Monthly Archives: August 2009

How to Dial Toll Free US numbers from Mexico? By:Miguel Sedano.

August 28, 2009
Call toll free

Call toll free

If you are reading this Blog, probably you already try to call a toll free US number from Mexico without luck and you might be thinking what you did wrong.  Don’t panic calling a 1-800 phone number can be tricky at the beginning but with this quick guide things will be easier.
Example:

You want to call 1-800-678-7583 (Palacio del Mar toll free number) and you are in Mexico; Dial 00-1-880-678-7583; basically you replace the 800 for 880.

1-800 replace with 00-1-880.
1-866 replace with 00-1-883.
1-877 replace with 00-1-882.
1-888 replace with 00-1-881.
If all this information seems to complicated for you, at Palacio del Mar only 35 minutes south of the border you will have a 24/7 concierge service that will be more than happy to assist you with any small or big request.
If you are thinking in moving to Mexico, don’t think more act today.  We Can Help.  Call today 858-433-0561 or email Miguel Sedano  info@rentinginmexico.com the perfect home is waiting for you.

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Padres & Emerson College Project Take Rosarito Students Out To The Ball Game

August 26, 2009

Padres & Emerson College Project Take Rosarito Students Out To The Ball Game

Padres & Emerson College Project Take Rosarito Students Out To The Ball Game

ROSARITO BEACH, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO—On Sunday, August 23, 2009, eight Rosarito Beach-area residents were treated to an afternoon at San Diego’s PETCO Park, courtesy of the Padres Foundation and in conjunction with an ongoing public affairs project, “Rediscover Rosarito”, led by Emerson College students and faculty. The students, aged 13 to 18, enjoyed a memorable experience while serving as cross-cultural ambassadors for the Baja community.

Rosarito Beach Mayor Hugo Torres expressed his gratitude to the Padres organization for hosting the group, providing their tickets, and presenting them with souvenirs.  Both Torres and the Padres envision the event as the first step in a long-term partnership: “There are many Padres fans in Rosarito Beach and there will certainly be many more.  We very much look forward to continuing to develop interest in both the Padres and in our beachside community, which is only thirty miles away from San Diego,” he said.

”The Padres were delighted to serve as hosts,” said Alex Montoya, the Padres Director of Latino Relations, ”and show how baseball in a beautiful ballpark is tremendously fun, especially for the children present. At the same time we look forward to speaking more with officials from Rosarito and exploring more things we can do in that city and how we can make their visits to PETCO Park even better.”

The event was organized by Rediscover Rosarito, (http://www.rediscoverosarito.org) a public affairs/public diplomacy project led by Dr. Gregory Payne that is dedicated to the community of Playas de Rosarito, Baja California.  Established in 2008, the effort is run by a grassroots coalition of graduate students from Emerson College in Boston and local Rosarito Beach leaders and supporters.  Its mission is to mitigate the effects of a steady stream of bad news and inaccurate reporting coming from Mexico and restore Rosarito Beach’s image as a safe, secure, convenient location for tourism, retirement and investment.

The afternoon was spearheaded by Emerson Masters in Communication Management candidate Jeffrey Werner, who worked closely with Rosarito-area leaders, “I was personally excited to have helped build a much-needed bridge between the municipality and the Padres, in addition to the obvious pleasure of sharing the event with the students themselves.”  He added, “I look forward to similar future endeavors with Mayor Torres and his staff.”

Emerson School of Communication Dean Janis Anderson also expressed her support for the project. ”It is always gratifying to find our students utilizing their Emerson education by applying it to a real world situation and using it to do their best to improve a particular situation.”

For more information, please contact:
Ron Raposa
Telephone: (619) 948-3740
E-mail: ronraposa@hotmail.com

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Rosarito Project Teaches 10 Students Filmmaking And Promotes City Image

August 21, 2009

Rosarito Project Teaches 10 Students Filmmaking And Promotes City Image

Rosarito Project Teaches 10 Students Filmmaking And Promotes City Image

ROSARITO BEACH, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO—Starting Sunday 10 local students will take a six-day filmmaking class led by an Emerson College professor who heads a project dedicated to conveying an accurate picture of the city in the United States.

Public affairs professor Gregory Payne will lead the class with the assistance of Michael McManus, an independent television and film producer. Emerson college students and alumni also participate

Campus MovieFest, the world’s largest student film festival, is supplying Panasonic HD cameras, Apple laptops, and other equipment for the local and high school and college students. The LA Program, a private international student exchange, also assists.

Payne and others donate their time for the class and there is no cost to students or to Rosarito. The hotel donates facilities, lodging and food.

During the intensive six-day class students will stay and study at the hosting Rosarito Beach Hotel while completing short films about Rosarito. Those will be shown Sunday evening Aug. 30 at Baja Studios, where Titanic and Master & Commander were filmed. read more »

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Telephone Number Scam? By Miguel Sedano

August 20, 2009

Phone scam

Be cautious when calling an unfamiliar telephone number – it could be a costly international telephone call
One of my coworkers recently put an ad up on craigslist to promote a property, received an email response asking him to call back a number. (908 554 2787)
Essentially the email goes like this…

Hello I saw your listing and I am very interested, could you give me a call when you have a moment? Just have a few questions. I am on the road and will not have access to my email. Thanks Mark—809 554 2787
Fortunately he did an online search on the number before calling and saw that it was a scam in that there is a charge (around $5-$10 to call the number). Believe they are called EZ numbers.
In a fact sheet on phone scams, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission notes that calls to certain offshore locales, many of them in the Caribbean do not require the international prefix 011, so it may not be obvious you are calling a foreign number.
“In many cases, the return-call number is an international pay-per-call line, with a three-digit exchange that looks like an American or Canadian area code,” the federal agency says.
Be skeptical about area codes you don’t recognize, especially: 649 (Turks and Caicos); 809 (Dominican Republic); 284 (British Virgin Islands); 876 (Jamaica), or 758 (St. Lucia).
How Can I Protect Myself?
If you are presented with an ad for an information or entertainment service, or receive a call from such a company, you should remember:
•    Be skeptical of ads for services that claim they are “not a 900 number,” “LD rates apply,” or “no premiums apply.”  These services may be even more costly than 900 numbers.
•    Make sure you check your phone bill for charges you do not recognize.  Contact your phone company and long distance carrier if you see any error.
•    Be wary of area codes you do not recognize (i.e. 809 for the Dominican Republic or 664 for Montserrat).  You can check their location in the telephone directory or by calling the operator.
•    Tell your family that they need to get your permission before calling any long-distance services (domestic or international).  This applies especially to children.

If all this information seems to complicated for you, at Palacio del Mar only 35 minutes south of the border you will have a 24/7 concierge service that will be more than happy to assist you with any small or big request.
If you are thinking in moving to Mexico, don’t think more act today.  We Can Help.  Call today 858-433-0561 or email Miguel Sedano  info@rentinginmexico.com the perfect home is waiting for you.

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Mediation Court For Expats, Tourists To Open In Rosarito This September

August 18, 2009

Rommel Moreno. Mediation Court For Expats, Tourists To Open In Rosarito This September

Attorney General Rommel Moreno. Mediation Court For Expats, Tourists To Open In Rosarito This September

ROSARITO BEACH, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO—Attorney General Rommel Moreno will open this September in Rosarito the first mediation court to hear complaints between businesses and English-speaking non-nationals, Mayor Hugo Torres announced.

“We have an estimated 14,000 expatriates who live here and about a million tourists a year,” Torres said Tuesday. “This action by Attorney General Moreno is a great step in resolving amicably any disagreements between them and local businesses.”

The program is called Centro de Justicia Alternitiva.

The mediation court will function five days a week and will likely by set up in a suite in the large Pabellon Grand shopping center at the north entrance to the city. The opening day for the pilot project has not yet been set.

Unlike courts where written documents are required, complaints can be presented orally and in English. read more »

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It’s wine festival time on La Ruta del Vino

August 12, 2009

Written By: Omar Millán Gonález

It’s wine festival time on La Ruta del Vino

It’s wine festival time on La Ruta del Vino

VALLE DE GUADALUPE, Baja California — One hour south of Tijuana, there’s a magical place that for 120 years has captured the flavor of this land.

It’s called La Ruta del Vino (The Wine Route), a road that starts in El Sauzal, outside of Ensenada, and connects to the valleys of Guadalupe, San Antonio de las Minas and Calafia, wine-producing regions where almost 250 producers grow grapes.

In these valleys, and in San Vicente and the Valley of Santo Tomás, 27 miles south of Ensenada, 126 million liters of wine are produced every year. They represent 90 percent of the table wines produced in Mexico, according to Sistema Producto Vid, an association of wine producers in the region.

The bucolic landscape is beautiful year-round, but in August, the grape harvest begins and all the local producers stage their harvest festivals. The area becomes a constant party, revolving around wine. There are wine contests, dancing, grand banquets, concerts, bullfights and guide tours of the wineries the vineyards.

Santo Tomás, founded in 1888, and LA Cetto, founded in 1930, are the oldest vineyards in the region, and their wines have reached countries with long oenological traditions, including France and Italy. read more »

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How to dial Mexican Cell phones from the US? By: Miguel Sedano.

August 10, 2009
Mexican Cell Phone

Mexican Cell Phone

I receive a lot of emails asking me about this topic; Good news dialing from US is easy, here an example:

To dial a Mexican cell phone from the US you need to add a “1″ after the 011-52-(International access + Mexico Country code).   Example you need to dial a Rosarito Beach cell phone 044-661-120-30 40;  you will dial from US 011-52-1-661-120-3040.

If all this information seems to complicated for you, at Palacio del Mar only 35 minutes south of the border you will have a 24/7 concierge service that will be more than happy to assist you with any small or big request.

If you are thinking in moving to Mexico, don’t think more act today.  We Can Help.  Call today 858-433-0561 or email Miguel Sedano  info@rentinginmexico.com the perfect home is waiting for you.

Problems Dialing to Mexico

If you are thinking in moving to Mexico, don’t think more act today.  We Can Help.  Call today 858-433-0561 or email Miguel Sedano  info@rentinginmexico.com the perfect home is waiting for you.

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Baja Developers Halt Is this a sign of good things to come?

August 3, 2009
One of the developments that never stopped construction

Calafia Condos: One of the developments that never stopped construction

With the collapse of the money markets on both sides of the border, it had become almost impossible –or so it seamed- for Baja developers to finish their projects.

Finding investors or financing for the final completion of their development seemed impossible. The financial situation in the U.S. did not make matters any better. Potential buyers stopped investing in Mexico because of the economy. Current buyers began to doubt the developers’ ability to complete their development.  In the last few days –and weeks- however, we have seen a change.

Could it be the end of the bad times for the region? Here are some clues: read more »

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