Resort fee

[dioxide45]

If you have a second phone you can use it as a hotspot for wifi. Not something you want to do all day long but works in a pinch when you need to send an email.

We used my wife's phone at home for wifi when our AT&T fiber went out for a week. It worked quite well. It doesn't even have to be a second phone. This is the only cell phone we have. Someone else can be using the phone while others are connected to the hotspot. We are going to use this as a backup when we start trying out new resorts once we get our RCI membership after the Wyndham we have bought is finally in our name.

 

[rickandcindy23]

That's way over my head. A travel router works the same as a router in the house? This is amazing. I don't get where a person would plug it in.

 

[pedro47]

IMHO, Marriott resorts are built to meet hotel requirements and are constantly upgraded to meet new & current hotel standards.

 

[dioxide45]

That's way over my head. A travel router works the same as a router in the house? This is amazing. I don't get where a person would plug it in.

I can work like a router in your house, but mostly it doesn't. Whenever the resort only has WiFi, the router has to be setup as a repeater. It just takes in the WiFi signal from the resort and sends it out with a new network name.

 

[hurnik]

That's way over my head. A travel router works the same as a router in the house? This is amazing. I don't get where a person would plug it in.

So there's a nice little one made by TP-Link. It needs power, so there's a wall-wart (like your cell phone) for USB power. Then you use an app/browser to connect to it, and then connect the travel router to the resort's Wi-Fi. Almost like a home router, except instead of connecting via ethernet cable, it'll use WiFi. It then sets up its own network (just like at home), and you connect to THAT instead of the resort WiFi directly. We've used it, typically at certain resorts that limit number of devices (El Cid, I'm looking at you, and it USED to be some Vidanta resorts would be X devices, etc.)

Haven't needed it at any HGV resorts that I know of (dunno about the Diamond resorts that got sucked in).

 

[sfwilshire]

We used my wife's phone at home for wifi when our AT&T fiber went out for a week. It worked quite well. It doesn't even have to be a second phone. This is the only cell phone we have. Someone else can be using the phone while others are connected to the hotspot. We are going to use this as a backup when we start trying out new resorts once we get our RCI membership after the Wyndham we have bought is finally in our name.

Due to my home's ongoing lousy service from AT&T WiFi, I use my phone hotspot at least half the time while teleworking three days a week. It's much faster and more reliable.

Sheila

 

[pedro47]

Where can you find resort fees on a timeshare budget sheet and what are timeshare resort fees used for at a resort?

How does a timeshare resort anticipate how much money they will collect in their next fiscal year planning?

 

[montygz]

Where can you find resort fees on a timeshare budget sheet and what are timeshare resort fees used for at a resort?

How does a timeshare resort anticipate how much money they will collect in their next fiscal year planning?

Do you have a copy of the budget you can share with us?

Without seeing the document, I would say to look for a line under revenue. Maybe it will be there, or maybe it will be lumped in with "misc." or something. The revenue from fees may not be big enough to get its own line.

That money could be used to offset a variety of expenses, so I doubt the budget would show what fees are going where.

As for how they make a budget, you would start by looking at the previous year's budget, then make adjustments for rising wages and costs.

 

[dioxide45]

Do you have a copy of the budget you can share with us?

Without seeing the document, I would say to look for a line under revenue. Maybe it will be there, or maybe it will be lumped in with "misc." or something. The revenue from fees may not be big enough to get its own line.

That money could be used to offset a variety of expenses, so I doubt the budget would show what fees are going where.

As for how they make a budget, you would start by looking at the previous year's budget, then make adjustments for rising wages and costs.

Most resort fees go to the developer/manager, not the resort HOA.

 

[Soccer Canada]

So there's a nice little one made by TP-Link. It needs power, so there's a wall-wart (like your cell phone) for USB power. Then you use an app/browser to connect to it, and then connect the travel router to the resort's Wi-Fi. Almost like a home router, except instead of connecting via ethernet cable, it'll use WiFi. It then sets up its own network (just like at home), and you connect to THAT instead of the resort WiFi directly. We've used it, typically at certain resorts that limit number of devices (El Cid, I'm looking at you, and it USED to be some Vidanta resorts would be X devices, etc.)

Haven't needed it at any HGV resorts that I know of (dunno about the Diamond resorts that got sucked in).

If you have a laptop running anything Windows 10 or 11 you can turn your laptop into a hot spot using whatever Internet you are connected too. We have done this to avoid the connection limits at a few resorts over the course of time.

Use your Windows device as a mobile hotspot - Microsoft Support

Learn how to use your Windows device as a mobile hotspot.

support.microsoft.com

 

[theo]

Most resort fees go to the developer/manager, not the resort HOA.

Not disputing your statement, but I am interested to know the basis on which you have made it.

I can support resort fees being charged to “exchangers” (but not to owners) at a resort, being of the (perhaps mistaken) belief that such resort fees go only to the HOA. If your above quoted claim that such fees instead go to the resorts’ management entity is true and accurate, I would certainly revise that thinking.

 

[youppi]

If you have a laptop running anything Windows 10 or 11 you can turn your laptop into a hot spot using whatever Internet you are connected too. We have done this to avoid the connection limits at a few resorts over the course of time.

Use your Windows device as a mobile hotspot - Microsoft Support

Learn how to use your Windows device as a mobile hotspot.

support.microsoft.com

Exact and you can also use

• https://connectify.me/spotlight/download-free/ on windows 7/10/11 (I used it many years ago on Windows 7).
• cells phone (some can create a hotspot wifi to wifi and others can create usb to wifi). I don't talk here about sharing cells phone data on the LTE/4G/5G.

 

[Carolinian]

Most resort fees go to the developer/manager, not the resort HOA.

If the developer is still in control, that is likely the case, and I suspect that most resorts with resort fees are ones still under developer control. If the developer controls the resort, they also control the management.

When I was an HOA president of a member-controlled resort on the Outer Banks, we had one of our members who was an active exchanger come to an HOA meeting and suggest that we implement reciprocal resort fees, that is to charge any inbound exchanger the same resort fee that his home resort would charge to our member exchanging in. While that seemed to carry a certain amount of justice, it was not anything that seemed practical to consider implementing.

 

[pedro47]

Do you have a copy of the budget you can share with us?

Without seeing the document, I would say to look for a line under revenue. Maybe it will be there, or maybe it will be lumped in with "misc." or something. The revenue from fees may not be big enough to get its own line.

That money could be used to offset a variety of expenses, so I doubt the budget would show what fees are going where.

As for how they make a budget, you would start by looking at the previous year's budget, then make adjustments for rising wages and costs.

I prepared government budgets for 15 years.

 

[pedro47]

Resort Fees should be an audit issue because now someone on the resort management team must keep a statistical number of how many guests paid Resort Fees ? The number of guests paying Resort Fees to the resort, must now be equal the amount of money collected for Resort Fees. IMHO.

 

[montygz]

Resort Fees should be an audit issue because now someone on the resort management team must keep a statistical number of how many guests paid Resort Fees ? The number of guests paying Resort Fees to the resort, must now be equal the amount of money collected for Resort Fees. IMHO.

Resort fees are generally per room, or reservation, not per guest. For example, DVC charges a $190 resort fee if you have one person in the room or eight.

Some resorts may do this differently, as there is no standardized way resort fees are implemented.

The resort I own, the Grandview, charges a $30 fee. However, that fee is waived if you are an owner of the resort. Despite this, I see complaints on Facebook from owners who say they were charged the resort fee, so these rules may not be always perfectly implemented by staff.

Also, someone who books a 4-night stay at the Grandview pays $30. Someone who books a week also pays $30. Thus the amount of money you get from these fees is going to have some variance. Again, The Grandview would not know if I have one guest in the room or 8.

Also, is it possible that some resorts remove the fee for a bad experience or to calm an angry guest? I could see that happening.

In any event, while a resort should have pretty solid data on how much it will collect over the year in resort fees, it's not going to be like collecting maintenance fees and will likely have some variance.

 

[dioxide45]

Not disputing your statement, but I am interested to know the basis on which you have made it.

I can support resort fees being charged to “exchangers” (but not to owners) at a resort, being of the (perhaps mistaken) belief that such resort fees go only to the HOA. If your above quoted claim that such fees instead go to the resorts’ management entity is true and accurate, I would certainly revise that thinking.

My basis is really from the lack of anyone providing a resort budget that shows resort fees as an income line item to the HOA.

 

[theo]

My basis is really from the lack of anyone providing a resort budget that shows resort fees as an income line item to the HOA.

We own intervals only at a few relatively small, independent (i.e., non-"chain") resorts, where any developer presence or involvement is long gone. Two don't charge any resort fees to anyone, but I know that one of them charges a reasonable weekly resort fee to "exchangers", but not to owners. I believe that the HOA receives those fees and that the relatively small "income" involved may be reflected within the same line item as the modest income derived from occasional rentals of Association-owned weeks (by the management company, for a 25% commission, "net" $$ going to the HOA). I'll have to confirm (or refute) my belief with a Board member with whom I am in regular contact.

I'm sure that you are correct if / when then there is still developer presence, but I am less certain if / when there is no developer presence or involvement, only the HOA.

 

[dioxide45]

I'm sure that you are correct if / when then there is still developer presence, but I am less certain if / when there is no developer presence or involvement, only the HOA.

If the developer is out of the picture, it would certainly go to the HOA. Unless they may have some other agreement with the management company.

 

[escanoe]

Resort fees are generally per room, or reservation, not per guest. For example, DVC charges a $190 resort fee if you have one person in the room or eight.

Some resorts may do this differently, as there is no standardized way resort fees are implemented.

The resort I own, the Grandview, charges a $30 fee. However, that fee is waived if you are an owner of the resort. Despite this, I see complaints on Facebook from owners who say they were charged the resort fee, so these rules may not be always perfectly implemented by staff.

Also, someone who books a 4-night stay at the Grandview pays $30. Someone who books a week also pays $30. Thus the amount of money you get from these fees is going to have some variance. Again, The Grandview would not know if I have one guest in the room or 8.

Also, is it possible that some resorts remove the fee for a bad experience or to calm an angry guest? I could see that happening.

In any event, while a resort should have pretty solid data on how much it will collect over the year in resort fees, it's not going to be like collecting maintenance fees and will likely have some variance.

At Massanutten (VV Affiliate), the resort fee is per bedroom on the unit. The resort fee is charged both for owners and exchangers, but it is discounted for owners. I personally am opposed to the idea of charging resort fees. But with them now being so common, it kind of makes a resort a chump not to charge them at least for exchangers coming in.

 

[pedro47]

At Massanutten (VV Affiliate), the resort fee is per bedroom on the unit. The resort fee is charged both for owners and exchangers, but it is discounted for owners. I personally am opposed to the idea of charging resort fees. But with them now being so common, it kind of makes a resort a chump not to charge them at least for exchangers coming in.

What are the resort fees used for at Massanutten ?

 

[escanoe]

Some would say to pad revenue to the developer. Below is a link to the official answer.

Resort Fee | Massanutten Resort

View the list of items that are currently included with the resort fee that is charged at check-in.

www.massresort.com

 

[pedro47]

Some would say to pad revenue to the developer. Below is a link to the official answer.

Resort Fee | Massanutten Resort

View the list of items that are currently included with the resort fee that is charged at check-in.

www.massresort.com

Looks liked your Resort Fees are used to improve the overalls resort experience for guests and owners. Good use of your Resort Fees.

 

[Carolinian]

Some would say to pad revenue to the developer. Below is a link to the official answer.

Resort Fee | Massanutten Resort

View the list of items that are currently included with the resort fee that is charged at check-in.

www.massresort.com

While this resort does have more amenities than most, and we have exchanged in there twice some years ago and found it very nice, some of the resort fees go for things that are basics at all resorts like WIFI and pools. It seems like the basics ought to be covered in the m/f. Should all resorts that have WIFI and a pool charge resort fees? Not IMHO.

 

[PamMo]

And now I’ve seen it all for ridiculous fees. DH and I drove to be with family on Thanksgiving, and spent one night on the road in a (Marriott) Fairfield Inn off I-70 in Terre Haute, Indiana. It’s a very generic motel in a cluster of generic brand motels, chain restaurants, and empty lots off the interstate.

They charged an additional $3/night fee for parking! At a Fairfield Inn? What next?