Hello,
I appreciate the following question may have been asked "a million times" and if so, if you can just direct me to the appropriate thread, that would be greatly appreciated.
My wife and I are new to all things TS. We are currently staying two weeks in Vacation Villages property in Weston, Florida. It belongs to my wife's parents and they can not use it, so we paid this year's maintenance fees and thought we would give it a try. It appears to be more expensive than expected by the time you add up maintenance fee, fee for rolling over expiring points, RCI membership fee, exchange fee, and fee because we aren't the owners. Happy to put $ figures to all those if interested. Anyways, here is our question(s):
1 - What kind of "vacationer" is the best fit for a timeshare? My wife and I are really the "lets do it again" type - we like to explore different places when we vacation.
2 - Are TS's for the advanced planner( 12-18 months out) or the "lets do that next month" type of vacation people (we're the latter)?
3 - If we like to take people with us (family/friends) does that work well for TS owners?
4 - The people on TUG are obviously keenly knowledgeable and well researched on TSs. Does one have to be an expert student of the TS world to get value out of ownership.
5 - Is there any reason to consider taking over parents TS as they no longer see themselves doing much travel due to age and health?
This turned out to be more than I expected but thank you in advance for reading and especially answering if your time permits. Sorry the questions are so general, but we are just peeling back the first layer of the onion. Cheers K&S
I appreciate the following question may have been asked "a million times" and if so, if you can just direct me to the appropriate thread, that would be greatly appreciated.
My wife and I are new to all things TS. We are currently staying two weeks in Vacation Villages property in Weston, Florida. It belongs to my wife's parents and they can not use it, so we paid this year's maintenance fees and thought we would give it a try. It appears to be more expensive than expected by the time you add up maintenance fee, fee for rolling over expiring points, RCI membership fee, exchange fee, and fee because we aren't the owners. Happy to put $ figures to all those if interested. Anyways, here is our question(s):
1 - What kind of "vacationer" is the best fit for a timeshare? My wife and I are really the "lets do it again" type - we like to explore different places when we vacation.
2 - Are TS's for the advanced planner( 12-18 months out) or the "lets do that next month" type of vacation people (we're the latter)?
3 - If we like to take people with us (family/friends) does that work well for TS owners?
4 - The people on TUG are obviously keenly knowledgeable and well researched on TSs. Does one have to be an expert student of the TS world to get value out of ownership.
5 - Is there any reason to consider taking over parents TS as they no longer see themselves doing much travel due to age and health?
This turned out to be more than I expected but thank you in advance for reading and especially answering if your time permits. Sorry the questions are so general, but we are just peeling back the first layer of the onion. Cheers K&S