Going through customs in Mexico takes a push of a button. You will submit your custom declaration form to the customs officers and have your bags checked through an x-ray machine. After going through this check, you will be asked to push a button.

If you're lucky, and the light turns green, you may go. However, if the light turns red, a customs official will hand search your bag to make sure that you are not bringing anything into the country that is illegal.

Regardless, if you haven't brought anything illegal, there is nothing to fear- even when the light turns red. After this process, you are free to go and to enjoy your holiday in Playa del Carmen.

Here are some items that are allowed to enter Mexico:

• Personal effects (clothes, toiletries)
  
• Books and Magazines
  
• Toys (Up to 5 pieces if minor)
  
• Camera
  
• Radio
  
• Tape recorder and cassettes or records (not more than 20)
  
• CDs (not more than 2)
  
• Portable typewriter/Laptop
  
• Binoculars
  
• Sleeping bag or tent
  
• Film or video cassettes (not more than 12 pieces each)
  
• Cigarettes (no more than 20 packs)
  
• Cigars (no more than 25 pieces or 200 grams of tobacco)
  
• Sports equipment (no more than 2 tennis racquets, 1 pair of skis, 1 fishing rod, 1 surf board)
  
• Merchandise not worth more than US$300 when going in by plane or by boat
  
• Merchandise not worth more than US$50 when going in by plane or by boat if the flight originates from a border zone