Grand Luxxe Nuevo I am in you

[Luckytimer]

Hankmoon: I think your comment is pretty rude and uneducated. Did you miss the part that my dh is dying of an always fatal disease (ALS, MND or Lou Gehrigs) whatever you may know (or not know) it by? When you have travelled over 8 hours by plane (2 legs of trip) in hopes of making family memories; having an elevator to get you in/out of your villa is pretty important. As it was, the day they moved us out; no elevators were working - forcing a man and a woman employee to carry my husband
down the stairs in 40 plus heat.

 

[Hankmoon]

Hankmoon: I think your comment is pretty rude and uneducated. Did you miss the part that my dh is dying of an always fatal disease (ALS, MND or Lou Gehrigs) whatever you may know (or not know) it by? When you have travelled over 8 hours by plane (2 legs of trip) in hopes of making family memories; having an elevator to get you in/out of your villa is pretty important. As it was, the day they moved us out; no elevators were working - forcing a man and a woman employee to carry my husband
down the stairs in 40 plus heat.

I am very sorry. I did miss it. I did not realize your husband was fatally ill. If you picked that unit because you needed an elevator for your husband and it was not functional during your stay, then it is completely understandable you would be upset. Forgive me for my rudeness and lack of education. I will make less assumptions in the future and try to read previous posts before commenting. I learned a big lesson here. God bless you and your husband.

 

[Luckytimer]

Thank you very much for your apology

 

[dkagnew]

We just spent two weeks at the Grand Luxxe in NV which was done through II exchange. Beautiful resort, no doubt about that point and the staff were excellent. Loved the Joy Squad at the pools.

Background Info: we agreed to go to the sales presentation to get some perks during our stay. Reduced resort fees, 50% off of some services, etc. After losing a complete day we ended up buying into a Grand Luxxe loft in building 5. This required that we trade in three of our contracts at other resorts. So three resort weeks traded in and $37000 US to get two weeks.

So after getting away from the pressure we rethought our purchase and ended up canceling our contract. The initial part of the cancellation process was simple and pain free (shocked the hell out of me!!) However then we were moved to another part of the sales group, supposedly to deal with the last of the cancellation process and to get our money back (our refund was processed and money back in our account before we got home.) This second individual we met then began another sales attempt. This was identified at considerably less investment. $3700 gave us three weeks in the Grand Mayan with no exchange fees, blah, blah, etc. So we thought what the hell $3700 ($4700 CDN) was a risk we were willing to take a chance on for what sounded like a decent deal. One caveat is that we have only a 5 month window to try and make reservations at their properties. One other item is that these weeks are not called Vidanta Vacation weeks but are classified as Destinos Unlimited weeks.

So my questions: Does anyone have experience with these Destinos weeks? If so what has your experience been like, i.e. ease of reservations, etc? Is there something we may have missed in the presentation? It still smacks of "if it sounds to good to be true it probably isn't true"

Thanks and look forward to your feedback!!

 

[Karen G]

So my questions: Does anyone have experience with these Destinos weeks? If so what has your experience been like, i.e. ease of reservations, etc? Is there something we may have missed in the presentation? It still smacks of "if it sounds to good to be true it probably isn't true"

Thanks and look forward to your feedback!!

I have no personal experience with Destinos weeks, but just a quick google search turned up this article from Ripoff Reports.

I think your gut reaction of "it sounds too good to be true" is reliable and if you can cancel this deal, you'd save your $3700. I would imagine you could rent some pretty nice vacation accommodations for that amount of money without the hassle of trying to get the dates and places you want through Destinos.

 

[T-Dot-Traveller]

We just spent two weeks at the Grand Luxxe in NV which was done through II exchange. Beautiful resort, no doubt about that point and the staff were excellent. Loved the Joy Squad at the pools.

Background Info: ......... So we thought what the hell $3700 ($4700 CDN) was a risk we were willing to take a chance on for what sounded like a decent deal. One caveat is that we have only a 5 month window to try and make reservations at their properties. One other item is that these weeks are not called Vidanta Vacation weeks but are classified as Destinos Unlimited weeks.

So my questions: Does anyone have experience with these Destinos weeks? If so what has your experience been like, i.e. ease of reservations, etc? Is there something we may have missed in the presentation? It still smacks of "if it sounds to good to be true it probably isn't true"

Thanks and look forward to your feedback!!

What you bought is real , and it definitely will get you back into the Grand Mayan . (Whether it is worthwhile for other resort / vacation uses ? - I do not really know )

What you bought is a form of an exit package , that will get you weeks at Vidanta resorts without full (RTU) ownership (or the full amenities such as 50 % off golf massages ,etc. that are often negotiated) .

The primary item - a shorter ARP , the 5 months . ( My Mayan Palace contract has 6 months and Grand Luxxe often has one year .) As a result you probably won't(easily) get prime snowbird season ( mid-Jan - April ) . You should be able to use the rest of the year and not pay the $ 11 per person / per day exchange fee at NV & RM that Vidanta charges exchangers from RCI and II .You also won't pay an exchange fee . I believe Destinos likely has an annual fee ( $ xx / 99 ? ) to keep the membership active ( I am guessing)

There are threads from within the last year that includes posts from folks who bought this package and were able to use it for the Grand Mayan .
Put "Destinos " in the search function for the Mexican Forum and you should be able to find the postings.

The term "concierge" is I believe used by Vidanta regarding Destinos ownership access to their resorts . ( ie a partner who assists )
The term " privilege weeks " may also be used .

I hope this helps .

 

[T-Dot-Traveller]

My post above is based on information from reading TUG .

dkagnew - if you own this past the rescission window / figure out how to use .

If you can still rescind - I would .

Reason : You currently have access to Vidanta resorts via II .
IMO - it will take about 8 weeks use of these Destino weeks with no exchange fee and no Vidanta $ 11 pp/pd resort fee to recoup the $ 3700 .

 

[dkagnew]

Thanks for all of the input greatly appreciated. I am beyond the recission window so will work at using what we have. Thanks again!