Royal Suites Punta Mita: Fabulous place to holiday

Wonderful staff, for whom absolutely nothing is too much trouble, great (and quiet!) rooms, amazing food and fantastic weather! The grounds are stunning and the rooms kept to the highest standards of cleanliness. What more could you need from a holiday??

Sunset Plaza Beach Resort & Spa: Great location, great view!

Very nice hotel. All rooms are ocean view and what a nice view if you are located high enough. We were very lucky to see everything from the 15th floor. At this hotel there are only 2 restaurants and one deli but all had very good food and very good service. No buffet and not a loud party place either. It all depends what you are looking for. Rooms, grounds, restaurants, etc are all very clean. Only thing I didn't care for were the vendors on the beach and they are all over PV beach. Would I  [... read more]go back to this hotel? Yes, as it was not busy crowded, loud and the service was great all around.

Grand Palladium Vallarta: Great resort

The hotel was great the staff was helpful in anyway the food was good the views were breath taking and we took a trip to Puerto Vallarta board walk and had great time with fresh seafood from the ocean thank you for a great trip I would recommend this hotel for families lots for kids to do

Villas Vallarta by Canto del Sol: Great place

My overall rating is good however, we originaly booked accros the street at the villas canto del sol and I was not impressed with the facilities, it was quit disapointing that the overall look of the building was very old and dark it needs alot of maintenance and remodelation. The receptionist wa able to give a room at Canto del sol near the beach and I really liked the resort, everybody was very friendly and they had excellent service.

Marival Emotions Resort and Suites Riviera Nayarit: Nice resort

overall this resort was pretty good. one thing that seemed to be missing was music at the pool. the waiters we all in all this was a pretty nice resort. we received excellent service, particularly from Abraham, Roberto and Gladys. they were very attentive to us. one thing that could be improved is the music around the pool. there was none.

Riu Vallarta: Nice resort

This is a nice resort. Maids did a great job on cleaning the rooms. The food was ok but was basically the same every day. Always something to eat but became very tiresome after first couple of days. The steak house was the best at the resort. I have been to many Riu resorts and this is the first time had a complaint about the food. I also found the staff in restaurants not as friendly as other places but I could see they were just to busy to have the time to be. They always seemed to be sho [... read more]rt on staff. They working hard but it was just to much for the amount of people they had to take care of. We still enjoyed our trip because we do not get excited about small things. After going to the Riu in mazatlan many times it's hard to find another place that can compete. Thank you Jill at trip central for all your help on our booking.

Friendly Fun Vallarta: Still the same great hotel

This was the second time travelling to Friendly Vallarta, Puerto Vallarta Mexico and the resort is still an outstanding spot to go to relax, have great service and feel like you are at your home away from home. The resort is located a few minutes from the airport, so within an hour we had deplaned, got our luggage, boarded the Sunwing bus and arrived at our hotel after dropping off at two other hotels, not bad at all. The staff at Friendly go out of their way to make you feel welcome and comfo [... read more]rtable, special shout out to Sergio (Double Double), you made me laugh everyday, the service you provided at breakfast and then out on the beach in the afternoon was second to none. The beach is a little rough most days and the undertow can be very aggressive, so watch the little ones on the beach. The food is varied enough that you will always have something different to eat, at the beach bar they make wonderful pizza in a stone oven, or will make club sandwiches, or BLT's. There are three buffets for breakfast and two for lunch, the Ranchero, an Italian and Frieda's for dinner, as well as one buffet, all are good. The hotel has a sea turtle release program that was fascinating, each night they released hundreds of baby turtles into the sea and the hotel guests participated, very impressive that they are involved in the protection of the sea turtles! The location of the hotel makes it very easy to catch a bus into old Town and to the Malecon, both places I advise you to visit. The bus is only 15 pesos per couple to ride, can't beat the price, just go to the street and wave down a bus that has "Centro" on the window to get to Old Town and on the way back flag down a bus that has Hotels on the window, easy! Make sure you visit the Marina area, opposite way from Centro, lots of restaurants and bars and lovely boats docked in the marina. We walked from our hotel, but took about an hour, you can certainly take the bus here as well. You will pass the Walmart and Sam's club if you desire to do some shopping. Speaking of shopping a new and very large mall "La Isla" is being built just down the street from the Friendly, in front of the Grand Venetian Resort,it looks like it is going to be a high end shopping mall an it is scheduled to open in December. There is supposed to be a dolphin tank inside! All in all the Friendly is a great place to stay in the Puerto Vallarta area and is a very reasonable price as well. A lot of sites have it rated a 3.5, but I would rate it higher, it might be getting a lower rating as it does not have a swim up bar (but the guys will get you a drink at the infinity pool), plus there is not a disco, but there is great entertainment every night and dancing at the beach so who needs a disco?

Riu Flamingos: Riu Jalisco: Amazing resort

I found this resort to be great!!!! The staff were friendly and helped with anything whenever you needed it. The food was real good and a lot of variety. The activities were well run . The people that ran the activities were fun and friendly. I would recommend this resort to everyone. The rooms were clean .

Riu Flamingos: Bang for the buck!

This hotel is fantastic high end resort for a budget price! I have been 4 times and love it all. Fantastic foods....buffet has loads of seafood and salmon etc and something for everyone. Everything is close (small resort) short walk to pools, beach and restaurants. Great entertainment staff and lots of daily activities if wanted. Shows were excellent. Can't say enough for the money you spend. Cheap Cuba pricing at a quality 5 star resort.

Riu Flamingos: Puerto Vallarta Riu Jalisco

I have stayed at the Riu Palace previously, and am familiar with the Riu Santa Fe as well. The Riu Jalisco is similar to the Santa Fe in service, as in no Poolside or Beach Service, and no food allowed at the pool. and crowded. We were disappointed in the amenities in comparison to the Palace, and would rate the hotel as a 4 star for the rooms, and 3.5 stars for level of amenities including food. They gym equipment was old, and only had 2 treadmills, 2 elliptical, and 2 bikes for cardio, s [... read more]o that gets 2 stars They ran out of Barcardi Blanco daily, at the lobby, at the pool, and at the entertainment bars.. and since we only had no-name brand alcohol in the rooms, that was a fail. They had 3 main restaurants, and although the food was tasty, it was not spectacular. The steak house had steaks just over 1/4 inch thick, and although they were delicious, they were not worth the 2 hour wait in a super-hot and humid restaurant. The hotel filled up on Thursdays through the weekend, so if you you like waiting in lines for buffet and and hunting for free chairs at the pool, this may be your hotel. The adult pool was full of kids, so if you like splashing pool water in your drinks, enjoy! They had iguanas walking around the pool which I found amusing, I haven't seen that before. The gardeners also cut coconuts off the resident trees and provided them if you wanted one. The front desk always had plenty of pesos so changing larger bills for smaller 20's and 50's was never an issue. The rooms were kept nice and neat, and we had no issues with them. I would say if you don't mind providing your own service or waiting in lines for food, this hotel might be for you.

Fiesta Americana Puerto Vallarta: Wish we were still there...fabulous!

Just got home from a two week getaway at the Fiesta Americana.... was fabulous. The staff was out of this world, very clean resort, very accommodating.... drinks were good...pool was clean, food was great too. The only thing we would like to say is that they need one more restaurant, by the end of the second week we wanted something different...they have a lot of choice but no salmon which surprised us...besides that... nothing bad to say...we will definitely be going back!!

Grand Decameron Complex Bucerias Trademark: Fantastic resort

It is our 15 times that we go to this resort in the last 5 1/ 2 years and have recommended lots of people to the resort already and they all feel the same way then us, it is a 4 star resort with 5 star service.Every one is pleasant from the gardener, chambermaid, bartenders, waiters and the front desk staff.Going so many time now, most knows us by name and always shows their content that we are back at the resort. The person that is in charge of allocating the rooms gave us his personal e mai [... read more]l and told us when we go the next time to send him a note and he will make sure to reserve the room we want to stay in. The assistant General Manager asked us personally to write him a letter before we left to voice our opinion on some of the changes that was made and some of the changes that should be made. We have nothing but praise about this hotel and in the near future, we will go to their hotel in other countries to try them out. Thanks for letting us giving some feed backs. Chrystian Hebert & Family

Las Palmas by the Sea: Good bang for the buck!

We very much enjoyed our stay at the Las Palmas resort. Immediately upon our arrival we were welcomed by the staff and escorted to our room. The room was very comfy, with a balcony and view of the ocean. The only complaint about the rooms, would be the firmness of the beds; also the pillows were rather lumpy. However the cleaning staff were excellent, with washing the tile floors every morning, sweeping the balcony, and changing the bedding. We found the food to be excellent, with lots of  [... read more]variety for both meat lovers and vegetarians. There were always plenty of desert choices, along with great table service for bringing drinks and clearing off used plates. However, we were not impressed with the 'A La Cart' restaurant. Not only were reservations not required, but the service and food was secondary and NOT as good as that offered in the common eating area. There were two pools.....one being for adults, and the other for families, and both were very well maintained. The staff were always cheerful and polite, but many did not understand English, although that did not seem to be an impediment.

Riu Flamingos: Great Trip

The Hotel was amazing, not as clean as previous years, the food and people were as always great, few things in the room were more annoying then anything got locked out once had to wait forever to get in, twice locked out of the safe, things that they tryed to hurry to do but not so fast mexican time. sunwing is not the plane to go, even with the elite seats they seperated us and row 1 was cramped stewardess were not the best if you dont want want to be one go to macdonalds

Hyatt Ziva Puerto Vallarta: Very Nice

Nice resort, I would go back but like anything there are pros and cons Rooms - nice decor, clean, typical size, comfortable bed, (if you have a room with a view) absolutely gorgeous views, beautiful sunsets, at night, a romantic moon lite ocean, Service - average, staff are polite and helpful but at the same time very lacking in the concerns of the guest, construction noise, jack hammering all week in the room across the hall, the bar fridge was only stocked 3 of 7 days which  [... read more]means no water to drink in your room, Food - adequate, the quality of food in my very well traveled opinion is that, it is below average for an all inclusive, one exception, on one night they put on a Mexican Fiesta and it was very good, the buffet was enclosed so no birds pecking at the food but still has flies flying around and landing on the food, two of the 4 restaurants are situated on the beach and have a beautiful ambience, some restaurants are closed on some nights. Resort Size - Small, not more than a 5 minutes walk to get anywhere in the resort, Location - Fantastic, isolated between two rock cliffs you have a very private beach yet, is only a 10 minute bus ride to Puerto Vallarta, Beach - Fabulous, Small surf, (obviously weather dependent) very little undertow, great for swimming, the beach has about a 20 foot shelf so you can walk out past the surf and be at a depth of only 5 to 6 feet, not a good beach for small children or non swimmers, water was clear 7 of 8 days, Pools - to small and impractical, beautiful to look at, but had very limited seating and were very crowded because there just isn't enough room Bars - are adequate, they could really use some live music Private functions, 5 of 7 night there were private functions which makes this resort even smaller because you can not use the facilities were the private functions are being held

Riu Vallarta: Nice resort but overall bad cutomer service

Just returned on Sunday November 6/2016 Needs serious upgrades, changes were made 3 times to make the situation healthy and comfortable, the staff at sport bars excellent , food OK Not at all satisfied with the service nor will we ever return to this one. Such bad customer service. Disapointed with this well deserved vacation

Las Palmas by the Sea: The perfect size resort

The hotel has seen constant small improvements from the quality of food selection and presentation, to the constant maintenance of the grounds. The staff from all aspects of the resort make it easy to want to stay with them again.

Hyatt Ziva Puerto Vallarta: Amazing trip

We booked Hyatt Ziva, Puerto Varartta. We were there for 10 days and would go back tomorrow. The resort was fantastic. The water was clear and blue and the beach was private. The staff were so kind. We went to town 5 times and felt very safe and never pressured to buy from the vendors. We took the city bus to Boca and hiked to Oceam Grill restaurant. It's a beautiful place. What we enjoyed the best was that the hotel has a turtle program. They dig up turtle eggs on the beach and bury them in a s [... read more]afe area and keep them till they hatch and release them at dusk. Great memories and would not hesitate to book through trip central.

Crown Paradise Golden: Great resort

Lots of new renovations since our last visit in 2014 which really enhance this property. Love the new lobby bar and the nice & toasty swim up bar area!! Negatives are lack of variety at the Bella Vista restaurant and lack of consistency with the pool activities as you never know if anyone will show up to lead the scheduled event. Overall a nice experience, the staff are great!!

Riu Flamingos: Not what I expected

Pool is too crowded, most of the time. With the number of rooms they should atleast have one more pool. Some napkins, plates and glasses are not clean. You have to pay to play billiards. Our balcony door does not lock. People can smoke anywhere even when they are in the pool. There are bird poo on some of the chairs on the reataurants. Front Desk were very helpful and friendly especially Marco Pollo and Luz was good bartender, beach is good.