1) Where do you want your home resort to be?
Cheapest maintenance fees.
2) Do you want to visit your home resort at least half the time, or do you want to trade more than half the time?
Not sure; likely look around at other resorts and affiliations
3) What are your 5 top trade destinations?
Orlando (and specifically Disney, but other attractions too), California, New York, Vegas maybe, Hawaii (down the road sometime)
4) How many people do you usually travel with?
4 (the two of us and our 2 kids, currently 6 and 4)
5) Can you travel any time, or are you locked into the school schedule?
Usually locked in, which would leave March break, July/Aug, maybe after Christmas
6) Can you make firm plans 12 or more mos. in advance?
for larger trips we would, yes, due to having to buy airfare (we're from Nova Scotia)
7) Can you vacation for a full week at a time?
yes, that would be the plan
8) What level of accommodations do you prefer on a scale of 1 to 5 stars?
higher the better
9) How much can you afford to spend upfront, without financing?
wouldn't want more than $5,000
10) How much can you afford to spend every year for a maintenance fee that will come due right after Christmas, and increase each year?
$1,000 (would like every 2nd year...been looking at points, etc and we would not travel every year...we'd borrow from one year to use another)
11) Are you a detail oriented planner?
yes
12) Do you understand that once you buy a timeshare, it may be very difficult to sell or give away, and you are responsible for all fees, until you do?
yes, that's why we want low up front fees and something that would suit us going forward (at least a room that sleeps 4, maybe even 3 beds for when kids grow up)
Cheapest maintenance fees.
2) Do you want to visit your home resort at least half the time, or do you want to trade more than half the time?
Not sure; likely look around at other resorts and affiliations
3) What are your 5 top trade destinations?
Orlando (and specifically Disney, but other attractions too), California, New York, Vegas maybe, Hawaii (down the road sometime)
4) How many people do you usually travel with?
4 (the two of us and our 2 kids, currently 6 and 4)
5) Can you travel any time, or are you locked into the school schedule?
Usually locked in, which would leave March break, July/Aug, maybe after Christmas
6) Can you make firm plans 12 or more mos. in advance?
for larger trips we would, yes, due to having to buy airfare (we're from Nova Scotia)
7) Can you vacation for a full week at a time?
yes, that would be the plan
8) What level of accommodations do you prefer on a scale of 1 to 5 stars?
higher the better
9) How much can you afford to spend upfront, without financing?
wouldn't want more than $5,000
10) How much can you afford to spend every year for a maintenance fee that will come due right after Christmas, and increase each year?
$1,000 (would like every 2nd year...been looking at points, etc and we would not travel every year...we'd borrow from one year to use another)
11) Are you a detail oriented planner?
yes
12) Do you understand that once you buy a timeshare, it may be very difficult to sell or give away, and you are responsible for all fees, until you do?
yes, that's why we want low up front fees and something that would suit us going forward (at least a room that sleeps 4, maybe even 3 beds for when kids grow up)