https://heyatli.com/blog/tags/mexico/Recent content in Mexico on Atli eSIM BlogHugoen-USSat, 22 Aug 2026 18:09:00 -0700https://heyatli.com/blog/is-mexico-city-safe/Sat, 22 Aug 2026 18:09:00 -0700https://heyatli.com/blog/is-mexico-city-safe/<p>Tell people you are going to Mexico City alone and someone will pull a face. The reputation is built on cartel headlines from states most visitors never enter, and it does not describe an afternoon on Avenida Ámsterdam.</p> <p>The honest answer: the US State Department has Mexico at Level 2, exercise increased caution, and Mexico City itself carries no additional restriction, which puts it in the same tier as France or Italy rather than the border states. Violent crime against travelers in the central neighborhoods is rare. Theft is not. Almost everything that goes wrong on a trip here is a phone off a cafe table, a hand in a bag on a packed Metro car, a card skimmed at a sidewalk ATM, or a taxi fare invented on the spot.</p>https://heyatli.com/blog/esim-for-mexico/Mon, 01 Jun 2026 14:03:00 -0700https://heyatli.com/blog/esim-for-mexico/<p>At Mexico City airport, official taxi booths charge substantially more than ride-hailing apps, and the pickup zones require a live connection to coordinate with your driver. Arranging data before your flight lands lets you book an Uber before walking out of the terminal.</p> <p>Atli is data-only. It does not provide a Mexican phone number, SMS or cellular voice calls. WhatsApp, Uber, Telegram, iMessage, FaceTime, maps and translation apps work through the data connection.</p>https://heyatli.com/blog/does-verizon-work-in-mexico/Fri, 15 May 2026 08:31:00 -0700https://heyatli.com/blog/does-verizon-work-in-mexico/<p>Yes. A Verizon phone works in Mexico. It stops using Verizon&rsquo;s own towers at the border and roams on a Mexican network instead, and what that costs depends entirely on which plan you are on.</p> <aside class="verdict"> <p class="verdict__head">The short answer</p> If your Verizon plan is one of the Unlimited plans that includes Mexico and you use less than 5 GB a day, do nothing. Your existing plan already covers you and a travel eSIM would be money spent for no gain. TravelPass costs $6 a day in Mexico, not the $12 it costs in most other countries, which makes Verizon more competitive here than the usual roaming advice suggests. The case for a travel eSIM is narrower than it looks: it is a clear win if you are on TravelPass for more than a couple of days, and an enormous one if you would otherwise be billed pay-as-you-go at $2.05 per megabyte. </aside> <h2 id="what-verizon-charges-in-mexico">What Verizon charges in Mexico</h2> <p>Verizon handles Mexico three different ways depending on your plan. These figures are from Verizon&rsquo;s own published rates in August 2026, and carrier pricing changes, so confirm yours in the My Verizon app before you fly.</p>