Transportation to medical and dental appointments in Tijuana
Dental work, consultations and treatments are day trips — and a day trip is exactly the kind of thing that goes wrong when you drive yourself and park in an unfamiliar city.
The day-trip problem
Dental patients from San Diego, Chula Vista and further north usually treat Tijuana as a single-day errand: cross in the morning, sit in the chair for three or four hours, cross back in the afternoon. Two things reliably ruin that plan — parking on the Mexican side, and the northbound line at exactly the hour everybody else decided to go home.
Booking a round trip removes both. You are dropped at the clinic entrance and picked up when you are done, and the return crossing is planned by somebody who watches those wait times every day.
Anesthesia, sedation and why you should not drive back
Implant surgery, extractions, root canals and many cosmetic dental procedures involve sedation. Even a local anesthetic plus a long appointment leaves most patients tired and slow, and the northbound crossing is not a good place to be either of those things behind the wheel.
The published fare covers the patient plus one companion, so bringing somebody with you costs nothing extra and gives you a second set of ears for the post-treatment instructions.
Consultation today, procedure next month
Many treatments start with a consultation and imaging weeks before the actual work. We handle both trips, and repeat passengers get the shortcut: dispatch already has your addresses, your clinic and your preferred pickup window on file.
For the treatment day itself, especially if sedation is involved, consider the Premium Medical option — the reclining seat and the medical lane pass are worth far more on the way home than on the way there.
Service scope
When you need medical & dental appointments
- Dental implants, crowns, veneers and full-mouth restorations
- Root canals, extractions and wisdom teeth surgery
- Orthodontic adjustments on a recurring schedule
- Specialist consultations and second opinions
- Outpatient treatments and injections
- Pharmacy and optical appointments on the same trip
Good to know
- $90 USD one way from San Ysidro, $170 USD round trip
- $105 USD one way from San Diego, $200 USD round trip
- $20 USD for short transfers inside Tijuana
- Patient plus one companion included
- 30 minutes of courtesy wait at pickup
- One free date change with 48 hours' notice
Frequently asked questions about medical & dental appointments in San Diego
A round trip is cheaper and it guarantees the return unit. Book two separate one-ways only when the dates are different or when the return time is genuinely unknown.
Ask the clinic for an estimated finish time and give us a return window rather than an exact minute. Dispatch is reachable by WhatsApp all day, so we can move the return forward or back while you are still in the chair.
Yes. Multi-stop days — dental clinic, laboratory, pharmacy — are booked as one reservation with the stops listed. The Tijuana City Service covers the movements inside town at $20 USD each.
Yes. Every passenger needs valid travel documents for both crossings, and the driver cannot cross a passenger who does not have them. Check your documents before the day of the trip, not at the gate.
Ready to reserve your transportation?
Tell us the date, the time and the two addresses. We confirm the vehicle, the driver and the published fare in writing — usually within minutes.