Puerto Vallarta Mexico Retire Cheap in Paradise

Here is my Puerto Vallarta Mexico Retire Cheap in Paradise Guide.

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Puerto Vallarta Mexico Retire Cheap in Paradise

This is Dan from Vagabond Buddha. I am compiling a list of the top places to retire cheap in the world. My research started in 2007 when I moved from the USA to India. My search has taken me to 65 countries so far. I visit family in the USA a few weeks per year but keep moving forward internationally otherwise. When I hear about a great new place, I head off and investigate. Subscribe here or at my Youtube Channel if you want to know the best travel cheap to paradise locations in the world. I travel and share the best places to retire or live cheap.

Above is the place where we are staying for a week in Puerto Vallarta Mexico.  We paid $26 USD per night on the days we stayed there. There is also a code that might get you a discount on this place. It is a 2 bedroom, 1 bathroom, fully furnished apartment with kitchen, ocean view, and a large terrace with ocean view.  Airbnb.com–If you are new to Airbnb, see if this code gets you a discount: http://www.airbnb.com/c/dbell50

Livability Factors

My livability factors are unlikely to be the same as yours. But I think it is important to discuss them so you can contrast your own thinking with mine. I like living in highly walkable, charming areas, with everything I need to have a good time, that doesn’t require me to have a car. I like cheap prices, great internet, great weather, a bunch of things to do, and an opportunity to socialize. I like to have a quiet place to go back to but I like to have people around me when I so choose. Here is how Puerto Vallarta stacks up under these requirements.

Walkability: Puerto Vallarta, old town romantic zone, is extremely walkable. We have literally only gotten in an Uber taxi once in 7 days. We bought so many groceries, we couldn’t carry them home. We also got on a local bus once to get up to Marica Vallarta for a day trip. We have walked everywhere else. It is so walkable that you would not need a car at all if you decide to live or retire cheap in Puerto Vallarta. As you can imagine, not having a car will help create low costs of living in Puerto Vallarta.

Internet: The best kind of Internet is when it works so well that you forget it is even there. The wifi connection in our Airbnb apartment is that good.

Food: Almost everything is here. Italian, Mexican, Vegetarian, French, Greek, Greek, American, Peruvian, Lebanese, Chinese, Indian, Thai, etc. Food is unlikely to be an issue for you here.

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Weather: Puerto Vallarta Mexico has amazing weather most of the year. The warmest month is August. The average high for the day in August is 93F or 34C. The average low at night in May is 73 F or 23C. It cools down at a little bit at night in the summer from the Pacific Ocean breeze, but some people need air conditioning at night to sleep comfortably. We are here in August and a fan is enough for us at night. The coolest month of the year is February. The average low at night in February is 61F or 16C. The average high for the day in February is 84F or 29C. The rainy season is June through September when it rains 7 to 14 inches per month (187 mm to 370 mm). There is not much rain the rest of the year.

Things to Do: This is a charming beach town of 200,000 people. It attracts visitors from all over the world including vacationers, snowbirds, and permanent retirees. There is a huge expat community here also. All of the ocean watersports are here. The romantic section has many international citizens including retirees and snowbirds. So the large foreign influence has diversified the types of restaurants, stores, and foreign products that have been able to remain profitable and stay open. There is also a Walmart near Marina Vallarta. There is not much live theatre, symphony, or dance here. There is an Expats in Vallarta Facebook page if you want to learn more about a specific thing to do.

Social Considerations: You will be able to make expats connections here but you will need to learn Spanish if you want to live a diverse interesting life here. The expats here seem to be more partial year visitors here than other places in Mexico like Chapala, Ajijic, or San Miguel de Allende. You will need to supplement with Mexican friends if you want to live a full life here year round.

Real Estate: I wouldn’t buy anywhere in the world, right away. If I picked the best place in the world, I would live there for a few years before making a purchasing risk. The rents are reasonable enough that buying could wait. I have posted a few places for sale at the bottom of this post, just so you could get an idea of prices. But I wouldn’t until at least one year of living here, and only after I was certain I loved it.

Desire to Move Here: High. This place is perfect for me. It has everything I need to have a great life for 6 months of the year, October through April. The other 6 months, I would continue traveling the world. If I wanted to stay over the summer here, I would definitely get a place with AC.

History of PV

1. Prehistoric archeological evidence suggests continuous human habitation in this area since about 600 BC by the ancestors of the Aztatlan culture, which dominated in Jalisco from 900 to 1200 AD.
2. Conquistador documents dated 1524, describe a battle between Spanish colonizers in this area and 10,000 indigenous people carrying colorful Banderas (flags).
3. There are sailing logs dating back to the 17th century of smuggling and piracy operations in this area, but only 800 people lived here 200 years later in 1885.
4. In 1918, the village was officially named Puerto Vallarta after the Jalisco State Governor Ignacio Vallarta.
5. In the 1950s, Puerto Vallarta started to attract Americans, mostly disgruntled writers and artists who objected to the conservative politics (McCarthyism) in the USA.
6. In 1964, John Huston filmed “The Night of the Iguana” in Mismaloya. Media coverage of an affair between Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor put Puerto Vallarta on the tourist map for Americans.
7. In 1970, US President Nixon came to Puerto Vallarta to negotiate a treaty with Mexican President Ordaz.
8. In 1982, tourism to Puerto Vallarta escalated from a Peso devaluation that made Mexico a bargain for travelers with foreign currency.
9. Competition from other Mexico tourist destinations such as Ixtapa and Cancun took some of Puerto Vallarta’s tourism in the 80s. But foreign interest in Puerto Vallarta returned in 1993 when Mexican land ownership law allowed foreign retirees and snowbirds to buy condos in old town Puerto Vallarta.

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