Secrets Baby Beach Aruba

The Resort and Its Setting

Secrets Baby Beach Aruba is an independent, RCI-affiliated timeshare resort located in San Nicolás, on Aruba's eastern coast. Owning here means holding a week (or points) at a home resort that also carries RCI membership, giving owners the choice of returning to the same property each year or banking their time for an exchange elsewhere. As an independent resort, it isn't part of one of the big hotel-branded timeshare chains, which typically means a smaller, more local ownership structure rather than a corporate one.

San Nicolás and the Surrounding Area

San Nicolás is Aruba's old refinery town, and it still carries that working-port character alongside a growing reputation for street art, local eateries and a slower pace than the resort strip around Oranjestad. The standout draw on the doorstep is Baby Beach, around half a kilometre away — a sheltered, shallow lagoon-style beach that's popular with families and anyone after calm, swimmable water rather than big surf. From San Nicolás it's an easy drive to Oranjestad (roughly 25 km), Aruba's capital, with its harbour, shops and colonial-style streets, and to Eagle Beach (around 30 km), one of the island's best-known white-sand strips. Inland, the Butterfly Farm and the Ayo Rock Formation make for a change of pace from the coast, both within half an hour's drive.

Selling or Renting a Week Here

If you own a week at Secrets Baby Beach Aruba and are weighing up whether to sell or rent it out, BidMyTimeshare.com works as an owner-to-owner marketplace: you list your week, set your own asking price, and buyers or renters contact you directly through the platform. There's no commission on the sale — sellers simply pay a one-time listing fee to put the week up.

Because this is an independent resort, resale isn't processed through a big-brand transfer desk. Transfers of ownership are handled through the resort's own owners' association or on-site management rather than a hotel corporation, so before agreeing a price, sellers and buyers alike should confirm directly with the resort: the fee charged to transfer the deed into a new name, whether the resort or association holds a right of first refusal on resales, how long the transfer paperwork typically takes to process, and the current annual maintenance fee. A resale buyer takes on the usage rights and the ongoing maintenance obligations tied to the week; they do not automatically inherit any loyalty perks or bonus points a previous owner may have accumulated, so it's worth checking exactly what does and doesn't carry over before closing.

Owners who'd rather rent out a week than sell can list it as a one-off rental, which suits buyers who want to try San Nicolás and Baby Beach before committing to a purchase, as well as travellers simply after a self-catering stay near the beach without buying in.

What Renters and Buyers Tend to Look For

Most renters ask about proximity to Baby Beach, unit size and sleeping capacity, and the specific week or season on offer, since that determines what else on the island is easy to combine with the stay. Buyers researching resale tend to focus on the annual maintenance fee, the resort's RCI affiliation and how exchange availability works, along with the practicalities of transfer — so sellers who have this information ready tend to field fewer back-and-forth questions.

Practical Notes

Aruba sits outside the hurricane belt and has a warm, dry climate for most of the year, with December to April generally the busiest and driest stretch — worth bearing in mind when choosing which week to list or book. A rental car is useful for reaching Oranjestad, Eagle Beach or the inland sights, though San Nicolás itself and Baby Beach are easily walkable from the resort.