Riviera Oaks Resort & Racquet Club Review (2025)
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Riviera Oaks Resort & Racquet Club is a timeshare community in Ramona, California.
It’s a small town about 40 miles Northeast of San Diego and about 20 miles East of Escondido.
Ramona is a budding wine region in Southern California and it’s near the historic gold mining town of Julian, making it the perfect small town weekend getaway.
You can watch a full walk-through video of our one bedroom on our YouTube Channel.
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Riviera Oaks Resort & Racquet Club Review
Riviera Oaks Resort is a Diamond Resorts timeshare, which was recently purchased by Hilton Grand Vacations.
Though like many timeshares, you don’t have to be an owner of either one of those timeshares to stay here.
You can book directly or through your preferred hotel booking platform just like you would any other hotel room.
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One Bedroom
When we stayed at Riviera Oaks Resort, we had a one bedroom.
These come with a full kitchen, dining room, and living room.
To see the details of each of these rooms, be sure to watch the Youtube video walk-through at the beginning of this post.
Kitchen
As you enter, there is a full kitchen immediately to your right.
It’s pretty small, but it has a full sized refrigerator and freezer, sink, microwave, stove, oven, and some appliances.
The kitchen is also stocked with all the utensils, dishes, and cookware you would typically need.
There is also a breakfast bar that seats 2 people.
Living Room
The living room has plenty of seating for everybody and offers a tv and fireplace.
I liked having the foot rests and trays since I used this area as a workspace during the day.
Dining Room
The dining room is immediately to the left of the living room.
It’s an informal, open space.
Since this is a one bedroom that isn’t supposed to sleep more than 4 people, the dining room table also only seats 4 people.
It’s smaller than many other one bedrooms we’ve stayed in, but was still large enough for us.
Bedroom
The bedroom was nice and spacious.
Just at the foot of the bed is another dresser with a tv.
Just to the left of the bed is a closet the length of the wall.
Also, just behind the bedroom door is a sliding door that leads out to the wrap around patio.
Bathroom
The bathroom here has so many doors.
There’s a door that leads in from the bedroom and a door that leads in from near the kitchen.
Then, once you’re inside the bathroom, you’re only in the area where the vanity is.
After that, there’s a separate door for where the shower and toilet is.
It’s all in a pretty small space too, so the doors are really just in the way.
Patio
I mentioned earlier that the bedroom leads out to a wrap-around patio.
From the living room there is also access to this patio.
On that section of the patio is an outdoor table that seats four people.
The section of the patio that is outside the bedroom has a lounge chair like you’d see at a pool.
Ours happened to look like a regular backyard of a semi-woodsy area, so it was nice and quiet.
Room Pricing
When we stayed here, we did a 3 night stay around the end of May/beginning of June in a one bedroom for 1,998 points.
To put that into perspective, with what we’ve paid into our timeshare, this comes out to $1,044 for our 3 night stay, or $348 per night!
The point conversion at this resort, even when it’s discounted is WILD.
Between the location and the condition of the resort, it is NOT worth that price.
However, if you book this resort directly or through your preferred booking platform like you would any other resort, you would expect to only have to pay about $150-$200 a night for a one bedroom.
You can get studios for about $125-$150 a night and these prices include taxes and fees.
So it’s definitely much better to pay cash at this resort than to use timeshare points, unless you just need to use up your points before they expire at the end of the year.
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Resort Amenities
We actually didn’t take advantage of any of the resort amenities during our stay.
We spent most of our time either wine tasting in Ramona or sampling apple pies in Julian.
However, I do know that some of the amenities include an outdoor heated pool, bike rentals, bbq grills, fitness center, tennis courts, a hot tub, laundry, a sauna, hiking trails, pool tables, and more.
Overall Experience
Overall, we enjoyed our stay here.
I would probably never use our timeshare points to stay here again unless it was about half of what it cost for our previous stay.
Paying cash is definitely the better option here.
But we love the location because it’s an off the beaten path vacation destination to visit smaller towns outside of San Diego like Ramona and Julian.
We also love our timeshare rooms because of the access to full kitchens, separate bedrooms, and having space to work during the day.
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Resources For Planning Your Trip To Ramona
If you need help planning your trip to Ramona, check out our guide to all the best wine tasting rooms and wineries in Ramona.
It’s the newest wine region in California and is already an award winning region.
It has some of our favorite red wines we’ve ever had.
You could also consider visiting Harrah’s Resort Southern California or Welk Resorts San Diego, which aren’t too far away.
Conclusion: Riviera Oaks Resort & Racquet Club Review
Riviera Oaks Resort & Racquet Club is a hidden gem in Southern California.
You’ll get to visit off the beaten path small towns like Ramona and Julian, while enjoying all the amenities of home.
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