Nine resorts across Puerto Vallarta and Riviera Nayarit carry a five-star rating, and they’re a more varied group than that shorthand suggests. Some are enormous all-inclusive properties with ballrooms and beaches at scale. Others are twenty-room hideaways where your wedding is the only thing happening that week.
What five-star buys you at a destination wedding isn’t really the thread count. It’s the wedding coordinator who answers within the hour, the kitchen that can handle a custom menu without flinching, and the service ratio that means 80 guests never wait at a bar. Those things show up on the day in ways a star rating only hints at.
Here are the luxury properties worth shortlisting, with an honest note on what each one is actually good at and where the trade-offs sit. Our Certified Destination Wedding Specialists can compare what each one actually includes.
Top 5-Star Destination Wedding Venues at Top Puerto Vallarta Resorts
Ordered roughly by how much wedding a couple gets for the money, starting with the properties where the luxury and the value overlap most.
1. UNICO 20°105° Hotel Riviera Nayarit
UNICO 20°105° Hotel Riviera Nayarit is the strongest combination of luxury and value on this list, and the reason is the inclusions rather than the rate. It is adults-only, all-inclusive, and considerably more generous with inclusions than most resorts at this tier.
It hosts Jewish, South Asian, civil, and symbolic ceremonies. Being adults-only rules it out for some family guest lists, but for couples who want a grown-up week, it’s the standout.
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2. Garza Blanca Preserve Resort & Spa
Garza Blanca Preserve Resort & Spa has the deepest venue collection of any five-star property here: Sierra for 300, the Main Pool for 300, the Red Room Ballroom for 250, the clifftop Tierra Luna Forum for 200, a beach for 150, and two garden settings.
Family-friendly, set where the jungle meets the bay south of the city. The modern architecture means the venues need less decor than a traditional luxury resort, which quietly stretches the budget.
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3. Hotel Mousai Puerto Vallarta
Hotel Mousai Puerto Vallarta is the adults-only tower on that same hillside, and it’s small by room count, which is the point. The Sierra Luna Terrace holds 250, the Red Ballroom 250, and the Plazoleta and Orange Tree cover smaller ceremonies.
Fewer rooms means a wedding team with real attention to give. The best pick here for couples who want luxury and adults-only without a large resort around them.
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4. Marival Distinct All-Suites & World Spa
Marival Distinct All-Suites & World Spa is an all-suites resort, which matters across a wedding week when family is in their rooms more than they expect. Mozzamere Beach seats 500, with a terrace and the Insu Sky Bar for 80 each.
Family-friendly, in Riviera Nayarit, and set up for Jewish and South Asian ceremonies alongside civil and symbolic.
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5. Grand Velas Riviera Nayarit
Grand Velas Riviera Nayarit sets the service benchmark on this coast. All-suites, all-inclusive at a genuinely luxury standard, and a kitchen operation serious enough to build a custom wedding menu around.
It’s family-friendly, sits in Nuevo Vallarta, and is equipped for Jewish and South Asian ceremonies, which is a narrower field here than you’d expect. The honest note is that it rarely discounts, so build the budget around the published rate rather than hoping for movement on it. What you get in return is a kitchen and a service standard that nothing else on this coast quite matches.
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6. Four Seasons Resort Punta Mita
Four Seasons Resort Punta Mita occupies a private peninsula at the northern tip of Banderas Bay, with casitas rather than a tower and two Jack Nicklaus golf courses on the property.
Family-friendly, at the very top of the market, and about an hour from the airport. Not all-inclusive, so the cost structure works differently from most resorts on this coast.
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7. The St. Regis Punta Mita Resort
The St. Regis Punta Mita Resort is the other ultra-luxury option on the peninsula, with the brand’s butler service and a beachfront setting that’s about as private as this coast gets.
It’s family-friendly, and like its neighbor on the peninsula it isn’t all-inclusive, so food and beverage for your guests across the week is a separate and substantial line rather than something folded into the room rate. For a five-night wedding with 30 guests that difference runs into thousands, so get a full quote rather than comparing nightly rates against the all-inclusive properties above.
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8. Casa De Mita
Casa De Mita is the smallest five-star property in the region, a boutique beachfront hideaway on the Punta de Mita side. For a wedding of 20 or 30, a resort this size can effectively become yours for the weekend.
Family-friendly in name, though the scale suits an adult guest list better. Worth asking about a full buyout if your list is genuinely small.
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One more five-star property to know about: Sunset Plaza Beach Resort in Puerto Vallarta itself, if you’d rather be in the city than out on the peninsula.
More Information for Planning Your 5-Star Destination Wedding in Puerto Vallarta
Luxury resorts price and operate differently. Here’s what our Certified Destination Wedding Specialists flag.
5-Star Destination Wedding Venues Appeal
Service ratio is what you’re really paying for. More staff per guest means faster bars, better-timed courses, and a coordinator who isn’t running three weddings that weekend. On the day itself, that’s the difference guests notice, even if they’d struggle to name it.
Food is the second thing. Five-star kitchens on this coast will build a custom menu and execute it at scale, whereas a mid-tier property is more likely to hand you a set of fixed options. Across a multi-day wedding week, guests eat a lot of meals at your resort.
And the wedding properties themselves photograph better. Architecture, landscaping, and finishes at this level mean the venue is doing design work that you’d otherwise have to rent, so the decor line often comes in lower than couples expect.
Puerto Vallarta Destination Wedding Cost
The average cost of a destination wedding in Puerto Vallarta is $10,215 all-in for the couple, covering the wedding package, accommodations, airfare, and add-ons. Hotel costs average about $299 per person per night over a typical five-night stay, and airfare runs $200 to $800 per couple. Our Puerto Vallarta couples average 23 guests.
These averages reflect real spend data from couples who booked their destination wedding with our Certified Destination Wedding Specialists.
A five-star wedding sits above that average, though by less than most couples assume. The bigger variable is whether the property is all-inclusive. At an all-inclusive five-star, the nightly rate covers food and drink for the week; at Four Seasons or St. Regis it doesn’t, and that changes the total considerably.
Puerto Vallarta Destination Wedding Packages
Complimentary and deposit-only wedding packages are widely available with a qualifying room block, running roughly $1,350 to $5,000 at entry tier, $5,500 to $7,000 mid-tier, and $7,500 to $14,000 and beyond for full productions.
Five-star weddings tend to land in the upper two tiers, and a package under $10,000 is very achievable at this level with a guest list near the regional average. Room block size is the strongest lever you have on price.
Puerto Vallarta Destination Wedding Travel Information
Licenciado Gustavo Diaz Ordaz International Airport has direct flights from most major US and Canadian cities. Transfers run 10 to 15 minutes to Marina Vallarta, 25 to 40 minutes to Nuevo Vallarta, and around an hour to the Punta de Mita peninsula where several of these resorts sit.
That hour matters when guests are arriving on late flights, so arrange group transfers rather than leaving people to sort taxis. The November to April dry season is when the luxury properties fill first, often twelve to eighteen months out.
Puerto Vallarta 5-Star Destination Wedding Venue FAQs
Which Puerto Vallarta resorts are 5-star?
Nine: UNICO 20°105° Hotel Riviera Nayarit, Garza Blanca Preserve Resort & Spa, Hotel Mousai Puerto Vallarta, Marival Distinct All-Suites & World Spa, Grand Velas Riviera Nayarit, Four Seasons Resort Punta Mita, The St. Regis Punta Mita Resort, Casa De Mita, and Sunset Plaza Beach Resort.
Are 5-star resorts here all-inclusive?
Most are, but not all. UNICO 20°105°, Garza Blanca Preserve, Hotel Mousai, Marival Distinct, and Grand Velas operate all-inclusive. Four Seasons Punta Mita and The St. Regis Punta Mita do not, so food and beverage for your guests is a separate and significant line in the budget.
How much more does a 5-star wedding cost?
Less than the star rating implies at the all-inclusive properties, where the wedding packages sit in the same tiers as everywhere else, and the difference is mostly in the nightly room rate. The non-all-inclusive luxury resorts are a genuinely different budget conversation. Ask your Certified Destination Wedding Specialist for a total cost comparison rather than comparing package prices alone.
Get Ready to Plan the 5-Star Destination Wedding of Your Dreams in Puerto Vallarta
Nine luxury properties, from an adults-only all-inclusive with the best value at this level to a private peninsula hideaway where your wedding is the only one that week. The service, the food, and the setting all do more of the work, and often for less than you’d expect.
Fill out our online wedding planning form, and one of our Certified Destination Wedding Specialists will help you compare total cost, inclusions, and availability across the luxury tier.
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