Hotel: People at the hotel were not welcoming. Instead, they found out we were from California and immediately tried to sell us on "Adventure packages". We blew it off and told them that we would get back to them once we settled into our hotel room. We hadn't been there even 5 minutes before they wanted to sell us things. We went up to our room, the guy handling our luggage had to be the nicest person we met at the hotel. Through our stay he would always say hi and see if we needed anything else. I don't know why everyone was so salty, we were on our honey moon and thought that they would be a little more welcoming... nope. The rooms were okay. They remind me of small condos, bedroom, bath and kitchen. The best part was the huge balcony and view. The 'Presentation': The worse experience from the entire trip was giving in to there "Adventure Package Discount" which was suppose to consist of a one hour presentation. We wanted to save some money so agreed to go get our 'free breakfast' and do the dang presentation. The presentation consists of being walked to the front of the hotel were you're asked your income, age, and occupation. It was super invasive and you have no time alone. They sit with you during breakfast and watch you like a hawk asking you the most personal questions. I wish I could remember the woman's name that sat down with us, she had dyed blondish/light brown hair. As we left our breakfast she said we could leave a tip for the guys, I looked at my husband and he informed me that he didn't even bring his wallet so we just kept walking to the presentation. Once we got inside they kicked a couple out of the room where they were going to show us what this vacation package deal was all about. They were so rude and kicked them out only because they weren't Americans. She wouldn't let us leave the room until we asked her 5 questions about the program. Literally told us she won't let us out until we give her some feedback so that she can tell her manager that she did her job. It was so awkward. At this point the hour had been over and we are not even close to being done. They take us outside where her manager tries to sell us this absurd package. They wanted us to decide right at that moment to buy their $30,000 package. No, they didn't say that upfront but my husbands really good at math and was able to get through the fine print. The lady doing the presentation didn't even know how to use the calculator and became angry when we told her we didn't want to buy. She told us why did we even come if we weren't going to buy. I reminded her that I had told her we just came for the discount. She became furious and told us that nothing in life is free and the we need to give the guys a tip. I told her that we don't even have pesos she said that they accept dollars. At this point I was so upset but my husband not knowing Spanish gave the guys our cash. She walked us to the front furiously and handed us off to a guy to give us a discount. The entire time she gave me the dirtiest look. I had never ever experienced something like that in my life. Hence the essay of a review. Americans, stay away from the "Free Breakfast Presentation" or anything that is attributed to the Vallarta Adventure discounts. They are vultures and extremely rude. We are so glad we did not purchase anything from them since they refused to let us do research about it. We got back to our hotel and I looked up the package they were trying to sell us and found this consumer affairs report that proves it is a con scheme. (the link is down below) The only reason I don't give this hotel a 1 is because the beach was beautiful and it was my honeymoon and no one could ever ruin that. https://www.consumeraffairs.com/travel/royal-holiday.html read more

Hotel los Tules - View from our balcony. - Puerto Vallarta, JAL