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I have a Maui Beach Vacation Club account that is all paid up and ready for a new owner.
The sellers are paying the closing costs and paying the July 2025 maintenance fees.
Account details are as follows:
Annual Usage 2024 available
Float Pearl Unit 2 bed 2 bath, Sleeps 6-8, Full Kitchen
Float...
I have a Powhatan Plantation account that is all paid up and ready for a new owner.
The sellers are paying the closing costs and have already paid the 2025 maintenance fees.
Account details are as follows:
Annual Usage 2025 available
Fixed Unit# 75 2 bed deluxe 2 bath, sleeps 6, Full Kitchen...
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My husband and I bought a timeshare through Exploria in the poconos (PA) a few years back and we just physically can’t afford it anymore as he’s out of work and can’t afford to even take vacation time to use it. We had to stop paying the expo points at one point because we just can’t afford it...
My dad owns a Marriott timeshare. He’s been an owner for 20 years. He did upgrade it about 7 years ago but this was before the giant Marriott merger, which has different offerings now.
He says the yearly fees have escaped in recent years. In 2023 he paid about $4500 for the two weeks and in...
Help. Just bought HGV timeshare . Need advice. Purchased cash with no financing. maintenance fees annually of $1600/year.
With 30,000 club bonus points. Plus 15k HH point incentive.
Is this a decent deal? What should be do or should we rescind and purchase on the resale market? We know nothing...
Located 40 Minutes from the Pacific ocean and about 2 hours north of San Francisco sits the Worldmark Windsor in Windsor, California. You are surround by plenty of activities. You can hike in the redwoods or stroll past California oaks. Or you can do a day of wine tasting. The one bedroom...
Hello everyone!
After spending some time here in the forum, I decided to share my experience and also to get some opinions on my situation.
I bought a Taffer Residence Club "Membership" in Cancún, Mexico. In the end, it is a Timeshare. Don't get me wrong, the hotels are beautiful and the staff...
Resort Name : Villas at Regal Palms
Resort Location: 2700 Sand Mine Rd, Davenport, FL 33897
Fixed Week / Floating Week / Number of Points (and specify what system): Floating reserve through soliel. Can rent out if you don't use it
frequency (every year? every other year?): Every other year on...
About an hour drive from the Lihue Airport in Princeville Hawaii on the Island of Kauai sits the Club Wyndham Shearwater resort. Today's review is of the Two bedroom unit on the third floor (Unit 311). The buildings are two and three stories tall and have lush tropical plants throughout...
About an hour drive from the Lihue Airport in Princeville Hawaii on the Island of Kauai sits the Club Wyndham Kw'Eo Kai resort. Today's review is of the one bedroom unit. The buildings are three stories tall and have lush tropical plants throughout. There are two pools, and plenty of grills...
You own a timeshare, so you will be doing owner updates... It is a fact of timeshare life. Since you are in this environment, then you might as well take advantage of the situation... I am about to embark on a three week vacation to Hawaii... Of those 21 days, 12 of them are on two makring...
Located 40 Minutes from the Pacific ocean and about 2 hours north of San Francisco sits the Worldmark Windsor in Windsor, California. What I love about the Studio is that it has all the features of the one bedroom except the bedroom is in the living room(and it folds up during the day). You...
Getaways Nothing is more refreshing than taking a short break either as an event or themed adventure. I recommend that you plan these trips around a weekend. I like shifting them to Thursday Thru Saturday instead of the traditional Friday and Saturday.
The reason I like to shift to...
I have discovered a Town of Collingwood planning application approved in 2021 to convert the Living Stone/Cranberry Inn and Club Cranberry buildings into a retirement residence. Based on the information I have so far, the Timeshare units will not exist once all renovations are complete. As a TS...
I always want to keep my costs of Vacationing to a minimum so I can enjoy more vacationing. I use my maintenance costs as motivation to try to do more without adding more points. Over the years, I have gotten extremely good at doing this to the point that I can stretch my points to be living...
In this video, I wanted to discuss the use of timeshares to help you increase your achievement of your bucket list. With the improved technology many people have an option of working remote 2-5 days a week... So, if you can work remote why not use this time to complete bucket list items. The...
In this video, I wanted to look at the comparison between buying a second home or using your timeshares as an alternative. I looked at several criteria. How long each year would you stay in your second home, did you always want to go to the same place, whether capital appreciation was...
Located in Anaheim close to Disneyland sits the Worldmark Dolphin Cove. This resort is located along the corridor of hotel / condos near Disneyland. The unit had a full kitchen that was compact but sufficient, a larger bedroom with a king bed, and a nice outdoor patio.
The resort has a nice...
I'm giving away my two weeks timeshare at the Imperial Hawaii Resort in Waikiki. It's for an Ohia suite, with options to upgrade.
Rooftop pool, block from the beach, in the heart of Waikiki! It's a great spot. Each week is $919 annual maintenance fee currently.
My life situation has changed...
In this video, I show you how you can save money by stretching your points... And by using Interval International and RCI to book last minute deals (Getaways or Last Call). The end result of this strategy is that you don't need to own as many points or pay as much in Maintenance fees...
Located 40 Minutes from the Pacific ocean and about 2 hours north of San Francisco sits the Worldmark Windsor in Windsor, California. You are surround by plenty of activities. You can hike in the redwoods or stroll past California oaks. Or you can do a day of wine tasting.
The resort itself...
Hello, I'm looking to sell my timeshare and I'm wondering if anyone knows of a good template or sample agreement that I could use for the sale. If anyone has any suggestions or resources they could share, I would really appreciate it.
Thank you!
FREE! Just pay closing/transfer costs. We are willing to negotiate coverage of closing/transfer fees.
Please PM me if interested or to make an offer:
Geoholiday Vacation Club
- 25,000 points Annually
- Multi-destination membership
- use anytime throughout year
- Geoholidays has 65+...
Looking for 2-3 nights, either Friday-Monday or Friday to Sunday or Saturday-Monday, in Atlantic City in March. Please let me know dates/location/price. I prefer Wyndham Skyline Tower but am open to other accomodations. Prefer 2br, but I am open to smaller units. Thanks!
I am a lucky person. I have been on many adventures as a result of my timeshare ownership... In fact, the more I learn the more I can adventure. I could have chosen an RV and be an adventurer. And for some of you who watch the video, that would be a good choice. But for me and what I like...
My husband and I are wanting to give our Gatlinburg time share to someone who will use it. We are in ministry with two littles and just dont travel as much as we used to. Its a 2Bd, 1,170 square ft villa. it sleeps up to 6. its room #812. It has a fully equipped kitchen, spa tub with hydro jets...
Hello, I am new to this group but I do believe that it got my husband and I out of a 21k mistake that we made while vacationing in Gatlinburg. After we got home from vacay, I started reading through all of the documents on the CD Rom that was provided, checking into the interval international...
Which timeshare company made the best investment in past years to gain the most in 2023. I will be reviewing three timeshare companies... Hilton, Marriott, and Wyndham / Worldmark to provide you with insight based on my year of timeshare travel and my experienced gains.
The impacts of the...
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