Marriott's Aruba Surf Club

We stayed from 4-11 November 2024 and absolutely Loved It! The resort is Awesome and accommodating, but we rented a car and touched almost every part of the island, hitting local beaches and restaurants. We loved it so much that we purchased Marriott Aruba Surf Club with guaranteed 2BR and 2BA each year for a week; guaranteed accommodation here forward. We got lucky and was able to get a small studio suite and locked it in which got us accomodations to Aruba which is Always Non-Available on the Marriott Vacation Club Site. The locals are the friendliest people on earth and remind us of being in Europe based on kindness. It is a must-visit, to say the least, and get a local tour 4-hour tour to ensure you see all the key sites with narration. Take a ATV tour of the remote beaches and you will see it all. v/r, Dr. & Mrs. King

This is my third time staying at the Marriott Surf Club in Aruba. The toughest part of my day was deciding whether to float in the lazy river or float at the beach. This is the most gorgeous facility offering beautiful grounds, several pools, hot tubs, beach, and the amazing lazy river! Staff is super friendly and helpful. This is a timeshare facility, but you can rent units. Highly recommend!

Pros - Staff is very attentive and friendly - Rooms are clean and on the larger side - Jane & staff at the front desk were very considerate and went above and beyond from the time we checked in till when we checked out. - There are plenty of pool chairs but plan to get down there no later than 730 am to snag the ones you want. We went down between 715/720 and were able to snag 4. They weren’t on the first row at the pool but plenty close. - The Palopas are a cool addition to the resort and provide a ton of shade on the beach. Make sure to login 530pm the night before you want them to get a decent one. - Easy beach access - [ ] Pool and lazy river is open until 10 pm. Cons - While we visited it was the “off” season and the pool/swim up bar was being worked on. Slightly disappointing because that’s always a highlight on vacation. I think this increased how packed the pool area was by 8am to claim chairs. - The Palopas do cost extra ($10-$15 per day). I think this encourages people to use and not save but it was only slightly annoying. Tips - Make sure to bring your own floats (and an extra or 3 extra in our case). We had one pop and two tear so having backups felt silly but we ended up using them all. There are air stations there to fill them up. - Also, I have no idea where you get them but a lot of people had float anchors for the ocean and it was genius. Wish we would have done that because the current / wind can be strong. - Bring extra laundry detergent - we brought tide pods and were able to do a quick load each night. - Superfoods delivers for free ! We stopped on the way in, but they do deliver to the Surf Club for free (and you can arrange a time). - Bring a small cooler, you can BYOB beer but with the heat it gets warm fast. - You really can drink the sink water there and it’s better than what we have in the US. I would bring a water bottle and a separate “beverage” cup as well. Our two bedroom has a dishwasher which was nice. - [We did not rent a car, most taxi rides are $10-15 each way and it was more cost efficient for us to do this. Its easy to catch a cab in front of the resort (there is a line and the bellmen grab for you) and then when you’re in town, easiest spot is going to be in front of another hotel.

The resort grounds and Pool area , Lazy River are spectacular. We enjoyed that part immensely. Problems.. Started at Check-in , we did not get wrist bands required to be in the pool. We were politely approached by Hotel security as we were floating in the lazy river, who went and got us wrist bands!! Room service is once every 4 days. or pay 20$ for more towels. Had to request coffee packs. Biggest problem was the A/C. it appears to be set at a permanent temperature (72?). The room NEVER got cold. We reported this issue and maintenance said the A/C was working fine.. I call BS.. The A/C blower did not shut off for the 5 days we were there.

The Resort was really nice and people were very nice as well. From the time we arrived they were very accommodating and the up keep up the property was amazing. I would definitely recommend this resort to anyone that trying to travel to Aruba!

Beautiful resort. The rooms were spacious and comfortable. No daily housekeeping which seems a bit ridiculous for how much this resort costs. Once every 4 days. With family that’s borderline insulting. Speaking of insulting, the front desk to their staff around the pool area were the rudest people you would ever want to see. I was here 20 years ago and our memory was that the whole island was filled with the nicest people. Not so anymore at all! The staff around the pool acted like mall tents cops. They basically harasses my young daughter on multiple days. Rude isn’t even close to the word to describe their attitude. The one in particular was named Mavis and she followed my daughter around harassing her till I showed up and told her I was going to report her. She said go ahead and try. The chair situation was so stressful and getting up to Reece a chair was annoying as hell since we thought we were on vacation. In general food was overpriced and limited options staff was beyond rude and I believe that the people working there just don’t care and completely hate the guests. Nice recipe for a 6k dollar week for the rooms. Never again will we come here. Period. My advise, try anywhere else just not the Marriott surf club.