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Esplendor Resort at Rio Rico, Arizona Golf, Weddings, Meetings The Esplendor Resort & Golf Club, Arizona Arizona luxery resort just 45 minutes outside of Tucson, Az, is one of Arizona's top golf resort offerring world class PGA Golf School. Full Meeting and convention facilities, Wedding receptions and romatic vacations. Visit Arizona vacatgion packages offer a hotel and resort stay for every budget. Contact Us By EMAIL or by Phone 800 288-4746 Esplendor Resort @ Rio Rico © 2005 The Esplendor Resort & Golf Club, Arizona The Esplendor in Rio Rico, Arizona is a luxery resort just 45 minutes outside of Tucson, Az, is one of Arizona's top golf resort offerring a world class PGA Golf School. Formally the Rio Rico Resort historic resort, it has been completley restored and updated, with the latest in hotel internet technology, wedding reception and catering and meeting facilities. Each Esplendor guestroom is adorned with its own private patio or balcony overlooking the breathtaking panoramic views of the Santa Cruz mountains, valley and spectacular Arizona sunsets. Enjoy hi-speed internet access, in-room coffee and movies, refrigerator, work and sitting area, full bath, hair dryer, and iron and ironing board. One of Arizona's best kept secrets is our Robert Trent Jones championship golf course - one of the top three rated golf courses in Arizona and located only 45 minutes south of Tucson. PGA's Qualifying School. Classed as one of Arizona's top course, and one of the best in the U.S. every round is memorable. Esplendor Golf Club offers PGS Golf School and Golf Vacation pacakges. ARIZONA MEETINGS: Successful Arizona meetings and Events start with the Right Environment and Great Service. We are experts in leisure, business & incentive group programs and can accommodate small groups to full scale meeting as, themed events, group parties, banquets, family & special functions, educational & team building programs, corporate/executive events & company conventions. Mexico Day Trips: Then take a tour with our Executive Chef, Warren Weeks. He has designed the tour to introduce guests to the authentic culture from which he derives the culinary masterpieces featured at the Resort's San Cayetano Dining Room. Arizona Tennis Center features 4 lit, hard courts overlooking the Santa Cruz Valley. For our Esplendor Resort guests, we feature our Arizona Guest Players Package.
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South & Central America. Peru Tours and Ecuador Tours, Galapagos Tours, Machu Picchu, Amazon Rainforest. 1.800.344.6118 { contact us } Home · Testimonials · In the News · Tour Index · About Us · Once You're Booked · Lodging · Discounts South America Amazon Tours Argentina Tours Bolivia Tours Chile Tours Ecuador Tours Galapagos Tours Patagonia Tours Peru Tours Central America Belize Tours Costa Rica Tours Guatemala Tours Panama Tours Antarctica Antarctica Tours Our Newsletter - Text - HTML Newsletter Archive Gift Registry Family Travel Supplement Press Kit Employment Opportunities Questions about a tour? Contact us with your questions. Technical Problem? Contact the webmaster for assistance. Are you a Travel Agent? Click here to Contact us. Peru Tours - Machu Picchu, the Inca city of Cusco, hiking the Inca Trail, Lake Titicaca, the Amazon, ... Galapagos Tours & Cruises - Choose from over 40 yachts for your wildlife cruise in Darwin's amazing Galapagos. 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Inspired in part by Disney guests who frequented the Company's resorts and theme parks year-after-year, the Disney Vacation Club concept is stamped with Disney's special brand of imagination and innovation.
Launched in October 1991, the Disney Vacation Club has now grown to include more than 63,000 member families from throughout North America and beyond, making it one of the most successful and highly rated vacation ownership programs.
"Our decision to enter the vacation ownership business was a natural progression to accommodate our guests with a flexible vacation product designed to meet their ever-changing vacation needs as they pass through different phases of their life," said George Aguel, Senior Vice President/General Manager for Disney Vacation Development, Inc.
Like many other vacation ownership programs, Disney Vacation Club is grounded in real estate ownership, but it has brought innovative new elements to its vacation ownership product.
"Guests become members of the Disney Vacation Club because of the magical memories and traditions that are so engrained in the Disney experience," continued Aguel. "Anyone can sell accommodations – but only Disney can offer the experiential environment, the entertainment, and the imaginative programs that are so uniquely a part of our tradition."
How does it work?
Anchored by the purchase of a deeded real estate interest, membership provides guests with the freedom to tailor vacations to their personal needs as their family's vacation interests change over time.
Unlike traditional timeshare programs, Disney Vacation Club members are not locked into a single week or fixed time period at a single resort. Disney Vacation Club membership is based on a "vacation point" system. Each year, members receive an annual allotment of vacation points that can be used in a variety of ways for different types of accommodations at a dazzling variety of resorts and for other vacation experiences, subject to availability.
Members can also elect to bank or borrow vacation points, use their vacation points in combination with renting accommodations on a cash basis, or can purchase an additional real estate interest at any time. New members can join the club with an initial purchase of just over $11,000.
Where can it be used?
Disney Vacation Club membership may be used to reserve accommodations at the member's "home resort" or they may exchange reserved home resort accommodations to stay at other Disney Vacation Club resorts – Disney's BoardWalk Villas; Disney's Old Key West Resort; The Villas at Disney's Wilderness Lodge and Disney's Beach Club Villas (all at the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida), Disney's Vero Beach Resort (Vero Beach, Florida), or Disney's Hilton Head Island Resort (Hilton Head Island, South Carolina) – at select Walt Disney World Resort properties, the Disneyland Resort hotels in Anaheim, California, and Disneyland Paris hotels in France.
Additionally, through the Disney Vaction Club Member Getaways program, members have access to more than 200 premium resorts worldwide through an agreement with Interval International (II), one of the world's largest vacation ownership exchange companies, or they may select from an elite collection of world-renowned hotels, sample an adventure travel experience like an African safari, take a cruise (including Disney Cruise Line itineraries) and much more.
What are the advantages?
"The Disney Vacation Club is about quality, guest service, attention to detail and a world of choices," said Aguel. "Our members expect us to provide years of magical vacations and treasured memories at an excellent value. But, they also expect our Disney quality and personal service in planning their vacations."
Additional unique advantages to membership include special benefits such as various Disney discount offers and professional travel planners that are just a phone call away. These Vacation Advisors help members plan their vacations and answer questions about DVC membership.
Members further become part of the DVC 'family' through its Vacation Magic member newsletter that offers helpful program information, member stories, DVC resort travel tips, exclusive member merchandise and discounts/privileges and special previews of upcoming Disney events.
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