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1) Is there a vacation destination you wish to visit most of the time or on a regular basis? if so where? Wisconsin Dells, Smokey Mountains, Florida

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? Wisconsin Dells prob half time, we do travel elsewhere too

3) What are your 5 top trade destinations? Smokey Mountains, Florida, Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii

4) How many people do you usually travel with - total, including yourself? 3, Myself, Wife and 5-year old son

5) Can you travel any time, or are you locked into the school schedule? He's just starting kindergarten, but i'm not opposed to take him out a week of school

6) Can you make firm plans 12 or more mos. in advance? Wife works at hospital and schedules come out quarterly

7) Can you vacation for a full week at a time? Mostly long 3-4 day weekends with a single 5-day vacation a year

8) What level of accommodations do you prefer on a scale of 1 to 5 stars? Moderate, nothing dirty or unclean, but I do require fairly good WiFi as I own a business

9) How much can you afford to spend upfront, without financing? Depends on the value I would be getting but probably <$5k

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? I would like to keep it $600-$1000

11) Are you a detail oriented planner? For vacations, I am a lot of the time, rest of life, no lol

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 which is why I would like to make sure the value is there.



Thank You for all your help, THE-GREAT
 
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rickandcindy23

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Wyndham Founder; Disney OKW & SSR; Marriott's Willow Ridge,Shadow Ridge,Grand Chateau;Val Chatelle; Hono Koa OF (3); SBR(LOTS), SDO a few; Grand Palms; WKORV-OF (2),Westin Desert Willow.
You definitely need to look at Wyndham for Wisconsin Dells as a guarantee. They have a lot of resorts in FL as well. Buy resale on Redweek or ebay.

Their resort in Dells is very nice and lots to do in the resort. We loved it.
 

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$600 maintenance fees is very low. You will probably be over $800 to $1,000 annually for what you want and probably more than that.
 

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$600 maintenance fees is very low. You will probably be over to $800 to $1,000 annually for what you want.
I didn't see the MF of $600 or less. That sounds impossible.
 
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$600 maintenance fees is very low. You will probably be over $800 to $1,000 annually for what you want and probably more than that.
I didn't see the MF of $600 or less. That sounds impossible.

I honestly don't know what fees run other than what I see here, so they could be more I supposed especially if I could buy the property cheaper on a resale site
 

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Something like an EOY Grandview RCI points unit may fit the bill. I would only get an EOY 122,000 point week.

It would be less than $500 per year, and you should get enough points for around 1 vacation a year.

Of course, you would need to factor in membership fees, and exchange fees...it all adds up.
 
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You definitely need to look at Wyndham for Wisconsin Dells as a guarantee. They have a lot of resorts in FL as well. Buy resale on Redweek or ebay.

Their resort in Dells is very nice and lots to do in the resort. We loved it.

I figured the first thing someone would suggest would be BlueGreen. It seems every time im in the Dells or Smokey's, they are constantly pushing to give tours. I do know there are BlueGreen properties at both, but I have zero idea what they are like
 

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Yes, you will get the ownership cheaper through resale. Maintenance fees are usually based on a weeks vacation so less than $600 would be less than $100 a night. Mid-range should be $150 to $200 a night.
 

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I figured the first thing someone would suggest would be BlueGreen. It seems every time im in the Dells or Smokey's, they are constantly pushing to give tours. I do know there are BlueGreen properties at both, but I have zero idea what they are like
Like many resort systems, weekend through Bluegreen require a lot of points compared to midweek. In season weekend will also be booked up earlier than quarterly. Renting from a bluegreen member as soon as that quarterly schedule opens up for shoulder and off season might work.
 

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If I understand you comment about your wife's Work Schedule you can only Book a month or two in advance because her schedule can change quarterly? That would make it hard to timeshare.
 

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Yeah, you're better off with hotels, redweek, TUG rentals, etc.
 

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Agree with the comments above. Rent timeshares from owners when you need them.
 
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I was considering a UDI at CMV. I've heard that can be good for banking points no? Which when we don't go to CMV, could easily use the points for weekend trips elsewhere correct? Or am I misunderstanding UDI?
 
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