Some Notes About Puerto Vallarta Safety:

• While guests fly into the Puerto Vallarta airport to travel to the Hotel, The Grand Velas is actually located within a resort strip called Nuevo Vallarta.  This strip is entry controlled, and is continuously patrolled by tourist police.  

• Nuevo Vallarta is located on the Riviera Nayarit coastline.  This region was just named Top Destination in "Where to Travel in 2014" by Arthur Frommer.  You can read this article by clicking here.  

• "There is no recommendation against travel to Guadalajara and Puerto Vallarta. There is also no recommendation against travel on principal highways in Jalisco between Guadalajara including the portions that cross into the southern portions of the state of Nayarit.” (US State Department, Jan. 2014)

• In a recent study, Puerto Vallarta was found to be safer than Anaheim (another tourist-centric city).  

• Puerto Vallarta continues to be a popular stop for major cruise lines such Princess Cruises, Royal Caribbean, and Crystal Cruises.

Safety in Mexico

More than 150,000 Americans safely visit Mexico every day. And while the media sensationalizes stories of violence in Mexico, Mexico is safer than many major U.S. cities. Travelers feel relatively safe visiting popular U.S. cities like Miami, Philadelphia, Chicago, New Orleans, Washington D.C, or Atlanta. Visitors from around the world enjoy these vibrant cities in relative, reasonable safety. Yet each of these cities is statistically less safe than Mexico.

Unless you are involved in the drug trade, you are statistically safer in Mexico than anywhere else in North America. Even though the U.S. murder rate of 4 per 100,000 is lower than Mexico’s, tourists and visitors are statistically safer in Mexico and much less likely to be a victim of violent crime than in the U.S., Canada and many other countries regarded as safe.