My name is Tiasha Montgomery and I am a travel agent with All About Travel in Oklahoma City. This last summer I went on a FAM trip (familiarization trip for agents) to Puerto Vallarta. I had a great experience there, with its small town charm and outstanding hotel infrastructure to the beauty it has to offer with the combination of ocean and mountains is absolutely breath taking. The culture there is away from the touristy norm destination which is why Puerto Vallarta is unique and makes for a great vacation spot! Along with the great activities like the zip line in the beautiful green mountains from swimming with the dolphins, there is just so much to do. Puerto Vallarta is everything you look for in a Mexican Beach vacation. Beautiful sunsets, warm waters, tropical cocktails, romantic walks on the beach…what else could you ask for?!
We did venture down to the nearby town of Bucerias-walking distance down to peaceful white sand beach. Nuevo Vallarta is a less-populated area and beach, compared to the downtown area. We had the freshest ceviche on a street cart, there are some street vendors here with good prices, and I bought a sundress for myself and some local pottery as gifts. We relaxed around the resort most days, at the pool or on the beach, ingesting a steady stream of tequila in frozen blended mango. We emerged from our sunny paradise one more time to do the “Canopy Tour” with Vallarta Adventures. Highly-recommended adrenaline rush! There were excellent instructors and facilities. It was an adventure!
Some more notes on the trip: the weather was great-about 80 degrees F, the ocean water was nice, and I think it was 80 also. The city was safe, taxis were U.S. prices. All in all I had a great time and will definitely go back again and again!
