Destination Puerto Vallarta - Your Guide to Sex & Safety

Your guide to having safe fun while in PV

By Alejandro Chavez

Puerto Vallarta has become a top LGBT travel destination and with the flock of gay tourists and locals alike, the hookup scene is savage, and as with any other place in the world, hooking up must always be done with a sense of caution, especially if you are visiting and not very familiar with the town.

Many things can go wrong while on a hookup or in the attempt of hooking up and make your stay go from a dream to a nightmare. Do not worry, if you do decide to hookup while in PV, we at Out & About Puerto Vallarta want you to have a fun and safe experience, that is why we gathered some tips to get you on your way to having a hot and steamy -yet safe- close encounters.

Do’s

Use common sense

If the vibe is not right or if something seems off, ditch the situation. Trust your gut. You don’t want to push yourself into a potentially unsafe situation just to please the other person. Cruise in ‘safe’ places

Rather than going down a dark sketchy spot under a bridge at night to find some fun, cruise in safe places like the beach or the bars. This will allow you to watch the crowd and find a potential hookup and perhaps get to know them –or at least just get their name- before going back to the hotel. We all know that you could find bad people everywhere; however, avoiding remote places might reduce your chance of running into bad hombres.

Leave your valuables behind

You can never be too careful. Avoid a headache and leave your valuables back in your room (in a safe preferably), such as jewelry, large amounts of money, credit cards, etc. They may not necessarily slip a pill in your drink to make you go to sleep in order to rob you; they could just slip their hand very cleverly into your pocket while you’re going down on them and take your wallet without you ever knowing.

Use protection

We cannot go without saying this, but use a condom. PV is a very naughty town, and you don’t want to catch anything other than your flight back home. If you are out of condoms, you could easily find some at the Oxxo, the convenience store chain spread throughout Puerto Vallarta.

Don’ts

Drink from your hookup’s bottle

There have been cases reported in Puerto Vallarta where a hookup arrives with their own bottle of wine. You would think this gesture is very thoughtful, right? Not really. In those reported cases, the wine turned out to contain some type of tranquilizer drug such as Xanax or Valium. After their victim passes out, they go ahead and ransack their belongings and take what they can. Moral of the story: what it might seem like a nice gesture, it could be their way to steal from you.

Cruise in public bathrooms

You might not see it as a big deal doing it back home, but to be on the cautious side in a place you are visiting, do not go on cruising in public bathrooms. Avoid an embarrassing situation by being entrapped by local authorities. There are places you can go and safely cruise, like Spartacus Sauna, three floors of fun-filled cruising!

Travel beyond your familiar area

If your hot date asks you to travel to their place and it is located beyond the area you are familiar with, we recommend restraining to do so. Although there are really no cases reported of tourists being kidnapped, you don’t want to be the first case.

Get too wasted

If something goes awry, you would want to have your five senses as sharp as possible in case you have to hit the road in a moment’s notice. Being fully awake also could prevent from being stolen from.