Name: Unlimited Luxury Villas - Icon Vallarta Condo
Address: Av Paseo de las Garzas 140, Puerto Vallarta, Puerto Vallarta, Puerto Vallarta, 48333, Mexico
Rating: 8

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Smoke-free property

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Adults Only

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Next to the beach

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Solarium

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Pets Not Allowed

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At the apartament hotel

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Gustavo Diaz Ordaz International Airport

Unlimited Luxury Villas - Icon Vallarta Condo

Puerto Vallarta

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When my mom came to visit she wanted a nice condo and a beautiful view. We wanted a central location and a big pool. We landed on the Icon Vallarta and we were not disappointed.

Our unit was on the 7th floor, 3 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms, had ample space in the kitchen and living area, patio, and a spectacular view. Our condo wasn't the most updated, but we were happy. I am sure there is a range of décor and amenities across the individually owned units.

The building is secure and centrally located. There is beach access from the pool. The beach and pool area offer food and drink service. The food is okay but not terrible if you are hungry and don't feel like getting up. 

La Isla (shopping center) is only a 5 minute walk. You can find coffee, food, and supermarkets within easy walking distance. The Malecon is a short cab ride or a nice walk if you are up for it!

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Beachfront Condo/Giant Infinity Pool

What an amazing place to spend some time in paradise!

Our group of nine women went to celebrate a 50th birthday party.   Although our condo had great reviews on VRBO, where we rented, we were a little concerned about the recent negative reviews on this site.

Check-in was super fast.   We experienced a friendly greeting from the concierge, our check-in info was looked up, we were outfitted with bracelets, and up the elevator we went to get a tour with our liaison with the property management company.  Gabby was quick and efficient, showing us how to use the various features of the condo, how to save money on our electric bill, and which towels to take down for use at the pool and beach.    

About the towels.   Our unit's towels were marked with the unit number.    I have stayed at many properties on the beach with both pool and beach access in PV, and it is super common to have a distinctive towel in use at the property.   This helps with resort safety as it is a quick visual means for security to scan the property and quickly pick out who does not belong.   The reviewer who said there were different towels for owners and short-term renters - well we did not see that.   Everyone had the same white towels, and nobody was treated differently based on their towel color.

Pro tip:  When you're down at the beach in the morning (because the sun hits there first!), look for the stack of chaise lounge cushions that get put out somewhere around 10 or 11 am.   They will make your chaise so much more comfortable!

Yes, the Icon card for poolside/beachside food and beverages does require you to do some math to predict what you might spend, as any balance left at the end of your stay is non-refundable.    However, the card never expires, so you can save it and use it again when you return!   We found it worked quite well to grab a menu and look at the prices of what you might order in a day, and put just one or two day's worth on your card.   If you run short, the staff will let you know how much you need to add, and you can easily add more funds.    I loved the Icon card, because it made it so I didn't need to bring payment down to the beach unless I planned on doing a little beach shopping.   Side note, the food was ok, it did the job if you wanted to hang out in the sun for the day, but we preferred to go off-property to eat, or cook for ourselves in our kitchen.

Yes, the chairs closest to the water are also closest to the section of beach that is public use and vendors can and do walk along the ropes and as you if you want a number of various items.    Just give them a polite 'no, gracias' and they will move on.   If you do want to make some purchases, try using a little bit of Spanish.  You may not be fluent, but they appreciate you trying to communicate in their language.

Here's what we loved:
*  The view cannot be beat.   We stayed in tower 3 on the 26th floor with a balcony wrapping around three sides of our unit.    With the AC off, you could open up the window walls and enjoy the morning/evening breezes with coffee or a cocktail 
*  The staff were all so friendly.   We didn't have a bad interaction.   Sure, we were spoken to when we broke a rule (can't bring your drink in the pool), but it wasn't mean or spiteful.
*  The spa -    the massages turned us to jello!
*  The drinks were great - plenty strong and tasty.
*  It was super easy to make a reservation for the hot tub, spa, whatever you needed.
*  The property felt safe and secure.   We appreciated the gated access, and it wasn't hard to let the concierge know when we had transportation coming to pick us up.

Can't wait to go back!



Loved every minute of our stay!

This place, while beautiful, is akin to staying in a maximum security prison. The check in process took almost a half hour to hear everything we can and cannot do in our rooms. The grounds are strictly managed - don’t even think about positioning your chair to face the sun. Security is rude and unhelpful. You have to pay for their cash card system to get any food or drink on the property, and cannot get money back if it goes unused on the card, They make it extremely difficult to actually enjoy your vacation. I would never recommend this place and was extremely disappointed in our stay.

Would NOT recommend!!!!

The condo we rented was beautiful inside and had amazing views. That’s why I give 3 stars but the Icon itself was lacking culture and the vacation feel. There are a ton of rules. 

You can’t have a drink in the pool. Not even water. 
You can’t move the pool chairs. 
You have to have white towels by the pool. 
You have to be 18 and make a reservation to go in the hot tub. 
You can’t walk down the driveway 
You can’t leave chairs unattended for more than 15 min. 

It just took away from the relax and enjoy feeling.   

The beach bar had good food.  It was open from 1-6 (last order by 5:15).  Good prices.

It is true that everything is a short cab ride away but not too much is walkable.  If you want to be in a more local/lively/upbeat environment, stay closer to ZR or the Malecon.  Icon feels very much like a retirement community.  The average age at the pool was 65-80.

I personally won’t be renting at Icon again.

Older crowd. Lots of rules.

We stayed for a week at iconvallarta just after Christmas and through New Years.  Vacation should be a time to unwind and relax - that’s not happening at the  icon!  You are waiting for them to tell you of your next infraction.  The condos are not set up with service in mind. Great location on the beach. Unobstructed views of amazing  sunsets each night.   

The icon needs to figure out their core customer  - is it the renters  coming for 1 week to 3 months or is it the condo owners who live their full time. It’s clear there is currently a tension between both and as result short term renters  end  up not feeling any (to mediocre) hospitality. 

At check-in, we were given no house rules but somehow miraculously expected to follow them.  And if you didn’t follow them - then security would rudely yell at you and admonish you.   Also, the front desk ladies just glared at you coming and going - it was almost rude as one other person noted in their review.   Weekly renters are given a wrist band they must purchase and wear the duration of the stay.  I was ready to rip the thing off by the end of the week!! 

You can’t walk down the driveway.  You must go down the walkway.  Security and management  claim there are signs everywhere- but really only 1, maybe 2.  If you dare walk down the driveway, the guard will force  you  to walk back up the hill and come down the walkway.  

For an Uber driver to pick you up at the tower - in advance you must advise the front desk who will then advise the guard desk.  After doing this, I stood there waiting for my Uber to come up to the tower.  The guards clearly saw the car waiting for me - but never advised the driver that he could come up.  I had to  walk down the walkway with my suitcase even though the guards saw the Uber and knew I was at the tower waiting.  The front desk lady even confirmed to me the driver was waiting down the hill (she called the guards to confirm this) for me but no one wanted to help seeing me with suitcases!  The guard stand at the icon is ineffective and unhelpful and rudest welcome to the property. 

My sense is that the front desk ladies main purpose is to make dinner reservations for folks or recommended lake by places.  I used neither service - opentable and google maps worked  well for me.  

The segmentation at the beach is clear! Owners have beige and white striped towels beach towels. Everyone else has white towels embroidered with your tower and room number.   Also - for weekly renters you must wear a color coded wrist band.  This wrist band you have to pay for at checkin.  

In my apartment - we had blue and white beach towels - so naturally that’s what we took to the beach.  On the first day while I’m enjoying my lunch and taking in the beauty around me after traveling a full day, a security guard comes up to me and tells me that after my lunch I need to change my towel to beige or white.  Talk about a zen buster!!!Later  on, i changed the towels  and used the blue/white towel as a pillow - he comes up to me again to remind me of the rule.  I told him- it’s a pillow!  Each apartment is different- but bc we had to use the beige / white towels as beach towels, we weren’t left with enough bath towels.  I literally did laundry every day!!! 

At the beach- no radios are allowed.  Though just in front of you outside the property line marachi bands come by and families blast their radios.  

Evidently - if you are a renter you can’t take a cooler, alcohol bottle or anything like that to the beach.  You are forced to buy from the icon bar.   I found this rule in in inconsistently enforced by security.  They pick and choose who they want to reprimand.  Albeit the bar is not that pricey.  But in high season - good luck getting someone to come by. 

You are also left to figure out for yourself that if you want to purchase food or drinks, you have to put money on an icon cash card.  But of course tips can’t be left on this card and you are never told how
to get your money back if you have a balance left on the card at the end of your stay.  

I was never able to use the gym bc if you are a less than 30’day renter, according
to the rules you can only use the gym after 4p.  Now to what extent do they enforce this rule and to whom - unclear.  

I could never get the service elevator Tom stop at my floor the entire week at the icon. Evidently, you must use the service elevator to take down garbage or to bring up anything on carts.

Rules and more rules - but no hospitality

Best place and central location in Puerto Vallarta. Beautiful units, unobstructed ocean views, and excellent food and amenities such as Olympic size pool, gym and spa with massage services, onsite.  You never have to leave, but if you do, it has excellent shopping, and restaurants all within walking distance!

Love it!

Yes the condo and hotel is beautiful but definitely not worth it! We got a bachlorette.co package that installed us in this Condo, since we got here the workers are rude and unhelpful except for Julio by the pool. There are excessive rules you can’t have colored towels by the pool or music. When it was time to leave we had other friends staying in another tower, we wanted to leave our luggage there and there was so little flexibility or help Tania Rico was rude and mocking us. For a family experience it might me better, but not for a bachlorette experience

Terrible BACHLORETTE experience

Rented 3 different units over the course of 2 weeks and the best advice would be is to make every effort to inspect the unit before renting, if possible. 2 of the Units were solid, one with a great view in Tower 2 (1801), however the second unit we rented, which was 7 floors below (1001), had a defective air conditioner that left our bedroom between 76 to 77F (24.4 to 25C) even when turning the thermostat to the minimum. It was so bad that we left the room on the 2nd night and rented another hotel down the street before returning the next day to pick up our belongings before checking out later in the day. When we initially checked in the a/c valve was mistakenly left closed until early evening which had the bedroom at 80F. Unfortunately opening the valve had a minimal effect as did the minor repair performed by a technician who came in and said there was air in the coils. While the owner did return most of the money for the 4 unused nights, there was no consideration given for the awful experience including our having to rent another hotel on the 2nd night while paying him. Outside of that it is a great property with nice people in a convenient location.

The Good, The Good and The Ugly

Yes the place is great, but the service? Almost nobody treats you well, they can’t do ANYTHING for you, and won’t help you resolve problems that are not the guests’ fault. Plus, there are so many irrational rules, and when you break one, they don’t ask you nicely to stop doing it.

Terrible service

The condos are first class and the location on the ocean near shops and restaurants is one of the most convenient and pleasant places to enjoy your vacation. I recommend it to all types of visitors--families -- seniors -- young couples, etc.
Elsieray

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