alwysonvac
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WORLDMARK, HGVC, VISTANA
SOLD (DVC, FSRC)
Received email this morning.
Well that's just greedy!I was surprised to learn today that the $40 daily fee also applies to guests using an Owner week (not just exchangers)
I haven’t been there since Covid, but the daily housekeeping was fantastic. They had the nicest staff I’ve ever had the pleasure of meeting.
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Do these resort fees charged to the exchangers reduce the maintenance fees?
Yes--- any resort fee charged is an offset for the other costs we as OWNERS have to cover. PLEASE ... stay at a resort you can afford and gives you the level of service you want. And allow the Four Seasons Resorts to maintain their worldwide reputation. I as a 10 week owner look forward the the villa update this year and understand that Calif. is an expensive place to operate.The MFs at this resort are excessive.
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But the FSA owner who assigned their unit to Interval already paid for every one of those things when they paid their hefty MF's. Charging an exchanger for things for which the owner already paid is double charging.Yes--- any resort fee charged is an offset for the other costs we as OWNERS have to cover. PLEASE ... stay at a resort you can afford and gives you the level of service you want. And allow the Four Seasons Resorts to maintain their worldwide reputation. I as a 10 week owner look forward the the villa update this year and understand that Calif. is an expensive place to operate.
Robert --- if you had a chance to see our financial statements we get as owners - you would know that every 'extra dollar' the resort charges 'non-owners' is a dollar that reduces our eventual costs for next years MF. This resort is fully transparent and run by a BoD we vote on and elect. Four Seasons is a paid Management company ( whom has worldwide standards their founder insists they maintain) . We as owners. bear the brunt of rising costs. While no one like inflation it is a fact. What we have is a very attentive BoD and as such the Four Seasons do their best to give us good value for the money we pay.But the FSA owner who assigned their unit to Interval already paid for every one of those things when they paid their hefty MF's. Charging an exchanger for things for which the owner already paid is double charging.
But the FSA owner who assigned their unit to Interval already paid for every one of those things when they paid their hefty MF's. Charging an exchanger for things for which the owner already paid is double charging.
It's a money grab, pure and simple.
I have seen resorts outside the US sometimes charge for metered electricity, but they charge that to everyone including owners, I did not mind that as much as the idea of these "resort fees" only charged to exchangers. While every resort I have ever owned covered electricity in their m/f's, if these extra fees were charged to owners at resorts I traded into, I did not mind as much.