The Chumbi Mountain Retreat Pelling

The resort and its setting

The Chumbi Mountain Retreat sits at Naku Chumbong, just outside Pelling town in West Sikkim, at an elevation that puts most rooms and the dining terrace level with the clouds on a good day. Google reviewers (4.5/5 from 463 reviews) describe a polished property with a spa, a small cinema room and a games room alongside its restaurant — the kind of place built for guests who want a quiet base rather than a party resort. The resort is independently run but exchange-affiliated, with suites rather than standard hotel rooms forming the bulk of the accommodation.

Pelling and the surrounding area

Pelling is one of Sikkim's established hill-station bases, popular with travellers heading into West Sikkim for monastery visits, trekking towards the Himalayan foothills, and simply sitting out on a balcony watching the weather move across the valley. The town itself is small and walkable, with local cafés, handicraft shops and viewpoints that fill a day or two without much driving. Most visitors treat Pelling as a two-to-four-night stop as part of a wider Sikkim itinerary, which is worth keeping in mind if you're thinking about how rentable your week might be.

Selling or renting a week here

If you own a week at The Chumbi Mountain Retreat and no longer use it, you can list it for private resale or rent on BidMyTimeshare.com. The process is owner-to-owner: you set your own asking price, your listing goes live for a small one-time listing fee, and interested buyers or renters contact you directly through the platform. There's no commission taken on the sale or rental — what you agree with a buyer is what you keep, minus the listing fee.

Because this is an independent resort, any resale isn't processed through a big-brand head office. Instead, transfers typically go through the resort's own owners' association or its management office. Before you agree a price with a buyer, it's worth confirming three things directly with the resort: the current transfer fee, whether there's a right of first refusal that the resort or association can exercise before a resale completes, and the current annual maintenance fee, since these figures aren't published centrally and vary by resort policy. Buyers should ask for the same details before committing, and should understand that a resale typically transfers the usage right and membership status attached to the week — not any resort credit balance or unused points the previous owner may have held, unless the transferring party explicitly agrees to pass these on.

Transfer timelines for independent resorts generally depend on how quickly the owners' association processes paperwork on both sides, so it's sensible to ask upfront roughly how long a transfer has taken for other owners recently.

What renters typically look for

Renters interested in a week at The Chumbi Mountain Retreat tend to ask about the spa and cinema facilities, the view from the suite, and how walkable the resort is relative to Pelling's town centre and viewpoints. Being clear in your listing about suite category, week/season, and what's included (and what isn't) will save back-and-forth with enquirers.

Practical notes

The resort is exchange-affiliated with RCI, so if you're an owner who exchanges rather than uses or rents your week, it's worth checking your RCI account for how this resort's deposits have been valued historically. For anyone listing a week for sale or rent, keep your documentation — deed or certificate, latest maintenance fee statement, and any correspondence with the resort about transfer procedure — ready to share with a serious enquirer, as this speeds up the process considerably once a buyer is interested.