Discount Off Golf for Renters

We went to say goodbye to our clients today to be told that he'd had a conversation with Pro Shop about getting discounted rounds of golf. Not that he wanted to play but was trying to suss it out for him and a group of his golfing buddies for the winter.

He was told that dicount was now only given on presentation of an owners card or a Calidona Temporary card - which Calidona are now only giving out their renters and not owners renters any more.

Has anyone else heard of a similar experience?

Yes I sent clients and they were told they would not receive any discount, typical Calidona!  Whats wrong with an e-mail notifying owners of this change, obviously its very difficul to send an e-mail, must have got lost in cyber space with the notification of the Hotel e-mail!

If this is the case, it presumably has implications for those who rent out their properties and advertise these discounts in their  literature/websites.  However, so does the fact that there is now no transport (free or otherwise) to the beach club, or discount at the clubhouse/beachclub for renters, which have potentially been part of the contract.  Some advance notification would be the bare minimum owners could normally expect to receive, so that alterations to adverts etc. could be made ahead of the main holiday season, but we know not to expect anything approaching normal.   

I am so hacked off about this - as I know are many people.

It appears we as owners have no rights to anythging that we were promised when we bought.

The general public can get better discounts than we can - and the people with golfibng rights must be mightily hacked off at the treatment they are recieving.

Yes Pommers we are there must be something we can do.

There is an assocation of Golf Right's holders  who are attempting to get some of the things that we were promised when we paid our money. Is the discount now only for owners?

It is for owners AND renters who rent of Calidona.

Owners guests are no longer entitled to it.

I wrote to the course manager and had the following response

"Good morning,
There will be no discounts for people renting apartments, unless they book through Calidona rentals. Only for guests playing with the owner.
Regards
Juan Fco. Martínez"

I also wrote to the President of the Entidad and Housing to ask for advice. Moira kindly contacted the solictors and they have responed as follows:

"Calidona/Roda must be doing this to promote their own rentals over the private rentals. He does not think that the discount, although heavily promoted by the sales people at the beginning, was enshrined in the contracts for the properties in his experience but if you have something in writing from Calidona which promises the discount on the food in the Clubhouse and the cost of green fees then this is something which could be challenged legally by your solicitor. 

If you can have a look through your Contract and let me know if you have anything showing a definitive discount"

I'm going to have a good look at our contract but don't hold out any hope.

If anyone else has something in writing it would be extremely useful. So get in touch via PM

Also how do people feel about setting up som sort of Owners Association? If in favour then PM me again.

Not that it is compensation for owners yet again losing out on something offered in the marketing of Roda but the way golf green fees work in Spain means that many visitors can obtain reduced green fees through one of the many agents dealing directly with the courses.

For example

Roda current green fee is 45 euros so renters would get 20% discount and pay 36 euros

Currently Roda themselves ar offering after 3.00 pm deals at 35 pp and the agents can get your guests deals on many other local courses including 39 at Roda

To check out agents deals, try these

Is it surprising the Spanish Government in now paying close to 5% interest to finance their debts, when businesses chase their customers away to find better deals elsewhere in the world.

Hi Hughman

Totally agree - this is a typical Spanish response to a business crisis - withdraw special offers and put up the prices!   It make's one wonder where exactly they learned to do business because I thought the first rule of business was having first got your customer do what you reasonably can to keep them a customer.  Come on Roda Golf SL - this is not the right attitude! 

I have used Mike Probert's services for many of our guests at our apartment and he has provided excellent value making it unnecessary to book direct with Roda Golf. 

Sandra