newbie needs help - Mayan Palace Regency

[mempho_to_diego]

so hawaii got put on the backburner for us until 2011 ... we want to take some family & friends to miami ... which exchange company should i place my week in to look for some good deals for end of this year (2009 - i know seems unlikely since its around the corner) or all of 2010 ...

let me know!

thanks!

 

[DeniseM]

I'd start by checking the TUG Reviews - Florida East Coast

Then I'd go to the Sightings Board, and post a Sightings Request.

 

[pittle]

so hawaii got put on the backburner for us until 2011 ... we want to take some family & friends to miami ... which exchange company should i place my week in to look for some good deals for end of this year (2009 - i know seems unlikely since its around the corner) or all of 2010 ...

let me know!

thanks!

If you mean the week between Christmas and New Years - Good Luck. There is the possibilty of a 1 bedroom unit (4 people max) at the Vacation Village Weston, FL. December 20 (latest date I saw). It is near Ft. Lauderdale and about 20-30 miles from Miami.

This resort does have a 2 bedroom unit available for rent for $791.99 starting 12/24 or 12/25 check-in. The one on the 25th would have you fly home on New Years Day.

 

[MUCHACHITO]

I recently visited (6/27-7/4/09) the Mayan Sea Garden in Nuevo Vallarta and purchased 1 Reg. week and 1 Vac. week for The Bliss Resorts under construction scheduled to open Fall 2010. I only pay maintenance fee when I use the weeks or rent them out. I can make reservations up to 8 months in advance. I also received 15 Breakaway weeks to use within the next 25 years with HSI. My wife is also Mexican (from Guadalajara) and we visit her family there every year. We plan to use our weeks there every year and if we cannot go on vacation we will let her family use the weeks. We were told in the presentation that we could use the breakaway weeks and rent out our weeks with a broker they recommended , but after receiving the welcome letter from the broker it turns out that they only put our weeks up on a listing and would only receive payment ($1,800 per week - 2Br. Lockoff) if they are able to find a renter. If you use the breakaway weeks from HSI for your vacation there you will not be going as owners, but as guests. I suggest you use your owned weeks for yourself and use the breakaway weeks for the family and friends. I would have to pay a renovation fee every five years and renewal fee every 25 years. It seems after reading many reviews online the Mayan Resorts it is a great place to vacation, but if you buy thinking you can make a profit on renting then your out of luck.
If anybody has any information on The Bliss Resorts please post your comments as we are looking forward to going there as soon as it's available.
This is our first timeshare purchase and if anybody has any advise please post it. Any information (Bad or good) ,would be greatly appreciated.

 

[John Cummings]

We have stayed at the Grand Mayans in Riviera Maya and Nuevo Vallarta 5 times in the past 5 years staying 2 weeks each visit. The Grand Mayans are awesome resorts and the Bliss resorts are even more luxurious. We have been timesharing for 22 years and the Grand Mayans are our favorite resorts by far so I am sure we would like the Bliss resorts even more. We are not owners and all of our stays have been via exchanging. I would never buy there and in fact would never buy any Mexican timeshare. Mexican timeshares are easy to exchange into, especially the Grand Mayan/Mayan Palace resorts. Why deal with the restrictions, high maintenance fees, Right to Use instead of deeded, etc. when you can exchange into them. Because the Grupo Mayan keeps building, they are going to have developer units for the foreseeable future ensuring that exchanging in will be pretty easy. You can make the exchange and let the family use it. Buy a deeded timeshare in a high demand/low supply location and use it for exchanging. You can buy some good ones for less than $1,000 resale with low maintenance fees.