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Starting a trip from Puerto Vallarta
March 13, 2007 | Tags: Trip reports, Open jaw, Guadalajara, Monarch butterfly, Out of town | Leave a Comment
 Carpet of Monarchs at the Sierra Chincua sanctuary, Michoacan by Steve Bridger  Alejandro Colunga’s Lounge of the Magicians public sculpture in Guadalajara. Nightime photo by Doug Dosdall. |
I love a good beach, don’t get me wrong. But that doesn’t mean there are other things I like too. And many people who visit Puerto Vallarta aren’t aware of what the other options are that are not too far away.
One of my favorite vacation strategies is to book an open jaw ticket, i.e. flying into one city and departing from another (read the linked article for details on how this works). So one could fly into Puerto Vallarta and depart from Guadalajara for example, thereby combining time at the beach with time in the wonderful vibrant city of Guadalajara. If you like there are many places to explore along the way too, whether you rent a car and take your time between the two points or go by the excellent Mexican bus system and pick a few stops along the way.
For example, The North Shore News recently published an article entitled Mexican Adventure in which the author drove from Puerto Vallarta to Sayulita, Tepic, Tequilla, Guadalajara, Morelia and the Monarch Butterfly sanctuaries near Angangueo. It would be easy enough to return your rental car and fly home from Morelia or Guadalajara.
I did a much longer open jaw a few years ago to explore Mexico for several months. I flew into El Paso, Texas and then went on to explore the Copper Canyon, Mazatlan, San Pancho (just north of Sayulita), Puerto Vallarta, Guadalajara, Guanajuato, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico City and finally Puebla where I flew home. Phew. Needless to say you need to have a few months free to do that.
The trick here is to find an airline which services both Puerto Vallarta and your end point. Continental Airlines services an amazing amount of points in Mexico including Puerto Vallarta, Morelia and Guadalajara. And Alaska Airlines last year added service to Guadalajara to complement their longstanding excellent service to Puerto Vallarta.
Plan your trip: click on Travelocity Flight Search then click Multi-Destination to search for an open jaw.
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