Villa del Arco Beach Resort & Spa Cabo San Lucas

The resort and its setting

Villa del Arco is a Villa Group property on Camino Viejo a San José, Km 0.5, in the El Médano area of Cabo San Lucas's Tourist Corridor — the beachfront strip that runs between the marina and the resorts further up the coast. Google reviewers rate it 4.4 out of 5 from well over 2,400 reviews, and Google's own summary describes it as beachfront lodging with two pools, a spa, tennis courts, on-site dining and swim-up bars. It's run as a resort-style property rather than a standalone hotel, with the shared facilities — pools, spa, courts — typical of a timeshare or vacation ownership setup.

The area and things to do

Cabo San Lucas needs little introduction: it's one of the two towns that anchor Los Cabos (the other being San José del Cabo), known for its marina, sportfishing fleet, beach clubs and the Land's End rock arch just offshore. The Tourist Corridor, where Villa del Arco sits, is the stretch of coast dotted with resorts, golf courses and beach access points linking Cabo San Lucas to San José del Cabo. Owners and renters typically spend time on Médano Beach itself (one of the few swimmable beaches in the area), head into the marina for boat trips and restaurants, or drive the short distance along the Corridor to San José del Cabo's old town centre and art galleries.

Selling or renting a week here

If you own a week at Villa del Arco and want to sell or rent it out, you can list it privately on BidMyTimeshare.com: you set your own asking price, buyers or renters contact you directly through the platform, and the marketplace charges 0% commission — sellers pay a single one-time listing fee instead of a cut of the sale.

Before you list, it's worth knowing how Villa Group handles resales. According to Villa Group's own FAQ (via Universal Vacation Club), neither the club nor the developer offers any formal resale assistance — you're on your own to find a buyer, which is exactly what a private marketplace like ours is for. The membership also needs to be fully paid up, with all fees current, before any transfer can go through. Villa Group hasn't published a resale or transfer fee, nor confirmed whether it holds a right of first refusal, so ask the resort's owners' association directly what the current transfer fee is, and get it in writing before you agree a price with a buyer.

Owner reports on forums such as TUG (from 2018 and again in 2024) flag something buyers should understand up front: transfers outside the immediate family have reportedly resulted in the contract being converted — either to a more basic contract type, or to a week tied to a single home resort, rather than carrying over exactly as the current owner holds it. If you're buying resale, ask the seller and the resort directly what contract type you'll actually receive once the transfer is complete, and don't assume it matches the original agreement.

Practical notes

Typical transfer timelines aren't published by Villa Group, so build in some flexibility if you're buying or selling — confirm a rough timeframe with the resort before you finalise anything. Maintenance fee figures for this resort haven't been published either, so ask the current owner for the most recent annual fee statement as part of your due diligence, rather than relying on a listing estimate.