There are 8 ways to get from Buffalo to Playa del Carmen by plane, shuttle, bus, car, or train
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Fly Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Cancún International Airport, shuttle
best- Fly from Buffalo Niagara International Airport (BUF) to Cancún International Airport (CUN)plane BUF - CUN
- Take a shuttle bus from Aeropuerto Internacional de Cancún Terminal 2 to Playa del Carmen Bus Station
9h 51m$3,250–12,573Bus
- Take the bus from Buffalo, NY to Cincinnati, OHbus
- Take the bus from Greyhound Station Cincinnati to Louisville, KY Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from La Tropicana - Louisville, KY to Tornado Bus Co - West Memphisbus
- Take the bus from Tornado Bus Co - West Memphis to San Luis Potosíbus
- Take the bus from San Luis Potosí to Puebla CAPUbus
- Take the bus from Puebla Capu to Playa del Carmen Alternabus
3d 11h$9,230–18,086Drive 5,101.4 km
- Drive from Buffalo to Playa del Carmencar 5,101.4 km
2d 11h$9,836–14,208Shuttle to Toronto Pearson International Airport, fly to Cancún International Airport, shuttle
- Take a shuttle bus from Buffalo Airport to Pearson International Airport Terminal 1
- Fly from Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) to Cancún International Airport (CUN)plane YYZ - CUN
- Take a shuttle bus from Aeropuerto Internacional de Cancún Terminal 2 to Playa del Carmen Bus Station
10h 31m$4,950–11,573Bus to Rochester, fly to Cancún International Airport, shuttle
- Take the bus from Buffalo to Rochester Bus Stopbus
- Fly from Rochester (ROC) to Cancún International Airport (CUN)plane ROC - CUN
- Take a shuttle bus from Aeropuerto Internacional de Cancún Terminal 2 to Playa del Carmen Bus Station
11h 23m$3,666–12,850Bus to Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport, fly to Cancún International Airport, shuttle
- Take the bus from Buffalo to Cleveland Bus Stationbus
- Fly from Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport (CLE) to Cancún International Airport (CUN)plane CLE - CUN
- Take a shuttle bus from Aeropuerto Internacional de Cancún Terminal 2 to Playa del Carmen Bus Station
11h$3,415–12,130Shuttle to Toronto Pearson International Airport, fly to Tulum International Airport, train
- Take a shuttle bus from Buffalo Airport to Pearson International Airport Terminal 1
- Fly from Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) to Tulum International Airport (TQO)plane YYZ - TQO
- Take the train from Estación Tren Maya Tulum Aeropuerto to Estación Tren Maya Playa del Carmentrain
11h 34m$5,210–15,573Train, bus
- Take the train from Buffalo Depew Station to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to San Marcos Amtraktrain
- Take the bus from San Marcos to Terminal de Autobuses de Querétaro Acceso 1bus
- Take the bus from Querétaro to Puebla CAPUbus
- Take the bus from Puebla Capu to Playa del Carmen Alternabus
3d 22h$14,486–30,407
Buffalo Niagara International Airport (BUF) to Cancún International Airport (CUN) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Buffalo to Playa del Carmen is to shuttle and fly which costs $4900 - $12000 and takes 10h 31m.
The fastest way to get from Buffalo to Playa del Carmen is to fly and shuttle which takes 9h 51m and costs $3200 - $13000.
No, there is no direct bus from Buffalo to Playa del Carmen. However, there are services departing from Buffalo, NY and arriving at Playa del Carmen Alterna via Greyhound Station Cincinnati, La Tropicana - Louisville, KY, Tornado Bus Co - West Memphis, San Luis Potosí and Puebla Capu. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 3 days 11h.
The distance between Buffalo and Playa del Carmen is 2631 km. The road distance is 5101.4 km.
The best way to get from Buffalo to Playa del Carmen without a car is to bus which takes 3 days 11h and costs $9000 - $19000.
It takes approximately 9h 51m to get from Buffalo to Playa del Carmen, including transfers.
Buffalo to Playa del Carmen bus services, operated by Barons Bus, depart from Buffalo, NY station.
Buffalo to Playa del Carmen bus services, operated by Barons Bus, arrive at Cincinnati, OH station.
Playa del Carmen is 1h behind Buffalo. It is currently 4:20 AM in Buffalo and 3:20 AM in Playa del Carmen.
Yes, the driving distance between Buffalo to Playa del Carmen is 5101 km. It takes approximately 2 days 11h to drive from Buffalo to Playa del Carmen.
What companies run services between Buffalo, NY, USA and Playa del Carmen, Mexico?
You can take a bus from Buffalo, NY to Playa del Carmen Alterna via Cincinnati, OH, Greyhound Station Cincinnati, Louisville, KY Bus Station, La Tropicana - Louisville, KY, Tornado Bus Co - West Memphis, San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Puebla CAPU, and Puebla Capu in around 3d 11h.
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Cancún International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $2,600–11,000
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Cancún International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,700–7,500
Flights from Rochester to Cancún International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $2,600–11,000
Flights from Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport to Cancún International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $2,300–10,000
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Tulum International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 7m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $2,500–11,000
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Rochester to Cancún International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 59m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $2,600–11,000
Flights from Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport to Cancún International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 34m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $2,300–10,000
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Tulum International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $3,000–12,000
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Tulum International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $2,800–12,000
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Cancún International Airport via Baltimore
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 22m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $2,700–12,000
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Cancún International Airport via Orlando
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $2,600–12,000
Flights from Rochester to Cancún International Airport via Baltimore
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $2,600–11,000
Flights from Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport to Cancún International Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $2,300–10,000
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Cancún International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $2,600–11,000
Flights from Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport to Cancún International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $2,300–10,000
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Tulum International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 26m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $2,600–11,000
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Tulum International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $3,100–13,000
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Cancún International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,700–7,500
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Tulum International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $2,500–11,000
- Website
- westjet.com
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Cancún International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $3,000–8,000
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Tulum International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $4,300–22,000
- Website
- airtransat.com
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Cancún International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $2,800–13,000
- Website
- flyporter.com
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Cancún International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $2,800–13,000
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Cancún International Airport via Orlando
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $2,600–12,000
Flights from Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport to Cancún International Airport via Fort Lauderdale
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $2,500–11,000
- Website
- flyfrontier.com
Flights from Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport to Cancún International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $3,400–9,500
Flights from Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport to Cancún International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $3,400–9,500
- Website
- flyflair.com
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Cancún International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $2,700–6,000
- Phone
- +52 559 771 1000
- Website
- trenmaya.gob.mx
Train from Estación Tren Maya Tulum Aeropuerto to Estación Tren Maya Playa del Carmen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $210–1,000
- Website
- https://reservas.ventaboletostrenmaya.com.mx/web/portal/inicio
- Special Tourist (INAPAM)
- $210–250
- Local Tourist
- $260–310
- National Tourist
- $390–470
- International Tourist
- $500–650
- National Premier
- $600–750
- International Premier
- $800–1,000
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Buffalo Depew Station to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 33m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $2,900–6,000
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Chicago Union Station to San Marcos Amtrak
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 58m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $6,500–14,000
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +52 998 980 0807
- [email protected]
- Website
- cancunshuttle.com
Shuttle from Aeropuerto Internacional de Cancún Terminal 2 to Playa del Carmen Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $550–1,100
- Schedules at
- cancunshuttle.com
Shuttle from Aeropuerto Internacional de Cancún Terminal 2 to Playa del Carmen Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $550–1,100
- Schedules at
- cancunshuttle.com
Shuttle from Aeropuerto Internacional de Cancún Terminal 2 to Playa del Carmen Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $550–1,100
- Schedules at
- cancunshuttle.com
Shuttle from Aeropuerto Internacional de Cancún Terminal 2 to Playa del Carmen Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $550–1,100
- Schedules at
- cancunshuttle.com
- Phone
- +1 888-378-3823
- [email protected]
- Website
- baronsbus.com
Bus from Buffalo, NY to Cincinnati, OH
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $750–1,700
- Website
- https://baronsbus.com
Bus from Greyhound Station Cincinnati to Louisville, KY Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $180–800
- Website
- https://baronsbus.com
- Phone
- +1 888 358 6762
- [email protected]
- Website
- tornadobus.com
Bus from La Tropicana - Louisville, KY to Tornado Bus Co - West Memphis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 44m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $1,300–3,200
- Schedules at
- tornadobus.com
- Adults 11-59
- $1,300–3,200
Bus from Tornado Bus Co - West Memphis to San Luis Potosí
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $3,200–6,000
- Schedules at
- tornadobus.com
- Adults 11-59
- $3,200–6,000
- Phone
- +52 800 800 0386
- [email protected]
- Website
- etn.com.mx
Bus from San Luis Potosí to Puebla CAPU
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 16m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $1,200–1,700
- Website
- https://etn.com.mx/english/
Bus from Querétaro to Puebla CAPU
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $850–1,200
- Website
- https://etn.com.mx/english/
- Phone
- +52 55 4386 4652
- [email protected]
- Website
- ado.com.mx
Bus from Puebla Capu to Playa del Carmen Alterna
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $2,100–4,200
- Schedules at
- ado.com.mx
- Book at
- ado.com.mx
Bus from Puebla Capu to Playa del Carmen Alterna
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $2,100–4,200
- Schedules at
- ado.com.mx
- Book at
- ado.com.mx
- Phone
- +1 905 374 8111
- [email protected]
- Website
- niagaraairbus.com
Shuttle from Buffalo Airport to Pearson International Airport Terminal 1
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $1,500–2,000
- Website
- https://www.niagaraairbus.com/
Shuttle from Buffalo Airport to Pearson International Airport Terminal 1
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $1,500–2,000
- Website
- https://www.niagaraairbus.com/
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.com
Bus from Buffalo to Rochester Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $210–350
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- [email protected]
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Buffalo to Rochester Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $190–370
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Buffalo to Cleveland Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $500–1,000
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Phone
- +1 800 923 1799
- [email protected]
- Website
- omnibusexpress.com
Bus from San Marcos to Terminal de Autobuses de Querétaro Acceso 1
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $2,100–2,700
- Schedules at
- omnibusexpress.com
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