A guide to Puerto Vallarta, checked and kept up to date
Puerto Vallarta is a real town with a resort coast stuck on the side. I write this so you can tell those two trips apart before you book.
A lot of Puerto Vallarta pages are either a weekend blog or a booking site that never says which beach you can walk to. Neither helps when you are picking a hotel.
Lia is 28, half Colombian and half German, and she edits Pointer Guides. She loves travel, fitness and festivals. The writing is warm and specific, with German practicality and Colombian humour. Every guide is researched from current sources (official venue info, recent traveller reviews, booking-site listings and local news). Prices and hours are checked, and pages are refreshed when things change. More about Lia. The guides cover the Zona Romántica versus Nuevo Vallarta, how to reach the Marietas Islands and Yelapa, and when the whales are in the bay. If I could not verify something, the page says so.
How we research
Checked sources
How I research: every guide is built from current, checked sources and updated when those sources change. Prices and hours move, so each page shows when it was last checked. Some links are affiliate links. If you book through them I may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. I do not invent prices, opening hours or personal trips.
Affiliate, not advertising
Some links earn a small commission when you book, at no extra cost to you. That never changes a ranking or a recommendation.
Updated, not abandoned
Prices, openings and closures change fast. I re-check guides and re-date them rather than leave stale info sitting there.
The editor
Lia
Lia is 28, half Colombian and half German, and she edits Pointer Guides. She loves travel, fitness and festivals. The writing is warm and specific, with German practicality and Colombian humour. Every guide is researched from current sources (official venue info, recent traveller reviews, booking-site listings and local news). Prices and hours are checked, and pages are refreshed when things change.
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