The information in this article is correct to the best of my knowledge. I am not an employee of Monarch Grand or Pacific Monarch, just an owner of points. I have not been paid for this article. The purpose is to give you some knowledge of Monarch Grand Vacations. Much of this information is taken from www.MonarchGrandVacations.com

By Bill Bunker

Last update: 11-Sept-2004

 

Monarch Grand Vacations & Pacific Monarch Resorts

Pacific Monarch Resorts (PMR) is a California based developer of timeshare for over 18 years. They have several locations within driving distant from Los Angles. All locations are “5 Star” with Interval International.

PMR has four original resorts in California include Palm Canyon Resort & Spa in Palm Springs, Riviera Beach & Spa and RivieraShores in DanaPoint, and Riviera Oaks in San Diego Country Estates. 

Many owners at these PMR locations are not Monarch Grand Vacations owners. They mostly own floating weeks/points at one of the locations only. Many own EOY (every other year) units in which they can use their unit only in odd or in even years. The size and season of the villas is dependant on the number of points they originally purchased. 

Monarch Grand Vacations (MGV), multi-resort, points-based vacation ownership program was launched in 1999 by Pacific Monarch. The MGV program currently has over 50,000 owner families.All future resort development and sales by Pacific Monarch will relate solely to the Monarch Grand Vacations program. Presently this consists of villas at each of the existing PMR resorts, as well as the new resorts that have been developed for the exclusive use of MGV. 

Pacific Monarch Resorts currently manage as stand alone and MGV locations:

·        Riviera Beach & Spa Resort (DanaPoint, CA) 

·        Riviera Oaks Resort & Racquet Club (North San Diego County, CA) 

·        PalmCanyon Resort & Spa (Palm Springs, CA) 

·        RivieraShores Resort (DanaPoint, CA)

Monarch Grand Vacations (exclusive MGV location)

·        Cancun Resort (Las Vegas, NV) 

·        Cabo Azul Resort (Los Cabos, Mexico.) (Opening Summer 2005)

Monarch Grand Vacations location (not managed by PMR)

·        Cedar Breaks Lodge & Spa (Brian Head, UT)

·        Desert Isle of Palm Springs (Palm Springs)

·        Tahoe Seasons Resort (South Lake Tahoe)

How Monarch Grand Vacations works

Vacation Ownership Points . . . 

• Points awarded every two years for use anytime in the next 24 months 
• Use at any MGV resort 
• Full weeks or mini-vacations 
• Reserve 12 months ahead for 7 or more days
• Reserve 9 months ahead for 6 or fewer days
• Villa size and season vary with # points
• Example:
• 144 points is a week at a two bedroom during platinum season
• 110 is week at one bedroom during red season

• Unlimited extra rental nights at an owner-preferred rate
• Short-notice, one to four night reservations 
• Use at any MGV resort 
• Accommodations over and above Vacation Ownership Points

• Any MGV resort
• Dawn to dusk use of swimming pools, owners’ lounges and all common area facilities

• World-wide trades via Interval International
• You reserve a week at any MGV resort then deposit that week for a trade with II.

• MGV charges $100 to transfer ownership points to a new owner
• There is no deed, so closing cost should be very reasonable. 
• MGV charges $300 to combine new ownership points to existing owner account 
• The original ownerships at PMR can be upgraded to MGV but is not an insignificant cost.
• Prices for villas are all over the map. I’ve seen people selling 1 week (133 pts) at Palm Canyon only, for $9000 and others selling the same number of points in MGV for <$2,500. Remember MGV points are issued once every 2 years for use in that 24-month period so you would need ~250 points for a full week each year. 

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