chriskre
TUG Member
- Joined
- Nov 14, 2006
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- Location
- South Florida
- Resorts Owned
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DVC- SSR, Poly,
Wyndham Las Cascadas
HGVC Tuscany
RCI Pts VV Parkway
Enchanted Isle resort.
Marriott GV
My independent resort started using Vacatia.com to manage our resort in the middle of the year.
I gave them my unit to rent this past year and got royally hosed on my usual rental.
Normally my unit rents for $250 a night because it's an oceanfront 2 bedroom 2.5 bath unit and I pay a 30% commission.
This year they put my unit in the rental pool and pooled it with other rentals for the month meaning anyone with a dumpy
view studio or 1 bedroom across the street that would rarely rent got a piece of my rental.
My check came out to $90 for 3 nights. I usually see around $180 a night for my rentals in the past.
Needless to say I won't be using the rental pool ever again if this is how it's going to be.
I'm not subsidizing the crappy unit owners. I used to rent the weekend for 3 nights and then
use the 4 nights during the week which was perfect for us. Now they say it's an "all or none"
proposition. Uh, hell to the no.
I get why they are doing it because it's a desperate attempt at saving a failing resort but I am
wondering how long they can keep up this ponzi scheme if this is how it's going. The manager is
very defensive about this new company as I am sure his job is on the line if this doesn't work out well.
He is normally a chill guy but this year I can see how on edge he is.
Anyone have Vacatia take over their failing resort and see good results or did it just kick the can down the road
while they fleeced what was left of the place?
We are sitting on prime Oceanfront Hollywood beach real estate so honestly I think the resort should have
been sold when the sunset laws kicked in. I'm extremely suspect on how they got the number of owners
signatures on how to continue the timeshare scheme.
I know I was never asked to sign anything so how did they get all those signatures?
I do love my little frumpy timeshare but I hate to see it fail while being stripped of all that makes it wonderful.
Not that I can do much about it, it seems that's par for the course with prime properties.
I gave them my unit to rent this past year and got royally hosed on my usual rental.
Normally my unit rents for $250 a night because it's an oceanfront 2 bedroom 2.5 bath unit and I pay a 30% commission.
This year they put my unit in the rental pool and pooled it with other rentals for the month meaning anyone with a dumpy
view studio or 1 bedroom across the street that would rarely rent got a piece of my rental.
My check came out to $90 for 3 nights. I usually see around $180 a night for my rentals in the past.
Needless to say I won't be using the rental pool ever again if this is how it's going to be.
I'm not subsidizing the crappy unit owners. I used to rent the weekend for 3 nights and then
use the 4 nights during the week which was perfect for us. Now they say it's an "all or none"
proposition. Uh, hell to the no.
I get why they are doing it because it's a desperate attempt at saving a failing resort but I am
wondering how long they can keep up this ponzi scheme if this is how it's going. The manager is
very defensive about this new company as I am sure his job is on the line if this doesn't work out well.
He is normally a chill guy but this year I can see how on edge he is.
Anyone have Vacatia take over their failing resort and see good results or did it just kick the can down the road
while they fleeced what was left of the place?
We are sitting on prime Oceanfront Hollywood beach real estate so honestly I think the resort should have
been sold when the sunset laws kicked in. I'm extremely suspect on how they got the number of owners
signatures on how to continue the timeshare scheme.
I know I was never asked to sign anything so how did they get all those signatures?
I do love my little frumpy timeshare but I hate to see it fail while being stripped of all that makes it wonderful.
Not that I can do much about it, it seems that's par for the course with prime properties.