Affiliate Disclosure

Some links on this page lead to live booking pages for Marietas Islands trips. Book through one and this site may earn a commission.

How Commissions Work On This Marietas Boat Tour Comparison

This site compares Marietas Islands trips across four categories: catamaran and full-day cruises, snorkel boat tours from Puerto Vallarta, small-group boats out of Punta de Mita, and private charters. When you click a tour and complete a booking, the booking site that sells the tour pays this site a commission. You pay the same published price either way. The commission does not move a tour up the page, hide its review score, or change its duration or inclusions.

What The Commission Covers, And How A Booking Runs

Commission covers the cost of running this site: hosting, research into departure docks in Puerto Vallarta, Nuevo Vallarta and Punta de Mita, and keeping the 30 listed tours current. Two other kinds of link can also earn a commission: the free guide to Puerto Vallarta links to a free walking tour listed on GuruWalk, and the hotel suggestions on the homepage link to Expedia through Travelpayouts. Nothing is charged to you. The operator sets the price, the booking happens on the live listing, and payment goes through that page, never through this site.

Every tour listed here is real and bookable, from a 2 hour 20 minute Private Snorkel to a 9 hour catamaran day with open bar. The commission model does not shape what appears on the site. A tour with 11 reviews sits beside a tour with 1,150 reviews on the same terms. Ratings and review counts come straight from the listings, and where this site could not confirm a price, the tour is shown without one rather than estimated here.

When you reserve a tour after following a link from these pages, the booking site that sells the tour pays this site a commission on that sale. The payment happens after your booking is confirmed, and it comes out of the standard rate, not added on top of what you pay. Nothing about the price, the boat or the crew changes because you arrived through a link here.

Why Prices, Ratings And Rankings On A Comparison Site Can Still Be Trusted

Trust rests on what is verifiable. The 30 tours here carry ratings from 3.4 to 5 and review counts from 2 to 1,150, as published on the live listings, with ratings shown to one decimal place. Where a listing shows no rating at all, such as the Altus Tours catamaran, the site says so instead of filling the gap. Rankings follow price, duration, departure dock and traveler feedback, and no operator can buy a better position.

What Happens After You Click A Tour Link Here

A click on a tour card or button opens the live booking page of the booking site that sells that tour, where the operator's current price, dates and cancellation terms are shown. You pay there, never on this site. Rankings are never for sale: tours here are sorted by what helps you decide, which is price, duration, departure dock and traveler reviews.

Why Some Trips Here Quote A Price And Some Leave It Blank

Of the 30 tours compared here, 21 show a from-price here, and the other nine show their current price only on the live booking page. Published prices run from $67 for a collective snorkel trip out of Punta de Mita up to $369 for a private boat. Where no price appears, the listing carries it.

Commission is earned only on completed bookings, and it never changes the price you pay for a tour.

The Short Version

From $79 · ★ 4.3 (1,150) · free cancellation Compare tours →