First week 11/15-11/22 Pueblo Bonita Rose which I like. 11/21-11/28 is the Cabo Villas Exchange. Still looking for 11/27 or 11/28. I’m pretty familiar with the floor plans. I guess I have never stayed in the 1 bed ex with extra bathroom off the living room. Which tower are those in? You know that tower 1(original tower) has been torn down for the new construction so all the condos with that funky 1/2 wall are no Maas. The name on the exchange confirmation is SWIRE.
I’m pretty stoked about this exchange. Hopefully check in doesn’t screw me over and put me on the first floor in the tower that those units face the pool wall. Any suggestions of how I can keep that from happening? As being an owner never gets you much special consideration lol.
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Hi Jules, I think I might have helped you with a HE rescission about a year ago
The tower you are referring to that was torn down was the CVR building and Cachet was built on that site and the parking lot behind it (old restaurant). The newest building is this Cachet Hotel and in not part of CV (a new partner that they manage the property for).
CV properties are now only the front tower on the beach that the sunset bar was moved on top of(from the old CVR building). The other CV property is the modern apartment like blocks called Bayview that were built behind the pool bar in 2009. I do not remember the configuration of the Bayview units as the regular owners were never allowed to book there unless you "upgraded". There might be a 2 bedroom 3 bath combination there. The CV buildings can get you 2 bedrooms and 3 baths as I mentioned in my previous post and those rooms are not near the "wall of shame" units facing the pool wall that were for exchanges and getaways.
CV is a nice property that we have spent over 20 weeks at but it's noisy and caters to a 20-40 something crowd. We returned our contracts to them as they raised the MF the maximum of 5-10% EVERY year and added 3 additional assessments in 8 years. CV wanted you to get out and acted to enforce that so they could resell the CVR building to the Cachet partner. Additionally, getting the room you paid for 365 days in advance and confirmed the week before arrival was often a battle at check in. They also have a huge staff turn over problem so it's a zoo at check in.
How to maybe get the room you were hoping to get: Find out the name of the front desk manager and call the front desk about 5 days before checkin and remind him/her as they assigning the rooms about then. If you are at Rose just walk over and say hello in person. The afternoon before check in come over again and ask if everything is going as planned and ask them if the room you will get was occupied today (if it was, then checkin will be 4:00+ if it was vacant they might let you bring your luggage over just after noon when the check outs have all left.
Despite the hassles of CV the nicest sunrises I've seen are sitting on your balcony or in your spa while staying in the ocean front tower. You really do not smell the grill fumes until lunchtime
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Have a great visit
