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About Mexico Travel PlanMexico Travel Plan is a small specialist internet based tour operator, offering you a unique way of travelling around Mexico, Guatemala and Belize. Our Mexico travel specialists will help you build your own trip, handing you complete control of your holiday. As travel specialists, we pride ourselves on providing excellent service levels which continue throughout the life of your booking.Mexico Travel Plan is part of Rickshaw Travel, an online adventure tour operator made by travellers for travellers. It is born out of the idea that there are hardly any independent travel options available for more adventurous travellers. Our trips are very individual, so we're able to use small-scale, authentic accommodation with local character and warm welcomes. With Rickshaw Travel, you won't find large group coach tours but instead you'll travel by trains, buses, private car, planes, and sometimes minibus. Flexibility and independence are fundamental, which is why we organise as much or as little as our clients wish. We also like to give something back to local communities, which is why we sponsor various charity projects. See our responsible travel page for more information. We're able to keep our prices low because we don't produce flashy brochures or run luxury shops. However you're more than welcome to visit our Mexico travel specialists during your itinerary planning! We are based in Brighton, on the South Coast and we're the sister company of round the world specialists, Travel Nation. |
Ceri JonesMexico Travel SpecialistI became obsessed with all things Spanish and Latino during my first trip to Latin America in 2004 which finished up in Mexico. Besides the gorgeous Guacamole I just loved the Mayan ruins, Mariachi bands, Margaritas, markets and the friendly Mexican people. In 2005 I began working as a Tour Leader in Central America and the Mayan Loop of Mexico, Guatemala and Belize was always my favourite place. The varying shades of the turquoise Caribbean never fail to blow me away!As well as the idyllic beaches I loved exploring ancient Mayan ruins deep in the steamy jungles and snorkelling with sting rays and nurse sharks on the world’s second longest barrier reef. For me the best part of travel is experiencing local life and culture, so to rub shoulders and practise Spanish with the locals in the cobbled colonial cities of Antigua, San Cristobal de las Casas and Merida was unforgettable. |
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Kieran MaartensMexico Travel SpecialistBefore I visited central America, it always seemed a distant place of dense jungles, palm-fringed beaches and Tequila slammers. After spending a month travelling Mexico, Guatemala and Belize, I can safely say it exceeded all my expectations.The day my shoes melted climbing a Guatemalan volcano I fell in love with the place. Where else in the world can you walk on an active lava flow, explore ancient Mayan ruins buried deep in tropical jungles, and relax on beaches washed by the turquoise waters of the Caribbean? I almost don’t feel like I need to mention the bustling markets of Chichicastenango, the chilled out mountain hideaway of San Cristobal De Las Casas, or the island paradise that is Caye Caulker... |
Jim FaulknerMexico Travel SpecialistA month in Mexico in 1998 was my first taste of Latin America, and how it has stayed with me all these years.I spent a few days in Mexico city whizzing around in the national green beetle taxi's seeing the sites such as Teotihuacan. Next up was the wonderful old colonial city of Oaxaca, and the amazing ruins of Monte Alban. After this I allowed myself a week or so lazing on a beautiful beach where I was lucky enough to experience a genuine local fiesta with not another tourist in sight. The fantastically colourful and noisy atmosphere was pure Mexican. I ended up in the cultural town of San Cristobal in the misty highlands, and it's feel of by-gone eras. In 2009 I returned to the Yucatan area of Mexico with my family and booked our trip with Mexico Travel Plan. Read more about this by clicking here. |
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Haydn WrathManagerMexico Travel Plan is run by Haydn Wrath.I left the University of East Anglia in 1984 and escaped what seemed a very grim England by spending the rest of the 1980s travelling independently and working myself round the world. During this time I put in some usual stints as an English teacher in Tokyo, a landscape gardener in Sydney and a tarmac layer's assistant in Alaska. In 1990, I joined Bridge the World Travel Centre in London as manager of the World-wide department, where I was able to put my degree in Politics and Philosophy to good use. I fulfilled my ambition to set up a specialist travel company in 2001 when I founded Travel Nation, and later in 2007 set up Rickshaw Travel and Mexico Travel Plan. |
Your financial protectionMexico Travel Plan is part of Rickshaw Travel Ltd which is a fully licensed and bonded tour operator.We hold an Air Travel Organisers License (ATOL number 9728) issued by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). This means that in the unlikely event of our insolvency, any holiday arrangements made with us in conjunction with flights from the U.K. are 100% protected. In addition we are also members of ABTA (ABTA number Y0484). This means that in the unlikely event of our insolvency, any land only trips are 100% protected(i.e. where international flights haven't been booked through us). |
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Mexico Travel Plan, part of Rickshaw Travel Mexico Travel Plan is part of Rickshaw Travel. Rickshaw Travel is a UK based ABTA / ATOL bonded tour operator. We specialise in providing solutions for holiday makers who want to travel independently, taking in the highlights of a country, but with arrangements made in advance. Our travel style is to use comfortable, but smaller scale accommodation that has an authentic feel. We promote responsible tourism and also sponsor a number of community projects in the countries in which we operate.We also operate in the following 10 other countries in Asia and Latin America, where we offer trips of a similar style: |