The developed tourist resorts and big cities are invariably more expensive than more remote towns, and certain other areas also have noticeably higher prices - among them the industrialized north, especially along the border, Baja, and all the newly wealthy oil regions. Prices can also be affected by season and many hotels raise their prices during busy times of the year.
Summer, Christmas and Easter are the peak times for Mexican tourists and areas like Acapulco and Cancún, which attract large numbers of overseas visitors, put their prices up during the high season from November to May. Special events are also likely to be marked by price hikes. Nonetheless, wherever you go you can probably get by on US$225/£150 a week (you could reduce that if you hardly travel around, stay only on campsites or in hostels, live on the most basic food and don't buy any souvenirs, but it hardly makes for an enjoyable trip), while on US$500/£330 you'd be living very well.
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