Temporary Timeshares

[vkhome]

Friends of mine just purchased what they called a temporary timeshare. Evidently, they do not pay MF and bought the equivalent of a week and a half for 1200 that they can break into segments of 3 days each.

This is the first I had heard about a purchase such as this. Has anyone else purchased a temp and, if so, how has it worked out, especially with regard to availability?

Thanks,

Joanne

 

[riverdees05]

Were they in the midsouth - LA, MS and AL - Ocean Front?

 

[vkhome]

My understanding is that it is through Fairfield and that they can book at any Fairfield regardless of location. I know they booked a few nights in Williamsburgh for March. They claim it's cheaper than doing hotels for short term travel.

 

[Spence]

No such thing. If this is with Fairfield, sounds as if they bought an 'exit program' where they get the use of a certain number of points for a set fee and that fee will be applied to a purchase if they come back and buy.

 

[KenK]

....We were offered the same thing after our 15th NO DEAL to the FF sales people. They refused to acknowledge the listings I had for points at about 2 cents each resale.

So, the last person we must have seen was the 'closer' who offered us a points package we could pay for and need to use up in 2 years.....but thats when we took out our listings of available week from the www.afvclub.com site....then it was $199 or 234 a week.....she finally let us go.