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If Road Scholar is arranging your air travel to and from the program, and you travel on the scheduled start and end dates, you’ll receive free round-trip transfers from the airport to the hotel.
Arrival day is on December 22, 2025
Meet the group at Hotel Mision de los Angeles Oaxaca in Oaxaca City, Oaxaca
Start of Trip: 3:00 p.m. hotel check-in; 7:00 p.m. Welcome Dinner.
Getting to the site: Participants who do not use or miss the Group Motorcoach Transfer will be responsible for securing their own independent transfer from Xoxocotlan Airport to Hotel Mision de los Angeles in Oaxaca City, Oaxaca, by using Taxi transportation.
Independent Taxi Transfer Instructions:
(1) Process through Immigration, Baggage Claim and Customs.
(2) Locate a porter in the airport for directions to the Taxi Stand located inside the Airport.
(3) At the Taxi Stand, purchase a ticket to Hotel Mision de los Angeles in Oaxaca City. (Approx Cost $15. USD)
(4) This ticket purchase provides you a ride in a government sealed taxi and is the fare to the hotel. If the service warrants, you may wish to tip the driver at the end of the ride.
If you are a Program Only Option participant who is planning to use the Geronimo Educational Studies airport transfer to the hotel, you must notify the Geronimo office with an email to information@geronimotravel.com no later than 15 days before program starts. In the subject line, please write the program number and the date your program starts. In the body of the email, please specify your exact travel itinerary with flight numbers, time of departure and departure city, and time of arrival. Please include all your names. This will help us to provide a better service to all of you.
Getting to the site by train or bus: Check with your travel agent for schedules
Your trip ends on: Saturday, January 3, 2026 in Mexico City, D.F at Hotel NH Mexico City Centro Histórico
End of Trip: 8:00 a.m. after breakfast; 11:00 a.m. hotel check-out.
Getting to the airport: At the program conclusion, the Geronimo Group Leader will provide participants travel details regarding the transfer from the final program site hotel to the airport in Mexico City. Airport transfers are provided only on designated group arrival and departure days. All other arrangements are considered independent travel at personal cost.
Taxis are available to the airport. The cost is about $250 pesos per taxi.
Information if you are purchasing your own airfare: Participants who have not purchased airfare through Road Scholar are responsible for making their own transfer arrangements to the first site at the beginning of the program, as well as from the last site at the end of the program. The Information Packet Road Scholar sends in advance of the program includes details needed to make your transfer arrangements. If you wish to purchase airfare through Road Scholar, please call (800) 241-1404.
Please note: In the unlikely event Road Scholar must make changes to the program's arrival or departure details, we will notify all participants as soon as possible. Participants who have purchased Road Scholar airfare are protected against airline change fees; however, anyone who has not purchased Road Scholar airfare will be required to make their own adjustments and may incur fees imposed by the airline.