Claremont Club & Spa Membership - Worth it??
My family and I are considering signing up for a family membership at "The Club" at the Claremont Club & Spa Resort. It's quite an investment and we want to make sure that it's a good fit for our family. There have been previous posts about the Claremont membership but does anyone have any experience with the Kid's Club activities the membership would offer young children? Our little one is 3 years old. We know that there are swimming lessons for toddlers. How often did you go to the Club and did the visit dwindle over time? We would love to hear about other families' experiences with the Club and whether it is/was worth it for them.
Thank you!
Sep 17, 2019
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Hello! We joined the Claremont about a year ago. It was a big decision but we went for it. Early on we didn't go very often and I often wondered why we had gotten the membership. I agonized about how expensive it was and what a waste of money. But we did start to go more (maybe coinciding with summer?), and every time we went it felt like we were on vacation. Which is quite a luxury and albeit expensive, a nice respite from crazy life. Then we had another baby and we now go at least one weekend day a week and sometimes both Saturday and Sunday to take advantage of the kids club for our toddler while we trade off watching the newborn and working out. I think the membership will only be more worthwhile as the kids get older. The only thing I worry about is the elitism and my kids growing up thinking country club life is normal.
We joined earlier this year, and we're not sure we made the right choice. We have one child, not planning on more, and it's definitely a lot to pay for a family of 3. Our child did swim classes and had 3 different instructors. One was very good, one was so so, one was horrible. We don't plan on utilizing the kid club because they have TVs and our kid doesn't do screen time at all. But we spoke with a couple who used it quite often and they were happy with it. Our visits to the club peaked in the summer time (3x week?) but with school starting and the days shorter, we actually haven't gone since probably the first week of August. We have met some nice families, but not gone often enough to become friends with anyone. We are also potentially moving out of the bay area due to job changes, and I am just hating the idea of having paid that buy-in fee for less than 2 years of use!!