Puerto Vallarta Airport (PVR), Outside and Inside Terminal A & B
Puerto Vallarta's International Airport (Code name: PVR - Official name: Aeropuerto Internacional Gustavo Díaz Ordaz), started its operations on November 11, 1954, it provides air connection for a large part of the state of Jalisco, it serves tourists that visit Puerto Vallarta but is also the closest airport for towns north like Sayulita, Lo De Marcos, San Pancho, Punta de Mita, La Cruz de Huanacaxtle, Bucerias, Nuevo Vallarta and to the south for smaller towns and coastal resorts of the Cabo Corrientes and Costa Alegre area.
This makes the PVR Airport one of the busiest in Mexico, and handles a heavy load of tourists for this part of the Pacific Ocean side of Mexico. In addition to domestic Mexican flights, it receives flights from regular international and seasonal destinations in the United States, Canada and Europe.
Official Website: aeropuertosgap.com.mx
Number of terminals - 2 - Open 24 hours.
Annual passenger traffic: 4.76 million passengers went through it during 2018.
Phone numbers: +52 (322) 221-1298 & +52 (322) 221-1325
The PV Airport is located 4.5 miles north of downtown Puerto Vallarta.
The airport has currency exchange offices (7:00 am to 11:00 pm), ATMs and free Wi-Fi access. VIP Lounge is located in Terminal A, between the food court and the corridor to the international and national boarding area (security control & luggage checkpoint). It opens from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. offers air conditioning, newspapers and magazines, telephones, Wi-Fi, TV, snacks, beverages (access with Priority Pass membership, Lounge Club or Diners Club, by online reservation or paying at the door).
Food options include restaurants, fast food outlets, cafeterias and bars before and after security control. Duty-free shops are located inside Terminal A and B in the boarding areas. There are also stores offering clothes, souvenirs, jewelry, accessories, newspapers and tobacco.
Bus - Public service passes through the airport along the highway every 30 minutes and goes to the downtown area, Marina Vallarta, Playa de los Muertos, Nuevo Vallarta, Bucerias and south to Mismaloya and Boca de Tomatlan. There are also private buses to the cities of Manzanillo, Mazatlan and Guadalajara. The local bus station is not far from the airport.
Taxis - There is are two counters offering price regulated tickets for the airport taxis, they offer 24 hour service, they are located just outside the arrival hall in the airport's main lobby hall. The price will vary according to the destination area and the type of service you are purchasing (individual or shared). It takes around 15 minutes to get to the Puerto Vallarta downtown area.
The parking lot is in front of the terminal building, after the bus area. Offers a 24 hour service and has outdoor spaces, some covered places and a pre-payment system at ATMs within the terminal.
Handicap Access
There are elevators, tactile bands, escalators, ramps, telephones and adapted bathrooms. The parking has reserved spaces near the terminal. If you require special assistance, inform your airline about your needs in advance.
There are car rental counters in the Arrivals Hall.
Alamo (Tel +52 322 221 1228 - 7:30 a.m. to 0:00 a.m.)
Avis (Tel +52 322 221 0783 - 7:00 a.m. to 11:30 p.m.)
Budget (Tel +52 322 221 1210 - 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m.)
Dollar (Tel +52 322 221 1985 - 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.)
Europcar (Tel +52 322 209 0921 - 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.)
Fox (Tel +52 334 170 8243 - 24 hours)
Hertz (Tel +52 800 709 5000 - 24 hours)
National (Tel +52 322 221 1226 - 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.)
Thrifty (Tel +52 322 209 1005 - 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.)
How to find cheaper taxis at Puerto Vallarta Airport
If you are not traveling too heavy, without too much luggage and if you have the time, a great tip for saving on the Puerto Vallarta Airport taxi rates is to go catch a normal taxi on the other side of the highway.
Puerto Vallarta's airport is a Federal area and taxis there have to have special permits and pay extra taxes and licences, so they charge more than the normal taxis in Puerto Vallarta.
This video shows how you can leave the area and catch a normal PV taxi from the airport to the rest of the area. You can go northward to Nuevo Vallarta, Bucerías, La Cruz de Huanacaxtle, Punta Mita and maybe even further away, to Sayulita, San Pancho or Lo de Marcos.
If you cross the highway, you'll also be able to uber into town, as uber drivers will not pick you up in the airport premises, not only because it's illegal, but they can also get a big fine and maybe get detained too.
I talked to the taxi drivers and they provided a phone number to call them (it's at the end of the video) and they guaranteed that they would charge half of the Puerto Vallarta Taxi rates or what the PV Airport taxis had quoted you.
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Puerto Vallarta Airport Travel Tips - Arrivals: What You Should Know
We often get asked about arriving at Puerto Vallarta's airport (PVR). We put together a video right when we arrived (apologize on the poor quality video), but thought this would be beneficial for anyone arriving by plane.
Puerto Vallarta Airport Transportation
Puerto Vallarta Rides is your best transfer option from airport to your hotel or villa. Rent a SUV per hours and get a certified Puerto Vallarta tourist guide driving for you and your family and friends.
Puerto Vallarta Solo Trip: taking the bus to & from PVR
Taking the bus to and from PVR (Puerto Vallarta airport) was easy, even though it was my first time in Puerto Vallarta and Mexico. I also traveled solo on this trip.
The bus stop location is quite close. Once you exit the PVR airport and see daylight, turn to your left and continue walking to the end of the sidewalk path. Turn left at the corner, and a sheltered bus stop with a blue bus sign will indicate that this is the bus stop. It will be underneath the orangey pedestrian bridge. I looked for a blue bus that had the sign CENTRO to get to Hotel Posada de Roger in Zona Romantica (the Romantic Zone) of Puerto Vallarta (PV).
The bus fare is $7.50 pesos. I exchanged only a small amount of U.S. dollars to pesos to pay for the bus fare and have enough for a meal the first night. Exchange rates at the airport are horrible. If you want a good rate, withdraw your money at a credible bank ATM. There's a Banorte near the Malecon next to Cafe Vayan, with multiple secure ATMs.
Try to give the bus driver close to or the exact $7.50 pesos. They have to manually count how much each person gives them by hand. The driver also has to count and give you the change by hand. After you pay, you will receive a small slip of paper as proof of your payment.
The bus ride is extremely bumpy! If you easily get carsick or nauseous, it's not a good idea to travel by bus to/from PVR. You will travel through less developed neighborhoods in Puerto Vallarta, hence less developed roads. Space is also limited. If you get a seat, there's only enough space to put a backpack in your lap. I always travel very light, and purposefully only packed my backpack for this 4-day solo trip.
Prior to leaving the U.S., I downloaded offline maps app MAPS.ME and the PV map to navigate around PV without internet. I used this app to get off at a stop near Hotel Posada de Roger and to locate a bus stop for the ride back.
For the ride back to PVR, wait for a bus marked Aeropuerto to head back to the airport. It's usually very clearly marked in the front window of the bus and on the side window of the bus. The bus will stop across the street from the airport. You will have to go up and cross the orangey pedestrian bridge.
Overall, it was a relatively easy experience thanks to all the TripAdvisor posts I read! I hope this saves you some time in your research before visiting Puerto Vallarta!
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Uber 101 - Using Uber versus Taxis in Puerto Vallarta Mexico
In this video we show you how to use the Uber smartphone app to travel around Puerto Vallarta cheaply. Uber of course is available in many City's and if you are new to Uber this video will help you figure Uber out for using anywhere.
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The Puerto Vallarta Airport
After getting off the plane you will follow the signage to the immigration line. Depending on how many planes arrive at the same time, the longer the line of course. You will need the immigration card the flight attendant had you fill out, and you have it entirely filled out, even on the bottom where you didn’t notice you needed to fill out but need to anyway, and your passport.
By the way, I got an email from Brett from Seattle Washington who reminded me about a tip regarding filling out those immigration forms that we talks about in show 2 and 3. You know, the one you get from the flight attendant before you touch down in Puerto Vallarta, they are called FMM’s which stands for Forma Migratoria Multiple. Anyway, he says in his note…Barry, Listening to your second podcast and noticed you didn’t mention that you can complete the FMM online. It’s so much easier, and you don’t have to worry about a pen and writing small enough to get everything in the tiny boxes. When printed, fold it several times so they can separate the ‘top’ part from the ‘bottom’ like the pre-printed ones. I occasionally have to tell them it’s ‘nuevo – en linea’. Big time saver! Here’s the site: … there’s an ‘ES’ and an ‘EN’ button you can click for Spanish or English.
Links to Download the FFM
It’s at this point where the immigration person after looking you up and down and checking your mug against the mug in the passport photo, maybe even asking you a question or two, will stamp your passport. You will be waived on through another long walkway to a place with luggage carousels, money exchange windows and even places where you can buy cigarettes and booze. There is also a veterinary
Animal Arrival Puerto Vallarta Airport
room where you check in with Fido or Tigger. After you collect your luggage you will be asked to proceed to the customs lines where you will work your way up to the front where you will hand over your declaration card and you will be asked to press a button. If you are lucky, most people are, you will get a green light and will proceed to the next part of your journey. If you get a red light, you will be asked to proceed straight ahead of you to some tables with customs agents where they will ask you to open your bags for inspection. I have, in the many, many times I have been here over the last 33 years never been asked to open my bags. Not once. Call me lucky, but that has been my personal experience.
Luggage Carousel Puerto Vallarta Airport
Money Exchange Booth. Be Aware of Bad Exchange Rate.
Now. This is the moment you have all been waiting for. This is it ladies and gentlemen. If you listen to all of my podcasts and get absolutely no information from any of them, this is the part that you must listen to. After you escape the customs room you will go through some glass sliding doors and you will find yourselves in a place, nicknamed in a most loving terms of endearment, The Shark Tank. You will be walking through a corridor where on either side counters and tables and very official looking people nicely dressed, some in uniforms will try to be getting your attention. They will ask you if you need a taxi. They will say to you that they will arrange a taxi for you. They will ask you where you are staying and try to strike up a conversation with you. They will attempt to offer you things. Do Not Stop. Do not Engage These People. They are attractive, they are smiling big white toothy smiles. They look so harmless…they want to help me with my trip? They want to help me with a ride. DONT STOP!
They are there to sell you a timeshare. They are there to rob you of your greatest commodity. Your time. Time is precious Folks, and your vacation time is sacred. Don’t let these sharks rob you of one single moment of your hard earned vacation. Please, push through. Smile and say no thank you. Tell them you already have a condo, tell them you are not interested and walk on by......to find out more, go to puertovallartatravelshow.com.
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Hey there! We are Greg and Hillary – a husband and wife team that loves traveling, going on adventures, and helping others do the same! Although we love traveling, at this point in time, we still have full time 9-5 jobs in Dallas, Texas.
In August of 2016, we packed up our things, Greg quit his job, and we moved to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico!
Hillary is working remotely for her CPA firm and Greg is working on this site full time.
We view ourselves as fairly ordinary people, complete with an ordinary income, ordinary jobs, and (unfortunately) an ordinary amount of student loan debt (thanks UNT!).
I know what you are thinking, “Aren’t travel blogs supposed to be written by hippies that don’t have jobs and live in hostels?!” Well don’t you worry, we are working on making that happen! Although we hope to become full time travelers in the next 1-2 years, this site is not necessarily aimed at people that want to travel full time.
Our hope is not that you quit your job and become a long haired, bearded, Volkswagen van driving hippy. Instead, our hope is that after reading our stories you are more inspired to live a more fulfilling life from 5pm-9am!
Why such the emphasis on how ordinary we are? Although we love reading travel blogs, it is easy to feel disconnected from the writers at times. It seems as though they are leading such extraordinary lives that they are somehow doing something that is unreachable to the “average” person.
We are here to prove that wrong. We are here to tell you that even if you work a full-time job and only get two weeks of vacation each year-you still have the power to design an adventurous life for yourself. Afterall, that is exactly where we started before leaving it all behind to live la vida loca!
After having several caffeine induced conversations about how people should travel more and shift their priorities in a way that will lead to a more fulfilling life, we decided to share our stories with you.
Our purpose in creating Kinetic Kennons is to share our stories of travels, adventures, and funny mishaps and to inspire others to design a life full of exploration. Throughout this site you will find posts about how to go on a cheap weekend trip, funny stories such as the time Hillary forgot to update her passport before an international trip, and inspirational rants on why you should lead a more adventurous life!
Trip To Mexico Puerto Vallarta Day One, Part 1 on Myhouse TV
This is our family trip to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. We take you through our morning to the airport, plane rides, and getting to Mexico. We got the eat and swim before we got checked in. This is part 1 of our first day.
Puerto Vallarta Airport (PVR) Review
Thank you all for watching! This is a great airport and one of my favorites in my opinion. Here are some of my upcoming videos.
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Puerto Vallarta Mexican Vacation: Puerto Vallarta Airport
On our vacation to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, here we are at the Puerto Vallarta Airport. This is a combination of all the video I took here.
Puerto Vallarta Airport Tips to Save You Money
Puerto Vallarta Airport Tips to Save You Money, it really is simple... make sure to watch the 3 - 4 min mark to see the bridge that will take you to safe taxis for half and sometimes more than half the cost!
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The signs in the airport will say 300 pesos for one region and then if there are 3-4 of you in one taxi or have more luggage suddenly its 450 - 500 pesos which if you are wanting to save money living in Puerto Vallarta long-term maybe picking up several friends every couple of weeks just walk across the bridge maybe grab a bite to eat of some amazing seafood burritos then take a taxi for 200 - 300 pesos depending on where you are going! You won't regret it!
Puerto Vallarta Mexico
This video shows some of the highlights from our July 2018 trip to Puerto Vallarta Mexico.
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Puerto Vallarta Airport
Puerto Vallarta Airport is full. Its always great to see this. Puts a smile on my face from cheek to cheek!
Tips For The Puerto Vallarta Airport
Okay, so now we are all packed. We know what to bring. Passports, pack light, think cool, review what to do about money and your cell phone and internet needs in episode 2. Now you have arrived at the airport. What happens next?
After getting off the plane you will follow the signage to the immigration line. Depending on how many planes arrive at the same time, the longer the line of course. You will need the immigration card the flight attendant had you fill out, and you have it entirely filled out, even on the bottom where you didn’t notice you needed to fill out but need to anyway, and your passport.
By the way, I got an email from Brett from Seattle Washington who reminded me about a tip regarding filling out those immigration forms that we talks about in show 2 and 3. You know, the one you get from the flight attendant before you touch down in Puerto Vallarta, they are called FMM’s which stands for Forma Migratoria Multiple. Anyway, he says in his note…Barry, Listening to your second podcast and noticed you didn’t mention that you can complete the FMM online. It’s so much easier, and you don’t have to worry about a pen and writing small enough to get everything in the tiny boxes. When printed, fold it several times so they can separate the ‘top’ part from the ‘bottom’ like the pre-printed ones. I occasionally have to tell them it’s ‘nuevo – en linea’. Big time saver! Here’s the site: … there’s an ‘ES’ and an ‘EN’ button you can click for Spanish or English.
Links to Download the FFM
It’s at this point where the immigration person after looking you up and down and checking your mug against the mug in the passport photo, maybe even asking you a question or two, will stamp your passport. You will be waived on through another long walkway to a place with luggage carousels, money exchange windows and even places where you can buy cigarettes and booze. There is also a veterinary room where you check in with Fido or Tigger. After you collect your luggage you will be asked to proceed to the customs lines where you will work your way up to the front where you will hand over your declaration card and you will be asked to press a button. If you are lucky, most people are, you will get a green light and will proceed to the next part of your journey. If you get a red light, you will be asked to proceed straight ahead of you to some tables with customs agents where they will ask you to open your bags for inspection. I have, in the many, many times I have been here over the last 33 years never been asked to open my bags. Not once. Call me lucky, but that has been my personal experience.
Now. This is the moment you have all been waiting for. This is it ladies and gentlemen. If you listen to all of my podcasts and get absolutely no information from any of them, this is the part that you must listen to. After you escape the customs room you will go through some glass sliding doors and you will find yourselves in a place, nicknamed in a most loving terms of endearment, The Shark Tank. You will be walking through a corridor where on either side counters and tables and very official looking people nicely dressed, some in uniforms will try to be getting your attention. They will ask you if you need a taxi. They will say to you that they will arrange a taxi for you. They will ask you where you are staying and try to strike up a conversation with you. They will attempt to offer you things. Do Not Stop. Do not Engage These People. They are attractive, they are smiling big white toothy smiles. They look so harmless…they want to help me with my trip? They want to help me with a ride. DONT STOP!
They are there to sell you a timeshare. They are there to rob you of your greatest commodity. Your time. Time is precious Folks, and your vacation time is sacred. Don’t let these sharks rob you of one single moment of your hard earned vacation. Please, push through. Smile and say no thank you. Tell them you already have a condo, tell them you are not interested and walk on by............
Travel Vlog Mexico, Puerto Vallarta and Sayulita
Episode 3: Mexico
So we just landed in Mexico, the magical land of sun and tequila! We took a direct flight from London to Puerto Vallarta, averaging about 13hours. This video will highlight our journey in Puerto Vallarta and the magical small town of Sayulita. Both are located on the west coast of Mexico, enjoying the mesmerizing beauty of the Pacific Ocean.
Puerto Vallarta: This small tranquil city provides a good mix of Mexican flavor despite the fact that it is mostly a resort city oriented towards the touristic industry. The combination of amazing resorts, beautiful beaches, and an international airport make it the ideal location for those who wish to visit Mexico the first time. The downtown of PV is characterized by a typical Mexican flare, bright and vibrant colors and twisty paved roads; alongside charming small taco shops. The up-town of PV is mainly the Marina area, this is the place where the most prestigious resorts are located. This part of the city provides several marinas and golf clubs. Despite the numerous taxis available I strongly suggest the use of local public buses, at 7.5 pesos it is ridiculously cheap and with the added benefit of stopping wherever you want.
Puerto Vallarta to Sayulita: The trip from PV to Sayulita is just 1.5hrs by bus for a cost of just 42pesos. The bus could be embarked on from either the bus stop closest to the airport or from the bus stop located next to Walmart.
Sayulita: This tiny town is a real gem just adjacent to the Pacific Ocean, it is a safe haven for surfers. Unlike Puerto Vallarta, Sayulita retains all the charm of a typical Mexican village situated just off the jungle with some of the most beautiful sceneries. Numerous beautiful beaches characterize Sayulita, along with the numerous bars, shops, and typical taco stands. This place is truly the definition of heaven on earth, providing some of the nicest sunset sceneries.
How to travel from Puerto Vallarta to Sayulita?
Sayulita, offers great waves and a chilled atmosphere for beginner surf lessons as well as great surf breaks for intermediate surfers
Places to take the bus in Puerto Vallarta to Saulita:
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* Walmart ::: ::: ::: :::????Kiosco SC 3747, Blvrd Francisco Medina Ascencio 2900
* Airport ::: ::: ::: :::????Carretera a Tepic Km 7.5, Área Militar de Vallarta, 48311
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The easiest cheapest way to get to Sayulita Mexico from Puerto Vallarta Airport