Back in Nov 2016 we used two privilege weeks to stay at Luxury Bahia Principe Sian Ka'an in Mexico. I kept meaning to post an update about that trip but never got around to it. I've decided I won't except for the fact that a reader of this blog ended up at the same resort at the same time so we met up for some drinks one night. I have to say that was a very cool experience. Thank you Frank!
During that trip they did ask us to sit in to another sales pitch and at some point I may write a post all about that but now that some time has past I'm not sure if I remember enough detail to do this.
The reason I'm not going to bother writing about my trip last year is we are booked in to the same resort for two weeks on Dec 3. I've decided I'll instead try to post daily during that trip ... For the next bit this blog will become a resort review in addition to being about the club. I think it may be helpful for anyone reading this to get an idea of what it's like to be a club member at this resort.
This year we booked way back in February. We asked for two membership weeks for the last two weeks of the year our gold membership would allow and got it no problem. This will be our first trip using official member weeks although last year we got some amazing upgrades so I think except for the price we experienced all that membership weeks have to offer. The reservation process went very smooth.
On November 9th however, I tried contacting the club to book our air transfers and could not get through. It took almost a week to get through. I did ask for an explanation and they responded that they were extremely busy as well as had a long weekend. This right after the US election ... Not sure if that is a coincidence. In the end all was well.
I received an email from our pre-checkin concierge last Saturday - exactly 2 weeks before our check-in date - asking about what a la carte reservations we wanted and room requests and such. This is an improvement over last year as they emailed me 5 days in advance then.
So my next updates will be live on location (in 11 days 😁). Since we were here before I can tell you this resort is amazing. It is an adult only resort so my posts won't be able to comment on family travel concerns. We have learned a few tips along the way that I will share so hopefully any future travellers will get a better idea of how the club works.
****** UPDATE Dec 10, 2016 ***** Google blogger is being nothing but trouble for me while I'm in Mexico so I will have to update after returning.
