Bungalow Estancia San Carlos Vallarta

Bungalow Estancia is definitely a value pick for a place to stay. The pool was great, however the general cleanliness of the property was pretty bad (discussed in detail above). However, it has all the basic amenities you would want (fully functional kitchen, ac, cable with English as an option, a pool, great location, and great price). Would we stay here again? No. Did we feel we paid a fair price for what we got? Sure.

The general cleanliness of the property and our room was a big cause for concern here. The tables by the pool were coated in dirt and dust - I asked for a cloth and cleaning spray to clean it myself before our friends used it. Our bathroom shower did not drain properly so within 5 seconds of the shower running you were standing in your own personal pool (gross). We did not receive fresh towels every day, our sheets were never changed (and frankly not 100% clean - will give it a 6.5/10). The furniture was old, broken down (several large scratches in the sofas, etc). Maid would not leave extra toilet paper in the bathroom even if it showed we were on the last legs of the current roll (Would need to go downstairs and get it yourself). Also - just with our luck, there were 2 large Mexican families (one family with 20+ people, and another with 10) that arrived altogether, rented a few rooms, and took over the entire public space. The pool was filled with all of their children playing games the entire time, they were blasting music through this portable carry-on suitcase sized stereo system. They would blast it from their room out onto the courtyard for everyone to hear (lucky for us their room was next door to us) and also downstairs. They didn't seem to care that there were others who had also paid for the amenities and would like to use them - zero discretion was used.