Wheelchair Rental in Puerto Vallarta
A wheelchair should not be the thing that decides whether someone comes on the trip.
We rent lightweight folding manual wheelchairs in Puerto Vallarta, along with rollator walkers and knee walkers, and we deliver them free to your hotel, condo or rental. There is no deposit. Nothing is charged when you book. You pay when we hand it over.
Access Ability de México is family owned and has been doing this since 2017. More than 400 guests. We own the equipment, we clean it ourselves, and we deliver it in person. When we arrive, it is Andrew or Andres at the door.
There is no minimum rental period either. Rent for an afternoon, a week, or the whole winter.
Call or WhatsApp +52 322-107-2746
What is included
- Free delivery anywhere in the Puerto Vallarta area, from Centro and Zona Romántica to Marina Vallarta, Nuevo Vallarta and Bucerías
- Free pickup when you are finished
- A fit check on delivery. Seat width, footrest height, brakes, handle height
- Deep cleaned between every rental
- 24 hour phone support for as long as you have it
- Free swap if the size or the equipment type turns out to be wrong
The equipment
Manual wheelchair. Lightweight aluminium, folds flat, several seat widths available. Swing away footrests, locking brakes, comfortable push handles. Light enough that one person can lift it into a taxi boot. Give us the person’s height and rough build when you call and we will bring the right size.
Rollator walker. Four wheels, hand brakes, height adjustable handles and a padded built in seat. In Puerto Vallarta the seat earns its keep. The Malecón is a kilometre long and it has benches, but not always where you want one. A rollator means you always have a seat with you.
Knee walker. Hands free, padded knee platform, steerable. Built for foot, ankle and lower leg recovery. If somebody in your party is coming out of a boot or a cast, this beats crutches on a holiday by a very wide margin, especially on uneven ground where crutches are genuinely unsafe.
Pride Mobility Victory 10 LX scooter. For someone who can transfer and steer, a scooter means independence rather than being pushed. Up to 8 MPH, up to 13 miles per charge, 400 lb capacity, CTS suspension. Many groups take a scooter for the traveller and a rollator for the room. We deliver both in one visit.
Delivery around Puerto Vallarta
Centro and the Malecón. Delivered to your hotel lobby. This is the flattest and easiest part of the city for a chair.
Zona Romántica and Olas Altas. We deliver here constantly. Two warnings, both worth hearing before you book a room rather than after. Many buildings have entrance steps or stairs with no lift. And the streets rise steeply as you go inland toward Amapas. Tell us your address and we will tell you what you are dealing with.
Hotel Zone and Marina Vallarta. Wide, flat, modern. Excellent for a chair, with level entries at most restaurants and good elevators.
Nuevo Vallarta and Flamingos. Half an hour north, in Nayarit. Flat, new, resort based, and the easiest terrain we cover anywhere. If mobility is the deciding factor in where to stay in this region, Nuevo Vallarta is the safe answer.
Bucerías. Flat and easy along the beach, cobbled and uneven inland.
Cruise passengers. Ships dock alongside at the Terminal Marítima north of the marina, so you roll straight off. We meet ships there with a folded chair and collect it in the same place before you sail. No minimum rental, so a single port day costs a single port day.
Airline damaged your own chair? Call us as soon as you land at PVR. We will get a replacement to your hotel, usually the same day.
Tell us your dates and where you are staying and we will confirm availability and give you a rate. Nothing is charged until the equipment is in your hands.
Reserve EquipmentWhatsApp UsHow pricing works
We give rates over the phone rather than publishing one figure, because the honest price depends on two things.
What you rent. Manual wheelchair, rollator, knee walker and scooter each have their own rate. The manual chair is the most affordable item we offer.
How long you keep it. Daily rates come down on longer rentals. A week costs less per day than three days. A month costs less again. Puerto Vallarta has a large winter long stay community and monthly rentals are a big part of what we do, so ask.
A manual wheelchair in Puerto Vallarta starts at call or WhatsApp us and we will give you the figure the same day.
The terms are the same for everybody:
- No deposit of any kind.
- Nothing charged at booking. We do not take card details to reserve equipment.
- You pay at delivery, after you have seen it and checked that it fits.
- Visa, Mastercard, American Express, cash in USD or MXN.
- No minimum rental period.
If you are organising this from another country for a parent or a partner, that structure is the whole point. There is no prepayment to chase, no refund to fight for, and no risk sitting on your card while you wait to see whether anything arrives.
Call or WhatsApp +52 322-107-2746, or email accessabilitydemexico@gmail.com.
Why people choose us
No middleman. Several of the names ranking for wheelchair rental in Puerto Vallarta are booking platforms based in the United States that pass your order to an unnamed local company. You find out who is delivering when they arrive. We are the local company, and the phone number goes to the family that owns the chairs.
Nothing paid until it is in your hands. This is the single biggest difference between us and the rest of this market.
44 five star reviews. 100% rating. TripAdvisor Travelers’ Choice Award.
Since 2017 and 400+ guests. Long enough to know which buildings in this town have a lift and which do not.
Straight advice. If a chair is wrong for your building or your plans, we will say so. We would rather send you away with good information than take a booking that ruins your week.
Objections, handled
“Can one person push a chair along the Malecón?” Easily. It is flat, paved and continuous for about a kilometre, with ramp access at the ends. It is the best chair pushing in the city and one of the best anywhere in Mexico. Go late afternoon when it cools down.
“What about the cobblestones?” This is the real challenge in Vallarta, and it is worse for a manual chair than for a scooter. Small front castors catch in the gaps between stones and the ride is rough for the person sitting down. Go slowly, tip the front castors up over the worst sections, and take the resurfaced streets where you can. If most of your time will be on cobblestone, a scooter with suspension is genuinely the more comfortable choice and we will tell you so.
“Zona Romántica has hills. Is that a problem?” Going up is hard work. Going down is the part that hurts people. Cobblestone plus gradient plus a chair with momentum is a bad combination. Use the brakes early, keep both hands on the handles, and if a street looks steep, it is. Take the flatter route down to Olas Altas and along the beachfront instead.
“Can we get onto Isla Cuale?” Partly. Some of the pedestrian access points onto the island involve steps. The eastern end is generally the more forgiving approach. Ask us when we deliver and we will describe the route as it currently stands.
“Can we do a boat tour or whale watching?” Many operators will help with boarding if you can transfer with assistance. The chair folds and stows. What varies is the dock and the crew, not the boat. Tell us what you want to do and we will tell you what we have seen work.
“Will the chair fit in a Vallarta taxi?” Yes. It folds flat and goes in a standard taxi boot. That makes a chair much easier to move around this city than a scooter, which needs a large SUV.
“We might need it longer than planned.” Call and extend. You pay the difference at pickup.
Local knowledge for a wheelchair in Puerto Vallarta
Base yourself on the flat and taxi to the rest. Centro’s seafront, the Hotel Zone, Marina Vallarta and Nuevo Vallarta are all easy. The picturesque parts of the old town are not. Vallarta rewards this approach because taxis are plentiful and cheap and the chair folds.
Watch the drainage grates. Open channels and metal grates are set into sidewalks throughout the older parts of town. Cross them square on. A castor dropping into a slot at an angle is how people get tipped.
Curb cuts are inconsistent in Centro. Newer areas are well served. In the old streets you will find a ramp on one corner and a high step on the next. Look ahead a block and choose your crossing point in advance.
Marina Vallarta on a hot day. The boardwalk loop around the yacht basin is flat, partly shaded and quieter than the Malecón, with restaurants that mostly have level entry. It is the easy outing when the Malecón feels like too much.
Beaches. Sand stops a standard chair. Vallarta’s advantage is that its main promenade runs right along the water, so you can be at the ocean without needing to cross sand at all.
Rainy season. June to October brings heavy afternoon and overnight rain. Wet cobblestone is slippery for the person pushing as much as for the wheels. Plan mornings and keep a light waterproof over the chair.
Restaurant entries. Malecón and Marina Vallarta, mostly level. Zona Romántica, expect one step very often. Staff are consistently willing to help, and asking for a terrace edge table when you book saves a lot of manoeuvring.
Elevators in older buildings. Plenty of Zona Romántica and Centro rentals are walk ups. If you have not booked accommodation yet, confirm the lift before you confirm the room. It is the mistake we see most often.
Ready to arrange it
- Primary CTA: Call or WhatsApp +52 322-107-2746. Free delivery in Puerto Vallarta. No deposit, and nothing to pay until the equipment is with you.
- Secondary CTA: Not sure whether you need a wheelchair, a rollator or a knee walker? Call and describe the situation. We will give you an honest recommendation, including the cheaper one when that is the right one.
Frequently asked questions
Is Puerto Vallarta wheelchair friendly?
In parts, genuinely yes. The Malecón is a kilometre of flat paved boardwalk and is excellent. Marina Vallarta and Nuevo Vallarta are flat and modern. Zona Romántica and the old Centro streets are cobbled, steep in places, and much harder work for whoever is pushing.
Which is better on Vallarta cobblestone, a wheelchair or a scooter?
A scooter, if the person can operate one. The Victory 10 LX has CTS suspension and larger wheels, so cobblestone is uncomfortable rather than punishing. A manual chair's small front castors catch in the gaps. We will tell you honestly which suits your plans.
Do you rent knee walkers for someone recovering from a foot injury?
Yes. The knee walker is hands free with a padded knee platform and steerable front wheels, and it is far safer than crutches on Vallarta's uneven streets. It is one of our most requested items after a pre trip injury.
Can you deliver to a condo in Zona Romántica with no elevator?
We can deliver to the building, but if the unit is up a flight of stairs with no lift, a wheelchair will not solve that. Tell us the address before you book anything and we will describe the practical options, which sometimes means recommending a rollator instead.
How long can I rent for, and is there a discount for the season?
Anything from an hour to several months. Rates per day drop on weekly and monthly rentals, and Puerto Vallarta's winter long stay guests are a large part of our business, so monthly pricing is well established. Ask when you call.
Ready when you are. No deposit, no upfront charge, no minimum rental. Andrew or Andres will bring it to your hotel and show you how everything works.
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