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One Bedroom Vino Bello by Club Wyndham Review in Napa California

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About two hours north of the San Francisco is the Vino Bello timeshare by Club Wyndham. This is the only true Timeshare in Napa proper. Your only other choice is Airbnb or Hotels. The Vino Bello is located as part of a hotel complex. This hotel complex gives you the option of wine tasting and restaurants in addition to the kitchen in the unit.

There is a nice size pool and hot tub. There are grills and a kids pool area. There is also a small fitness center available as part of the timeshare. The unit is relatively large and well appointed. Enjoy the review.

One Bedroom Vino Bello by Club Wyndham Review in Napa California

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That was originally Shell, and Wyndham has taken over Shell, and they have made it very difficult to book, to add guests, to modify reservations, and it's very expensive for Shell owners to book what you probably got for a lot less money. It's really awful.
 

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That was originally Shell, and Wyndham has taken over Shell, and they have made it very difficult to book, to add guests, to modify reservations, and it's very expensive for Shell owners to book what you probably got for a lot less money. It's really awful.
That is too bad to hear... I am only able to book it because this is the low season... There is almost no availability past Mid-May and I would not have been able to book many weekends except the Studio.... I am staying in the Studio starting tomorrow... Very curious to see how that goes... I will have an electric skillet in the room.
 

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That was originally Shell, and Wyndham has taken over Shell, and they have made it very difficult to book, to add guests, to modify reservations, and it's very expensive for Shell owners to book what you probably got for a lot less money. It's really awful.

Curious - what exactly changed for existing Shell owners? Is the website for Shell owners no longer in service? Was the website replaced after Wyndham acquired Shell? Or are you referring to Shell owner experiences after converting their ownership over to Wyndham? Just trying to better understand what changed here.


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Cliff, that was a decent review. Thanks for posting it.

But your constant panning back and forth and back and forth and the jerkiness.... was really distracting. It was hard for me to watch.

I think that if you did just single slow and steady pans that your videos would be much better. Also, when you are describing a variety of items, you don't need to aim the camera at each of them individually. Perhaps just have more of an area shot or smooth pan along with your narrative would be adequate.

Another thought would be to buy a camera stabilizer gimbal. If you watch the videos of Jeremy (@dioxide45), his pans are smooth. It is easy to watch his videos. I believe that he uses a stabilizer. They aren't terribly expensive. Here is one example (not an endorsement but just meant as an example): https://www.amazon.com/Stabilizer-S...cphy=9052127&hvtargid=pla-1454938808136&psc=1

I'm not trying to be critical. Just trying to help. I like your videos.
 

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Cliff, that was a decent review. Thanks for posting it.

But your constant panning back and forth and back and forth and the jerkiness.... was really distracting. It was hard for me to watch.

I think that if you did just single slow and steady pans that your videos would be much better. Also, when you are describing a variety of items, you don't need to aim the camera at each of them individually. Perhaps just have more of an area shot or smooth pan along with your narrative would be adequate.

Another thought would be to buy a camera stabilizer gimbal. If you watch the videos of Jeremy (@dioxide45), his pans are smooth. It is easy to watch his videos. I believe that he uses a stabilizer. They aren't terribly expensive. Here is one example (not an endorsement but just meant as an example): https://www.amazon.com/Stabilizer-S...cphy=9052127&hvtargid=pla-1454938808136&psc=1

I'm not trying to be critical. Just trying to help. I like your videos.
I appreciate the feedback... I need to work on that.
 

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Curious - what exactly changed for existing Shell owners? Is the website for Shell owners no longer in service? Was the website replaced after Wyndham acquired Shell? Or are you referring to Shell owner experiences after converting their ownership over to Wyndham? Just trying to better understand what changed here.


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Shell owners, when logged into Shellvacationsclub.com, have very little functionality within the website. It's terrible. They are pushing us out, and one Shell employee (whom I will not name for obvious reasons) is very upset at what Wyndham has done to the website. If I get her on the phone, she charges me nothing for modifying and addding guests to the confirmations I have. You can make reservations, but if you have to change anything, you have to call. It's gotten ridiculous. I still have 12,000 points to use in RCI currently, then I am dumping the ownership.
 

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Shell owners, when logged into Shellvacationsclub.com, have very little functionality within the website. It's terrible. They are pushing us out, and one Shell employee (whom I will not name for obvious reasons) is very upset at what Wyndham has done to the website. If I get her on the phone, she charges me nothing for modifying and addding guests to the confirmations I have. You can make reservations, but if you have to change anything, you have to call. It's gotten ridiculous. I still have 12,000 points to use in RCI currently, then I am dumping the ownership.

Gotcha - very sorry to hear. Did they swap the website out for the "new" website designs that CWP and WM are now using? Or did they simply deprecate functions within the existing legacy Shell website?
 
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