Rio Grande Valley Outlets.

I wanted to entitle this article Rio Grande Valley Outlets Scam but I don't like it when headlines mislead. Let me explain. The outlets are a nice outdoor mall. However, we have been programmed over time to think outlets = deeply discounted prices for major brands. This is just not the case any more. When outlets first started out, you could go and find some really good deals. People didn't mind driving hours because it was worth it. After more and more people started to travel to outlet sites, the prices continued to go up and up. With outlet stores popping up all over the country and being hugely successful, the outlet store owners have discovered they could lure people on reputation alone and not provide the deep discounts price people were originally searching for. So, I feel the word outlet is misused just as the word free is misused in today's marketplace. 

After saying all that, I actually like the Rio Grande Valley Outlet stores. It's not like we have an over abundance of good malls in The Valley. Personally, I don't see why anyone from the McAllen-Mission-Edinburg area would shop at the outlets. It would seem La Plaza Mall would have a good selection for a mall. Maybe because at one time it was the nations leading place to get your car stolen. If you live in Harlingen, I could see going to the outlets because Valley Vista Mall is pathetic and of course people comeing over the border to shop from Progresso would find the outlets convienet. 

With 140 stores there is plenty to shop for at the outlets. It's a nice place to walk outdoors between stores. It has a nice play area for kids to run around; something sorely lacking in most Rio Grande Vally shopping areas. The point is I wouldn't recommend anyone travel out of their way to go to the Rio Grande Valley Outlets in an attempt to save money. However, I would send them there if they were just looking for something different to do and they hadn't been yet. 

Visit the Rio Grande Valley Outlets' website.