Just back from our first visit to Premier Vacation Club in San Carlos, and have little bad to say. Let me start by saying we're from Wis, wanted away from the snow and cold. We flew to Phoenix and spent a night visiting our son. 530am we're in a taxi off to Tufesa bus stations, not a great neighborhood, and little English spoken even by the ticket girl. Once on the bus, again we were the only ones that didn't speak Spanish, including the inride movies. Ride was good though, clean, large seats, leg room. Several stops we could stretch and grab a snack. Going into Mex was no problem. When we reached Guaymas, no trouble with a cab to the resort, though we were a bit shocked it's more like 5 mi from town than the 2 we were told. We opted NOT to rent a vehicle. The hotel is lovely, rooms clean and well appointed, great views from the balconies, nice pool, hot tub, and sand area. Down side, the palapa was in disaray, so no food or bar! After 8hrs on a bus we wanted a beer and hot meal, so we walked next door San Carlos Plaza...next door is about 1/4mile. But great food and good service at Joeys 2 for 1 dinner can't go wrong. During the week we did go into hot tub and pool. Got to know the cabbie well as he drove us almost daily into town, we'd bum around, and call him for ride back. On the 2nd day they started serving light meals around the pool area, 8am-4pm, which worked well to start the day. In room coffee can be a life saver as well. In town few "shops" not the typical tourist traps by any means, but lot of great bars and restaurants, and most have daily drink specials, some places were 80cents to $1 a bottle of beer, as well as rail drinks, unheard of here. We ate at El Kiosko in San Carlos Plaza for a lunch, Joeys twice for dinner both times 2 for 1, drinks at Bananas, Charlies Rock, Froggys, Passione, and Maguyes. We other eateries were Los Arbolitos awesome food, Marina Cantina, Soggy Peso, didn't have a bad meal all week, they were all great. Service was wonderful, people awesome and helpful. Took a sunset margarita cruise which was very nice. WE loved the entire trip, would do it again, just wish the town wasn't so spread out and so far from the hotel we have timeshare with. No bar for them they lost money that entire week as well. We met American and Canadians there for long stays or homeowners there, they too love the area. Trip back was long but uneventful, again no one spoke English, crossing back into the US was a 2hr process, and those guards make you feel guilty even when you know you're not.During this process I felt they herded us more like cattle than humans, I know they're looking out for our safety, but a little diplomacy and smile go a long way. So trip there was 8hrs back just over 10hrs. Tufesa station in Phoenix at 10pm doesn't seem any safer than at 6am, but there was a guard walking about. Took a Sol cab to our airport hotel, this man spoke decent English, and was very nice, didn't feel like he had taken us for a "ride" in the least. I would recomment this hotel would take my family and friends, but if you're not comfortable driving in a different country, be prepared to stay at the hotel or pay a nice family run cab service for getting you places. All in all it's nice to be home, but we came home to freshly fallen 12 inches of snow, so some of my hearts still in San Carlos.

The staff was great and the small restaurant was very good (no alcohol) so bring your own. Say hello to Octavio.

There is a kitchen in every room with refer, ele. stove, micro, toaster, and blender.

The room was very clean but the heater didn't work.

The major problem with this facility is that the walls in the rooms were VERY thin. You could hear EVERYTHING in the next room, and I mean everything. If someone is having a conversation in the next room you could hear it word for word.

I had a couple of older fishermen next to me and they both must have eaten something that gave them both a LOT OF GAS. It was gross. I had to put on my Ipod and turn it up loud.

The high speed internet in the rooms "wireless" was SUPER FAST.

Other than that it was very nice. ENJOY

It had been 4 years since our last stay so we were curious if there had been many changes. We were pleasantly surprised to see all the rooms had been remodeled from the plain cheep white to wonderful warm wood furnishings. The wall color was a warm yellowish gold, very nice. The rooms and hotel in generally are very clean. Yes there are a lot of crickets but we have a lot of bugs in Minnesota too.
The area is starting to get built up but still many open areas. The hotel had stopped bar service two weeks b4 our stay which didn't affect us too much since had we stopped at the liquore store in town.

We discovered some awesome new restaurants.

Bonifacio's just down the road on the beach. Service and food were incredible and they also had live music Thursday- Sunday.

Five Palms Restaurant was also a highlight. It is at the South end of San Carlos on the West side of the main road. Unbelievable!!! The oysters Rockefeller will be on my mind until our next visit. The service was as close to 5 star as possible. They brought a stand to the table to hang our purses on and also brought a container with reading glasses, very nice touch. They also have a wine cellar that you can browse.

We love San Carlos and the PVC is a nice place to stay, nothing fancy just a basic hotel with the most incredible views

My sister and I spent 2 weeks here and loved it! The signage needs to be improved as it took a few tries before we located the hotel but once there things were excellent. Loved spending our morning with the sun and a coffee on our balcony while watching the waves. A bit remote so you do want to have a vehicle to do any shopping (go to Tony's for your fresh produce.) The seashells are incredible. We drove down from Tucson so were able to take many back with us.