hell week at marriott aruba ocean club (2024)

Is it the whole month or some particular week.

When did it begin this year, when will it end this year?

irish said:

perhaps that is a contributing factor as to why the m/f's have gone thru the roof.

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Word is that this group pays for all the damages they cause...

Ingrid

IngridN said:

Word is that this group pays for all the damages they cause...

Ingrid

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I think it's week 3.
A prior post of mine suggested that they should have partyed on the roof prior to fixing it.
This way they would have to pay for the whole roof refurbishment and we would have had no increase in MFs.
No one appreciated my humor.

Trying to get some sense of the magnitude of this problem. Roughly what percentage of Ocean Club and Surf Club would this group occupy?

Smooth Air

Here's the thread from last year ...

Count me in with all the folks who say that if unruly owners/guests do not police themselves then it is up to Marriott to police the situation enough so that other owners'/guests' vacations are not ruined. If I was there and had to suffer through that nonsense, I'd demand that MVCI return my week to me to use another time. At the very least.

I have reviewed the previous threads on January Hell Week in Aruba. I was born in Brooklyn, NY but only lived there as an infant. There is a wide discrepancy in the behavior between one person and another within any ethnic group or family. My family has been torn apart because one of my sisters joined an ultra-orthodox sect and insisted upon having her children educated in ultra-orthodox private schools. Due to her actions and the manner in which she chose to raise her children, my other sisters and I basically want nothing more to do with her or her family. Her eldest daughter was recently married and none of the bride's maternal aunts, uncles or cousins went to the wedding.

Deeper discussion of this matter will lead into tugbbs taboos. However, I understand why the third week in January at Aruba Ocean Club is Hell Week in a deeply personal way.

modoaruba said:

I think it's week 3.
A prior post of mine suggested that they should have partyed on the roof prior to fixing it.
This way they would have to pay for the whole roof refurbishment and we would have had no increase in MFs.
No one appreciated my humor.

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I believe it was reported was that they pay for any additional expenses the resort incurs to accommodate the group (additional security, staffing for the elevators, etc), not that they cover any and all damages at the resort during that period.

But I did appreciate your humor.

The broader issue is that MVCI has little basis to prevent owners from lawfully occupying their week/ or from renting weeks. On an individual basis they could take action based on that's individual's personal history at the resort. But I think you would have a discrimination issue if you attempted to take action on a collective basis.

Regents Exams

My kids go to school in NY state and write Regents exams. The exam schedule was from January 26 thru 29th this year. If interested, you can google

and find out when it is held every year. This might help some people determine when they wish to vacation.

ecwinch said:

I believe it was reported was that they pay for any additional expenses the resort incurs to accommodate the group (additional security, staffing for the elevators, etc), not that they cover any and all damages at the resort during that period.

But I did appreciate your humor.

The broader issue is that MVCI has little basis to prevent owners from lawfully occupying their week/ or from renting weeks. On an individual basis they could take action based on that's individual's personal history at the resort. But I think you would have a discrimination issue if you attempted to take action on a collective basis.

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Hi Eric,
Thanks for the appreciation .
But you mentioned the "d " word.
That opens up a can of worms.

Isn't this really week 4 that should be avoided?

Isn't this really week 4 that should be avoided (not week 3). After viewing the regents schedule for 2009 through 2011, the corresponding Marriott week is week 4 - not week 3. I'm asking because we're planning on going late January and I'd really like to avoid such a controversial and impolite crowd.

Thank for your help.

David

curiousity got the better of me...

What is Hell week? I clicked on the above mentioned website, but found no listing for it.

ok, nevermind, I found what I was looking for. I am surprised that someone resurrected such a thread though.

I worked in hotels for years. One year I booked a hockey group. The kids were running around chasing each other with hockey sticks. The parents were in the bar.

Another year I booked a soccer group. Some of the adult guests complained that the teenage girls were hitting on them and making lewd comments. The parents were in the bar.

Another year we booked a christian youth group. Security was called several times, especially when the young men were hanging off their balcony yelling at the girls, "show us your tit*!" (no kidding!) Who knows where the chaperones were.

Seems bad behavior comes in all shapes and sizes.

Check out below
http://sephardicaruba.com

Do Marriott & the Owners of Ocean Club & Surf Club know that their property is the site of a camp? This has to contravene the "Ownership Guidelines". Do the camp attendees own @ Ocean Club/Surf Club or is Marriott renting out villas to accommodate the camp attendees?

Smooth Air

No doubt, bad behavior does come in all shapes and sizes. As well, we can't look at the bad behavior of any one group of any certain ethnic or religious flavor and make an illogical leap that every person of that flavor will be badly behaved. But that hasn't been the purpose of any of the threads that I've read in the last few years about this.

The reason the topic of this particular group's behavior at the Aruba Marriotts is resurrected each year is because it keeps occurring each year! I don't own there but I think it's disgraceful that Marriott allows any group's behavior to so negatively impact the vacations of every other guest in the place. From all reports over the last several years, this is a huge problem. It's not one or two or even ten families - it's a large enough group to impact every guest at the Ocean Club, Surf Club and Marriott hotel. That's a nightmare that I wouldn't want to be anywhere near.

I don't know what the answer is for Marriott other than to hold owners accountable according to the bylaws, and suspend their ownership if any bylaws are broken. But it appears there are also renters and guests of owners participating. And how could Marriott possibly advise people when they're making their reservations that this might not be a good time to visit, without acknowledging some responsibility for it happening? Or being subject to claims of discrimination? Like I said, I don't know what the answer is.

But I do think that the topic should be resurrected here on TUG every year that this is a problem, because posts on timeshare/travel message boards appear to be the only way for people to be aware of it in case they want to change their vacation plans. And I hope that if similar problems occur at any other resorts, no matter who the badly-behaved cretins may be, we get to read posts about those too. Because I know I'd be one of the folks who would change my plans if I read about it.

Bob Andrea said:

Check out below
http://sephardicaruba.com

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The brochure makes the week sound perfectly ordinary....
http://sephardicaruba.com/downloads/sephardic_aruba_brochure.pdf