Destination: Cabo San Lucas, Baja California, Mexico
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Grand Solmar, Playa Grande resort, Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico
- Vacation Days: Biggest chore: Where will I eat?
- Travel Days: Friday February 23, 2018 / Saturday February 4, 2018 RedEye & Tuesday April 3, 2018 / Wednesday April 4, 2018 RedEye
- Switch Resort / Room: Sunday March 4, 2017, Saturday March 10, 2017, Sunday March 11, 2017, Sunday March 18, 2017, Sunday March 25, 2017
- For week 9 starting Sunday March 4, 2017 through Saturday March 10, 2017 I have the Grand Solmar Master Suite and the Playa Grande Ridge Master Suite at the same time. This is to accommodate additional members of my brother's family for the last week of the 25 year original contract.
Fairbanks Alaska to Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico Itinerary
- Friday February 23 / Saturday February 24 - RedEye trip to Cabo
- Alaska 132 FAI 11:57 pm - SEA 4:39 am Sat, Feb 24 - Seat 27A
- Virgin America 1749 SEA 6:05 am - SFO 8:24 am - Seat 18A
- Virgin America 1276 SFO 11:00 am - SJD 3:05 pm - Seat 19A
- 13 hours 8 minutes | 2 stops | Distance: 3,455 mi
- Tuesday April 3 / Wednesday April 4 - RedEye return to Fairbanks, Alaska
- Alaska 201 SJD 4:25 pm - SAN 5:32 pm - seat 26F
- Alaska 949 SAN 7:30 pm - SEA 10:29 pm - seat 26F
- Alaska 103 SEA 11:35 pm - FAI 2:11 am - seat 26F
- 11 hours 46 minutes | 2 stops | Distance: 3,381 mi
My brother is planning his final Cabo blowout
2018 is the last year of the timeshare contract my brother and I bought together 25 years ago. The original timeshare room was destroyed in 2010 in the second phase of the destruction of the original Solmar Hotel to make way for the construction of the Grand Solmar.
My brother is planning for a family gathering on the final week of our original Cabo timeshare. He already has at least three units lined up for the week starting Sunday the 4th. of March and may end up with 5 or more. My brother is not looking at more fixed week fixed room timeshare deals in Cabo and this will be his final Cabo blowout.
Although the original two week Solmar timeshare contract is ending I had added three more Solmar weeks buying from other owners and not from timeshare salespeople. These were converted to units at Playa Grande with contracts until 2023 and 2024. This allows me to vacation in Cabo for five weeks in 2018 and continue to vacation in Cabo for years to come.
25 years ago the Solmar Hotel, Solmar Beach Club, and Terra Sol were the only things on the beach south of the Arch. There was also the Hotel Finisterra on the ridge above the beach and the grand total of all the rooms of all these was maybe 200 rooms. Today the Grand Solmar, Solmar Beach Club, Playa Grande, Finisterra, and the newest The Resort at Pedregal have over 1,000 rooms many of which are actually 2 bedroom and larger suites. The Pacific beach just south of the Arch at Cabo is no longer secluded and Cabo Peninsula has at least an order of magnitude more visitors than 25 years ago.
Log
- Published Page location: http://cabo.lam1.us/Weeks/2018
- Sunday, January 14, 2018 @ 2:46:09 PM (Alaska Time) - My brother called about Cabo room logistics.
- He and his wife want the bedroom for the first of our last two weeks at the Grand Solmar.
- He is leaning towards moving to The Ridge at Playa Grande on the 4th. or maybe even the 3rd. of March. He says he is leaving Cabo on Saturday the 10th. of March. My brother and his wife will probably move to the bedroom of the a unit at The Ridge at Playa Grande he has secured for the week starting Saturday March 3, 2018 from another Cabo vacationer.
- Some of his family will check in next day on Sunday but all of his immediate family will be at The Ridge at Playa Grande.
- He believes all of his family will be checking out on Saturday March 10, 2018 when he is returning to Alaska.
- My brother said he is still trying to convince our mother to come down and my sister will come down Thursday the First of March and leave the 5th. My mom, sister and I would have the Grand Solmar unit along with My brother and his wife until they move over to The Ridge at Playa Grande. I will be the last one to stay at the Grand Solmar for the end of our 25 year contract.
- Monday, January 1, 2018 @ 1:14:28 PM (Alaska Time) - I will vacation in Cabo for 38 days in 2018.
- I just purchased two one-way Alaska Airlines Mileage tickets at the lowest 17,500 mile rate and a two day reservation at the Mar De Cortez to complete my vacation itinerary.
- I had to pay $33.50 & $57.40 respectively for the fees and taxes on the mileage itinerary and $121.69 for the two day stay at Mar De Cortez.
- @ 4:19:31 PM (Alaska Time) - Added the Airline Miles Itinerary to this page. There were a lot of better itineraries but I focused on the 17,500 mile each way itineraries. Many were 25,000 or 35,000 non refundable and 50,000 and more each way for refundable.
- Wednesday, December 27, 2017 @ 3:57:13 PM (Alaska Time) - I am up to 5 weeks plus a day in Cabo.
- Wednesday, October 18, 2017 @ 4:31:31 PM (Alaska Time) - This morning I got a call from RCI and updated the ongoing search.
- The search is for weeks starting the 17th. or 18th. of February to start a week early or the 24th. or 25th. of March to stay an extra week.
- I need to reject a match starting Sunday the 18th. of February or Saturday the 24th. of March to get a full week extension.
- Tuesday, October 10, 2017 @ 3:42:37 PM (Alaska Time) - I am up to 4 weeks plus a day in Cabo.
- Monday, September 25, 2017 - I have three weeks plus a day lined up in Cabo for 2018 so far.
- I moved the Ridge week 8 to week 10 after paying both the Ridge and Playa Grande week 27 maintenance fees.
- I made a $1,524.95 Payment ($4.95 Service Charge and $1,520.00 Maintenance Fees) Omitting $44.99 Medical Evacuation Insurance & $10.00 Foundation Fee for Playa Grande Ridge weeks 8-9 D-3031 1 Bedroom 2 Bath Master Suite Account: 70-39860 Card ending in 9999, Authorization/Check #: 20285298, Amount: $1,524.95 - Date: 9/25/2017
- I made a $704.95 Payment ($4.95 Service Charge and $700.00 Maintenance Fees) Omitting $44.99 Medical Evacuation Insurance & $10.00 Foundation Fee for Playa Grande week 27 O-2243 One Bedroom, Two Bathrooms, Master Suite Account: 70-30830 Card ending in 9999, Authorization/Check #: 20285328, Amount: $704.95 - Date: 9/25/2017
- Tuesday, February 21, 2017 @ 12:54:43 PM (Alaska Time) - Today I finished up reservations for the 2017 Cabo trip.
- I called RCI and switched the search from one more 2017 week to a search for Check in date 17-Feb-2018 or 10-Mar-2018 to add to my 2018 vacation.
- I was able to get over six weeks together for 2017 and 2018 is the last year for the Grand Solmar.
- http://Cabo.lam1.us/Weeks/2018/2015-03-13-Cabo-Weeks-2018.html