the Paisano Program, which has important information for Mexicans who return from a trip or a stay abroad
- The National Migration Institute (INAMI) is the authority that permits people to enter the country. Make sure you are familiar with the entrance requirements for Mexico
- If you have an additional nationality in addition to your Mexican nationality, don’t forget that you must enter Mexico with your Mexican passport
- Make sure that everything you have with you is allowed to enter the country
- Don’t take risks! Don’t try to bring any drugs or narcotics into the country
- Take care of your health. If you notice that you have any unusual symptoms, get medical care
