I recently obtained the new AAA tour guide book - and was dismayed to see that Casa Ybel is NOT included under the list of recommended resorts. (All the other Hilton affiliated properties ARE included: Sanibel Cottages, Hurricane House, Tortuga, etc. - as is the Thistle Lodge under the restaurant listings.)
Does this omission indicate we are no longer considered upscale enough for the AAA stamp of approval? Or does the front office not value this as free advertising in a nationally recognized guidebook? I'm puzzled!

Our problem is that the world thinks the front office owns CASA YBEL, and the front office has to bill the owners as extra maintnance fees.
They are paid by our maintenance fees, and they do not need AAA.
When we sent out request for ads for the railroad, we likewise only had responses from the ones who were actually the owners that received our mail from us and were willing to pay the cost for the ads.
Ads cost money. This means cost of the advertising had to be added into our maintenance fees. Our fees are high enough as they are.
If all owners had to pay 35%-45% from rental to the front office from each rental, they would be able to advertise for $200,000 a year, which Mariner did in their days of ownership.