There are 8 ways to get from Tulum to Chicago by taxi, plane, bus, car, shuttle, ferry, train, or bus (Greyhound)
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Taxi to Tulum International Airport, fly to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
best- Take the taxi from Tulum to Tulum International Airport (TQO)taxi
- Fly from Tulum International Airport (TQO) to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD)plane TQO - ORD
8h 46m$248–730Bus, ferry to Cozumel International Airport, fly to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
cheapest- Take the bus from Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum to Playa del Carmen Alternabus
- Take the ferry from Playa del Carmen to Cozumelferry
- Fly from Cozumel International Airport (CZM) to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD)plane CZM - ORD
9h 45m$168–733Bus
- Take the bus from Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum to Acayucanbus
- Take the bus from Acayucan to Monterreybus
- Take the bus from Central de Autobuses de Monterrey to Laredo - OMEXbus
- Take the bus from Laredo to Chicagobus
2d 12h$325–529Drive 2,739.3 mi
- Drive from Tulum to Chicagocar 2,739.3 mi
2d 4h$500–723Shuttle to Cancún International Airport, fly to Chicago Midway International Airport
- Take a shuttle bus from Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum to Aeropuerto Internacional de Cancún Terminal 2
- Fly from Cancún International Airport (CUN) to Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW)plane CUN - MDW
7h 56m$399–845Shuttle to Cancún International Airport, fly to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Take a shuttle bus from Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum to Aeropuerto Internacional de Cancún Terminal 2
- Fly from Cancún International Airport (CUN) to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD)plane CUN - ORD
8h 30m$189–645Bus, train
- Take the bus from Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum to Playa del Carmen Alternabus
- Take the bus from Playa del Carmen Alterna to Terminal Central de Autobuses del Nortebus
- Take the bus from Terminal Central de Autobuses del Norte to San Marcosbus
- Take the train from San Marcos Amtrak to Chicago Union Stationtrain
3d 8h$636–1,324Bus via Omaha
- Take the bus from Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum to Playa del Carmen Alternabus
- Take the bus from Playa del Carmen Alterna to Puebla Capubus
- Take the bus from Puebla CAPU to Saltillobus
- Take the bus from Saltillo to Omahabus
- Take the bus from Omaha, NE to Chicago Bus Stationbus
3d 10h$554–873
Tulum International Airport (TQO) to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Tulum to Chicago is to shuttle and fly which costs $180 - $650 and takes 8h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Tulum to Chicago is to shuttle and fly which takes 7h 56m and costs $390 - $850.
No, there is no direct bus from Tulum to Chicago station. However, there are services departing from Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum and arriving at Chicago Bus Station via Playa del Carmen Alterna, Puebla CAPU, Saltillo, Vinton & 17th SW and Omaha, NE. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 3 days 10h.
The distance between Tulum and Chicago is 1559 miles. The road distance is 2755.2 miles.
The best way to get from Tulum to Chicago without a car is to bus which takes 2 days 12h and costs $320 - $550.
It takes approximately 8h 46m to get from Tulum to Chicago, including transfers.
Tulum to Chicago bus services, operated by ADO, depart from Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum station.
Tulum to Chicago bus services, operated by ADO, arrive at Playa del Carmen Alterna station.
Yes, the driving distance between Tulum to Chicago is 2755 miles. It takes approximately 2 days 4h to drive from Tulum to Chicago.
There are 788+ hotels available in Chicago.
What companies run services between Tulum, Estado de Quintana Roo, Mexico and Chicago, IL, USA?
You can take a bus from Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum to Harrison via Acayucan, Central de Autobuses de Monterrey, Laredo - OMEX, Laredo, California & 35th Street, Sox-35th Red Line Station, and Sox-35th in around 2d 12h.
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Tulum International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 17m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Tulum International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Cancún International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–420
Flights from Cancún International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Covington
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $100–430
Flights from Cancún International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 6m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $95–420
Flights from Cancún International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 4m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $100–430
Flights from Cancún International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Columbus
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $100–450
Flights from Cozumel International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from Cozumel International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from Cozumel International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from Cozumel International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Cancún International Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Cancún International Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 47m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Cancún International Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Sunday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Cancún International Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport via Indianapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Cancún International Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport via New Orleans
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Cancún International Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport via Columbus
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $140–650
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Tulum International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from Tulum International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 42m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–800
Flights from Cancún International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–420
Flights from Cozumel International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from Cozumel International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–750
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Tulum International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 27m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Cozumel International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–700
- Website
- vivaaerobus.com
Flights from Tulum International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Monterrey
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–750
- Website
- flyfrontier.com
Flights from Cancún International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–420
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from San Marcos Amtrak to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 27m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $360–800
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +52 921 167 7641
- turismoyexcursionesalianza@outlook.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum to Acayucan
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $45–65
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +52 937 132 0108
- santiagosigerocinthia@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Acayucan to Monterrey
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 48m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $45–50
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +1 800 923 1799
- contactus@omexusa.net
- Website
- omnibusexpress.com
Bus from Central de Autobuses de Monterrey to Laredo - OMEX
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–40
- Schedules at
- omnibusexpress.com
Bus from Terminal Central de Autobuses del Norte to San Marcos
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 16m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $140–230
- Schedules at
- omnibusexpress.com
- Phone
- +1 888 358 6762
- info@tornadobus.com
- Website
- tornadobus.com
Bus from Laredo to Chicago
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $200–370
- Schedules at
- tornadobus.com
- Adults 11-59
- $200–370
- Phone
- +52 998 980 0807
- contact@cancunshuttle.com
- Website
- cancunshuttle.com
Shuttle from Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum to Aeropuerto Internacional de Cancún Terminal 2
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $45–140
- Schedules at
- cancunshuttle.com
- Phone
- +52 55 4386 4652
- solucioneshola@ado.com.mx
- Website
- ado.com.mx
Bus from Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum to Playa del Carmen Alterna
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $10–16
- Schedules at
- ado.com.mx
- Book at
- ado.com.mx
Bus from Playa del Carmen Alterna to Terminal Central de Autobuses del Norte
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $130–260
- Schedules at
- ado.com.mx
- Book at
- ado.com.mx
Bus from Playa del Carmen Alterna to Puebla Capu
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $120–240
- Schedules at
- ado.com.mx
- Book at
- ado.com.mx
- Phone
- +52 997 976 0191
- solucioneshola@ado.com.mx
- Website
- ado.com.mx
Bus from Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum to Playa del Carmen Alterna
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $4–6
- Schedules at
- ahorrobus.com.mx
- Phone
- +52 555 784 4652
- solucioneshola@ado.com.mx
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum to Playa del Carmen Alterna
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $2–7
- Schedules at
- ahorrobus.com.mx
- Phone
- +52 55 4386 4652
- solucioneshola@ado.com.mx
- Website
- ado.com.mx
Bus from Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum to Playa del Carmen Alterna
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $6–35
- Schedules at
- ado.com.mx
- Book at
- ado.com.mx
- Phone
- +52 55 4386 4652
- solucioneshola@ado.com.mx
- Website
- ado.com.mx
Bus from Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum to Playa del Carmen Alterna
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $8–16
- Schedules at
- ado.com.mx
- Book at
- ado.com.mx
- Phone
- +52 983 119 9526
- turismoalianzabacalar@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum to Playa del Carmen Alterna
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $31–34
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +52 800 800 0386
- atn_clientes@etn.com.mx
- Website
- etn.com.mx
Bus from Puebla CAPU to Saltillo
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $120–170
- Website
- https://etn.com.mx/english/
- Phone
- +52 449 913 0502
- tours.lopez@hotmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Saltillo to Omaha
- Ave. Duration
- 29h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $240–290
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Omaha, NE to Chicago Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $70–140
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Phone
- +52 998 460 3084
- servicioalcliente@ultramarferry.com
- Website
- ultramarferry.com
Ferry from Playa del Carmen to Cozumel
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $6–22
- Website
- https://www.ultramarferry.com/en
- Premium Plus Adult
- $19
- Premium Plus Children
- $14
- Residentes Q.Roo
- $11
- INAPAM
- $6
- First Class Adult
- $22
- First Class Children
- $22
- Phone
- +52 987 872 1588
- info@winjet.mx
- Website
- winjet.mx
Ferry from Playa del Carmen to Cozumel
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $6–17
- Schedules at
- winjet.mx
- General
- $17
- INAPAM
- $6
- Handicapped
- $6
- Minor
- $12
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Estimated price
- $100–130
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