Join David's
Bay Club Pod.

You have three options: sign up online (send payment via PayPal, Venmo, or Zelle, then submit your info), sign up in person at Bay Club (David meets you at the Carmel Valley front desk and completes signup on-site with Member Services), or sign up on a joint call with Bay Club (David loops in Bay Club Member Services so you can verify everything before paying). All three end the same way — you're an active pod member within 24 hours.

Your first payment includes a $100 initiation fee (charged by Bay Club, not David), the prorated remainder of the current month, and a prepaid final month at your tier's rate. The prepaid final month covers Bay Club's one-month cancellation notice — so your exit is already funded when you eventually decide to leave. Your next month's payment isn't due until the 25th of your start month — billed separately to keep your upfront cost lower. After that, monthly payments are due on the 15th of the month before. Annual members pay initiation + prorated + 12 months upfront at the discounted annual rate.

No. Your rate is a flat monthly amount set by your age tier — it doesn't rise or fall with how many people are in the pod at any given time. Whether the pod is nearly full or has open spots, you pay the same predictable rate, so you always know exactly what to expect.

This is Bay Club's policy, not David's. When you cancel, Bay Club charges David for one full calendar month after notice is given — so your final active month is the calendar month after the one you notify in. In practice: if you want your last day to be October 31, just let David know any day in September. The prepaid final month from your first payment already covers that final month, so David isn't out-of-pocket and you owe nothing extra when you leave.

Payments go directly to David via PayPal (dbittorf), Venmo (@Dave-Bittorf), or Zelle (619-200-1126) — whichever's easiest for you. If you'd rather handle the first payment in person, David is happy to meet you at Bay Club so you can pay there.

Call Bay Club Carmel Valley directly at 858-509-9933 and ask for David Bittorf as a pod host. Bay Club Member Services will confirm his status. Or use the joint-call or in-person signup path — both put you in direct contact with Bay Club Member Services before any payment changes hands.

The pod gives you membership access at Bay Club San Diego and Los Angeles Campus locations, plus core amenities at each: aquatics, basketball, pickleball, recovery centers, group fitness, mind-body programs, family programming, and social events. Golf is not included (see Club West Gold upgrade above).

Pickleball courts are included with your pod membership — you can play any time courts are open. Court reservations require a Club West Gold membership, so during regular hours a Club West Gold member with a reservation gets priority use. However, during scheduled open play sessions, reservations don't apply — anyone with pod membership can play and courts are shared communally. Check the Bay Club Carmel Valley schedule for open play times.

No — that's the benefit of the pod. You pay David monthly at your tier's rate, and David handles the membership relationship with Bay Club on the back end. Bay Club charges David directly for the pod each month.

David has called San Diego home for more than 20 years. He's a college professor with two decades of teaching experience, currently on the faculty at Laguna College of Art + Design (LCAD). His wife, Amy, is a yoga instructor at the Bay Club — the club has been part of their family's life for years, which is exactly what led David to host this pod — a well-run, trustworthy way for neighbors and friends to join the Bay Club. Beyond the classroom, David also works privately with a select group of students who want to stay at the leading edge of artificial intelligence and advanced 3D modeling and graphics — the tools and techniques shaping the next decade of creative and technical work. If you or someone in your family would like to explore that kind of one-on-one mentoring, see davidbittorf.com to learn more.