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So you’re thinking about coming to Puerto Morelos, Boo Ya! Once you have booked your accommodations, your next question will most likely be, “Which airport do I fly into?” Yes, we do get this question often. The answer is Cancun International (CUN). So we have put together some tips and hints on how to navigate the somewhat hairy Cancun airport when you arrive.

The next question usually is, “How do we get to Puerto Morelos once we arrive?”

We have gone ahead and made up a page that we will leave up on our website that gives you all the facts you need to know to get you here fast and hassle free. Just click on Airport Arrivals and read on.

Arriving at the Airport (updated for 2023)

Arriving at the Cancun airport is quite an experience. While it is nothing difficult or scary, it is something you should be prepared for. With a little knowledge and preparation, the whole experience will go faster and you will be on the beach quicker.

Cancun’s airport is quite large. There are now four terminals. They are numbered 1, 2, 3 & 4.  You will likely land at Terminal 3 or 4 depending on what airline you fly. If you come on a charter or a domestic flight, you may land at terminal 2. Terminal 1 is rarely used by the flying public.

Terminal 4 airlines include: Aero Mexico, Air Europa, Air France, Air Transat, Alaska Airlines, Condor, Frontier, Interjet, Lufthansa, Novair, Premiair, Southwest, Sun Country, Thomas Cook, Transaero, Virgin America, Virgin Atlantic, & WestJet.

Terminal 3 airlines include: Air Canada, American Airlines, British Airways, Delta, Evelop, Eurowings, JetBlue, Spirit, United Airlines & Wamos.

Terminal 2 airlines include: Aeromar, Copa, Cubana, Latam, Magnicharters, Sunwing, Thomson,Viva Aerobus & Volaris

The above information is subject to change, so be sure to check your air info carefully. 

*Cancun Airport is now going through a pilot program (no pun intended) that eliminates the familiar FMM two-part forms that we used to fill in on the plane. Now, the immigration agent will just want to stamp your passport and will likely give you 180 days in Mexico. Cancun airport is one of a handful of Mexican airports that are using this new system. If you fly to a different city, you may have to fill in the form. I am sure that in the big picture, this will be the new system and the old forms will disappear from our lives.

You will likely have a “jetway bridge” connect to the plane and you will be dumped into the same part of the terminal where they handle departures. Tourists will be everywhere. The people flying back home can be easily identified by their fried skin, bloated livers and “Hard Rock” T-shirts. Ignore them and look for Immigration. At Terminal 3, it is down one floor, there are signs for it all over.

Immigration is the “wild card” in the whole airport experience. You can be here for 30 seconds or stuck for hours. Often tourists make the situation more difficult by lining up in only one line, leaving dozens of inspectors with nothing to do. Have a good look at the situation and try to pick a good line, working your way to the right often works well.

*Yet another “pilot program” is underway in some of the Cancun terminals. Instead of meeting up with a friendly immigration agent, you may meet up with an “e-Gate machine”. You scan your passport and collect a receipt and you are in the country in about 30 seconds. These machines are meant to speed up the immigration process for all visitors and ease the chronic shortage of agents at the airport. If you don’t want to use a machine, there are still human agents ready to help you.

If you are a permanent or temporary Mexican resident visa holder, you are advised to NOT use these machines under any circumstances. Using them could make you enter as a tourist and your hard-earned residency will disappear. 

Congratulations. You are through immigration. Now grab a luggage cart if necessary and walk to the baggage carousels. There are several, marked by numbers and hopefully marked with your flight number. They have been known to switch carousels around, so watch the other ones too. Usually the luggage comes out quite quickly. This is where you will tell yourself you’ll never buy another @#$%& black suitcase because they all look alike. Next time you’ll tie a piece of ribbon to the handle or something. Next time…

Also, look around the carousels for your bag. The carousels are not big enough and bags often fall off or are put aside if they have made the trip around a few too many times.

Gather your bags and go through customs. Normally, a customs agent will approach you as you are trying to exit and ask you some simple questions. Usually, they will ask about their two favourite duty topics: tobacco and alcohol. If you have neither of these, and don’t have a really bulging luggage cart, you will likely get to exit quickly. At worst, they may want to do a cursory search of your bags or x-ray them. The old “stoplight” system appears to be history.

Transportation

Okay, you made it into the country with yourselves and luggage intact. Now, how are you getting to Puerto Morelos? Most of the tourists you flew with will be herded onto large buses and hauled off to their all-inclusives. You are probably handling your own transport. You have several choices. They range greatly in price. Driving time to Puerto Morelos is just 15-20 minutes.

Rent a Car: If you are getting a car for a week or more, book it at least a week out and get it at the airport. All the big companies are represented at the airport. We usually book our cars on Travelocity or Expedia (use the Canadian versions (.ca) if you are from Canada) and go with the cheapest option. Remember that the price will almost double when you add insurance. Some credit card rental car insurance does not cover Mexico, and in any case, you want to make sure you have a 1-800 number that works in Mexico that you can call if you get in trouble or an accident. Renting a car for a day or two can be done in Puerto Morelos.

Book a Private Transport: There are a bunch of companies that do this. We like Jin from Abbey del Sol. You can book him here: http://www.abbeydelsol.com/transportation/ A driver will be waiting outside the doors with a sign with your name on it. It’s seamless. Jin will also stop at a grocery store if you wish for a small extra fee.

For the ride back to the airport, the rates drop. You can grab a taxi in town back to the airport for $600 pesos. Book at the kiosk, wave one down or contact us for the info of a driver.

Taxi: Book a taxi at one of the booths on the way out of the airport. Cost is about $70-$90 US per taxi, up to 4 persons. It will cost about $25 when you go back to the airport from Puerto Morelos. The driver will be from Cancun and will likely not know anything about Puerto Morelos, so make sure you have directions to where you are staying. Uber has now been approved in our state, but they are not really established yet for airport pickups. 

Public Transport: Book it at the booth on the way out of the airport. Cost is about $20-$30 US per person to Puerto Morelos. Two companies, Grey Line or Greenline. Booths near the exit. They will wait until they have at least four persons before they will make the trip. The driver will be from Cancun and will likely not know anything about Puerto Morelos, so make sure you have directions to where you are staying.

Bus: *Update: The ADO bus is not stopping at Puerto Morelos right now. We want them back! Why not contact them and ask them to come back to Puerto Morelos. 

Walk: Not an option. The airport is way out on its own.

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Note: Try to arrange your transport before you leave home or at least before you leave the airport. As soon as you step outside, you will be deluged with offers of transport and help with your bags. Official bag helpers wear blue shirts with logos on them. Unofficial guys will carry your bag anywhere for a tip, though likely they will try to take you to their friend’s transport company. Outside the airport is like running the gauntlet. Keep a firm grip on your bags (unless you want help) and get clear of the chaos. There are bars located to the left and right as you exit if you would like to get an early start on the fiesta.

If someone is meeting you at the airport, in Terminal 3, take a left AFTER you exit the airport. There is an official “meeting place” sign and a bar right there. They are most likely waiting for you right there. At Terminal 4, there is a special “Friends and Family” door to exit. Make sure you know where you are going before you exit the terminal, they won’t let you back in.

Other tips: The temperature change for you, especially if you are coming from a northern climate, is going to be shocking. This is where zip-off pants are priceless.

Timeshare guys are omnipresent at the airport. They will offer a ride to a resort for a 90-minute presentation and a whole pile of gifts. Know what you are getting yourself into. You may not be up to such an adventure after flying all day.

Hola from Puerto Morelos!
As promised, here’s another update from the desk of InPuertoMorelos.com

This edition, we’ll focus on a few major projects that I didn’t think I’d live long enough to see. They are premiering this month. The Tulum Airport and the Mayan Train. (and there are a couple of more things too)

For at least 25 years, realtors and travel agents have talked about an international airport in Tulum “coming soon”. This month their dream finally comes true as our state, Quintana Roo gets its fourth international airport. (Cancun, Cozumel, & Chetumal are the others) The new airport, officially called “Aeropuerto Internacional Felipe Carrillo Puerto” will be known as Tulum Airport. (IATA: TQO, ICAO: MMTL)  It is about 20 km south of Tulum, hence the Felipe Carrillo Puerto name. Google puts the drive to the Tulum hotel zone at about 50 minutes. The taxi fares look quite high, but ADO will service the airport, so you will have that option too. To give you an idea of how far it is, from Casa de los Viajeros to the Tulum airport would be about a 2-hour drive by car.

The airport is constructed and operated by the Mexican army, which is part of the broader strategy of our President’s administration to engage the armed forces in significant infrastructure projects. This trend of militarization extends to other projects, including the takeover of multiple airports, the Tren Maya, and the revival of Mexicana Airlines.

Several airlines have already made plans to fly directly into Tulum Airport, including Air Canada, Aeroméxico, Mexicana, American Airlines, Delta, Spirit and JetBlue. Viva Aerobus is already landing there now. The airport also hosts an Executive Aviation Terminal, (read: private jets) equipped with presumably swanky lounges. There are also plans to build an Air Force base within the airport grounds. The airport is open right now, but only for domestic flights so far. Construction continues on the airport and a station for the train.

The Tren Maya is another giant project that is just getting started. To say this endeavour is “controversial” would be an enormous understatement. Serious concerns have been raised about the environmental impact of the project, its effect on archeological sites, its general safety, the rapid speed of the construction, its soaring cost, and its impact on the people of the peninsula. There were also numerous changes in the plan. Routes were moved around and added seemingly at a whim and even the type of train planned changed several times from hydrogen-powered to electric to diesel.

Our President, López Obrador was unphased and the train project rolled on. Only part of the line is completed so far, but it did have its inaugural run on December 15 from Cancun to Campeche. The train is supposed to be completed early next year and will include stops as far away as Palenque. 1,500 kilometres of track will connect the states of Chiapas, Tabasco, Campeche, Yucatán and Quintana Roo. It will carry passengers but also will haul freight.

Puerto Morelos is part of the route. The station is still under construction about 5 kilometres from the Colonia on the Ruta de Cenotes road. The train will also have a station at the Cancun Airport (you will need to take a free shuttle from the terminals to the train station), so in theory, you will be able to take the train to town after landing in Cancun. Schedules are still being worked out, but chances are the train probably won’t be frequent enough for you, (it runs about every 2 hours) and you will still have to get transport from the Puerto Morelos station to your accommodation.

The train could be used to effortlessly extend your vacation though. Cities like Valladolid, Merida, Campeche and Chetumal are well worth exploring, and the Palenque ruin site is nothing short of spectacular. Fares are still being worked out, but look to be similar to first-class bus fares. You can ride the rails in “premier” class (you get a meal and a bigger seat) or tourist class. Locals with proof of residency in one of the states will pay less than tourists.

Another major project is underway in Cancun. It probably won’t change your life much, but it’s huge for folks who live and work in the hotel zone. It’s a bridge across the Nichupté lagoon which will save drivers lots of time. Right now, there is only one road that meanders through the entire hotel zone. The bridge will allow folks to shortcut and avoid the most congested areas.

The project will require a bridge almost 9 kilometres (5.6 miles) long. The bridge will be three lanes, with one lane reversing depending on which direction has the most traffic demand. They are working on the bridge 24/7 to try to get it done in 2024.

Apparently, there are traffic delays in the Cancun Hotel Zone due to the construction of this bridge. To be honest, we rarely venture into the Hotel Zone. It feels like a foreign country to us. We do go to Cancun at least every month, but that trip is all about Home Depot, Costco, paying some bills and maybe catching a movie.

The good news about construction in Cancun is that the highway construction that had made airport trips a nightmare last season is mostly done. We now have a pretty good, six-lane concrete highway in and out of Cancun. Trips to the airport are no longer a major chore, as long as there is not an accident on the highway. A new bridge is under construction at Kabah/Bonampak, but it is not causing any serious delays.

If you have visited our area in the last few years, you might know that a new major mall is opening close to the airport on the road to Puerto Morelos. It’s called “Grand Outlet” or GO for short. It’s sometimes listed as being in Puerto Morelos, and I guess it is in our “county”, but it is much closer to the airport than it is to us. The mall is located across from Moon Palace, about 20 kilometres north of PM.

The mall is open, but still very much under construction. PM’ers were hoping it would have movie theatres, and they were in the original plans, but they didn’t get built. Instead, there are go-carts, laser tag and (gasp) a real Olympic-sized ice rink. (Apparently, an amateur Puerto Morelos hockey league is already being formed.) Stores will include designers like Dolce & Gabbana, Armani, Hugo Boss, Carolina Herrera, BCBGMaxazria, Lacoste, Adidas, and many others. During the second development phase, the complex will also feature​ a 7,500-seat auditorium,​ an aquarium, and even​ a small lake. When finally completed, it will be the biggest mall in Cancun and perhaps, Latin America.

One last piece of infrastructure to mention, and that is our tortured town dock. It was turned into a Salvador Dali art piece in 2020 after two hurricanes, Delta and Gamma gave it a twist. (Read our front-line report on Hurricane Delta here) A few months ago new funding was offered to repair the dock. Hooray! So far our dock remains unchanged and unfixed. Hopefully, the funding will be put to use in 2024.

We hope you enjoyed our look at the big projects in our Town Update Part Two. In the next part, we will focus more on changes within our town.

Happy 2024 to everyone and we hope that we will see you at Casa de los Viajeros next year!

PS If you missed Part 1 of the Town Update, you can find it here.

As 2022 comes to a close and we welcome the New Year, it’s traditional to have a wee look back at the year that was.

Your favourite beach town fared pretty well in 2022. We got new stamped concrete roads and then closed them to traffic every night. We had a very quiet storm season. Hurricane Ian came by, but he just rolled on by us. Lucky for us, less lucky for our friends in Cuba and Florida. We unplugged the Covid traffic light and the Cancun airport set new records for visitors. The lighthouse continued to lean.

So, let me load up the slide show carousel here, get comfy and let’s look at our favourite photos of 2022. (click any photo for a full-screen view)

Want to see more? Follow this link to see all of our updates from 2022.

Also, we’ve been producing a lot more short videos these days. Check out our new YouTube channel and visit Puerto Morelos anytime you wish!

Hard to believe it, but it has been 20 years since we first moved to Puerto Morelos. Having purchased Alma Libre Bookstore in March of 2002, we went back home to Calgary, AB Canada and told our family and friends that we were quitting our media jobs, selling our house and most of our stuff and moving to Mexico! Our friends told us it was a great idea, but we’re sure they thought we were a little crazy. (Click any photo for a full screen view)

But we can tell you, after 20 years of being here, it was the best decision we have ever made.

Researching “how to move to Mexico” was a lot harder 20 years ago. There was little information online. We read everything book we could find and searched online. We tracked down anyone we could find that had moved to Mexico, and had a business. Can it be done? How did you do it?

We quickly realized that the only way to transport us, our stuff, and a good supply of books to restock the bookstore was to drive to Puerto Morelos. It’s no easy feat. It’s a minimum 6200 km (almost 4000 miles) journey. We used MapQuest and paper maps from CAA/AAA to make a general route and tweaked it with treasured advice we received from people who had done the drive before.

There was no way we were going to fit all that stuff in a car, and that many days on the road seemed quite daunting, so we bought a truck and a travel trailer to make the trip. We had never pulled a trailer before, so we spent a few hours practicing driving (and more importantly, backing up) in a parking lot near our house.

Eventually, it came time to load up. And load up again. And load up yet again. We clearly had too much stuff for even a truck and trailer.

Just to give you an idea of what a different time it was 20 years ago, here are a few things that were our highest priority to pack:

-2 Pentium III Desktop Computers
-A Flatbed Scanner
-3 big boxes of VHS tapes & VCR
-Telephones (not mobile. The kind that plugged into the wall)
-Answering machine
…and the list goes on. Now all those things basically fit in your pocket.

The drive down was most interesting. The object was to drive all 6200 kms without backing up. We did okay for a while. Crossing the Mexican border was easier than expected.

Unfortunately, we ran into the tail end of a hurricane in the Yucatan Peninsula. Isidore was her name, and she flooded out several roads and villages. We spent a lot of time and gas trying to find a route around the floods. We drove through one village where the residents had lovingly restored the road with sandbags and guided us over them, one at a time, to get us to our new home. It was a humbling and moving experience.

We also got hopelessly stuck in the sand once. We would still be stuck there I think if it were not for an actual dump-truck load of guys who stopped, and with incredible manual pushing power, shoved us out of the sand and back onto the road. (They drove off before we could even thank them.)

When we finally arrived in Puerto Morelos, we had doubts that the bookstore we had purchased would still be there. We also couldn’t get in touch with the woman we had rented a duplex from, so we weren’t sure we had a place to live… But all worked out just had we had planned. Whew.
Final mileage was 6875 kms (4272 miles).

Puerto Morelos has grown and changed a lot since we arrived. At that time there were only a few restaurants, some of which are still here. (Trivia question: Which restaurants are still in the same place with the same owners 20 years later? I can only think of 3)

How small was Puerto Morelos when we arrived? When you asked someone for their phone number they would just tell you 3 digits because everyone in town had the same first 4 numbers. We were 713, which means we had the 713th phone line in town. Our landlord at the bookstore was 002. That is how small the town was and how few phone lines there were. Cell phones hadn’t caught on yet and there was only dial-up internet. Puerto Morelos did have its own “cable tv” company, which used to be housed in a palapa on Ninos Heroes.

Some of the streets were dirt. Some were not as good as that. There was no bank, no real grocery store and the post office was the living room of a resident’s house.

The Colonia at that time was just a few blocks of houses around the main town square, the Pemex station and of course, Shanghai Pizza. It wasn’t until about 2007 when Villas Morelos Uno was built that the town really started to grow.

We purchased Casa de los Viajeros in the spring of 2003. It was a 3 bedroom/3 bath house which we converted into a duplex, and later into a 4-plex in 2009.

After 15 years of owning and operating Alma Libre Bookstore, we decided to sell it in 2017. You can read more about that here. We ended up doing the big round-trip drive to and from Puerto Morelos 13 more times. By varying our route each year, we saw an incredible amount of the US and Mexico. There is a lot more to Mexico than beautiful beaches!

Today we drive a lot less and focus on our vacation rentals and we travel as much as possible, now mostly using airplanes. (Driving to Europe would be tough.) We are happy to have so many great memories of our last 20 years in Puerto Morelos and we look forward to many more.

TRAVEL ADVISORY: There has been a very important update to the FMM tourist visa process at the Cancun International Airport. This update applies to ALL tourists flying into Cancun.

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TRAVEL UPDATE: There has been a major change to the Mexican Tourist Visa process when you are arriving via plane at the Cancun International Airport. A test project has been put in place to drop the FMM or Forma Multipla Migratoria for tourists entering Mexico.

Effective now tourists no longer need to fill out an FMM visa application. You may remember in the past you had to complete a form when you arrived at the airport. Half of that form was given to immigration, the other half was stamped and you had to hold onto it and give it to Mexican immigration when you left the country. If you lost it you would have to pay a fine to get a new one.

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Now in a pilot project introduced on August 19, 2022, all that is disappearing at a chosen few airports in Mexico. Cancun is one of those airports. Now you just have to show your passport, and for most countries including the United States and Canada, you will be given a stamp in your passport which is good for a stay of up to 180 days. The length of stay is only 30 days for people from Haiti, Honduras, El Salvador, Venezuela, and Brazil. All other countries are automatically given a 180-day visa.

This project is being tested at a handful of airports throughout Mexico, so if you are not flying into Cancun, be sure to check If this applies to the airport you are arriving at. Currently, it does not apply to Merida or Cozumel.

This also applies to permanent and temporary residents. However, FMMs will also stay in place in special cases, such as work visas, exchange of visas, or student visas.

SPECIAL TIP

Make sure you take note of your passport page that was stamped as you will need to show it when you leave. You may also have to show your boarding pass to the immigration officer, so have it standing by.

This change is being made in an attempt to speed up the immigration lines at the airport. They are also hiring more immigration staff at Cancun airport for the busy season ahead.

It should not be necessary, but if you wish to check your status with Immigration, you can register and check here.

Let’s hope it works! We are all about getting through the airport and onto the beach as quickly as possible!

STAY WITH US AT CASA DE LOS VIAJEROS!

Updated: February 2024

One of the questions we frequently get from our guests departing from Casa de los Viajeros, is how do we pay Visitax? Followed by DO WE NEED to pay the Visitax?

If you are not familiar with Visitax, we’re not too surprised. It is a tourist tax that was introduced on April 1, 2021, in the midst of COVID. It was said to be mandatory for all visitors from any foreign country travelling to the state of Quintana Roo for tourism purposes. The tax costs 271.00 Mexican Pesos/person (approximately $16 USD/$22 CAD). Foreigners with residency cards do not have to pay this tax.

The money is supposed to be used to fund tourism infrastructure projects. This tax should not be confused with the federal Mexican departure tax, which is included in your airline ticket. Visitax is NOT included in your airline ticket or hotel room stay. It is separate.

There is only one official website where you can pay this tax (which took us a lot of work to find). This is the official website.

https://www.visitax.gob.mx/

*For more info on the tax, there is an FAQ button on the above page that provides a little info.

Should you pay this tax?

The tax is mandatory, so if you are reading this, and are a foreign tourist, you should pay it. That said, there is very little information about the tax beyond their own website, a few blogs from a year ago, and a good number of scam sites. We wrote to the government to confirm that the tax is still being collected and they replied that it is.

Some visitors have not been asked about the tax and have not had to show proof that they paid it at the airport, while others have.

If you do want to pay online, make sure you pay on the official site. Remember official Mexican government sites always include “gob.mx” in their URL. The official site will not charge you in US dollars, only in pesos. (Currently $271 pesos – Feb 2024)

Under no circumstances should you be required to pay the Visitax in cash.

You can pay the tax in advance or wait until you get to the airport.

You can pay for the Visitax on your phone at the airport. Government employees are sometimes waiting at the bottom of the escalator in front of security and will have signs with QR codes on them which you can scan and pay right away. Just give yourself some extra time in case you run into this. The original plan called for kiosks at the airport to pay the tax, but to the best of our knowledge, they have never appeared.

Unfortunately, there are many unofficial sites offering to handle this payment for you. We found several that popped up on a Google search higher than the official site! The scam is that they charge you a big fee to calculate the tax for you. Here’s a search we tried today to find the right site:

Here are examples of some of the scam sites (we are not linking to them):

Bottom line, if you pay this tax in advance online, make sure you are using the official site. If it tries to charge you more than $271 Mexican Pesos, it is not the real site.

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Updated March 20, 2022

MASK UPDATE: Effective March 22, 2022, the use of face masks in Puerto Morelos will be voluntary outdoors in locations like the beach or the streets. You must still wear masks in places of business or indoor spaces such as restaurants, banks, supermarkets, public transit and places with crowds. For more on this announcement click here. (So…. pretty much what we have been doing for months 😊)

Covid Testing

You do NOT need a Covid Test to come to Mexico.   

But you may need a Covid Test to return to your home country. Luckily, it is very easy to get tested right in Puerto Morelos.

Mexico’s Arrival/Departure Requirements: You do not need a Covid Test to enter Mexico and you no longer need to fill out the Mexican health questionnaire.

Upon Departure: You will need to show the results of a negative Covid test to board your flight back to the USA. We have many local options to get tested. The cost varies depending on which test you need, and you can pay a little more in some cases and they will test at your place. You must get the right test. You will not be permitted to board the place without negative results using the correct test.

Guests returning to the USA need an Antigen test. This is a fast test that only takes 20-30 minutes for results and must be done one day before departure depending on your vaccine status. The test is a swab inserted in the nostril. It takes only seconds to administer. Here is the latest from the US Government and here is the latest from the CDC.

Guests returning to Canada DO NOT need a PCR or Antigen test. The Government of Canada announced that effective April 1, 2022, fully vaccinated travellers will no longer need to provide a pre-entry COVID-19 test result to enter Canada by air, land or water. Unvaccinated travellers will still be required to be tested on arrival into Canada and must quarantine for 14 days. You still must complete your ArriveCan information to return to Canada. You should also download the ArriveCan app which will make your time at the airport as brief as it can be. Here’s a link from the government of Canada.

Testing sites near Casa de los Viajeros

Liberty Labs has two locations on the beachside of town. One is located at the Ojo de Agua Hotel and another is across from the Hotel Hacienda Morelos, just south of Chedraui. They are open every day from 8 am to 5 pm.

The Antigen test is $500 MXN, the PCR test is $2000 MXN

You can book an appointment or just walk up. We have found the location across from Hacienda Morelos to be less busy, and it is a much larger facility. We have used them a few times. We received our test results quickly and the certificates were in English.  You can find their contact information here

Laboratorio Express ✆ 998 313 0276
Antigen test $500 pesos (possible local discount), PCR $70 USD or $1400 MXN/Person (1-4 people), $65 USD/Person (5-9 people), $60 USD/Person (10 people or more). No appointment required
Located on the first block of Ninos Heroes
Here is a link to their FB page

Other options….

Costamed Hospital ✆ 998 500 2505
The cost for the antigen test is $550 pesos/PCR test $1650 pesos
Located in the Pescadores neighbourhood of Puerto Morelos. Address: Cancun-Tulum highway
International Contact: Hospital: 011 52 998 500 2505 Toll-Free U.S.: 855 301 4111
Here is a link to their appointment page

Live Medical Centre ✆ 998 196 8697
Cost for the antigen test is $1200 pesos/PCR $3000 pesos
Located in the Colonia on Zetina Gasca. Address: Villas la Playa, Cangrejo 54, 77580 Joaquín Zetina Gasca
Here is a link to their website

Laboratorio de Análisis Clínicos América ✆ 998 259 5622
The cost for the antigen test is $900 pesos (Special $499 until Feb 28, 2022), next day results. PCR test is $2,200
Located in Villas Morelos 1 on Avenue Timon. Address: 77580, Villas Morelos I
WhatsApp: +52 998 259 5622

At the Airport You can get tested at the airport, but we don’t recommend waiting that long. Info here: https://www.cancunairport.com/covid-19-testing-information.htm