Ski season Westgate Park City

[Renzo]

I have the Opportunity to get a 1 bedroom (360 sq ft) ski season for free.
Maintenance is 1266 every year
What’s your opinion?
Too small?
Is it easy to rent? Or sell?
I know what people say about Westgate but they also say park city is different....

 

[jlp879]

What you are being offered is the studio side of that lock-off. If your maintenance fee quote is correct for that week, I think that the MF is too high for what you're getting.

You have the smallest room type to rent out, and it is less desirable for families because it lacks a full kitchen. I think you'd have a hard time renting it to cover MF unless you can rent out week 7 or a holiday week, but check the contract first. I think Westgate sold those as fixed weeks, so you may be prevented from even booking them yourself. As for selling, forget it. Westgate strips any kind of benefit from resale owners.

The room is a studio. Yes, it's a very well-designed studio, with a separate bedroom and a workable kitchen area but it's still a small room. There is no washer/dryer in the room. Only a kitchenette vs a full kitchen on the other side. I stayed at the Westgate Park City for a week of skiing in February. We had the two bedroom lock-off unit. The property was very nice and I was impressed. My teenaged-son told me it was his favourite time share ever!

Would you want to spend a ski week in a studio unit? The separate bedroom makes this more doable than the Marriotts which really lack in their kitchenettes but would still get crowded very quickly. I wouldn't stay in the studio unit with more than two people, even though it sleeps four. So it is less rentable than the larger one bedroom side of the lock-off. Unless you want it for your personal use, I'd personally pass. The high MF makes it unattractive.

 

[T-Dot-Traveller]

I have the Opportunity to get a 1 bedroom (360 sq ft) ski season for free.
I know what people say about Westgate but they also say park city is different....

there is a Westgate thread from earlier this year in which TUG member DrQ posted a lot of Westgate Park City details from their owner charts . there are 4 seasons .(possibly also fixed weeks) As a resale owner you can only book within the season you own .Westgate is a weeks based system .So Jan 2020 you pay MF , you can then book February 2021 .

Westgate significantly up-charges resale owners for all member services .

The net-net -(as Janice / jip879 suggests) is that unless this is for yearly personal use AND the unit size meets your needs - there are limited other use options .

What you are being offered is the studio side of that lock-off. If your maintenance fee quote is correct for that week, I think that the MF is too high for what you're getting.

You have the smallest room type to rent out, and it is less desirable for families .....The room is a studio. Yes, it's a very well-designed studio, with a separate bedroom and a workable kitchen area but it's still a small room..... I stayed at the Westgate Park City for a week of skiing in February. We had the two bedroom lock-off unit. The property was very nice and I was impressed. My teenaged-son told me it was his favourite time share ever!
I wouldn't stay in the studio unit with more than two people, even though it sleeps four. So it is less rentable than the larger one bedroom side of the lock-off. Unless you want it for your personal use, I'd personally pass. The high MF makes it unattractive.

Janice - great review & info .

 

[tschwa2]

https://tugbbs.com/forums/index.php?threads/westgate-resale-purchase.196164/

This is an older thread but it mentions the 60 day reservation restriction that Westgate places on resale owners of float weeks. Besides the fee being too high unless you are ok with any week withing the season and not being able to reserve until after all of the better weeks are gone than you should probably skip this one even if it is free.

 

[dlpearson]

It's definitely small (just stayed a few weeks ago). It's doable for a week for 1-2 people. Not more. But it's cramped. The resort itself is nice (albeit huge/a complete maze to navigate) with lots of amenities, and just steps from the gondola.