Originally Posted by
1K Man
I'm looking for information and reviews for the Inspirato Pass Program. I received an offer for this program and apparently this offer is currently (July 2019) only available to residents of Colorado or northern California.
From my research and looking at their website, the Inspirato Pass Program is quite different than the Inspirato Memberships (Key, Family, Executive). With Pass Program, you pay a monthly fee of $2,500 and all of the properties you book are free (no nightly rate, no taxes, no fees according to their website). The number of nights for a specific vacation home or hotel is fixed, some are 2 nights, some 5, some 7 nights, etc. You get to browse what is available and you can just book it. My first browse through showed some pretty impressive properties, and also some really good hotel suites. But here's the catch... you can only have 1 active reservation at a time. So if you book something 3 months out, you are paying 3 months of dues ($2,500 x 3 = $7,500) during that period where you cannot stay at other Inspirato properties. That may or may not be a good deal depending on the property or the length of time you book ahead. If you wait until the last minute (say you book something every month) then you could really maximize your subscription, but only if there are actual properties available last minute.
So my questions are:
1- is my understanding of this Inspirato Pass program correct?
2- does anyone have experience with it? If so, are the property/hotel options offered good/bad/scarce?
3- if you wait until the last minute (say 3-4 weeks ahead), is there still good availability?
4- is it good value?
Thanks!
Hi there! I've been a member of Inspirato since 2014 (Executive Level), so I'm happy to help answer your questions. Your understanding of the new Pass program is correct. It's very new, so I'm not sure how many people are going to be able to speak to personal experience. I do know that sales of the new Pass program have exceeded Inspirato's expectations within the trial markets. My family frequently books Inspirato trips up to a year out, and we currently have 4 Inspirato trips on the books over the next 12 months. So, for us, this just didn't make sense. We have 4 school-aged kids, and we do a lot of advance planning. And we really like to pick our own specific dates. That said, I could totally see this program working well for people who only tend to book their travel within a few months of the trip...maybe up to 6 months prior. That way you still have plenty of time to book at least 1 or 2 other trips before the 12 month period expires. Availability with Inspirato continues to be very good...more and more properties are being added every month, and we've never had any issues booking a desired location, even close in.