New fee to visit from RM to pearl or visa versa

[NWWACouple]

How far are the 2 resort apart? Taxi ride lenght?

The resorts are actually only a few miles (I want to say about 3) apart as the crow flies. Neither one is right on the highway though, the cab ride took about 15 minutes for us. We went with a few other couples and ended up paying about $10/couple each way for the taxis.

[CokeMann]

How far are the 2 resort apart? Taxi ride lenght?

By taxi about 15>20 min - the actual distance is not too far but the roads through the town of Puerto Morelos are narrow and slow

[yoyo]

I have heard of a day pass to Desire for 150 dlls ? per couple ?

[tan44]

We wonder how the $150 is charged.
Do you pay it at your base resort before leaving or at your destination resort upon arrival ?
What form of payment they use (cash, credit card or is it added to your bill) ?

Thank you.

[landedesire]

This thread seems to have died at the end of April 2014. Can anyone tell us if the $150 fee to visit Pearl is still in effect?

Thanks!

Eric and Laura

[yoyo]

This thread seems to have died at the end of April 2014. Can anyone tell us if the $150 fee to visit Pearl is still in effect?

Thanks!

Eric and Laura

In September NO because of the pool remodelation......other than that yes.

[pittfan187]

Just came home from RM and yes there is now the $150 fee plus taxi fare. It's crazy!!!

[nicenycpl]

Yes its still in effect....just sit for the timeshare speech....they give you a coupon book that has a free day pass....(Still gotta pay the cab fare)

[JD75]

We are headed to Pearl for our first time at a resort of this type..... we really wanted to check out DRM, to see if we liked it enough to book it in January.... I will not pay $150 though to "check it out". I saw someone said if we sat through a time share spiel we could get a coupon for free? If so how long do these spiels last (hubby is way too ADD to sit more then 30-45min MAX)... can I sit through it by myself? Really really wanted to check out DRM....

[Rusty]

When I was there we did just that (Thanks to Coke), so we could visit RM for a day. You need a thick skin but it's mostly painless, I'm not sure but I don't see any reason why you couldn't may be say you where looking at it as a surprise for your partner, if it meets with all your expectations. I would also do the soft close when you've had enough you can say things like "I will need to do the numbers on this with my accountant" etc., so you can get out of the room without having to give then a hard No. I found it helped it you booked some activity about the middle of your appointment so you can get them the hurry up and finish your sell and then escape early (I was at Pearl so Scuba Diving). You should get a voucher booklet that includes a day visit to the sister resort among a number of other discounts. You will need to arrange your day visit with reception and they will be resistant to honoring it if you hadn't yet attend the sales meeting. The other thing we did while I don't expect it will work twice we arrange the meeting in the morning just before breakfast closed so on arrive we ask to do the meeting in one of the restaurants that was open for breakfast. The sale folks like to hold you in a private area where they can easily call-in the boss to give you a special deal so the restaurant made our guy fall apart a bit as he didn't have a script for the up sell when he didn't have the good guy bad guy tag team to work with. Hope that helps a little. but you still need to be nice as the sales sale are in the end trying to make a buck, not just for there masters but I guess a commission on the sale so there get paid.