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Roavi · Puerto Vallarta
Become a Local Friend in Puerto Vallarta
Travellers who want to see it the way you do. You set the price, they pay you directly.
Free · 18+ · No experience needed
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Your rateyou set it
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A day as a Local Friend
It's a day with a friend who's never been here.
No script, no flag, no group. You go where you'd go anyway.
Try it
See your card.
Three words and it's yours. It stays on your phone until you decide.
Your numbers
You set the rate. You keep all of it.
Travellers pay you directly. Roavi takes no commission and never touches the money.
Your hourly rate
Hours a week
Example, a month$012345678901234567890123456789
On your terms.
- You reply to who you want. Say no to anyone.
- Your days and hours. Pause with one tap.
- You pick where to meet. Public places first.
- Block and report in one tap. A person reads it.
What happens next.
Three short parts. Stop and come back any time.
- 1About youYour city, and what you're great for.
- 2Stand outThree real photos and a few lines in your words.
- 3FinishWhen you're free and your rate. Then a person reads it.
I'm Roa. I'll be there on every screen.
What someone from Vallarta can show beyond the Malecón
Puerto Vallarta's visitor walks the Malecón, dines in the Zona Romántica and takes a Marietas tour from the marina. The locals' Vallarta, Pitillal and its taquerías, the Río Cuale market, the southern beaches by panga, Yelapa on a weekday, San Sebastián del Oeste up in the sierra, belongs to people who live here. And high season, November to April, brings thousands of Americans and Canadians who stay for weeks.
What you can show
- 1
Pitillal and downtown at night: tacos, birria and seafood where locals eat, in pesos.
- 2
The southern beaches by panga from Boca de Tomatlán: Las Ánimas, Quimixto, Yelapa, and which day and hour they are worth it.
- 3
The Río Cuale market and island, Mismaloya, and the sierra: San Sebastián del Oeste on a Sunday.
- 4
Getting the bus to Nuevo Vallarta, Bucerías and Sayulita for a fraction of a taxi.
Vallarta has readers on Roavi and no Local Friend listed yet: the first appears first. Many winter visitors are American and Canadian retirees who stay for months and want company to explore; say on your profile whether you prefer day or evening plans.
Travelers are looking for locals in Puerto Vallarta
Be one of the first Local Friends they meet. Build your profile today and get discovered by travelers heading to Puerto Vallarta.
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Good to know before you begin
A few honest answers, so there are no surprises.
No. Certification applies to people who sell and lead formal tours. Roavi is a meeting between people: a visitor pays a local for their time and company. You sell no tour and lead no group.
You decide when you accept. High season is when there are most visitors and when a free afternoon is worth most; many do it on their days off.
Yes. Creating and publishing your Local Friend profile is completely free — there’s no cost to appear in the directory or receive messages.
No — and that is the point. A Local Friend is not a tour guide: you spend time with someone as yourself, you do not run a tour. Professional guiding is a licensed profession in a number of countries; spending an afternoon with someone is not. And if you do hold a guiding licence, put it on your profile — travellers look for it.
Yes. You set your own hourly rate, and you can change it anytime from your profile.
No. Roavi doesn’t process payments or take a commission on what you arrange with a traveler.
No. You decide who you respond to, and you can say no to anyone, for any reason.
No. Verification is optional. It’s completed through Stripe Identity and adds a verified status to your profile, but your profile, visibility, and messaging stay free either way.
Travelers message you directly through Roavi once they find your profile in the directory. You choose whether and how to reply.
Yes. You can pause your visibility or delete your profile at any time from your account settings.
Your city is
worth sharing.
Free. No commission. You say yes or no to every message.
18+ · Every profile is read by a person