Editor's Pick
Pros
- An Ocean View Guarantee, in Writing: Sunset Plaza Beach Resort commits to an ocean view on every room, with categories from a 366 square foot Deluxe up to the 1,292 square foot Sunset Suite, 24-hour butler service, the ZenSet Spa, tennis and free parking.
- All-Inclusive Beach and a Business Base in One Group: Three Puerto Vallarta all-inclusive resorts — Sunset Plaza, Plaza Pelícanos Grand and Plaza Pelícanos Club — alongside Guadalajara Plaza Expo Business Class, a 204-room city hotel fifty metres from Expo Guadalajara.
- Adults-Only Corners Inside Family Resorts: Sunset Plaza runs an Adults Only Pool and Pelícanos Grand a ninth-floor Sky Bar Lounge for adults, so a family resort still leaves somewhere quiet — and Pelícanos Club adds a supervised Kids Club and Kupuri Spa at the other end.
Cons
- Wi-Fi at Pelícanos Club is in the lobby area rather than throughout, so a working holiday is better suited to Sunset Plaza or the Guadalajara property.
- The all-inclusive at Pelícanos Grand runs 7am to 11pm rather than around the clock, which covers every meal and most of the evening.
The Verdict
What sets this group apart is a name that undersells it: Guadalajara Plaza Hoteles is really three Puerto Vallarta beach resorts and one Guadalajara city hotel, and the beach side is the stronger half. Sunset Plaza Beach Resort in the Zona Hotelera is the flagship, with an Ocean View Guarantee on every room and categories running from a 366 square foot Deluxe through a Deluxe Premium with private plunge pool to a 1,292 square foot Sunset Suite with two bathrooms, plus 24-hour butler service, the ZenSet Spa, a fitness centre, tennis and free parking. TripAdvisor puts it at 4.6 across 4,835 reviews, 44th of 157 in Puerto Vallarta. Plaza Pelícanos Grand adds an infinity pool over the ocean, a heated family pool and a ninth-floor adults' Sky Bar Lounge, with a pet-friendly programme and room categories from standards to two-bedroom family suites. Plaza Pelícanos Club runs a beach club with an oceanfront pool, the Kupuri Spa, a supervised Kids Club, tennis and free 24-hour parking. In the city, Guadalajara Plaza Expo Business Class puts 204 rooms fifty metres from Expo Guadalajara with La Flor de Calabaza restaurant, the B2R lobby bar, a fitness and business centre and six event rooms — rated 4.2 across 1,439 reviews and 18th of 168 in Guadalajara. Rates are quoted live per date and cancellation terms are seasonal — Sunset Plaza publishes a table running fourteen days before arrival in standard periods, sixty days over Christmas and New Year and forty-five over Easter. Book the beach resorts for the ocean view guarantee; book the Expo hotel for the location.
Three Puerto Vallarta Resorts and a Guadalajara Base
Guadalajara Plaza Hoteles operates four properties in Mexico. Three are all-inclusive beach resorts in Puerto Vallarta: Sunset Plaza Beach Resort in the Zona Hotelera, which is family-oriented with an Adults Only Pool; Plaza Pelícanos Grand Beach Resort in the Las Glorias hotel zone, family-oriented with an adults-only Sky Lounge Bar; and Plaza Pelícanos Club Beach Resort on Las Glorias Beach, a family beach resort. The fourth is Guadalajara Plaza Expo Business Class, a 204-room city and business hotel fifty metres from Expo Guadalajara, sold room-only rather than all-inclusive.
Sunset Plaza room categories run the Deluxe Room with two queens at 366 square feet for three guests, the Superior Deluxe at 431 square feet, the Deluxe Premium with a king and a private plunge pool at 420 square feet, the Premium Suite at 904 square feet with two bathrooms for four, the Infinity Suite at 1,195 square feet and the Sunset Suite at 1,292 square feet. The property publishes an Ocean View Guarantee and offers 24-hour butler service, the ZenSet Spa, a fitness centre, tennis, free Wi-Fi and free parking. Plaza Pelícanos Grand runs standard rooms with two doubles or a king, studios, one-bedroom suites and two-bedroom family suites in standard, pool-view and ocean-view variants, all with flat-screen cable television, robe and slippers, air conditioning, a coffee kit, floor-to-ceiling windows and 24-hour room service.
Amenities: Pelícanos Grand has an infinity pool with ocean views, a heated family pool, a ninth-floor Sky Bar Lounge for adults, a spa at extra charge, complimentary room service from 7am to 4pm and a pet-friendly programme, with the all-inclusive running 7am to 11pm. Pelícanos Club has a beach club with an oceanfront pool, the Kupuri Spa, a supervised Kids Club, multiple pools including children's pools, a tennis court, free 24-hour parking, Mexican and Italian restaurants, a pizzeria, coffee shop, sports bar and aqua bar, with free Wi-Fi in the lobby area. Guadalajara Plaza Expo has La Flor de Calabaza restaurant serving a breakfast buffet and Mexican and international menus, the B2R Lobby Bar, a fitness centre, a business centre, six event rooms, paid valet parking and free Wi-Fi.
Rates are quoted live per date rather than published as a rate card. Sunset Plaza publishes its terms in detail: check-in from 3:00pm and check-out before 12:00pm, a card authorisation to secure the booking, and a seasonal cancellation table running roughly fourteen days before arrival with a one- or two-night penalty in standard periods, sixty days before arrival with the full stay as penalty over Christmas and New Year, and forty-five days over the Easter weekend, with unused nights non-refundable on early departure and bookings of five rooms or more treated as groups under separate deposit terms. Guadalajara Plaza Expo states that refundability depends on the rate booked and confirmed by email, with the charge processed up to 72 hours after confirmation, and accepts Visa, Mastercard and American Express. TripAdvisor ratings at the time of writing: Sunset Plaza 4.6 across 4,835 reviews, Plaza Pelícanos Grand 4.0 across 4,210, Plaza Pelícanos Club 4.0 across 3,525, and Guadalajara Plaza Expo 4.2 across 1,439.
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