Puerto Vallarta Blog

A few years ago, my wife and I had the most incredible wedding in Puerto Vallarta where more than 100 of our friends and family joined us for a celebration. The venue was a beautiful villa in Mismaloya that we secured from The Caribbean Villas, from their large Puerto Vallarta Vacation Rental inventory.

It all started a year earlier when we decided to look into the benefits of having a destination wedding. We live in the San Francisco Bay Area, and since I am from Chile I struggled with the idea of getting married here and not having many of my friends and family present. If they were to come to the U.S. they would have to go to Uncle Sam’s embassy in Chile to get a Visa, throw down a lot of money for a round trip flight, book an expensive hotel in the City, and figure out how to get around in another language. I started to think that the only thing from Chile that I would enjoy on my wedding day would be the wine. (more…)

For new and seasoned travelers alike, there is no better way to enjoy your vacation experience in a tropical paradise than by renting a private villa.

For rates per bedroom very competitive with hotels and condos, you can enjoy your own private resort home complete with professional staff ; non-intrusive day employees who provide a comfortable mix of personalized service and privacy.

You will find there is no comparison to spending your long awaited holiday in a well appointed vacation home to a room with a bed.

At a villa you will enjoy:

A trained cook to cater to your fancy without having to do the grocery shopping or cleaning…

A butler to prepare drinks poolside in the evening as you watch sunset…

Catered dinner parties for your houseguests in the luxury of your own home…

The convenience of dining out only when you want to…at a villa you do not have to eat out every meal and you only pay for the groceries and tips; not restaurant prices….

Lounging in comfort with no schedules to meet…. At a hotel, you can only enjoy breakfast in your pajamas by ordering room service.

To ensure the success of your villa experience, contact Vacation Villas of Mexico. A professional villa specialist will guide you through the process, make educated recommendations based on your needs and budget and generally take the worry out of your planning.  

For as long as Puerto Vallarta has had a tourism industry and people have had access to the internet, we have had the option of booking tours online. This has proven to be quite a convenience, saving customers time and the often unnecessary ‘foreign transaction fee’ by credit card companies.

However, with the advancement of technology and the methodologies utilized to develop cutting edge websites, many of the Puerto Vallarta booking services have been left behind. Many still offer websites based off of FrontPage, a formerly widely used system for developing websites from Microsoft. The problem is, that this system is extremely outdated, obsolete, and worst of all opens visitors up to potential identity theft through the multiple security holes prevalent in the system. It also greets visitors with archaic web designs, and a navigation that is often hard to get through, if it even works at all in today’s modern browsers.

Enter, the new age of booking in Puerto Vallarta. One which utilizes the most modern of technologies and overcomes the poor security standard set by tour providers in Puerto Vallarta. Vallarta Discovery, one of Puerto Vallarta’s most modern booking services, offers a stream lined approach to booking tours online. The site offers a beautiful design that is pleasing aesthetically, as well as an intuitive navigation that allows for an extremely user friendly experience.

The checkout is also extremely useful, allowing you complete control over what you are purchasing. Not to mention the SSL (Secured Socket Layer) secured checkout processed by a world renown credit card processing system.

Enjoy Puerto Vallarta like never before: booking Puerto Vallarta Tours will never be the same.

Ok, nobody wants to use them, but if they are necessary its good to know where to find them for Puerto Vallarta.

Here I have some important phone numbers for the community:

Emergencies  060
Red Cross  065
Fire Department  (322) 293 17 12
Police  (322) 290 05 07 or ..12 or ..13 
   
Hospitals  
Amerimed Hospital  (322) 221 00 23
San Javier Hospital  (322) 226 10 10
CMQ Hospital  (322) 223 08 78
Medcare Ambulancia, Air and Land  (322) 222 33 55
Medasist Hospital  (322) 223 04 44
Cornerstone Hospital  (322) 224 94 00
Ambulancia Global  (322) 226 10 14
Servicio Medico de la Bahia  (322) 222 26 27
Clinica Intermedica  (322) 223 19 91 
   
Consulates  
U.S. Consulate   (322) 222 00 69 Fax:(322) 332 33 01
Local 4 - Int 17  or in Guadalajara 24 hrs: (333) 268 21 45
2nd floor Paradise Plaza  
Nuevo Vallarta 
   
Canadian Consulate  (322) 293 00 98 Fax: (322) 293 28 94
Blvd. Francisco M. Ascensio 1951  or 24 hrs: 01 (800) 796 29 00
Puerto Vallarta   
   
Immigration Office Puerto Vallarta (322) 224 76 53 
  
Tourism Office Puerto Vallarta (322) 221 26 76 or ..77 or ..79 or ..80 
   
Credit Cards  
American Express   (322) 223 29 55
Mastercard  01 (800) 366 31 00
Visa  01 (800) 706 6600

Important: To avoid communication problems You should have the written destinations adress on hand.

Airport Taxi: At any Airport or Overland Busterminal in Mexico You find buths to buy a Taxi Transport to Your destination. Payment is in advance, transport is secure and all drivers are registered. There are luggage carriers also, which are not included, if You use their service please be friendly with tipping. It’s a very hard job.

Taxi: Once You are at Your destination and Your luggage is secured You may also use the normal yellow taxis You find all over the city. Before entering a Taxi ask for the quote. Quotes are fixed by zones but this matter is within the knowledge of the taxidrivers, You dont have a control option. Within the city You get to any place at prices between 30 and 60 Pesos. (more…)