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4/10 – Mangelhaft
Craig A.
4. Feb. 2015
Rustic
This vacation property is located in Aticama, a small fishing village north of Puerto Vallarta. This is a vacation rental that absolutely requires a car, and you absolutely require basic Spanish.
The good:
This property boasts a million dollar view of Matenchen Beach.
The front garden is beautiful.
The neighbours are amazing and lovely, though most do not speak english.
We loved all the stray dogs, but this may be a negative for some.
The area is beautiful.
The Not So Good:
We arrived on Christmas Day to stained linen, no hot water, and fans not working,
bugs in the linen and insufficient bedding.
1)Old, dirty, furniture.
2)Broken loungers without cushions.
3)Rusted pots and pans and cutlery.
4)Moldy coffee pot.
5)Bubblegum stuck onto the water cooler.
6)Zero basic supplies ie. Salt, sugar, oil etc. you can buy pop and cookies and a few very small things, but to get groceries you need to travel to San Blas.
7)Appliances not working.
8)No one speaks any english so you need to be comfortable trying hard with Spanish.
9)None of the contacts we were given were around to help.
10)This is a very rustic rental (no glass on the windows...it is open air). It does have a large gate to lock yourself in though.
11)The beach is a drive on beach, was very busy and not suitable for laying about without a vehicle.
That being said, we enjoyed the people, and the town and the area and being adventurous, we found our way and figured out ways to make things better. We did leave four days early. We submitted an email to the owner and never received a reply. If a rustic rental is something you would enjoy, there are many places that would be better for less money. It was overly priced for what we got, however the area is authentic Mexico. When you settle into the area it quickly becomes apparent the beauty surrounding you. Some basic supplies would have been greatly appreciated (salt, sugar, bag of coffee, bread and maybe a few fruits), appliances in working order, hot water, working fans. It was made clear to us that the owner hasn't been back in two years and perhaps she is unaware of the remediations required. Nonetheless a follow up response would have been appreciated. You take your chances with this one.