Two back-to-back bookings, ocean view and a 4pm checkout
- Breakfast
- $100 credit
- Better floor or view
- Late checkout
- $250 credit posted
- Resort fee at the hotel
Their take: An excellent stay they highly recommend, with breakfast the star; just plan to spend the credit on food and drink.
Details
- Booked
- Split into two 2-day bookings, each of which received its own $250 Edit credit
- Check-in
- Arrived after the 4pm check-in time; the hotel moved them to a different room so they could stay put across both bookings
- Upgrade
- To an ocean view
- Welcome
- A gift meant for another (Amex) guest, card and all: chocolate covered fruit and macadamia nuts
- Breakfast
- Daily buffet for 2, excellent, worth $52 per adult
- $100 credit
- A $100 credit for each booking, $200 in total, but food and drink only; they learned this at checkout, too late to use it all
- Late checkout
- 4pm for a red-eye, offered without asking
- Parking
- Parking is $40/day and valet $60/day; they were not charged for parking
- Resort fee
- About $50/day, charged at checkout
- Room
- Very nice but a bit dated; weak wifi
- Watch out
- Hotel food is mid and expensive apart from breakfast; a free van runs to the nearest shopping center, which has a grocery store






