Hello,
I just want to say this board is awesome. Last Saturday we bought our first timeshare. We thought it was a great deal - $7K for a triennial 4BR at Colonies in Williamsburg w/ MF $233/yr. But some of the things they mentioned just kinda "stuck" with me in a "hmmm, really?" way. So I started researching them. Among the things that I could not verify: 1) MFs will never go up, 2) W'burg is a top tourist destination w/ 9M visitors a year (I thought the rep said), 3) W'burg has a cap on the # of resorts that can be built.
(When I questioned the sales mgr why the Colonies are being built if there's a restriction, he replied that they've faithfully paid taxes for 18 years so they got an exemption from the city. I have to admit - these guys are good.)
Anyway, in my research to see if W'burg really is a low supply/hi demand town, I came across older posts on this board from buyers in nearly identical situations to ours. That sealed the deal for me. I mailed the letter Wed and got the signature card back Friday. Hopefully I'll see my deposit refunded sooner than later.
Now, I'm taking my time and looking at the resales on here. I still would like to purchase in W'burg as my home base. We visit Busch Gardens 2-3x/year and it would be nice to avoid the I-64 traffic. We're a family of 4, but I'm leaning toward a 3BR so that we can invite friends to join us.
I'm also thinking about doing alternating biennials, maybe even yrs in W'burg and odd in Myrtle (also a relatively short drive). I'm leaning toward prime weeks to give us some trading power for the occasional years we can splurge on flying.
A friend's parents offered us their 3BR at Cypress Pointe in Orlando, but being that we haven't been to Disney in 18 years I couldn't pull the trigger. (That and they wanted $3500 + $1K MF.)
I'd like to hear people's thoughts on summer weeks in W'burg & MB. Like I said earlier, I'm looking to use first and trade occasionally (every 4-5 years?). According to the II exchange book still in my possession, both areas are rating hi so I would assume they would have good trading power. I'm also assuming MB is overbuilt - is this correct?
We are kind of dipping our toes in the water at the moment. We purchased a last minute rental from Mr. Johnston on this board at Kingsgate. He seems to have a good rep on here.
To sum it up, what a great resource this place is! I hope to report back next month with a full refund!
I just want to say this board is awesome. Last Saturday we bought our first timeshare. We thought it was a great deal - $7K for a triennial 4BR at Colonies in Williamsburg w/ MF $233/yr. But some of the things they mentioned just kinda "stuck" with me in a "hmmm, really?" way. So I started researching them. Among the things that I could not verify: 1) MFs will never go up, 2) W'burg is a top tourist destination w/ 9M visitors a year (I thought the rep said), 3) W'burg has a cap on the # of resorts that can be built.
(When I questioned the sales mgr why the Colonies are being built if there's a restriction, he replied that they've faithfully paid taxes for 18 years so they got an exemption from the city. I have to admit - these guys are good.)
Anyway, in my research to see if W'burg really is a low supply/hi demand town, I came across older posts on this board from buyers in nearly identical situations to ours. That sealed the deal for me. I mailed the letter Wed and got the signature card back Friday. Hopefully I'll see my deposit refunded sooner than later.
Now, I'm taking my time and looking at the resales on here. I still would like to purchase in W'burg as my home base. We visit Busch Gardens 2-3x/year and it would be nice to avoid the I-64 traffic. We're a family of 4, but I'm leaning toward a 3BR so that we can invite friends to join us.
I'm also thinking about doing alternating biennials, maybe even yrs in W'burg and odd in Myrtle (also a relatively short drive). I'm leaning toward prime weeks to give us some trading power for the occasional years we can splurge on flying.
A friend's parents offered us their 3BR at Cypress Pointe in Orlando, but being that we haven't been to Disney in 18 years I couldn't pull the trigger. (That and they wanted $3500 + $1K MF.)
I'd like to hear people's thoughts on summer weeks in W'burg & MB. Like I said earlier, I'm looking to use first and trade occasionally (every 4-5 years?). According to the II exchange book still in my possession, both areas are rating hi so I would assume they would have good trading power. I'm also assuming MB is overbuilt - is this correct?
We are kind of dipping our toes in the water at the moment. We purchased a last minute rental from Mr. Johnston on this board at Kingsgate. He seems to have a good rep on here.
To sum it up, what a great resource this place is! I hope to report back next month with a full refund!