jeff968
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- Oct 25, 2000
My full trip report can be found under 2002 Coe family excursion report in the trip report section of this board but here are the details on the Hilton Grand Vacation Club. Again, if you have any additional questions I would be happy to answer them.
My family spent a total of 11 nights at the HGVC (2/14-2/24). The first 3 nights was their promo package. For $500 I got three nights in a two bedroom in February and two attraction tickets. The next 7 nights were a time-share week I won on eBay for $675. The last night was a single night rental at $220 for the night. The staff at HGVC was great and was able to work it out so we could stay in the same units for the entire time. Our two bedroom unit was located on the third floor of the Warwick House building.
The HGVC was beautiful. We stayed at the Vistana Resort last year and I liked the HGVC better. The entire development was built in 1995 so all the buildings are the consistent and in excellent condition. The resort has a Bermuda theme and it is not too big. There are about 12 buildings with 8 floors each? They all have beautiful courtyards and the landscaping throughout the resort was very nice. Lots of things to do. There were 3 pools, our building was further away from the main building, so we had one of the pools right next to our building. It was great to walk out at anytime and take a swim. Our pool was definitely the quiet one and was heated. It also had a childrens pool and a very hot hot tub. Now, if you wanted to take a walk you could head down to the main building. This is where the other two pools were located. One large heated pool with a fountain in the middle and a large non-heated pool with a waterfall. We made it into the cool pool only on the days we saw the eighties. There was also another childrens pool and three hot tubs. Everything was going on in this area and my family (kids 12, 9, and 2) wished we were closer to it but it wasnt a big deal. All the activities took place here. You could also find the best shuffle board courts I have seen at a resort, an okay putting green, and a great croquet court. You would just go to the activity center to get the balls/rackets/whatever you needed and then play. They also had very nice basketball courts, tennis courts, and an exercise room. You also could find a smaller arcade room and a nice little store that made fresh sandwiches to order and baked goods in the morning. The prices were high but not unreasonable. We took part in some of the poolside activities. One of our favorites was the daily ice cream social. Everyday at 2:00pm they would come out with two buckets of ice cream and you could make your own sundaes for only $2 each and they were great with all the extras. The poolside restaurant was also very good. We ate there three times and I found the food to be very good. They have special theme nights like Mexican or ribs on certain nights and the prices were reasonable and the food very good. I had a great burger by the pool one afternoon. They also offered poolside massages at $10 for 10 minutes and hairwraps for the girls. There was also a nice playgound for our 2-year-old with soft sand. We spent many of our days hanging out by the pool, swimming, and relaxing. There was also a large walking path that went around the small pond which I walked a couple of times. We had two bad rain days and during one of them we rented the 50 seat movie theater for $20 and watched Shreck. It was a lot of fun. They have free movies for all the guests throughout the week at 8:00pm. We did that one night. The kids took advantage of a few of the activities including a tie-dye tee shirt for $10 and a trip to Wonderworks for $25 first child, $20 for the second. Pizza, transportation, and admission were included and they loved it. It was a three-hour activity. We did our timeshare promo on Friday. Not too bad and there was little pressure. They gave us a light lunch and then we saw a film and spoke with a representative. Hilton has a nice, flexible, points program but it is still too much money and I feel you can do much better with renting. The promo was suppose to be 90 minutes but we were there for 150 minutes because my wife likes to talk and I like to point out the flaws with the reps you should buy math. No big deal. We got it over and enjoyed the rest of the day. A funny thing for you other timeshare renters, when we were there for the first three days under the promo housekeeping visited us everyday. Once our 1 week rental started we never saw housekeeping again until my last day which was a single day rental again. It shows that if you rent you get service, if you trade you get squat (unless you pay extra for it). We rented at the Vistana Resort last year and saw housekeeping everyday but we were paying $170 a night. I was paying only $90 a night for my week so I guess I prefer the savings over the service. You could still go get supplies if you needed them or towels, they just werent brought to you. Overall, I was very happy with the resort and give it high marks. I liked it better then the Vistana because of the overall consistency of the resorts condition. Lots of nice details, which made it a very beautiful and elegant place. It wasnt too big or crowded, there were many quiet places, and many activities to participate in. The Vistana had some nicer pools but because the place was bigger everybody showed up at the nicer pools and it was much more crowded. I liked the configuration of the HGVC rooms better as well. They were wider, the second bedroom unit had a kitchenette and there were two closed in decks. The HGVC is a very nice place and I would recommend it. Let me know if you have any additional questions.
My family spent a total of 11 nights at the HGVC (2/14-2/24). The first 3 nights was their promo package. For $500 I got three nights in a two bedroom in February and two attraction tickets. The next 7 nights were a time-share week I won on eBay for $675. The last night was a single night rental at $220 for the night. The staff at HGVC was great and was able to work it out so we could stay in the same units for the entire time. Our two bedroom unit was located on the third floor of the Warwick House building.
The HGVC was beautiful. We stayed at the Vistana Resort last year and I liked the HGVC better. The entire development was built in 1995 so all the buildings are the consistent and in excellent condition. The resort has a Bermuda theme and it is not too big. There are about 12 buildings with 8 floors each? They all have beautiful courtyards and the landscaping throughout the resort was very nice. Lots of things to do. There were 3 pools, our building was further away from the main building, so we had one of the pools right next to our building. It was great to walk out at anytime and take a swim. Our pool was definitely the quiet one and was heated. It also had a childrens pool and a very hot hot tub. Now, if you wanted to take a walk you could head down to the main building. This is where the other two pools were located. One large heated pool with a fountain in the middle and a large non-heated pool with a waterfall. We made it into the cool pool only on the days we saw the eighties. There was also another childrens pool and three hot tubs. Everything was going on in this area and my family (kids 12, 9, and 2) wished we were closer to it but it wasnt a big deal. All the activities took place here. You could also find the best shuffle board courts I have seen at a resort, an okay putting green, and a great croquet court. You would just go to the activity center to get the balls/rackets/whatever you needed and then play. They also had very nice basketball courts, tennis courts, and an exercise room. You also could find a smaller arcade room and a nice little store that made fresh sandwiches to order and baked goods in the morning. The prices were high but not unreasonable. We took part in some of the poolside activities. One of our favorites was the daily ice cream social. Everyday at 2:00pm they would come out with two buckets of ice cream and you could make your own sundaes for only $2 each and they were great with all the extras. The poolside restaurant was also very good. We ate there three times and I found the food to be very good. They have special theme nights like Mexican or ribs on certain nights and the prices were reasonable and the food very good. I had a great burger by the pool one afternoon. They also offered poolside massages at $10 for 10 minutes and hairwraps for the girls. There was also a nice playgound for our 2-year-old with soft sand. We spent many of our days hanging out by the pool, swimming, and relaxing. There was also a large walking path that went around the small pond which I walked a couple of times. We had two bad rain days and during one of them we rented the 50 seat movie theater for $20 and watched Shreck. It was a lot of fun. They have free movies for all the guests throughout the week at 8:00pm. We did that one night. The kids took advantage of a few of the activities including a tie-dye tee shirt for $10 and a trip to Wonderworks for $25 first child, $20 for the second. Pizza, transportation, and admission were included and they loved it. It was a three-hour activity. We did our timeshare promo on Friday. Not too bad and there was little pressure. They gave us a light lunch and then we saw a film and spoke with a representative. Hilton has a nice, flexible, points program but it is still too much money and I feel you can do much better with renting. The promo was suppose to be 90 minutes but we were there for 150 minutes because my wife likes to talk and I like to point out the flaws with the reps you should buy math. No big deal. We got it over and enjoyed the rest of the day. A funny thing for you other timeshare renters, when we were there for the first three days under the promo housekeeping visited us everyday. Once our 1 week rental started we never saw housekeeping again until my last day which was a single day rental again. It shows that if you rent you get service, if you trade you get squat (unless you pay extra for it). We rented at the Vistana Resort last year and saw housekeeping everyday but we were paying $170 a night. I was paying only $90 a night for my week so I guess I prefer the savings over the service. You could still go get supplies if you needed them or towels, they just werent brought to you. Overall, I was very happy with the resort and give it high marks. I liked it better then the Vistana because of the overall consistency of the resorts condition. Lots of nice details, which made it a very beautiful and elegant place. It wasnt too big or crowded, there were many quiet places, and many activities to participate in. The Vistana had some nicer pools but because the place was bigger everybody showed up at the nicer pools and it was much more crowded. I liked the configuration of the HGVC rooms better as well. They were wider, the second bedroom unit had a kitchenette and there were two closed in decks. The HGVC is a very nice place and I would recommend it. Let me know if you have any additional questions.
