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Not to even mention the legal and / or settlement costs to the timeshare HOA when some innocent timeshare (...but not pet) owner inevitably has severe allergic reactions requiring medical attention --- because of the prior week-long presence of some little Feline Fluffy while occupying their own unit / week.
A dog bite sustained by another owner (...or guest, renter, employee, or vendor) while legitimately on property? I can hear the "Ka-Chings" as the cash register sings.
Can you say "treble damages"? Winning such cases and associated settlements is child's play, so why knowingly create any such HOA risk and exposure in the first place?
I think your arguement is somewhat irrational.
Using your reasoning, all timeshares should get rid of pools and hot tubs due to the liability risk. Especially when you consider that they rarely have lifeguards.
Why don't they? I think the answer is called insurance. Dogs can bite anyone, anytime, anywhere. When they do I'm sure there is some liablity somewhere and someone is going to pay. Most homeowners policies ask about pets when you purchase them. Some even exclude certain pets, some charge a surcharge if you own certain breeds of dog and some even refuse to write the policy. But most pets are covered under the liablity clause of your homeowners policy as I understand it.
Maybe the resort would get drawn in but, in the end I think you'll find it's the owner responsible for the dog from a liability standpoint.
As to allergins, yea, I get it. But I doubt there's a lot of grounds for liablity so long as the resort discloses itself as pet friendly. There are a lot of things people can have an allergic reaction to, not just pet dander. Some resorts allow smoking on balconies. At least one Colorado resort allows marijuana to be smoked on it's balconies. The allergy lawsuit theory really doesn't carry much weight.