Playa del carmen / cozumel ferry?

Question

My family and I are going to Cozumel for vacation this winter. We really want to explore on the mainland too though; and i saw that the car ferry takes 4-5 hours. does anyone think its possible to rent a car in cancun, leave it at the Playa del carmen passenger ferry, but also rent a car in cozumel (to explore the island too) this way we could take the only 45 minute passenger ferry and then use our parked car to go to the ruins, etc??

Answer 1

Yes, you can rent a car at the Cancun airport, drive it to Playa del Carmen and take the ferry over to Cozumel.  That's where my expertise ends--I've never looked into renting a car on Cozumel.  But I've been to many of the ruins on the map in the link below.

Answer 2

My husband and i actually just took the bus for 8 dollars a person to Playa del Carmen so we wouldn't be paying for a rental car while not using it. The bus is very, very nice. A/C, TV and Clean. On Cozumel we rented from Rentadora Isis and they went out of their way to help us with anything we needed. They are cheap and honest which is important when trying to relax on vacation! Then when we came back to Playa we rented a car from America rent a car which i would never recommend since they are in the process of ripping us off! Rentadora Isis has an office in Playa del Carmen as well and have great deals. I am renting from them next year myself. Here is their website                                   http://www.rentadoraisis.com.mx/352.html

Hope this helped and have lots of fun!