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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just visited CDMX. It’s very easy to get around via Ubers. For hotel, recommend Mondrian Condesa and ONTO Tonalá. [/quote]

While I think Mexico City is a great place to visit with kids, I would caution on using Uber Mexico.  I used Uber a few times in our Mexico trip (not just Mexico City) and I would say that only 50% of the time I had rides without a problematic incident, and that's not a good ratio.  A few times, I had drivers pick up and then say they wouldn't take me to the destination they accepted via the app unless I paid them double the fare the app cited and paid the driver in cash.   That may be difficult for you to navigate if you don't speak Spanish.  But more disturbingly, I had a driver threaten me via phone and via the Uber chat because [b]the location where I had requested a pickup wasn't one where he could pick up at because of some tensions with registered taxicabs[/b], and I told him I didn't feel comfortable walking 5 blocks to where he wanted me to go after dark with my 2 kids.

Even when I reported the incident, with screenshots of the Spanish swearwords the driver hurled at me via chat when I said i would cancel, I didn't get any response from Uber Mexico--they just refunded me the cancellation fee they had autocharged me without an apology or any indication they would discipline the driver.[/quote]

Different local mafias control businesses in different areas. Don't get mad at locals if they say you cannot do this or that. They are trying to prevent you getting in the middle of a shootout from sicarios enforcing the rules. [/quote]

Sure fine.  But that’s part of the reason you should be careful using Uber Mexico and should use registered or hotel taxis even if they’re more expensive, especially if you have kids with you.

Ubers do have tensions with the registered taxis that you won’t be aware of as a tourist, and they also don’t seem to vet their drivers well if their drivers are writing swear words at their passengers who cancel when the Uber driver says they can’t pick them up at the requested location.  
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