harveyhaddixfan
TUG Member
I saw that on the bill too listed as "insurance" and didn't think twice for the same reasons as you. So I will be asking for a $23 credit.
Sorry, it's the 8/8 that are the 2, 1 BR lockouts. I think the 10/8 are lockouts upstairs with the extra bed up another flight. I've got an email out to the resort asking what all the different configurations are. View attachment 2441
where do you see the point values? i see GK in locations but nowhere else.
Ah... But there is availability through Diamond Resorts and Hotels.
https://www.diamondresortsandhotels.com/
The Gold Key resorts are now available in the DRI reservation system. I'm a US Collection points member. I looked for 7 nights availability from today to the end of December. All the availability shown to me was then copied to an excel file. Unit type and points for the week are included. This information may or may not be helpful. There is still no point chart, however, so I can't tell which season a week belongs to. If it's not helpful please ignore this.
The file is here. There is a separate tab for each location:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzHfVJaaWOsmY0ZraXdtdlVBUDQ/
Resort Fees
Resort amenities fee is $25 U.S. dollars.
The Fee is 25 dollars (plus any tax) per day.
Owner Weeks and Member Points Booking: Photo identification and a form of payment will need to be provided at check-in. Resort fees* will be waived when staying on your owner week or member point reservations.
A resort fee of $25.00 plus tax per night will be added to the reservation if the owner or member of THE Club® is checking in on a rental reservation.
This really captures my same feelings so far.This is the wording from the DRI factsheet for Beachwoods
My impression from that is that any reservation not using your owners week or DRI points will be charged the Resort fee. I hope this is not the case as I am also an owner here and don't want to pay. I would love to hear the answer you are given.
DRI seems like such a money grabbing organization. They have added estoppel fees, a $250 transfer fee and these resort fees on top of raising the MF -with much of it going toward additional management fees. The reserves are still ridiculously underfunded. I know that is the next step but they didn't want to do it on top of the management fees for the first year. Their priority is making sure they realize a healthy profit, doing a good job actually managing the resorts for owners seems to be a distant second.
"Owner Weeks and Member Points Booking: Photo identification and a form of payment will need to be provided at check-in. Resort fees* will be waived when staying on your owner week or member point reservations. A resort fee of $25.00 plus tax per night will be added to the reservation if the owner or member of THE Club® is checking in on a rental reservation."
My impression from that is that any reservation not using your owners week or DRI points will be charged the Resort fee.