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Vistana, Westin & Sheraton Deedback program

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I sent them an email last Tuesday about deeding back my westin kierland villas and have not heard from them. Does it take longer than a week to hear something from them? I haven't paid the maintenance fees yet and wanted to know if we do pay the maintenance fees and then they accept to take back the unit, would we still have the ability to use the unit? I would prefer not to have to pay them but if I do pay then I would like to be able to rent it to recoup some of the money paid. Any info would be appreciated. Thanks.
 

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I sent them an email last Tuesday about deeding back my westin kierland villas and have not heard from them. Does it take longer than a week to hear something from them? I haven't paid the maintenance fees yet and wanted to know if we do pay the maintenance fees and then they accept to take back the unit, would we still have the ability to use the unit? I would prefer not to have to pay them but if I do pay then I would like to be able to rent it to recoup some of the money paid. Any info would be appreciated. Thanks.
Generally, at this time of the year they will take 2021 first use, you pay 2020 and get the usage.
 

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Generally, at this time of the year they will take 2021 first use, you pay 2020 and get the usage.
Yeah I guess that makes sense. I should have contacted them earlier last year, but we decided to try to sell it but we didn't get anyone that was interested. Thanks for the info, I hope they contact me soon.
 

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I sent them an email last Tuesday about deeding back my westin kierland villas and have not heard from them. Does it take longer than a week to hear something from them? I haven't paid the maintenance fees yet and wanted to know if we do pay the maintenance fees and then they accept to take back the unit, would we still have the ability to use the unit? I would prefer not to have to pay them but if I do pay then I would like to be able to rent it to recoup some of the money paid. Any info would be appreciated. Thanks.
What season is your WKV? It is valuable if it is in the platinum season.
 

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I sent them an email last Tuesday about deeding back my westin kierland villas and have not heard from them. Does it take longer than a week to hear something from them? I haven't paid the maintenance fees yet and wanted to know if we do pay the maintenance fees and then they accept to take back the unit, would we still have the ability to use the unit? I would prefer not to have to pay them but if I do pay then I would like to be able to rent it to recoup some of the money paid. Any info would be appreciated. Thanks.
I contacted Vistana and offered my EOY Key West property as well as my Sheraton Vistana EOY Amelia property, both had outstanding maintenance dues, they accepted the properties and sent me the process information, I completed it (which included getting the deeds notarized) timely and it was done! I did not pay anything nor did I have to pay the delinquent dues. Total time was about 6 weeks.
 

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I forgot to answer your first question, yes it took about 2-3 weeks before I got the overnight fedex papers. And the timeshares were not available to me to use again. But I was happy to have them gone! Now I am in the process of contacting Wyndham to get rid of my Club Access membership.
 

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I forgot to answer your first question, yes it took about 2-3 weeks before I got the overnight fedex papers. And the timeshares were not available to me to use again. But I was happy to have them gone! Now I am in the process of contacting Wyndham to get rid of my Club Access membership.
Oh by the way, I think you should call them rather than email them.
 

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I contacted Vistana and offered my EOY Key West property as well as my Sheraton Vistana EOY Amelia property, both had outstanding maintenance dues, they accepted the properties and sent me the process information, I completed it (which included getting the deeds notarized) timely and it was done! I did not pay anything nor did I have to pay the delinquent dues. Total time was about 6 weeks.
If your Key West was Prime season, you could have easily sold it for a few hundred dollars.
 

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I haven't had time to read this whole thread, but my take-away is:
Many Vistana weeks are being accepted for deedbacks.
Biennial weeks are not being accepted at this time.
Loans on the timeshare must be paid off.

Are there fees involved?

Also, I do I understand correctly that 2020 annual fees must be paid (and the current owner can still have the 2020 usage?)
 

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they should be accepting any US based ownerships, yes it must be paid off (and not delinquent in fees)...there should be no charge to utilize this program.
 

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So they're actually buying deeds back? If so, what's my Sheraton Desert Oasis TRUE plat small 1br and my 2br L/O at Vistana Villages worth? Anyone know? This seems a little weird...
 

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So they're actually buying deeds back? If so, what's my Sheraton Desert Oasis TRUE plat small 1br and my 2br L/O at Vistana Villages worth? Anyone know? This seems a little weird...
98% are just deed back, no money for or from you. I think both of those would be just a deed back. Perhaps some of the Hawaii weeks would get a buy back offer. Maybe a ski week platinum at Westin Riverfront, maybe platinum Westin Kierland.
 

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So they're actually buying deeds back? If so, what's my Sheraton Desert Oasis TRUE plat small 1br and my 2br L/O at Vistana Villages worth? Anyone know? This seems a little weird...
If your LO is in Bella or key west you can prob get a few hundred bucks for it. I would think they would take the SDO back or even the orlando back.
 

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they should be accepting any US based ownerships, yes it must be paid off (and not delinquent in fees)...there should be no charge to utilize this program.

Minor quibble, but this is not 100% correct as WSJ is in fact part of the US but is not being accepted for the deedback program.
 

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sadly the virgin islands are just a US territory.

It was mentioned earlier that only resorts that reside within US states are being accepted, my apologies for the confusion.
 

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I haven't had time to read this whole thread, but my take-away is:
Many Vistana weeks are being accepted for deedbacks.
Biennial weeks are not being accepted at this time.
Loans on the timeshare must be paid off.

Are there fees involved?

Also, I do I understand correctly that 2020 annual fees must be paid (and the current owner can still have the 2020 usage?)
Both of my Vistana properties had no loans ( as I had bought them off EBay for $1 each, and both were Biennial, I finished the deed back program with them in December 2019.
 

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Both of my Vistana properties had no loans ( as I had bought them off EBay for $1 each, and both were Biennial, I finished the deed back program with them in December 2019.
There were no fees.
 

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However I just called Vistana for a deed back on my Scottsdale property and they told me the maintenance dues must be current.
 

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I sent them an email last Tuesday about deeding back my westin kierland villas and have not heard from them. Does it take longer than a week to hear something from them? I haven't paid the maintenance fees yet and wanted to know if we do pay the maintenance fees and then they accept to take back the unit, would we still have the ability to use the unit? I would prefer not to have to pay them but if I do pay then I would like to be able to rent it to recoup some of the money paid. Any info would be appreciated. Thanks.
After requesting the deed back directly by telephone, it took about 3 weeks to receive the fed ex package from Vistana. I had it notarized, and immediately sent it back. I never heard anything else from them, however when I checked my account, both properties were no longer listed. I do no know about being able to still use the property, but I sincerely doubt it, and I was just happy to have them gone, since it was so hard to book the vacation I wanted. Best wishes!
 

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Here is the direct phone number for Westin Kierland Villas 866 682-4547, I just called them.
 

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Minor quibble, but this is not 100% correct as WSJ is in fact part of the US but is not being accepted for the deedback program.
Yes using the proper terminology is important. Only ts in usa states not territories

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However I just called Vistana for a deed back on my Scottsdale property and they told me the maintenance dues must be current.
Yes and get it in pre-october. Last year in October they stopped accepting and said wait forcthe new year, obviously wanting to collect another set of MF

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sadly the virgin islands are just a US territory.

It was mentioned earlier that only resorts that reside within US states are being accepted, my apologies for the confusion.

Thanks, Brian. I was aware as we covered this earlier in the thread....but what properties are covered keeps getting asked, and the answer always "properties in the US". The US Virgin Islands are in the US, follow US law and have their own US Federal Court so I think it would be reasonable for someone to interpret that to be included in the generic response.

As an aside, I don't quite understand why WSJ would be excluded given the above (other than Vistana/MVC lack of interest in picking up inventory at the property). There is no complicated registration or title procedure (like could be the case for foreign properties). It seems like Vistana has excluded it just because they can defend it by saying it's not in the "States." The whole thing smacks of bs; the whole purpose of the programs are to relieve those uninterested or unable to pay their maintenance fees. I see no legitimate reason for excluding ANY properties. They've done the legwork to be able to sell in all these jurisdictions, they should be able to do the legwork to take a deedback if they actually care about making the industry healthy.
 

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Thanks, Brian. I was aware as we covered this earlier in the thread....but what properties are covered keeps getting asked, and the answer always "properties in the US". The US Virgin Islands are in the US, follow US law and have their own US Federal Court so I think it would be reasonable for someone to interpret that to be included in the generic response.

As an aside, I don't quite understand why WSJ would be excluded given the above (other than Vistana/MVC lack of interest in picking up inventory at the property). There is no complicated registration or title procedure (like could be the case for foreign properties). It seems like Vistana has excluded it just because they can defend it by saying it's not in the "States." The whole thing smacks of bs; the whole purpose of the programs are to relieve those uninterested or unable to pay their maintenance fees. I see no legitimate reason for excluding ANY properties. They've done the legwork to be able to sell in all these jurisdictions, they should be able to do the legwork to take a deedback if they actually care about making the industry healthy.
While it might follow US federal laws, most timeshares are regulated by state and county laws so there may be something in the laws that cover SJ that may be the problem. Off the top of my head I am not sure if Marriott accepts deed backs from St Thomas.
 

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yep, im not sure what the legal issue is for them not including resorts outside the US in the program (harborside was a huge talking point during the convo, and one where owners truly are a bit stuck with a relatively unsellable timeshare)...

they did admit the goal was to include them all, but for now only those that reside within the US (states) are eligible.
 
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