Become a member.
$40a yearone household
You can't buy our insurance without being a member.
That’s not a catch — it’s the whole point. The club negotiates Mexican coverage as a group, and membership is how you get in.
At $40 a year, the membership is the smallest line on your trip. A single Tourist, Annual, or Resident policy is worth far more than that — and you needed the coverage anyway.
So joining isn’t an extra cost stacked on top of insurance. It’s the door to it. For most members it more than covers itself the first time they insure a vehicle.
One membership. The whole club.
Most people join for the insurance. The rest is why they stay members.
The insurance program
Members get the club’s full Mexican coverage through our insurance partner — auto, boat, and travel medical evacuation, plus ATV/UTV and homeowner’s policies. From a single day up to full-year resident coverage, with legal aid and real claims support behind it.
Real people who know this
The office is staffed by people who do Mexican travel paperwork all day. Got a question about a permit, a policy, or a crossing? You reach a human who’s answered it a hundred times. A comment thread can’t do that.
The Chubasco
The club newsletter, three times a year — club news, trip reports, and what’s changed in Baja. Gathered and checked, rather than shouted into a feed.
The Ship's Store
Member rates on books, maps, and the gear worth having before you cross — including the Vagabundos logo signs members use to spot each other on the road.
Member discounts
Show your card for deals from vendors around Baja — fuel stops, campgrounds, restaurants, and shops that know the club by name.
The casa in Loreto
Member access to the club’s El Palmar rental in Loreto — a base on the Sea of Cortez kept up by the club, for members.
For people who keep coming back.
For a one-time trip, the Facebook groups will do. This club is for travelers who keep driving back to Baja.
Fine for one trip.
Quick answers, no cost, and plenty of people asking the same first-timer questions. For a single crossing, that’s enough.
For the regulars.
The snowbirds, the anglers, the people on their tenth run down the peninsula. That’s who this is for, and for the things a public group can’t do.
The Travel Buddies board
Post your trip — where you’re headed and when — then browse and filter other members traveling your dates and your route, so you’re not driving Baja alone. The person you connect with has joined the same club, not an anonymous account that showed up yesterday.
A members-only events calendar
Club fiestas, the crab feed, caravans, and tournaments — in one place you can actually plan around, instead of catching them after the fact.
Caravans and gatherings, coming back
The club is renewing its slate of guided caravans and get-togethers. Members are the first to know, and the first in.
The difference is trust. Everything here comes from members who’ve driven Mexico for years — not anonymous accounts. A free group can’t give you that.
Baja's oldest travel club — and still non-profit.
It started in 1966, when a few friends kept driving the peninsula to find the next good fishing spot. It became a non-profit club in 1971, and it’s still run for the members to this day.
That history is the reason the insurance rates exist, and the reason the travel knowledge is worth anything. When you join, your dues keep a 60-year institution going — and keep that knowledge available to the next person figuring out their first trip south.
Is it worth it for you?
Join if…
You’re heading to Baja or mainland Mexico and you need insurance — you’ll join anyway, because it’s required to buy a policy, and it pays for itself. And if you go back year after year, the rest of it — the people, the trip board, the office you can actually call — is built for exactly you.
Maybe not yet…
You’re taking one trip and want a quick answer to one question. The Facebook groups will get you there, and that’s fine. Come find us when you decide Baja is a habit.
Five minutes, then quote your trip.
Membership is $40 per year. Join online, then get an insurance quote right away.
Join online
One household, one form, a few minutes. Pay the $40 annual dues and you’re in.
You're a member
Your membership unlocks the club’s group Mexican coverage and everything else on this page.
Quote your policy
Head straight to a quote for the dates and vehicles you’re crossing with. No waiting.
Before you join, answered.
Do I have to be a member to buy the insurance?
Yes. Membership is how the club’s group coverage works, and it’s $40 a year. Get an insurance quote →
Does my membership auto-renew?
You can renew online any time, and we’ll remind you before your year is up. Renew your membership →
What does membership actually save me?
You’re getting group-negotiated Mexican coverage you can’t buy without joining, plus legal aid and claims support. For most members, the value of a single policy is well past the $40 dues.
I just want trip info for one trip.
Then the Facebook groups are probably enough. Membership is built for people who travel Mexico regularly and want the insurance, the support, and the network. See our free travel guides →
Join the club that knows Baja.
Get the insurance, the support, and the people who’ve driven these roads for decades.