Festiva is a timesharing machine. I own at a resort Festiva took over a decade ago. For an insight into Festiva, see the legal proceedings of the State of Maine v. Zealandia (Festiva) in 2016, the final result of which was refunds to some 800 owners at a Festiva Resort in Maine. In the most recent annual meeting of my home resort, Southcape, the Festiva resort trustee, who is also both an officer at the Latour management company and president of the Festiva Adventure Club, explained his plan to end timesharing in 2023 in part of the resort but, for a fee, allow affected owners to move to smaller part. Some owners complained that for over a year, the trustee had declined to answer certified letters about state requirements to which he said that Festiva would always comply with laws, so send letters and the Festiva legal department would consider them. In other words, owners have to know state law. Indeed, his board of the association has no legal resources to advise its owners. Another owner hearing all this expressed profound disgust with the timeshare industry and its corruption.
