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Just curious. Does anybody own in a resort that does not bump up maintenance fees every year? We got our bill today and predictably, it is up another $50. Since buying in 1997, it has increased from $500 to $923. Ouch!!!

Joanne
 

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Yes, MFs go up, although occasionally the go down, as has happened at some Marriott resorts, for example.

Your experience isn't bad as timeshare increases go. That's about a 5% annual increase - from 1997 to 2009.

The cost of running a timeshare (and, thus, MFs) goes up just like almost everything else in our budgets. And as a resort gets older, the repairs expense and the need for higher replacement reserves typically increase faster than general inflation.
 

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Until we see negative inflation (and I'm not talking housing), I don't see why anyone would ever expect to see their maintenance fees stay the same or go down. :confused:

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Fees, Shmeez.

Does anybody own in a resort that does not bump up maintenance fees every year?
Annual fees at our Orlando timeshares have held steady in recent years.

Ditto our South African timeshare.

Our dinky Arkansas points timeshare fees have gone way, way up.

Go figure.

-- Alan Cole, McLean (Fairfax County), Virginia, USA.​

 

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All of mine have gone up except for one Rayburn County. Actually it did increase a little due to the property tax increase.

I believe the reason the cost have stayed the same is because the HOA actually manages the resort instead of hiring an outside management company.
 

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I believe the reason the cost have stayed the same is because the HOA actually manages the resort instead of hiring an outside management company.

You are absolutely right. That's the key.

K
 

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Cypress Harbour went up ~5.3% from last year, my SA weeks went down probably due to the currency coming out more in $USD favor, and Rayburn Country stayed the same besides the property tax increase like mentioned above. That resort is almost at capacity though so that is part of the reason they keep them reasonable.

I would expect most timeshares to increase in cost to at least inflation, if not more. I like to go off social security numbers to get an idea of what inflation is doing. For 2009 it's going up 5.8%.
 

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Nothing goes down in cost

Just curious. Does anybody own in a resort that does not bump up maintenance fees every year? We got our bill today and predictably, it is up another $50. Since buying in 1997, it has increased from $500 to $923. Ouch!!!

Joanne

Some hold increases very low but not to rise is almost impossible. Taxes, uitlities, wages, insurance, building and unit maintenance costs (especially as resorts age) and more are only going up. Our Florida properties did very well this year as one went up just $5 - the other $20. In the past we've seen much bigger jumps and it is nice that in this rather challenging period the increases were minimal. The resorts getting hit with big fee increases and especially special assessments are really stressing owners at a bad time.
 

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With a little creativity good things can happen

Cypress Harbour went up ~5.3% from last year, my SA weeks went down probably due to the currency coming out more in $USD favor, and Rayburn Country stayed the same besides the property tax increase like mentioned above. That resort is almost at capacity though so that is part of the reason they keep them reasonable.

I would expect most timeshares to increase in cost to at least inflation, if not more. I like to go off social security numbers to get an idea of what inflation is doing. For 2009 it's going up 5.8%.

And Rayburn was one of the first to catch on the the value of points as a revenue leveling vehicle. They created value where there was little in a week for week model. Kudos to that group (where I own but have never seen or talked to/met a single management or Board member. But it is a resort we have been able to get great value out of).
 

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I've noticed that new developments tend to keep their fees low... until the resort it sold out. Then fees hike up a Lot.
 

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Not true for many resorts, especially the major chains. The historical evidence for Marriott, as an example, shows that MFs increase by about the same percentage for new resorts being subsidized by Marriott as for mature Marriott resorts with no subsidy. The data for the past 8 years is in the historical MFs database, accessible from the Marriott forum FAQs and from the Marriott section of TUG Advice.
 

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It's still more dollars

Not true for many resorts, especially the major chains. The historical evidence for Marriott, as an example, shows that MFs increase by about the same percentage for new resorts being subsidized by Marriott as for mature Marriott resorts with no subsidy. The data for the past 8 years is in the historical MFs database, accessible from the Marriott forum FAQs and from the Marriott section of TUG Advice.

That does seem to be true for Marriott. What that overlooks is that Marriott fees tend to be higher at the start than many resorts and that while the percentage change is more consistent than some the higher base means the dollar amounts are more significant (a 5% increase on a $600 base is much more than 5% on a $300 base). It's all relative and the chains tend to be on average on the high end of the scale.
 

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Mine at Escapes! to Branson stayed the same. :banana:
 
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