Sunset Key Guest Cottages, Key West, A Westin Resort [Master Thread]
May 15, 2007, 7:41 pm
#16
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May 3, 2009, 11:32 am
#17
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120,000 SPG points per night at this place? During hurricane season? The rooms are only going for mid $500s. I just don't understand this.
More of a vent than a question, but that's insane.
More of a vent than a question, but that's insane.
May 3, 2009, 3:18 pm
#18
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I stayed on points last year in a two bedroom cottage by the pool and i dont remember it being anywhere near 120k points per night, you sure on that rate?
Can't say enough about the resort, really nice though the beach is nothing to rave about.
Can't say enough about the resort, really nice though the beach is nothing to rave about.
May 4, 2009, 5:12 am
#19
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If 120K is correct, that is a silly number of points to use for one night. Of course, one might argue that the continuous increase in award categories is a bit out of touch with what other programs are doing. I used to be a huge Starwood fan, but have taken virtually all of my business over to Hilton.
May 4, 2009, 5:43 am
#20
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You might not have noticed, but in this year's category adjustments (in March), far more properties were moved down a category or two than moved up. Sunset Key is clearly an outlier, but for the most part I think the current category assignments represent at least fair value, often very good value, most of the time.
May 4, 2009, 9:16 am
#21
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You might not have noticed, but in this year's category adjustments (in March), far more properties were moved down a category or two than moved up. Sunset Key is clearly an outlier, but for the most part I think the current category assignments represent at least fair value, often very good value, most of the time.
Dec 8, 2012, 10:56 pm
#22
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Update on the resort
THinking of a stay at the Sunset Key West Cottages... Anyone been there recently and can give us an idea of the resort etc.
Looks like 30K/night--(1 bedroom)-- we would be looking for the two bedroom and not sure taking a chance using my suite award--
Any email/contact info for the hotel-- like to see if I can do points and pay for the 2 bedroom? Or any suggestions?
Thanks!
Looks like 30K/night--(1 bedroom)-- we would be looking for the two bedroom and not sure taking a chance using my suite award--
Any email/contact info for the hotel-- like to see if I can do points and pay for the 2 bedroom? Or any suggestions?
Thanks!
Jan 20, 2015, 10:42 am
#24
Company Representative - Starwood
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SPG Participation
All rooms at Sunset Key Guest Cottages, A Westin Resort are cottages; therefore, Starpoint Award reservations must be booked at a higher Starpoint rate through your local customer contact center.
You would have to call to check for availability instead of checking online.
Best regards,
William R. Sanders
Social Media Specialist
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide
[email protected]
Feb 15, 2017, 7:48 pm
#27
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Does anyone know when/why they left SPG? My family and I have wanted to stay there for years. I just looked it up to book on SPG.com and it was nowhere to be found. I spent a bit of time Googling, but couldn't find out when the change happened. I'm sad we missed the opportunity to stay here :-/
Feb 16, 2017, 2:05 am
#28
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Does anyone know when/why they left SPG? My family and I have wanted to stay there for years. I just looked it up to book on SPG.com and it was nowhere to be found. I spent a bit of time Googling, but couldn't find out when the change happened. I'm sad we missed the opportunity to stay here :-/
http://www.oplhotels.com/portfolio/our-portfolio/
The cottages are now a part of Opal resorts:
http://www.opalcollection.com/sunset...ages-key-west/
They list the Margaritaville resort as a "sister" property.
Aug 17, 2017, 8:21 am
#29
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starwood still uses photos of property, currently for the pay your birthyear rate. i just copied this link from starwood site >
https://sw-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/i...d43b4295/image
can see same image on hotel site >
https://www.sunsetkeycottages.com/gallery/
https://sw-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/i...d43b4295/image
can see same image on hotel site >
https://www.sunsetkeycottages.com/gallery/