WorldMark Palm Springs - Plaza Resort and Spa. Nov, 2025. My husband and I stayed in a one-bedroom…read moreunit at this resort for 5 nights in late November, including Thanksgiving. We booked our stay through RCI, a timeshare exchange company. The resort was classified as "silver crown", one level below the "gold crown."
Unit. It appears that WorldMark made this resort by converting and updating a former motel. Our one-bedroom unit was spacious and comfortable, and appears to formerly have been two hotel rooms. One side featured a mini-kitchen, dining table, and living area with sleeper sofa, chairs, table, and tv. The other side had a huge bedroom area, with a comfy mattress and quality linens; the bathroom; and a desk. We had a 3rd floor room (resort had an elevator) with an amazing view of the greenery of Tahquitz Creek Golf Course. We also appreciated that there was an ironing board and iron, as we needed to touch up our clothes for a family event. Some disappointments were the small size of the mini-kitchen, which had a microwave and toaster oven in lieu of a full-sized oven and a refrigerator that was classified as a 3/4 refrigerator with freezer. Also, the unit did not have a washer and dryer although these were available elsewhere in the resort. (We didn't want the inconvenience so we waited to do our laundry at our next stop). The unit also did not have a jacuzzi tub in the room.
Resort Activities. We understand that the resort had two salt water pools and outdoor hot tubs (we didn't use) but did not have any of the wellness and relaxation services that I traditionally associate with a spa -- such as massage therapies, facials, scrubs, manicures, steam rooms, etc. -- in spite of the word "Spa" in their name. They did have two fun activities that we participated in. The first was a social activity on Tuesday afternoon wherein root beer floats or hot chocolate were provided. On Wednesday afternoon, there was a wine and chocolates social activity, where we enjoyed talking with the friendly resort servers and other guests.
Staff. This was a very friendly resort, with most staff that we encountered greeting us and asking how our day was going. A special shout-out to Victoria, at the front desk, who went out of her way to find us a great room; Nige and another gentleman (name?) of the activities staff, who were interesting to talk with and who ensured that we were supplied with root beer and ice cream, wine, and chocolates; and the concierge (name?) who provided great ideas for things to do in the area.
Parking was plentiful, close to the entrance, and free; there were also handicapped-designated spots. The resort was relatively convenient to the tourist activities that we were interested in (downtown, Indian Canyons, Palm Springs aerial tramway) , as well as grocery stores, gas stations, and the airport. We also needed to go out to Redlands a few times, so we appreciated the resort's proximity to I-10.
Noise was a minor issue because the airport is only 3.5 miles away. Some of the flights were early morning or late evening.
Finally, and most importantly, we're rather irritated with WorldMark because of the extra fees that they charge. As expected, as timeshare owners exchanging through RCI, we paid the expected fee for an exchange ($299, which is usually for a 7 night stay) plus some RCI points (which use up some of our home resort trading value). However, this resort also charged an additional $108 mandatory housekeeping fee for all RCI stays of fewer than 7 nights. If a 7-night reservation had been available (it wasn't), that would've been our preference. We would've gotten two extra nights of vacation, gotten full value for our $299 reservation fee which is usually for a 7-night stay, and avoided the $108 housekeeping fee. To add insult to injury, the price for a rental (without using our RCI points) was only about $20 more. We will avoid WorldMark or Wyndham resorts, here and elsewhere, because of these pricing policies. We recommend the resort if you're not coming through an RCI exchange.