Lock out @ Grande Vista

[chkvtzn]

We are using our week at Grand Vista and have invited our friends to join us. If possible I would like, for some extra privacy, for them to stay in the lock out portion, and have my family in the 1BR portion. Do I need to book this as 2 reservations even though we are booking our entire unit together for the same week? I do not want to mearly just close the doors. I want each of us to have a seperate key. It is OK if they are next to each other. Thanks in advance.

 

[Scott_Ru]

No, just book the 3 bed-room. You will be able to "lock them off" and the front desk can get different keys for the two-bedroom and one-bedroom lockoff units.

 

[Quilter]

When our friends joined us at Ocean Pointe, they registered a credit card under the room # they were in (the lock-off portion). That way they (and their daughter) could go to the Marketplace, Pizza Hut and Tiki Bar and charge anything they wanted. They were able to easily settle up with the front desk at check out.

 

[chkvtzn]

Will I be charged a lock out fee?

Thanks for all your responses!

 

[Quilter]

No, not if you just ask the desk for 2 keys. Do you also want the desk to code the keys separately?

Lock out fees are to pay Marriott owner services for the extra paperwork, time and trouble of handling 2 separate room reservations.

 

[WARLUS]

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[laxmom]

Keys...

When we were there in December, they gave us 2 keys for each door. The one set worked for the 1 bedroom side and the other the lockoff. We had booked the entire unit. Not sure if it was a mistake or not but it was a pain in the backside as we would each have to try our keys in the door to get in-we didn't do well keeping our keys separated from the kid's keys. For you it would be great and maybe you can request 2 keys for each door if they don't offer. We are proof that it can be done and still book the whole suite.

 

[jerseygirl]

We had a 3-BR in December and the front desk specifically asked if we wanted to key the 2-BR and studio separately (we didn't). I'm sure you'll just have to ask and they'll be happy to handle it the way you want, along with separate charging privileges if desired. We left all the keys on the shelf in the foyer between the two units, making it easy to remember to grab one on the way out (plus, as the practical one, I kept one in my wallet ). The "keys on the shelf" rule came in handy for those quick trips to hit golf balls or run to the Marketplace.