Our entire family stayed at the Playa Del Sol Costa Sur for 8 wonderful days of sunshine & fun! In preperation for our trip, I read all the reviews for this establishment and was actually a little worried about what our stay would entail.

Upon arriving at the hotel we were greeted with a refreshing "Welcome margarita" and not one person came running up to us about time share tours, but later we were asked if we'd like to attend a 90 minute talk. We checked right in and went straight to the room. It looked identical to the photos online, and yes, although the colors are bright...we thought they were fun, festive & added to the ambiance. The entire unit was spotless. However, the beds are quite hard...thank goodness the pillows were soft! We ran to throw open the curtain to our private balcony and the view took our breaths away. Every morning we ate our cereal outside while watching humpback whales & dolphins swimming just beyond the swimming lagoon. Take your binoculars!!

We spent tons of time at the pool area. There's a heated pool, cold pool, restaraunt & bar. Great happy hour drinks from 5-6pm courtesy of Fabrisio the best bartender in PV! The food was delicious, fresh guacamole all the time, the theme night dinners were awesome & the service was excellent! The workers down there really earn their money.

The only thing that annoyed us at the pool was guests getting up early, putting books in the chairs to "reserve" them and then not even using them. I sat on the corner of one chair for a minute to talk to someone I knew and a man came running over in full shirt & pants trying to "protect" his saved chairs. Ugh, but I'm sure that happens everywhere you go.

The pool area was just steps away from the hotel's beach and lagoon swim area. We snorkled and saw skates, an eel, needle fish, blue & yellow angel fish plus what I believed to be bala sharks. It was gorgeous and we felt protected in the lagoon.

It was hard to leave, but we will definetly be back!

This was our 8th visit to Puerto Vallarta. Initially, we were a little hesitant staying so far away from downtown but that was not a problem. We normally take the bus everywhere in PV, however, at Costa Sur we would take the bus into town and a taxi back, usually with groceries and stuff, for about $5. We stayed for 2 weeks.

The staff was very nice and the room was just as expected. The lagoon was awesome and was some of the best snorkeling we've ever done. The decor was average but all usable. Both pools were nice, but the main pool was where the action was and service there was excellent and the staff helped you make the most of happy hour including free popcorn. There was no mention of buying a time share, but there was mention as to if we wanted to sell ours (ours was trade).

Carlos the head bell guy was extremely helpful and even gave us a boogie board to use in Sayulita. Our 6-year old had a great time and met a few friends and Carlos was very nice to him, too.

The weight room was somewhat in disrepair but had enough working machines. I needed an internet connection each day and you can only use their computers, no wi-fi, but I was able to carry my thumb drive back and forth. We only turned on the TV while making meals and we liked the idea few programs were in English.

The beach is nice and it's isolated location kept the hawkers away. The sand is not as nice & soft as farther north, but we expected that. We rented a kayak but didn't arrange any other activities there. It was the rainy season but there was only one storm but it was amazing, like none we had ever seen before. The food and service at the restaurant was good, but once is enough. We go somewhere different each night. The convenience store about a block to the north was better stocked than CS's.

The Costa Sur is an ok place for the price. But really, don't expect much for the money. You have to take a taxi to get anywhere into where action going on in town, and to any resturants. The view is beautiful being right on the beach. And the room had strong air conditioning? I guess thats good, espeically in August when we went.
When it came to anything else. It wasn't worth it. The food was aweful and the service was even worse. The waiter actually came banging on our door at 10pm at night because we took the pink copy, not the white...
The Concierge wanted to talk to us...until we told him we weren't interested in another time share. Than they wouldn't give us the time of day. So we just figured things out on our own.
The rooms were old and out dated. The kitchette had a killer dead fish smell, so we just steered clear from using the kitchen much.
I tel you what though, if you're going down there, take advantage of the timeshare sharks. We did some pretty fun things on their dime. Tours of the city, a day boat tour, etc.
Its a beautiful place, you'll have fun no matter what though.

This is a warning to anyone thinking of buying timeshare while in Mexico. Please do not act on a whim and do lot's of research beforehand. See a lawyer before signing any contract. Do not sign anything before getting a lawyer. We were caught up in a timeshare scam with Playa Del Sol.