1. No parking fee at Bonnet Creek. The hotel, The Grand at Bonnet Creek, does have a parking fee.
2. There is no resort fee.
FWIW.... The grande Also charges a Daily Resort fee.
Thank you. They must have been writing a review of the actual hotel and put it under Bonnet Creek instead of whatever that hotel name is.
The hotel's name is "The Wyndham Grande Hotel at Bonnet Creek"
That Wyndham, and Bonnet Creek, within the name has been known to cause some confusion. It also doesn't help that they are basically on the same property.
No, there is only one place to check in. I do think tower 6 has it's own check in, but you will be directed where to go. You won't need to check in twice. Don't worry. I think you're over thinking things. It's not as big and intimidating as you are imagining.
The Tower 6 Checkin is basically there for Presidential units. If you don't have a 1, 2, or 3 bedroom presidential reservation you would need to go to the primary lobby to check in. (I'm not sure how 4bdrm Presidentials are handled since they are located in every tower)
Ok, I have been reading this thread from the beginning and it has brought up a few more questions for me.
1. In the first post it mentions that when you check out you are suppose to strip your beds and put the linens in the bathroom and empty out all your trash into the trash chutes. Is that still something you are suppose to do?
2. Does each building have a work out room or do you have to go to a specific tower or building to use the gym?
3. Are there pool towels at every pool or is there a certain location you have to go to for checking out pool towels?
4. Are presidential suites only in tower 6 or does every tower have them?
5. Someone mentioned if you lie and say your spouse is not with you that the parking pass desk will not try to get you to go to a timeshare presentation. Have any of you tried that? Does it work? Someone else said to say you are unemployed and they won't ask you either.
6. Does this resort require you check in on a weekend day? And are the reservations in lumps of 3 days, 4 days or 7 days? When we stay at WBC for the first time we will only need to stay 5 nights. So I am thinking we may need to make a reservation for 7 nights. Is that true?
7. Someone mentioned an a/c override. Is this something you can do yourself or do you have to call maintenance to override the air conditioning?
Ok that's my ton of questions so far. Thanks to anyone who has any answers for me.
1. It used to be the policy that the checkout procedures included emptying the trash and stripping the beds. (and running the dishwasher). This policy was changed sometime after 2009 (I'm thinking in part due to the increasing popularity of the resort as a rental location by people unfamiliar with the way timeshare resorts traditionally required a bit more involved checkin/checkout procedure). Now you don't have to do much of anything when you check out. You aren't even required to run by the front desk anymore.
2. There is a fitness room located in both the main building (by the activity center) and in Tower 6.
3. On my last trip it appeared that they had consolidated the pool towel checkouts to the activity desks. You can get them at the main building or in Tower 6.
4. The 1,2, and 3bdrm presidentials are located exclusively on floor 10 and above in Tower 6. There are 4bdrm Presidential units located in every building in the resort.
5. I've heard reports that it works. Basically there are a couple requirements that must be met for you to "qualify" for the sales tours. The First is that if you are married, both spouses must attend. This is because they require that both people sign the documents if you buy anything, and they don't want to give you the easy out on the sales presentation.
the other is a minimum income level requirement. Again... This is because if you don't make enough money, then you can't afford and there is no way they could finance you to buy a contract at their inflated pricing. They don't want to waste their time [or the 'gift' cost] if there is no way you could buy anything.
As an owner, If you have someone on the contract with you, they may ask if the other person is there as well for your owners update.
6. This one is a bit more complicated to answer. The short answer is that no, You do not need to check in on a weekend.
However, Since you are an owner, You should be aware that the Wyndham system in general runs on a 7 day schedule. All Reservations in the Wyndham system are treated as being a part of a Friday-Friday, Saturday-Saturday, or Sunday-Sunday week. What this means is that if you want a Thursday - Tuesday reservation, The system will force you into 2 seperate actual reservations, One could run from Thursday-Saturday, and another from Saturday-Tuesday. The resort would then combine them into a single stay so you likely wouldn't need to change rooms. (You can manually take advantage of the same system to make reservations longer than the 7 night max supported by online reservation system...ala Make a 7 day Sunday-sunday reservation and a second Sunday-wednesday reservation to get a 10 day stay)
This system will impact you, as an owner in potentially a few different ways. First, As two different reservations, it will impact the way your housekeeping points will be used. A 7day midweek to midweek stay utilizing 2 different reservations will cost you more housekeeping points than a 7day weekend-to-weekend stay using a single reservation. Second... If your reservation straddles a "season", you could end up in a situation where the first reservation could fall into Value season for the point costs, but the second is in prime season. [the point cost calendars and checkin week calendars on the wyndham site will help you in translating the actual dates into the weeks used in determining point cost each year. You can sometimes find that friday-frirday and Saturday-saturday weeks are considered 1 week, while the Sunday-sunday is considered a different week]. Third.... If you even make a reservation which you, as the owner, are not going to be there to check in for and therefor need to use the guest certificate, You'll end up needing a certificate for each reservation in the system, even if the overall stay is under 7 days. And Lastly.... Wyndham reserves the right, especially during higher demand seasons at some resorts. to require a minimum 2 night stay and a checkin/checkout to fall on the weekend. This can sometimes make long weekend trips interesting to book since the system could report back that a 3 night stay starting on Thursday night isn't available, but a 4 night is. (ie. inventory management is splitting your 3 night into a 2 night reservation checking out on saturday, and a 1 night reservation from saturday-sunday.... BUT.. 1 night reservations aren't allowed, so by upping it to a 4 night you get the thursday-saturday and then the saturday-monday, thereby getting the required minimum stay requirement).
I know.... A bit more than you asked for, but I figured you might be interested in knowing a bit more about how the system works based off your past questions.
7. It's a simple button combination on the in-room thermostat. I forget what it is exactly off the top of my head, but it's something simple like pushing the F/C button and holding it in for several seconds until you get something to display on the lcd display.
Is there a blender in the room?
And I assume the answer is yes, but just verifying you can bring your own alcohol beverages to the pool?
Has anyone here rented a cabana? I think I read it is around $50 per day.
Do you have to wait until you check-in to reserve?
Our flight lands around 6am and our plan is to go get breakfast and stop at a grocery and liquor store before heading to WBC and using the pool area to relax until either our room is ready or we have to head back to airport to pick up another couple around 4in the afternoon.
Thanks for the help. I love reading all the posts on here. Everyone is so helpful
I THINK I remember a blender..... but honestly, I can't be sure. I do remember doing frozen drinks one year in the room, but now that I think about it I can't remember if we make them in a blender or used those frozen single serve type pouches.
Yes you can bring your own alcohol to the pools.... BUT.... they frown against any glass containers in the pool areas. You may want to keep that in mind. There are also several pool bars around the property which you can also get tasty beverages from.
I've never rented a Cabana, But from my understanding the cost can vary depending upon the time of year and demand. I also don't know how quickly they fill up or if you must have checked in and gotten a room before you can rent one. You might want to contact the resort's activities desk since they can probably give you a better answer than I can.
