• The TUGBBS forums are completely free and open to the public and exist as the absolute best place for owners to get help and advice about their timeshares for more than 30 years!

    Join Tens of Thousands of other Owners just like you here to get any and all Timeshare questions answered 24 hours a day!
  • TUG started 30 years ago in October 1993 as a group of regular Timeshare owners just like you!

    Read about our 30th anniversary: Happy 30th Birthday TUG!
  • TUG has a YouTube Channel to produce weekly short informative videos on popular Timeshare topics!

    Free memberships for every 50 subscribers!

    Visit TUG on Youtube!
  • TUG has now saved timeshare owners more than $21,000,000 dollars just by finding us in time to rescind a new Timeshare purchase! A truly incredible milestone!

    Read more here: TUG saves owners more than $21 Million dollars
  • Sign up to get the TUG Newsletter for free!

    60,000+ subscribing owners! A weekly recap of the best Timeshare resort reviews and the most popular topics discussed by owners!
  • Our official "end my sales presentation early" T-shirts are available again! Also come with the option for a free membership extension with purchase to offset the cost!

    All T-shirt options here!
  • A few of the most common links here on the forums for newbies and guests!

Questions [Summer Bay - Orlando]

A

advocatemom

TUG Member
Joined
Aug 23, 2009
Messages
30
Reaction score
0
Points
0
Location
Kansas
Hello all - been a while since I last posted. Got distracted and did not think about TSing for a while! Lately I've been reading up again and trying to decide if this is the right thing to do or not. My husband thinks TS are not good but I think for our family, the price can be right. We are smack dab in the middle of the country and only really like to go to Florida (all areas) or California.

We've stayed at HGVC Sea World and liked it; and Newport Coast Villas and loved it. I don't want to pay the higher resale costs for these, however. Seems I can book directly at these resorts off season for ok prices.

I did see a Florida unit for sale that has me a bit interested, however, but want to get some feedback before I get too serious about it. Would any of you buy at Summer Bay - Orlando? It looks like there are only three resort choices in this system so I'd have to belong to RCI as well if I want to do any exchanges, right?

I know I should consider renting first, but I'm a bit hesitant to do that - I like the security of either direct reservations or owning something myself. I can't afford to travel to either coast and find I got scammed. I have a special needs child we travel with and need to know I have what I paid for.

Thanks and look forward to hearing any advise, input, etc.
 
DeniseM

DeniseM

Moderator
Joined
Jun 6, 2005
Messages
57,763
Reaction score
9,164
Points
1,849
Resorts Owned
WKORV, WKV, 2-SDO, 4-Kauai Beach Villas, Island Park Village (Yellowstone), Hyatt High Sierra, Dolphin's Cove (Anaheim)
DeniseM

DeniseM

Moderator
Joined
Jun 6, 2005
Messages
57,763
Reaction score
9,164
Points
1,849
Resorts Owned
WKORV, WKV, 2-SDO, 4-Kauai Beach Villas, Island Park Village (Yellowstone), Hyatt High Sierra, Dolphin's Cove (Anaheim)
advocatemom said:
Thanks, Denise. Any input on the resort itself?
Click to expand...

I'm not familiar with it - have you checked the TUG reviews?

Click on TUG Resort Databases in the red bar > Reviews > log-in > search by name.

The main problem with Florida resorts is that Florida is overbuilt with TS's so they are week traders. You can often rent for less than the maintenance fee, because of the glut of rentals.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top