Hi,
My wife and I purchased a 2BR GV Gold at the Aruba Surf Club for $25,400 this Saturday after attending our first ever TS presentation. This is our 5th time to Aruba, and we do expect to spend at least one week here every year.
After the purchase, of course, we found this tugbbs board full of very knowledgable people and learned about options and considerations that our salesperson did not share with us. Also, specific to the Surf Club, we're now aware of the overcrowding issue.
Since we're in our 7-day cancellation period, we're hoping for some guidance as to whether or not we made a reasonable or imprudent decision.
Among the questions we're wondering about are:
Is the exchange and rental potential of the efficiency unit really as good as we're lead to believe by the salesperson?
With the state of the US economy, airfare costs, etc, might demand go down to the extent that it affects usage value, or perhaps results in a cheaper purchase for the same item in the future?
Should we look into a resale instead? (We don't ever expect to exchange for MR points, but being new to TS, perhaps the ease of purchase, Vacation Ownership Advisor, and ability for Marriott to handle a rental for us is worth the cost difference?)
As you might imagine, we have a ton of questions, but I think this covers the main ones, which ultimately lead to: Should we stay with our new purchase or cancel? Also, are there other things that we should be thinking about?
Thanks in advance for any responses,
New nervous TS owners
My wife and I purchased a 2BR GV Gold at the Aruba Surf Club for $25,400 this Saturday after attending our first ever TS presentation. This is our 5th time to Aruba, and we do expect to spend at least one week here every year.
After the purchase, of course, we found this tugbbs board full of very knowledgable people and learned about options and considerations that our salesperson did not share with us. Also, specific to the Surf Club, we're now aware of the overcrowding issue.
Since we're in our 7-day cancellation period, we're hoping for some guidance as to whether or not we made a reasonable or imprudent decision.
Among the questions we're wondering about are:
Is the exchange and rental potential of the efficiency unit really as good as we're lead to believe by the salesperson?
With the state of the US economy, airfare costs, etc, might demand go down to the extent that it affects usage value, or perhaps results in a cheaper purchase for the same item in the future?
Should we look into a resale instead? (We don't ever expect to exchange for MR points, but being new to TS, perhaps the ease of purchase, Vacation Ownership Advisor, and ability for Marriott to handle a rental for us is worth the cost difference?)
As you might imagine, we have a ton of questions, but I think this covers the main ones, which ultimately lead to: Should we stay with our new purchase or cancel? Also, are there other things that we should be thinking about?
Thanks in advance for any responses,
New nervous TS owners