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VSN AND ABOUND Fees

Yngonzo

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Can someone explain this to me like I am 5. I am so confused as to why I am paying two fees now.

2024 VOI Maintenance Fee $1469.49
2024 MVC Club dues $230.00

I tried calling Vistana but was on hold for over 2 hours and eventually had to hang up because I can't be on the phone the entire day.
 
The Abound club dues replaces the VSN fee and the schedule of additional charges. Its a bundled fee and not a schedule of transaction charges.
You should find that you have historically paid a VSN fee so you are not paying 2 fees now, you always have.
 
You paid two fees before, they just had different names. VSN Fee = MVC Club Dues.
 
Can someone explain this to me like I am 5. I am so confused as to why I am paying two fees now.

2024 VOI Maintenance Fee $1469.49
2024 MVC Club dues $230.00

I tried calling Vistana but was on hold for over 2 hours and eventually had to hang up because I can't be on the phone the entire day.
Isn't one a maintenance fee for the upkeep of you ownership and the other one the membership fee to enable you to use it elsewhere within the Abound system?
 
Isn't one a maintenance fee for the upkeep of you ownership and the other one the membership fee to enable you to use it elsewhere within the Abound system?
So up until last year I only paid VOI which was $1279 for 2023 maintenance year. Now its $1469 + $230, that seems like a huge increase especially since I have no club points.
 
You paid two fees before, they just had different names. VSN Fee = MVC Club Dues.
So maintenance fee went up $200 plus an additional $230 for 2024? I could be mistaken but I thought my VSN fee was bundled into it so $1200 + $200 (can't find the detailed statement).
 

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So up until last year I only paid VOI which was $1279 for 2023 maintenance year. Now its $1469 + $230, that seems like a huge increase especially since I have no club points.
Where or what do you own, a deeded week? Where, one of the Flex programs? Which one?

The Club Dues is now more expensive than the old VSN Fee. In 2022, the last year of the VSN Fee, it was $155 for the first VOI and $60 for the second. For 2023, the new Abound Club Dues took over and ranged from $230 to $295. For 2024 that is going up to $240 to $295. Based on other threads, we already know that maintenance fees for all the flex programs is up substantially.

I have a video where I try to explain the Club Dues and how they work. I also have a video that discusses the maintenance fee (aka VOI Assessment) increases in 2024.

In 2023 and 2024, the Club Dues are likely being billed separately, where in 2022, the VSN fee would have been billed on the same statement with your annual VOI assessment.
 
So maintenance fee went up $200 plus an additional $230 for 2024? I could be mistaken but I thought my VSN fee was bundled into it so $1200 + $200 (can't find the detailed statement).
VSN fee was never bundled into assessment, it was always separate.
 
Where or what do you own, a deeded week? Where, one of the Flex programs? Which one?

The Club Dues is now more expensive than the old VSN Fee. In 2022, the last year of the VSN Fee, it was $155 for the first VOI and $60 for the second. For 2023, the new Abound Club Dues took over and ranged from $230 to $295. For 2024 that is going up to $240 to $295. Based on other threads, we already know that maintenance fees for all the flex programs is up substantially.

I have a video where I try to explain the Club Dues and how they work. I also have a video that discusses the maintenance fee (aka VOI Assessment) increases in 2024.

In 2023 and 2024, the Club Dues are likely being billed separately, where in 2022, the VSN fee would have been billed on the same statement with your annual VOI assessment.
We own a Sheraton Flex product at Sheraton Vistana Resort. I watched the video, thank you for posting that and explaining it!!!
 
We own a Sheraton Flex product at Sheraton Vistana Resort. I watched the video, thank you for posting that and explaining it!!!
You may have bought while at Sheraton Vistana Resort, but you own Sheraton Flex. It is just Sheraton Flex. It gives you no specific ownership rights at Sheraton Vistana resort. You own a voluntary product, which means Club Dues are billed separately where in the past (2022 and prior) they would have been on the same maintenance fee bill.
 
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