Eric and I have never been to Mexico before and after researching which hotel to stay at and what/what not to eat we never saw anything about actually getting into Mexico. I have never been to any other locations in Mexico so I can only speak for the Puerta Vallarta airport however be very careful with who you trust!
We got off the plane and walked towards the signs that said baggage claim. Since we did not have any baggage we proceeded towards the exit where we were going to meet the car to take us to our hotel. We walked through the first of three double-doors to the “exit” and were greeted with a man in a vest who had a badge on and a logo on the vest who asked us which company was meeting us and asked us for the voucher we had to confirm who was meeting us. We told them what the name of the company was, Olympus Travels, a partner of American Express. We were ushered over to this row of people behind a counter who all wore a vest with a badge, it made it all seem very official. We were speaking with a guy named Germaine who told us our car was en route and that it would be there in 15 minutes but since it was our first time visiting PV he would show us the map and give some suggestions on where to go. After 5 minutes we realized Germaine and all the guys in the vests were trying to rope you in to sell you a trip or an activity while you are in town, by doing so they also earned a commission off of it. It was all a very well set-up process they had there and it all seemed legitimately set-up by the airport officials which really frustrated me. We finally walked away from Germaine only to go through a second set of double-doors to be greeted AGAIN by another man in a vest who asked to see our car voucher and that our car would be here in 15 minutes. Let’s just say that I had enough of this “help” from the guys in the vest and their scam was quickly blowing-up in their faces as we replied, “well how come Germaine in there just told us the car would be here in 15 minutes…15 minutes ago?!” This new guy tried to persuade us otherwise but we just walked away and through the third and last set of double-doors to where we found our chauffeur.
If you are traveling to PV soon DO NOT BUY INTO ANYONE’S SCAMS AND JUST KEEP WALKING UNTIL YOU GET TO THE DOORS THAT LEAD OUTSIDE!
Thankfully we did not buy anything from anyone but it definitely gave me a bad taste. Fortunately we had a great anniversary trip with no more scams!
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