Anyone heading to Baja?

[SunMan]

We will be heading down in December and January for a few weeks as per usual. No change in protocol for us.

 

[penner]

Question for some of you that travel Baja frequently. Where do you buy your truck/camper insurance? I can't remember where we bought ours last time.

 

[buckland]

We are going for all of February (also with our dog) ... What's this I hear you can only bring in a few days of dog food?
Also interested in Insurance (I have been told "Discover Baja" Auto Insurance?). This is our first trip ...coming from New England.

I have been steered to this company and in the attached application they have a section for a slide in camper... plate # etc. Any advice on what should be filled out and what should be blank as I have an Eagle and not sure if FWC is deemed a "slide-in" (no plates)

 

[Wango]

Hi,
Baja Bound was the company we used last time, and we will most likely go this route again.
More research into where to go and explore, but have a few set dates/places.
Super excited, early snow in MT has got me craving fish tacos.
w

 

[buckland]

Whoa... I checked Baja Bound and the 3 insurance Times: 37 days $900.... 6 Months $484 and 1 year $675
I put in my truck and slide in FWC Truck value 27K camper 15K
Ouch. Am I a newbie and that is normal or am I clicking the wrong boxes?

 

[Wango]

From what i remember, that is about what i paid last time.

 

[DavidGraves]

Baja Nomads used to be a good source of info generally about travel south of the border.

Increasingly it seems strong personalities with either a profit motive or a "me , me , me, me" persona have soured my taste of the "info" found on that discussion forum.

It may be that all one can do is read through the archives, put it all in a blender and then proceed with care.

David Graves

 

[WanderingBison]

I’ve used Baja Bound once and used a membership to Vagabundos del Mar (a Baja focused travel club) and their insurance partners the other.

The insurers through Vagabundos were a little bit cheaper and I was able to insure through Chubb which is a larger global insurance company that probably has deeper pockets.

That was almost three years ago, pre-Covid so thing might have changed quite a bit.

That said, your rates seem very similar to ours.

 

[penner]

Well, how many made the trip to Baja this winter? We decided to leave the camper off the truck this winter and just fly to Huatulco for a few weeks. The main reason was being we did a long trip last summer I didn't really feel like doing that much driving again this winter. I did talk to a few Canadians that were traveling mainland Mexico in their truck campers and were enjoying it . Maybe something to consider for next winter?????