kenie
TUG Member
We are not sold on the AI plans for the Royals, but we really enjoy going there and we'll give them a chance to prove themselves.
Our initial plan was take the residual from the Royal Mayan sale and purchase another resale week at the Sands or the Haciendas.
Even if the latest information is true about only getting 25 - 40% of the residual holds true, we'll still come out even or better as we bought resale. I can't see how 90% of owners will vote to extend, especially in light of the AI announcement.
Since the new AI program will be optional for owners, we talked about it and decided to bid on a "B" side eoy ocean-front unit at the Royal Sands that was ending on ebay yesterday. We already own properties that can trade in to the Royals, so it was the ownership aspect that we were looking for.
We won the auction for $201.50 and it currently has a M/F of under $400 per use year. It's a week 39, and we will end up using this as 1 of our exchanges back in..
We decided that this was the most economical way to maintain our ownership.
If the AI program works and they keep it, it will only cost us $200 per year to opt out. As we will go for 2 - 3 weeks at a time, it 's a pretty cheap way to save on the mandatory fees, and will let us take advantage of any other owner discounts.
If it does't work out, we aren't out much.
Our initial plan was take the residual from the Royal Mayan sale and purchase another resale week at the Sands or the Haciendas.
Even if the latest information is true about only getting 25 - 40% of the residual holds true, we'll still come out even or better as we bought resale. I can't see how 90% of owners will vote to extend, especially in light of the AI announcement.
Since the new AI program will be optional for owners, we talked about it and decided to bid on a "B" side eoy ocean-front unit at the Royal Sands that was ending on ebay yesterday. We already own properties that can trade in to the Royals, so it was the ownership aspect that we were looking for.
We won the auction for $201.50 and it currently has a M/F of under $400 per use year. It's a week 39, and we will end up using this as 1 of our exchanges back in..
We decided that this was the most economical way to maintain our ownership.
If the AI program works and they keep it, it will only cost us $200 per year to opt out. As we will go for 2 - 3 weeks at a time, it 's a pretty cheap way to save on the mandatory fees, and will let us take advantage of any other owner discounts.
If it does't work out, we aren't out much.
