I see lots of units from Pelican Resort for sale and wonder why so many owners want to sell their units.
What's overall opinion of Pelican Resort in St Martin?
Does it have strong or weak trading power?
Thanks!
We own 4 weeks at Pelican Resort, and love St Maarten. Pelican Resort has 342 units, which makes for 17,784 unit weeks. I'm always looking for good deals at Pelican, but most of the weeks I see for sale are studio 2s or 4s, and weeks in August though October.
Pelican has 8 buildings and we would only own in either the water front or beach front buildings, because the others are a bit of a walk from the water. (We've stayed in other buildings as rentals and exchanges and the units were nice, and it wasn't that inconvient, but the location by the water is nice.) Some owners really like their units "up on the hill", which are nearer to the large pool, tennis courts, and the casino. Nobody likes the dugeon Studio 2s.
The resort is nice enough, but no Marriott. They are updating the rooms, and are about 70% done, but the updates are still not 5 star quality. The grounds are nice, and the location is good, and there are a variety of activities either at the resort or within walking distance. If you want to spend a week in a luxiourious room, Pelican is not the place to stay, but it's a great place to spend the day, or use as a base to explore the island. Pelican Marina Residences are a different story, with Marriott quality rooms, and priced accordingly.
We never stay in one place wherever we go, whether in the VIs/BVIs, Anguilla, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Hawaii, Mexico, St Maarten, or even Europe, so Pelican is perfect for us. We like St Maarten the most out of those choices for beach & water activities. Pelican is in the Caribbean, so we always get offered a bonus week for each deposit with II. RCI makes no such offer. It doesn't trade as well as a Marriott ski week in Vail, but it does pretty well. I have been able to trade for DVC.
If you would like to compare trading power, I can check search first trades to locations you are interested in. Just let me know.