Sarah & Jacque:
Jacque, that is too weird. We stayed at Vallarta Palace in Nuevo Vallarta too. How long were you there for? Hopefully not when I was there, because you would have been laughing at me the night I got fall down drunk in the lounge.
Sarah: Our hotel was north of the airport. We had looked at Dreams( which is south of downtown), but found a good deal at the Palace resort that we couldn't pass up. The Palace resorts can be very expensive during prime seasons. We just happen to hit the laul between the college spring breaks and the Easter breaks and had a decent deal. We drove past Dreams on a tour and it look beautiful from the outside. It has a private beach, where the water looked pretty calm. Our hotel was very nice. The one problem with it is, since it is in Nuevo Vallarta, it is far from activites. Downtown is 45min cab drive. The zip line tour was over an hour away. Although we had to take cabs, we still had a wonderful time and would love to go back sometime. Hope you have as much fun in August. I have heard that their rainy season is July through Sept. so be perpared and check into that before you go.
Jean