Top Local Tips for Nuevo Vallarta

Conversation Show a little respect for the people and learn some Spanish! Less touristy = less English. You'll have a better time and have more fun if you can speak even a little of it.

Rental car rip-offs Rental car reservations mean next to nothing in Puerto Vallarta. If demand is higher than supply, they will come up with some sort of reason not to give you the car: We are all out; you arrived 5 minutes later than your reservation; we only have a dune buggy with no a/c. Tip: Make 3 different reservations with 3 different rental companies, incase you are held up in customs (usually 30-45 minutes when you finally get to your luggage) so that you have options, AND make them each 30 minutes apart, so they can't say it expired 2 minutes before you got there. That way no matter what, you will have at least one that you will be there early for. Also, try to get a flight that lands by 1:00. Late day flights (4-5 pm) will have no cars. National ended up bailing us out of a rental car no show disaster with Dollar.

ISOLATED IF YOU ARE AFTER CULTURE AND NIGHT LIFE AND SITE SEEING STAY CLOSER TO PUERTO VALLARTA...IF YOU WANT NOTHING MORE THAN TO LIE ABOUT A POOL STAY HERE.