Melia Puerto Vallarta All-Inclusive

My husband & I stayed 4 nights, 5 days in July 2009. This is the best hotel to stay at, always something going on and VERY friendly. Clara at Vacation Club is AWESOME. She spoke to us everyday to make sure we were having a good time. The room was a little warm but overall stay was EXCELLENT. I would go back in a second.

I enjoy all the things in the hotel. the food, the service. Good trip! Yo disfrute todo en el hotel. La comida, el servicio. Fue un buen viaje!

Type:GettingAround Distance: Requires transportation

Used public transportation

Dont expend to much money in taxi, the public transportation is less than 0.50 cents and you enjoy. they can do a better job in that public buses but for o.50 that it is a good deal.

We recently stayed at the Melia for 6 days. The service was very nice. The food was not bad either. The only thing is some of the restuarants were only open some of the days. So, there were nights when only 2 restaurants were open. On a positve note, right across the street was the Marina and there were a lot of good restaurants and shops. All the way at the end is a taco shop VERY GOOD> There were alot of kids on property so if you are going for a romantic get away this not the place for you. Another thing, a dollar goes a long way. We tip our waiters $ 1 each time they would bring us a drink and you would not believe the thankfulness that was showed. X was great. He served around the pool each day we were there and would remember everyones drink order. We had 14 people with us. I probably would not stay here again just because I would like a bigger beach.

We went with the intention of getting away, have a couple of drinks and were prepared for ""ok"" food and were still kind of disappointed. We felt pressured to attend a time share presentation and were promised freebies but the massages had limitations on them and it was hard to book an appointment even though it was a ghostown. Couple of the restaurants were not open while we were there. Everyone had their hands our for tips even though they were ""supposed"" to be included. Water was dingy and trashy. Hotel was beautiful and there were plenty of activities, we just never felt informed. We upgraded to the M experience and dont think it was worth it. AC was barely working, no bottle of wine at all, room was alright but still small, bed was rock hard. We had plenty of covers but room never got that cold that we needed them. We never knew we could have ordered room service until that last day there. NOONE explained the M Experience to us and it was a huge waste of money. We were entitled to 2 free 30 minute massages and were never told about them. Now mind you that this was during the flu scare and there werent all that many people there and it appeared they were still full staffed. The fridge was stocked with warm beer that took a day to cool off, cofee pot could not be plugged in uless you called to get an extention cord! I dont think i would go back to this resort, it kind of turned me off to the whole all inclusive deal!

Type:Dining Distance: Short walk from hotel

Town and restaurants!

Tikul was located in the marina across from the hotel and the food was absolutely amazing! It was next to the big lighthouse, 5 star meal for about 50 bucks with drinks and appetizer! Bus runs downtown for 11 pesos for 2 people and was quite fun and exciting to ride. The beach near town had clearer water and was more scenic than the one at our resort. We were told that the resort will let you use their beach for about 20 bucks which would have been worth it. Flea Market wasnt worth it, too much junk and hassling.

Had a great time at Melia PV. The staff were excellent. The beach was clean. Pool was great. It was a very family friendly resort. Would definitely recommend this place to friends who were bringing their family. Food was not outstanding, but it was edible and neither my fiance nor I got sick on the trip. The resort is also located very conveniently by the Marina. It will take a cab ride to get to the area of the marina where excursions will take off though. It should only be a $5 cab ride.