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Galleon is the BEST timeshare
"Easyrider" Bill had previously posted asking where the best place to stay is, and I replied it using my recollection of small bed and breakfast/guesthouse type accomodations. Now as a Galleon owner, I'm sure it'd look as if I was unfairly hyping the resort I own at as the best- so I didn't (but it is!) The Galleon was the first timeshare resort in Key West if you exclude the Banyan- which had previously been a guesthouse which was upgraded to timeshare condominiums AFTER the Galleon resort opened in 1983. Excluding some of the rehab to Coconut Beach Resort (to fix hurricane damages), the Galleon has been the ONLY timeshare in Key West to receive a top-to-bottom facelift/rehab since it opened. At some point or another, I have been fortunate enough to exhange and stay at Banyan Resort, Hyatt Sunset Harbor, Hyatt Beach House, Coconut Beach Resort, have toured Coconut Mallory, and have been through Reflections of Ocean Key House. The ONLY Key West timeshare I haven't toured or stayed at is Hyatt Windward Pointe- however I have NO desire to stay right next to the Key West International Airport.
When I enter exchange requests to stay in Key West in a different week number than I own at my timeshare, I always request (and usually confirm the Galleon with RCI). When I use I.I., I've had to settle for some of the other resorts, and haven't been really happy at any of them except for the Banyan with its prime center-of-the-action location. Having said that, I've been told MANY times that it is rather difficult to trade into Key West unless you're an owner there, so given that fact, I suppose someone should just hope for an exchange anywhere....unless they can afford to rent....in which case if money was no object the Galleon would be IT. When money IS an object (like it might be for a college student when I first travelled to Key West) then I think that guesthouses/bed-and-breakfasts are the ticket.
Back to hyping my Galleon resort: Don't need to-it's the only Key West timeshare with an unblemished streak of both Gold Crown and 5-star awards since both awards' inceptions.
JMHO,
Brian
"Easyrider" Bill had previously posted asking where the best place to stay is, and I replied it using my recollection of small bed and breakfast/guesthouse type accomodations. Now as a Galleon owner, I'm sure it'd look as if I was unfairly hyping the resort I own at as the best- so I didn't (but it is!) The Galleon was the first timeshare resort in Key West if you exclude the Banyan- which had previously been a guesthouse which was upgraded to timeshare condominiums AFTER the Galleon resort opened in 1983. Excluding some of the rehab to Coconut Beach Resort (to fix hurricane damages), the Galleon has been the ONLY timeshare in Key West to receive a top-to-bottom facelift/rehab since it opened. At some point or another, I have been fortunate enough to exhange and stay at Banyan Resort, Hyatt Sunset Harbor, Hyatt Beach House, Coconut Beach Resort, have toured Coconut Mallory, and have been through Reflections of Ocean Key House. The ONLY Key West timeshare I haven't toured or stayed at is Hyatt Windward Pointe- however I have NO desire to stay right next to the Key West International Airport.
When I enter exchange requests to stay in Key West in a different week number than I own at my timeshare, I always request (and usually confirm the Galleon with RCI). When I use I.I., I've had to settle for some of the other resorts, and haven't been really happy at any of them except for the Banyan with its prime center-of-the-action location. Having said that, I've been told MANY times that it is rather difficult to trade into Key West unless you're an owner there, so given that fact, I suppose someone should just hope for an exchange anywhere....unless they can afford to rent....in which case if money was no object the Galleon would be IT. When money IS an object (like it might be for a college student when I first travelled to Key West) then I think that guesthouses/bed-and-breakfasts are the ticket.
Back to hyping my Galleon resort: Don't need to-it's the only Key West timeshare with an unblemished streak of both Gold Crown and 5-star awards since both awards' inceptions.
JMHO,
Brian