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Re: Royal Islander vs SBR
[Re: boucharda]
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05/05/2021 05:03 PM
05/05/2021 05:03 PM
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I am deciding on a late summer visit (on an II exchange) and have a couple of options.....SBR where I own and have stayed MANY times over 20 years..or a new experience..Royal Palm on Kim Sha....
I saw that RP charges $25/day fee and maybe also charges for wifi which sounds a bit lame since SBR only charges the $50/week TS tax/fee and zip for wifi....If both are correct I would book SBR and scrap the new experience. Comments? Are you asking about Royal Islander as your heading indicates or Royal Palm that you refer to within your post?
J.D.
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Re: Royal Islander vs SBR
[Re: boucharda]
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05/05/2021 05:19 PM
05/05/2021 05:19 PM
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As JD said, are you asking about Royal Islander or Royal Palm? As far as the $25 per day fee at RP, I THINK that applies if you rent as a hotel, not if you're doing an exchange. And before Irma, they didn't charge for wifi if you 're doing an exchange.
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Re: Royal Islander vs SBR
[Re: SXMScubaman]
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05/06/2021 04:31 PM
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Just stayed at Royal Palm up to April 30th on an exchange, WIFI I think allowed up to 3 or 4 devices and was free. My total bill for the week was the $50 timeshare tax and that was it, just confirmed looking at the receipt.
Royal Palm is freshly remodeled, they did a nice job with the colors and some of what they did and some of the other items like the appliances probably won't last long but for now it is a pretty good place to stay. I probably would be a bit disappointed if I was an owner with some of the decisions but on an exchange it was a nice choice.
Cheers, Todd
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Re: Royal Islander vs SBR
[Re: boucharda]
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05/07/2021 09:07 AM
05/07/2021 09:07 AM
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Just a pure guess here, maybe Diamond was told they couldn't charge those extra fees on exchanges by RCI or whoever it is?
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