Booking Flight/Airport/ Taxi

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Booking Your Flight

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First things first, you’ll need to book your flight into Puerto Vallarta (PVR). We recommend checking SkyScanner to find the best flight for your trip. It’s essentially just a search engine for flights and you’ll be directed to the airline site for booking and payment once you select your flight. International Air Carriers American Airlines Alaska Airlines Sun Country Airlines United Airlines Southwest Airlines Delta Airlines From Canada Air Canada

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Puerto Vallarta Travel Protocols

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Entering Mexico via the Puerto Vallarta airport, you’ll need to complete several forms to get through immigation and customs. The arrival/departure protocols for the PV airport are detailed here. We recommend familiarizing yourself with these protocols to make getting through the airport smooth sailing. Travel Tips You’ll want to complete the COVID-19 health questionnaire before disembarking and either take a picture of the completed form and QR code or print out a physical copy. During your flight, the flight attendants will likely hand out the Multiple Immigration Form/Forma Migratoria Multiple (FMM) to everyone on board. The form only takes about 2 minutes to complete but make sure to PACK A PEN otherwise you’ll have to lean on the kindness of a stranger to provide one.

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Navigating the Airport/ Immigration

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Once you deplane, you’ll go through the immigration section of the airport. Depending on the day/time of your flight, this can take anywhere from 20 minutes to an hour to get through. You’ll first be asked to present the QR code for your health questionnaire which an agent will scan. Fill out that questionnaire beforehand! The airport does have free WIFI that you can use if needed. You’ll next get in line for the immigration queue where they will check your passport and Multiple Immigration Form. Make sure to keep the copy they hand back to you at this point because you will need to present it for your flight back. If you end up losing it, the airport will charge you a fee (~$40) to replace it.

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Navigating the Airport/ Baggage Claim

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You made it past the hard part. You’ll now walk down a long corridor to baggage claim to grab any bags you checked. There are also some kiosks to exchange for pesos here although we’d recommend getting pesos before you leave on your trip to get a better exchange rate.

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Navigating the Airport/ Customs

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You should see a line by baggage claim for Customs. You’ll need to fill out a customs form and then will be asked to press a button that will trigger either a green or red light. Green means you can pass with no inspection and red means you’ll just need to run your bags through their scanner which is a quick process.

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Navigating the Airport/ The Shark Tank (Time-Share Sales)

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This is the part where you need to keep your head down, avoid eye contact, and just keep walking! Between Customs and the airport lobby, you’ll have to walk through a short corridor where Sales folks will attempt to grab your attention with every trick in the book to lure you into purchasing a time-share, hotel package, excursions, transportation, etc.. They’ll ply you with free margaritas and will go so far as to tell you that you can’t continue to the lobby until you book with them. Don’t respond to their Sales siren call. Just keep walking!

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Navigating the Airport/ Airport Lobby

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You finally made it. Once you’re in the lobby you can get a taxi to your final destination, Sayulita!

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Getting a Taxi to Sayulita

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There are several options to get to Sayulita from the PV airport but our recommended mode of transportation is to take an airport taxi. The ride to Sayulita is about 45 minutes and costs around 1,000 pesos ($50). You shouldn’t have difficulty reserving a taxi as several people will likely approach you as soon as you enter the lobby. You can either pay in pesos, US dollars, or with a credit card (3% fee). Pesos is the most cost-effective way to go. There are several establishments that rent out golf carts in Sayulita which we definitely recommend if hoofing it isn’t your cup of horchata. We recommend Riviera Golf Cart Rentals which rents golf carts out for between $50 and $75 per day. You can ask them to deliver the golf cart to your AirBnB or hotel but you’ll likely have to pay in pesos vs. using a credit card if you go that route.