Hyatt Vacation Club Timeshare

Today’s blog continues our effort to update you on the status of hotel and timeshare openings in the aftermath and ongoing cleanup from Hurricane Sandy as well as some cruise line updates. Because of the size and scope of this storm, it is impossible to cover all the updates or to guarantee this is the most up-to-the-minute information in this constantly changing situation. Please check The Timeshare Authority blog previous postings for other information including important contact numbers: (Updates on Hotel and Timeshare Resorts Closed by Hurricane Sandy; Hurricane Sandy Update for Marriott Hotels and Marriott Timeshares; Caribbean Timeshare and Hotel Guests Feel Impact of Sandy)

• New York’s John F. Kennedy and Newark Liberty airports partially reopened on Wednesday with LaGuardia expected to reopen on Thursday. Check flight availability on a case by case basis and expect limited food concessions and restaurant service within the airports.
• Holiday Inn Club Vacations has announced that all of its resort guests are save and its timeshare resorts are unaffected.
• Pebblebrook Hotels experienced no significant damages. Their properties in Washington, DC, Philadelphia, PA, New York, NY, and Boston, MA  remained open and served guests throughout Hurricane Sandy.
• Hyatt reports that at its Andaz Wall Street location, all guests were relocated to the Grand Hyatt New York and the Wall Street property will be closed until further notice. Hyatt guests can check hotel status by calling (800) 323-7249, emailing [email protected], or sending a tweet to @HyattConcierge.”
• The Sheraton Atlantic City evacuated guests as part of the city’s evacuation order but remains as a staging center for emergency services personnel.
• Kimpton Hotels is offering its guests a 20 percent discount stays at hotels in Boston, New York City, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Alexandria and Washington D.C. To take advantage of the discount, book your stay using the code, “SANDY”.
• The Atlantic City Starwood was evacuated as were two of Starwood’s hotel properties in New York City. The Le Parker Meridien was evacuated following safety issues callused by the collapse of a nearby crane. The W New York Downtown Please is currently closed until further notice and the hotel phone lines are currently down. Contact Starwood’s central reservation team at (866) 961-2860 for more information. Guests at some other Starwood hotel properties throughout the northeast were relocated due to power outages.
• Hilton Hotels report faring well throughout the storm but urges guests to check on the status of existing reservations by calling 1-800-HILTONS. The Hilton New York announced via Facebook that it is open today and that  New York City is returning to “a level of normalcy.”
• The contact number for confirming the status of your Marriott Vacation Club reservations is: 1-800-845-4226.
• The closing of the Port of New York may be suspended today or tomorrow. The cruise ship, the Norwegian Gem has sailed to Boston to take on supplies. The Crystal Symphony bypassed New York and sailed to Charleston, SC.
• The cruise ship, the Caribbean Princess remains in Boston and may dock in Manhattan on Friday rather than Brooklyn as scheduled.
• Carnival Cruise Lines has cancelled two of its scheduled cruises, one from Baltimore and one from Norfolk, and has re-worked the schedules of several others, with clean ups in the Bahamas effecting its schedule along with port challenges in the northeast.

Getting Involved in Hurricane Sandy Emergency Response

The impact and disruption to lives and businesses following such a catastrophic storm continues long after the storm has passed. Weeks from now, when Hurricane/Superstorm Sandy is no longer headline news, families will be struggling to deal with the devastation left behind.

You can offer your assistance through donations made to the American Red Cross at red Cross Disaster Relief: https://www.redcross.org/donate . There is also a directory of state-by-state opportunities if you are interested in volunteering your time as part of the clean up and restoration efforts: http://www.nvoad.org/states.

The following information is based on the most current updates available at the time this blog was published. Travelers, vacationers, and timeshare owners and timeshare resorts guests are always advised to check directly with their timeshare resorts or hotels for further updates.   

• At the Four Seasons New York, all 368 rooms were sold out for Tuesday, with rooms for Wednesday night still available starting at $995/night.
• The Westin Times Square is sold out, occupied by stranded out-of-towners and local families whose homes are flooded, without electricity or both.
•  As noted in Tuesday’s The Timeshare Authority blog (Hurricane Sandy Update for Marriott Hotels and Marriott Timeshares), some of the New York City hotels that are closed include: the Ritz-Carlton Battery Park and New York Marriott Downtown. Additionally, the Courtyard by Marriott in Lower Manhattan is closed due to lack of electricity.
• Marriott Vacation Club timeshare owners and guests can receive resort updates by calling:1-800-845-4226.
• Two hotels that belong to Starwood Hotels & Resorts’ system remain closed. These are W New York Downtown in Lower Manhattan that flooded but was fully evacuated at the time and Le Parker Meridien, which was forced to evacuate guests after a construction crane on a neighboring skyscraper partially collapsed, posing a threat to pedestrians below.
• Hilton New York (1335 Avenue of the Americas) is open for business. Restaurants currently open near the hotel include: Carnegie Delicatessen & Restaurant, Old Castle Pub and Restaurant, Benash, Astro Diner, Premiere Deli, Olivieros Cafe, Rosy O Grady’s and Bistro Milano.
• Hilton Grand Vacations is advising its upcoming West 57th Street by Hilton Club guests: “If you have a question about your reservation in light of current conditions, please call 1-800-932-4482 or 1-407-722-3141 for Owners and all others call central reservations at 1-972-770-6100 or 1-800-445-8667.”
• Bluegreen Timeshare reported this on Tuesday evening: Hurricane Sandy Update, and all is well at our resorts. Power is still on at The Breakers, The Soundings, Suites at Hershey, Atlantic Palace, Patrick Henry Square, and Shenandoah Crossing. Manhattan Club is functioning fine but have been without power since 5pm yesterday. Guests and Owners stayed in every resort except Atlantic Palace, which was evacuated yesterday.
• Festiva’s Coconut Malorie resort in Ocean City, Maryland reopened on Tuesday at 12 noon. There was no major damage, just a few leaks to repair.

This is too easy. Hyatt Vacation Club timeshare owners love their Hyatt timeshares for a lot more than fifteen reasons. But the Hyatt residence clubs and luxury timeshare resorts themselves (all 15 of them) offer reason enough to fall in love with Hyatt ownership.

Hyatt Residence Club

There are six fabulous Hyatt Residence Club properties, including four in the ski country of Colorado; the Northstar Lodge in Truckee, California (near Reno); and the beautiful Hyatt Siesta Key Beach in Siesta Key, Florida.

• Hyatt Siesta Key Beach in Siesta Key, Florida
• Northstar Lodge in Truckee, California
• Residences at Park Hyatt Beaver Creek, Avon , Colorado
• Hyatt Main Street Station in Breckenridge, Colorado
• Hyatt Mountain Lodge in Avon, Colorado

A Hyatt Residence Club property is a luxury destination that goes beyond being a resort and is considered so spacious and with so much personal appeal that it must be called a “residence.” All of the six Hyatt Residence Club locations are at such exclusive venues that buying a private vacation home there is out of reach for all but the ultra-wealthy few. Yet by being a Hyatt Residence Club owner, you can experience all the advantages of owning a private vacation home, without the associated costs and responsibilities.

Hyatt Vacation Club Timeshare

Offering a “total vacation experience,” a Hyatt timeshare is a resort retreat at its best, with all the upscale amenities you expect from Hyatt.

You’ll find Hyatt timeshare at:

1. Highlands Inn in Camel, California
2. Hyatt Beach House in Key West, Florida
3. Hyatt Coconut Plantation in Bonita Springs, Florida
4. Hyatt Hacienda Del Mar in Dorado, Puerto Rico
5. Hyatt High Sierra Lodge in Incline Village, Nevada
6. Hyatt Piñon Pointe in Sedona, Arizona
7. Hyatt Sunset Harbor in Key West, Florida
8. Hyatt Wild Oak Ranch in San Antonio, Texas
9. Hyatt Windward Pointe in Key West, Florida

Check them out. Whether you choose a Hyatt Vacation Club timeshare resale or rental, or a vacation ownership resale or rental at a Hyatt Residence Club, you will quickly understand why these resorts make up the best possible 15 reasons to love Hyatt timeshare ownership.

When timeshare owners buy their vacation ownership points or property, they should be buying that timeshare to use and enjoy it, fully understanding that they are buying into a vacation product. Just like the dollars and cents they spend over the years on hotel and motel rooms for vacations, or renting a beach house, cabin or other type of home away from home, they should not be expecting to make money when they eventually do resell their timeshare.
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