We hav e Arrived in San Miguel

Friends, we made it! We had the movers moving our stuff into the storage unit on Thursday and Friday until 7:00 pm. Not by choice, I can tell you. We handed over the keys to the new owners at 4:00. They seem like nice people and the Mrs. likes gardening, Rene, Judith,  and Helen will have a new BFF.

We left PDX this am at 6:00am. The plane was an hour late due to a light bulb outage. We arrived in DFW too late to make our flight to Queretaro, so we are sitting in the airport until 8:00, a seven hour delay. We will get into San Miguel around midnight. Oh boy!

Puerto Vallarta - January 2, 2015

In a growing trend over the last several years, Puerto Vallarta is once again named as a top retirement destination by a travel magazine.

International Living’s list of best places to retire in 2015 says Puerto Vallarta’s expat community makes for an easy transition into international living while also offering real estate deals much lower than what you would find in the United States.

In May, CNN featured a story on expats living in Puerto Vallarta, estimated to be over 40,000 around the bay and over one million nationwide. That was shortly after US News and World Report named Puerto Vallarta as a top retirement haven for expats which they titled “an affordable and sophisticated haven for expats”.

Peddicord’s retirement index, a group that ranks the affordability and overall quality of life for retirees, named Puerto Vallarta among the best international destinations for retiring on a budget and high marks for quality of life.

With tourism on the rise in Puerto Vallarta and closing out one of its best years in 2014, more people are taking notice of Puerto Vallarta as more than just a place to visit.

International Living ranked Puerto Vallarta just below Ecuador and Panama which offer slightly lower cost of living due to smaller nation economies.

Puerto Vallarta offers a vibrant expat community and organizations that can help people interested in retiring to the area. Expats in Vallarta is an excellent source of information and also a great way to meet people in the expat community while in Puerto Vallarta.