Vista Club Playa de Oro

I am staying at the Playa de Oro December 13th to the 20th, now I have never been to this resort but i was wondering if anyone out there had any information on this hotel. How is it after the hurricane? I heard the rooms were redone is this true? How is the food and drinks? Do all the rooms have balconies?

Facilities are fine. No remnants of hurricane damage. Employees are very courteous. A word of advise. Do NOT get sucked into a timeshare pitch. Avoid offers of \"free\" breakfasts, tours, etc unless you want to waste a morning listing to a pitch. You do not want to own a timeshare in Mexico, especially at Marina de Oro which is part of the Playa de Oro complex. Other than that, you will have a great time at Playa de Oro, which is a short cab ride from the center of town.

\"They catered to their own culture\"

I have heard this remark before and I have to say it sounds pretty bigotted to me , my own expieriences with the Mexican people has always been a good one and they do not treat anyone differently if this was truly the case at your hotel then you should have
gone immediatly to management .As for catering to their own culture I feel this remark is uncalled for if your service was bad then say so dont slam these hard working people for your own perception maybe you got lousy service because of another reason ????

A few minutes later, another table would arrive (mexicans) and they would be served first!!

The words dont seem very friendly to me ....I do not have to respect an idea that I feel is based in bigotry .

Reread your own post you refer to the Mexican people as\" their culture\" and (mexicans) people who use the terms your people and their culture are basing an opinion on the race of the person or nationality. We agree to disagree I stand by my statement , I feel that its smacks of bigotry.

After reading many of these posts I felt compelled to reply (probably should not but I rarely back down). We have been to the Vista Club four times (returning again in February 2004) and have ALWAYS enjoyed the workers there. The bar tenders have always remembered our names and what we are drinking - usually takes a day but after that we usually just have to arrive at the bar and our drinks have arrived. The bar tenders usually call us by name or if one of them forgets calls us \"Senor Canadian\" and \"Senora Canadian\". We always leave a small tip each time we are at the bar. After telling the time share people we are not interested they leave us alone for the remainder of our holiday - most will even say hi and state yes they remember us and know we are not interested. Maybe these people (time share, waiters, etc.) treat guests the same way they are treated.

Thank you finally a voice of reason ,

I have seen these kind of remarks before El Cuchillo and I agree , people who come to Mexico as guests and are ignorant of the customs and traditions as well as how hard the people here have to work sometimes just dont get it. You are not at home its not the US or Cnada or wherever and I also must say we have had dinner at Playa many times with friends and have always been treated well of course as in all things you must give respect to get it maybe the complainers (Eck and Aprilraine) should take a look at their own actions before judging those of the hardworking Mexican people .

For the record, I have been coming to Puerto Vallarta for years and have always found the people at Playa de Oro and throughout the entire city to be friendly, courteous and hard working. My complaint is not with the citizens of Puerto Vallarta. If it were, I would not come back every year. It is with the owners of Marina de Oro who continually overcharge the timeshare owners by amounts exceeding those spelled out in written agreements.