I booked the Riu Peninsula in Cancun for my first trip outside of the US. I went solo mid February. I was able to get off the resort a few times. How easy or hard is it to get to Puerto Vallarta from here. Cure boredom etc?
Thank you for the review! Looks like an amazing hotel. What made you decide on the Riu Vallarta vs. the Jalisco? Does Riu Vallarta provide shampoo, conditioner, and body soap?
Thank you and you’re welcome. We picked the Vallarta because we just really liked the look online and reviews/videos we watched. Yes the Vallarta had those things supplied in the rooms.
Thanks for the review, a lot of useful information. We are going with family of 8 people, we booked it via an agent via phone call. Except the flight tickets, we didn have information how to get to the hotel and what rooms to have, are there shelters after we arrive Puerto Vallarta airport, do we have to call to book or request rooms before we go? Looking forward to hearing from you and thank you!
Hi, we booked right through the Rio website and airport transportation was included. The shuttles are waiting directly outside the airport. Once you get through customs you will want to walk through the airport and go outside to find the hotel transfers. You will want to ensure that before you leave home that you have an airport voucher/code if you get it through Riu, I would call the agent you booked through to arrange this. When you get to the hotel you check in like any other hotel and get your assigned room at that time. Hope that helps, if you have any other questions let me know
Great review! We are looking at this resort for a larger family vacation after 14 ranging from age 16-82. What room category did you book? Also any problems getting into the a la cartes without the resos? Did you go into PV for an off resort day?
Hi, Thank you! We booked the double standard room. Before we had arrived I downloaded the RIU app and requested a high level room and a view. These were free requests so there was no guarantee but I was happy with what we got. The Ala carte were no issue other than the steak house. That one always had a line up and a few nights it ran out of tables. People would line up around 430-5 for a 530 opening. We found a lot of them weren't even dressed for supper but had come from the beach and just got a beeper and time for their sitting. Other than that everything ran smooth. We did go into Old PV one day and that was a lot of fun. We also did a zipline excursion with Vallarta Adventures and that was a lot of fun too. We would definitely go back!
Wondering about the rooms. Do all the rooms have balconies, even if you go with the base room or in the video it shows no balconies on the front or is that just a hallway. Thanks much.
Yes. If you download the Riu app and then look up the Riu Jalisco activities it will tell you what one is scheduled. I just looked up and tomorrow (Feb 23) is the white party!
I will be going there this month too, but I would like to know do we need to fill out any forms please, travelling from the United Kingdom as some people are saying yes and some are saying no. Thank you.
It is, we swam most days. There was a couple where the red flag was out. Some people were still swimming those days. We didn’t when the red flag was up
Room service? Towel Cards? Beer wine and soda pop for lunch and dinner. No mixed drinks? No free umbrellas. $15 US for each beach umbrella every day? Washrooms around the resort and around the pool? $15 US for each Umbrellas. Drink service at the beach? Random?
Hi. There is room service, we never used it. You get towel cards for each person and we had new towels everyday. There is beer, pop and juice for lunch and dinner as well. There was no charge for beach umbrellas that I saw. We used the pool umbrellas and no charge for those. There were lots of washrooms around the resort and pools. Drink service did come around the beach and pools but I would just get our own drinks.
@@tiffaneyandcoxo you bet. The a la cartes are sit down restaurants with specific culinary themes. There was Japanese, French, steak etc there. It has a menu to pick from as opposed to the buffet
