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DRI Confusion

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[triennial - points]
The Positives I See Aren't Positive Enough To Pay Big Bux To Get.

Yes, you have that wrong. You appear/claim toi own at both CPs, at CP1 you are a VRI owner and at CP2 you are a DRI owner, you can consider yourself anything you want, but that's who manages the resort(s) and that's who you are therefore an owner with. You can put down Club Sunterra and THE Club all you want, it has it's pros and cons, because you aren't a member you only see cons.
It's not so much that I don't see anything positive. It's more the case that I don't see anything positive enough to be worth paying big bux to get, & that's why I'm not a member.

I could be in a tiny minority on that point. That is, I'm sure there are plenty of savvy timeshare people out there -- savvier than I am -- who paid the money to join & are fully satisfied that they have received value for their money. More power to them. Some people like coffee & others go for tea. Shux, some people prefer drinking plain water. None of those preferences involve putting down other people's choices, although the other people can feel free to dump on mine if they want.

Both CP1 & CP2, BTW, are managed by VRI under contracts with the 2 separate independent, owner-controlled HOA-BODs. Last year I was a Phase 2 HOA-BOD candidate myself -- got soundly thrashed in the voting & proxy counting. (Probably just as well, eh?)

There used to be prominent & substantial SunTerra signs at the Cypress Pointe entrances. I don't remember noticing whether those had been replaced by Diamond signs.

-- Alan Cole, McLean (Fairfax County), Virginia, USA.​
 

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There used to be prominent & substantial SunTerra signs at the Cypress Pointe entrances. I don't remember noticing whether those had been replaced by Diamond signs.

-- Alan Cole, McLean (Fairfax County), Virginia, USA.​

I think all the Sunterra signs are now gone (if not they are supposed to be - both the Associations and Diamond asked that they be removed). They have been replaced with Cypress Pointe branded (or unbranded) versions - no Diamond Resorts branding - again at their request (had they wanted it the respective Boards would have considered it and could have decided to accept or reject the plan).

The only branding you will now find is in the sales area and any sales items in the units. Not that long ago (2001-2006) it was a major push at CPR to re-brand the resort with the CPR name/logo and do away with any Developer based logos/slogans/branding. It was carried onto logo'd toiletries, ice buckets, directional signs, etc. Recently that has been cut back as it's felt the resort has it's identity as an independent reestablished and there is a savings in using more generic, but still high quality items such as toiletries supplied with the unit setup. No one would refer to Cypress Pointe as DRI Cypress Pointe.
 

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[triennial - points]
Timeshare Soap.

Not that long ago (2001-2006) it was a major push at CPR to re-brand the resort with the CPR name/logo and do away with any Developer based logos/slogans/branding. It was carried onto logo'd toiletries, ice buckets, directional signs, etc. Recently that has been cut back as it's felt the resort has it's identity as an independent reestablished and there is a savings in using more generic, but still high quality items such as toiletries supplied with the unit setup.
I would not object to premium DRI-branded timeshare soap & shampoo & conditioner & lotion, etc., so long as the timeshare company was willing to supply those items at no more than whatever the HOA-BOD is paying for comparable premium non-branded items.

-- Alan Cole, McLean (Fairfax County), Virginia, USA.​
 
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Both CP1 & CP2, BTW, are managed by VRI under contracts with the 2 separate independent, owner-controlled HOA-BODs. Last year I was a Phase 2 HOA-BOD candidate myself -- got soundly thrashed in the voting & proxy counting. (Probably just as well, eh?)

-- Alan Cole, McLean (Fairfax County), Virginia, USA.​
Yes.

I would not object to premium DRI-banded timeshare soap & shampoo & conditioner & lotion, etc., so long as the timeshare company was willing to supply those items at no more than whatever the HOA-BOD is paying for comparable premium non-branded items.

-- Alan Cole, McLean (Fairfax County), Virginia, USA.​
Shux, see above.
 
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