Brian Taylor
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On your second point about internal transfer
– when you check in at Beach make sure they know you have a follow on at Gran
– a day or two before end of Beach week, Anfi leave you a transfer form in your apartment
– you list everything you want moved, and bag up in fridge & freezer chilled and frozen food.
They move everything for you. Normally you are in by 1pm, though moving between resorts can take a bit longer if a lot of transfers on same day. Ask reception who will give you a guide.
I’m not sure about your first question, others may know more.
Hi Robert
The fee for weeks not in AVC is going from 60 to 180€, which is a huge increase.
For weeks in AVC, members still pay 30€, plus either 240€ per year for points AVC, or 129€ per year for each week in AVC Weeks.
I agree it is a shame Anfi never got a good solution for managing rentals
For families, children and parents of members pay no fee. I’m going to check this week if siblings are exempted
Regards, Brian
Please let me know asap if you have any questions for the Monte meeting on the 27th Feb
Our agenda already includes guest certificate fees, and the lifts and a number of other topics, including progress on the outside area near block B and apartment furniture replacement.
You will be aware that installation work on the chromecasts has not completed yet, and that some of the kitchen cabinet units are showing their age.Please note on Anfi’s website they also say
“For any questions or complaints regarding the personal data process, you can contact our Data Protection Delegate via the email address: DPO-officer@anfi.es or you can file a claim with the Spanish Agency of Data Protection, the control authority. http://www.agpd.es”
Anfi have today added price information to their website regarding guest certificate fees (to see this on their website log into anfi.com members area and look at the holiday planner topic) which confirms our understanding of the fees:-
“4. Should you decide not to use your week/s yourself, but invite guests, please complete this form stating the full name and home address of your lead guest and send it to the Customer Services Department or to the Anfi Vacation Club who will issue the required guest certificate for the corresponding fee.
The fee is applied per reservation, and costs €180 (per reservation) for those not in the Anfi Vacation Club, and €30 (per reservation) for Anfi Vacation Club members”
Hi Richard
Your advert was “paused” – adverts are live when first purchased and you manage the status via MyAdverts (https://anfiukmembers.co.uk/my-adverts/)
I have unpaused it for you.Please also see the email we sent when you advertised, that gives info about managing your adverts, & links to our webpages with more detailed advice.
Kind regards, Brian
A member has reported that Anfi have confirmed that weeks in AVC remain at €30 for guest certificate
Please remember you can place a Wanted advert and either make it visible just to members or to anyone.
Create the advert from the “My Wanted Notices” section which is within My Club – https://anfiukmembers.co.uk/my-wanted-notices/ – it is free to set up Wanted notices.
Or look to see what other members are looking for here https://anfiukmembers.co.uk/wanted/
You were unlucky Robert, on their Facebook page they closed on the 3rd and opened again on the 13th Jan
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Restaurante Cueva Pirata
13th January 2025We’re back today!!!
After a short break we face 2025 with a lot of eagerness, excitement and the embers lit..=======================
Restaurante Cueva Pirata
3rd Janaury 2025Today we say goodbye to one of the most important people in the history of our home: its founder, owner, first cook, and the driving force behind the last 10 years of those of us who have followed her legacy.
We thank God for allowing us to enjoy her until the age of 96, and we say goodbye with the certainty that we will remember her every day because angels are never forgotten.
We will be closed SINCE TOMORROW for the next few days to honor her memory and gather strength for the rest of the season.
We will announce our reopening a few days in advance.
Hi Robert
There has been quite a bit on our Facebook group though not in forum – I had meant to add into forum so thank you for doign that.
It gets good reviewsAnfi have recently published a letter warning about bogus calls regarding maintenance fees
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Dear Members,
The Anfi Management wishes to inform you about a situation we have recently detected. Over the past few weeks, several members have reported receiving calls from companies claiming to act on behalf of Anfi. These companies request payment of overdue maintenance fees, threatening legal action by Anfi if the payment is not made.
We want to emphasize that these practices are entirely fraudulent and that Anfi has no connection to these companies or their communications.
If you receive such calls, please:
1. Do not provide any personal information or make any payments.
2. Contact our Customer Services Department directly to report the incident.
At Anfi, the security and trust of our members are our top priorities. Any official communication regarding maintenance fees or other matters related to your membership will only be made through Anfi’s official channels.
We appreciate your attention and cooperation in helping us put an end to these fraudulent practices.Sincerely,
The Anfi Management
ANFII’ll be paying my maintenance fees soon using Halfix Clarity and will update on how the currency rate looks – I have a Wise card too, after Roger suggested that so will see what looks best before I pay up.
thanks Robert – good to know the potential saving on maintenance fees with a better exchange rate & your postive experience with Currensea
more news of phased introduction in 2025 – on EuroNews.com
and then the visa requirement will follow 6 months after the EES is introduced
The letter from the independent review of the accounts has been added to the accounts documents. Apologies for delay in publishing, as the letter is dated August.
You will see it mentions potential legal fees. Your Club has agreed fees of up to €3000 as a 1/3 share, along with the other 2 main European clubs, as a contribution to cover the costs of the legal challenge to the Anfi Beach OGM elections, where Anfi used their own unsold weeks votes to elect their own manager as “your” elected representative to the Beach committee.
Any costs incurred this year will be included in the final 2024 accounts.Liaison Committee Meeting – October 2024
The liaison committee met on 15th October. Sr Luis Martinez, General Director of Anfi, was present though had formally been replaced in June by Sr Emilio Rodriguez, Head of Anfi Legal Services, who was not present due to business commitments. Ms Christine Johnson and Ms Maria Hildago were also present.
We looked in some detail at the club results. Occupancy in Monte is very high with over 80% of available apartments being used across the year, and around 91 – 93% in use from January to March and October-December is expected to be around that level too. The only months with lower vacancy levels are May and June with 66% and 57% respectively.
Costs this year are close to budget and expected to be breakeven at the year end. Savings on electricity, and some wage costs along with much higher bank interest offset higher costs on laundry and maintenance and replacement.
Anfi are still planning to provide body wash and shampoo dispensers in the showers to reduce the plastic waste caused by the small toiletry containers. The items have been purchased but not arrived yet.
Some members have still not paid their maintenance fees – British owners are about 16% of the fees still owed. The fee invoices are on the Anfi web site in the Members Area under the ‘Collections’ heading. Paper invoices are not routinely sent out.
Chromecast – installation has been delayed due to problems connecting the units to the Wi-Fi system and tests are being carried out.
Furniture replacement – I mentioned above the frustrating delays on making progress. The items to be changed are lounge chairs and coffee table, dining table and chairs and the bed headboard and bedside tables – as the beds, sofa beds and curtains have already been renewed. We are promised more info by the end of December.
Work to paint the corridor railings and varnish the balustrades will be carried out next year.
Lifts – the upgrade to electronics and displays has been deferred, due to appointment of new lift contractor who started at the beginning of October. The contractor will be carrying out a detailed review of the current system over the next few weeks.
In the weeks after the meeting the lifts appear to be very unreliable with some days when only 1 of the 3 main lefts were working.The change of the cards used to access apartments will be made next year during a low occupancy period, probably May and June.
Regarding the debt balances in the accounts, Sr Martinez will try to arrange a meeting with the committees with Anfi CEO Sr Jose Luis Trujillo to discuss this and related matters.
The future committee meetings will take place on:
· 27/02/2025 – Thursday
· 24/06/2025 – Tuesday
· Budget Videoconference (13/10 – 19/10/2025)
· 04/11/2025 – Tuesday
· OGM 06/11/2025 – Thursday
2026
· 26/02/2026 – Thursday
· 23/06/2026 – Tuesday
· Budget Videoconference (13/10 – 19/10/2026)
· 27/10/2026 – Tuesday
Monte Anfi Report – October 2024
The contents of this report are confidential and should not be published outside the Anfi UK Club.
The committee meeting on the 15th October set the budget for 2025 and also was a regular liaison committee meeting. I have had a few queries from owners since the last meeting and have done what I can to answer the queries or refer to Anfi management.
Budget Meeting
We only had the budget proposals given at the committee meeting, despite having requested in advance. Last year we had asked for a higher increase to replenish the replacement fund, but that request was not accepted, resulting when combined with a higher spend by end of 2023, with a lower replacement fund than forecast.
Work on replacement furniture has been deferred into 2025/26 in part due to shortage of funds. Very frustrating! The furniture choice has not yet been made and the idea of a demo suite changed, as Anfi are now selecting based on experience at Puerto.
Maintenance fees in 2024 are very little above the 2020 fees. An additional aspect this year is that Anfi advised that for the weeks tied up in the court process and the weeks cannot be used or rented out and the owners not paying, and that Anfi Sales will no longer cover this lost income. Therefore, it must be made up by the remaining owners, otherwise the club would face income roughly €200,000 lower than it needs. At Monte 292 weeks are caught up in the legal process.
For a 2 bed 2 bath apartment the extra cost to make up for these weeks adds 2.57% to the fees which is about €20 per apartment.
Whether any of this money might be recovered when the weeks are finally released from the court process remains to be seen. It seems doubtful. There is also some backdating of none payment which is likely to require a slightly higher fee increase to be maintained over the next few years.
The final fee increase is 5.41% which allows for a 13% contribution to the replacement fund – about €790,000 – which may sound a lot but the furniture changes may be circa €1m and will have to be spread over 2 years.
The final figure for a 1 bed will be about €42 more than 2020, and for a 2 bed 2 bath €51Thanks Roger, I stand corrected!
Last chance to send any photos in the next few days – we’ll be working on the newsletter this weekend.
If you have any photos, especially any seasonal Xmas ones, you feel we could use in the newsletter please send using this link – member photo upload – please put a title and a brief description.
From a bit of Google searching I can’t see how FNTC relates to Anfi
For FNTC see this info https://www.travelandleisure.co.uk/fntc-first-national-trustee-company/ and has link to FNTC siteNow our weeks at Anfi are registered with Continental Trustees and this article has a bit of info on trustee companies https://timeshareconsumerassociation.org.uk/2014/10/20/timeshare-trust-companies/
Members might like to scan over the info as it explains a bit how trustees work in the timeshare worldI can’t see that FNTC and Continental are linked though maybe I missed something!!
And Philip who is the Director Chairs all the Anfi OGM’s and was at the Gran Anfi OGM last month
Companies House info:-
[Continental Trustees Limited is a private company limited by shares that is registered in the Isle of Man. The company’s officers include:
Philip Michael Broomhead: Director and solicitor
Brigit Scott: Director and chartered secretary]Hi Robert
I haven’t had a call, though had heard that other members had recieved calls from quasi legal companies.
This seems to have stepped up since the recent court info about Carzola.Whilst Lopesan own 50% of Anfi and aim to acquire more, it is Anfi that holds your data and the relationship regarding payments etc, as I’m sure you know.
Let’s hope your post encourages anyone else who’s had calls to share that info
Regards, Brian
Hi Philip
I’m not seeing an Anfi travel on the anfi.com page – it’s not on the homepage or when I log into members area
Where are you seeing it, or can you send a linkRegards Brian
In case you missed it the crossword is copied here, and answers can be found on link in post above
All clues relate to Anfi resorts or local locations
Pam and I got back last week from a 3 week stay at Anfi – did some of our favourites and one or two new ones – not a top 5 as such but the ones we went to!
– Valentinos food was good as ever – though the service was poor, took 15 minutes to get order taken and 30 minutes for a drink to arrive. This seemed to be the one waitress who was serving the table area we were in.
– By Roccio (next to Sagitario) – went on a Sunday when they have live music (you can book off the Fork app which is easy way to book table) – really good food and excellent service, probably the best of all the restaurants we went to.
– Taj Palace in Mogan Mall – very good Indian (again can book via Fork app)
– Fernandos in Patalavaca – very good food and reasonably priced
– Cuerva Pirata – good meal and good service
– Misbah, in Meloneras – Indian style food, though not as good as last time we went.
– Milo Sun – had to go after all the good reports and not disappointed, excellent service and good food at a very reasonable price
– Kai (Chinese at Los Olas centre) – there are lots of restaurants in the Los Olas centre, near Puerto Rico – Kai is excellent food, great service and really good value – we chose a la carte but you can get a 2 person menu deal for €38 which looked very good. Will definitely go back on our next visit.
– Heinrich’s – this is a small supermarket and restaurant called El Greco and is next to the communal pool at Los Caideros. Roger Byatt and Mike Corrigan took us and Roger has done a write up for the Winter 2024 newsletter. Quite different to other restaurants but great value and though the chef chooses the food i.e. one choice per night, it was a really nice meal and you can get cakes that have been baked by one of the family.
Do book as it gets busy!– Taste (Arguineguin) – we had been a about 2 years ago and was very good. This time we ended up with table that was ignored and had delays in getting order taken. They seemed short of staff. Food was good but nothing like what it was on our last visit.
Will give it another go next year. They are having some works carried out to renovate parts of the restuarant, so that affects things too.The EU have now delayed the intro of the EES, due 10th November. No new date yet.
BBC News – European Union delays introduction of new border check system – BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgey0vvxxw7o
