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Booking Florida Gulf and Plantation Beach Club online is here!!!!!

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you can now book Plantation Beach Club at Indian River Plantation Resort and Florida Gulf online...Availability is very slim as you can see
 

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Yea!
I noticed that, for some resorts, they list each unit individually.
We must pick the unit up front w-no "Can I get a better view?"
The cynic in me says that's so locals can avoid selection-work.

Now, if they only had availability for Sanibel-Captiva.
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I gave up a May week at Casa Ybel that includes Memorial Day weekend just a few days ago, and it looks like it's gone already. About the only availability is for 2 day segments, which can't be booked because of the 3 day minimum. Guess they will have to be booked as open season. Since those resort have fixed weeks and are given up in 7 day segments, I imagine a lot of orphaned days are created.
 

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you can now book Plantation Beach Club at Indian River Plantation Resort and Florida Gulf online...Availability is very slim as you can see
Thank you for the heads up. I got one at Regency at Marco Island beachfront 6 days. :banana: Never been there and heard the beachfront building is the way to go. Have to read how to walk the reservation because another day was available but not until tomorrow.

Grabbed it, if I waited doubt it would be there tomorrow, as the word gets out less and less will be available. Now if I match with II for a Key West week might give it back, I think, not sure.o_O
 

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We are staying a few nights at the Marco Island Hilton later this month. I've never been to Marco Island and will sniff around some of the properties.

Charter Club is just a quarter mile away and off season resales are pretty cheap.
 

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We are staying a few nights at the Marco Island Hilton later this month. I've never been to Marco Island and will sniff around some of the properties.

Charter Club is just a quarter mile away and off season resales are pretty cheap.
Curious what you will think about Charter Club versus Surf, Regency and Eagles Nest. Let us know.
 

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Curious what you will think about Charter Club versus Surf, Regency and Eagles Nest. Let us know.

One thing that stands out already is the free usage of the beach equipment. I would never get off the paddle board.
 

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It is enlightening to visually see how little availability there is, but I suspect that since owners who are not planning on using their week that are also enrolled in HGVC have no incentive to turn their week in for points until 30 days out, the best availability will be in the 60-30 days out range.

But I am seeing an anomaly -- Both Club Regency and Eagle's Nest have availability in just about all room types for the 3rd week of August. Is that week somehow not available to owners? Just seems weird.

Kurt
 

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I'm sure there are still some bugs to work out. If you scroll forward with Charter Club, the column gets longer and longer and longer and there are only two view types.
 

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I'm sure there are still some bugs to work out. If you scroll forward with Charter Club, the column gets longer and longer and longer and there are only two view types.

But if you clink on the view resort link, it takes to the next page where I was able to see all 19 room types. Some times you only see the room types which are available during the month which was selected. I see 19 room types in December, but only 4 room types in April.....
 

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So does anyone know what all those room types mean?

If you click on the little, faint "i" next to the room code, you'll get a description that is almost helpful.
Example: For Club Regency, BD is standard, BH is beach-front, and PL is pool-view.
 

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If you click on the little, faint "i" next to the room code, you'll get a description that is almost helpful.
Example: For Club Regency, BD is standard, BH is beach-front, and PL is pool-view.

But many of them are exactly the same - except -12, -13, -14 and so on (Eagles Nest is a good example)
 

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So does anyone know what all those room types mean?
But many of them are exactly the same - except -12, -13, -14 and so on (Eagles Nest is a good example)
I called hgvc and was trying to figure out the codes for Surf Club at Marco. They couldn’t provide more info but did give me room numbers where there were a few weeks available for a week. My first thoughts were the codes were based on room numbers but it looks more like slots where the units can be placed. Will keep trying to figure it out. If I do will post.
 

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I called hgvc and was trying to figure out the codes for Surf Club at Marco. They couldn’t provide more info but did give me room numbers where there were a few weeks available for a week. My first thoughts were the codes were based on room numbers but it looks more like slots where the units can be placed. Will keep trying to figure it out. If I do will post.

Thanks for both threads!
 

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Wow!
It’s about time.
Now to get my charter club ressies for the year.


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Thank you for the heads up. I got one at Regency at Marco Island beachfront 6 days. :banana: Never been there and heard the beachfront building is the way to go. Have to read how to walk the reservation because another day was available but not until tomorrow.

Grabbed it, if I waited doubt it would be there tomorrow, as the word gets out less and less will be available. Now if I match with II for a Key West week might give it back, I think, not sure.o_O
Definitely want the beachfront building at club regency.
 

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Definitely want the beachfront building at club regency.
It is a beachfront unit but second guessing whether I should keep it.
 

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Enchanted Isle resort.

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It is a beachfront unit but second guessing whether I should keep it.

I was in the beachfront building but had no view. The foliage blocks the view on the first floor units.

There are stairs to these units if that’s a concern. No elevators.


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It is a beachfront unit but second guessing whether I should keep it.
Oh keep it, fantastic lanai overlooking the gulf, covered lanai with padded loungers table and chairs. We had the non gulf front and would not do that again. There are a lot of stairs. The first floor is above the garage, and the second floor is above that. Climbing those cement stairs to top floor did my knee in last year. Within a few days, I was limping badly, had to have my replacement pushed up.
 
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