Want to buy Orange Lake resale after reading here and renting from someone. Questions!

[Aytons4him]

Ha ha! Do you mean that you upgraded to points? Would love to hear what your trip is like in October.

 

[T-Dot-Traveller]

Been reading....with our lifestyle (9 kids) ......drivable ... (We are Canadians)
We rented Orangelake from an owner here and just got home last week. We loved it! .....?

I am assuming your home is in Ontario .What a Canadian considers warm enough to vacation
and what is considered " Off Season " - may help you vacation economically .

Example - Myrtle Beach - low season is Jan , Feb March . - deals galore
HIgh Season is summer / 4th of July week .- way too hot .

Virginia Beach - same

Massanutten - McGaneyville Virginia - has lock off 4 bedrooms
you may want to go on eBay - and enter 4 bedroom timeshares / then click on the "sold"function
To research unit sizes .

Vacation Village Parkway - Kissamee has large units that work as lock offs / so 2 Kitchens
MF with tax is just over $ 1000.
( FYI - there is a week 52 in TUG bargains / free being given away by a Canadian - gets a huge amount of TPU' s in RCI.) PS - these will show up again / so don’t panic & think you have to buy it .

...... If you can travel during lower seasons, you will likely be able to find premium Orlando resorts for less than weeks owners pay for MF's.

HI tschwa2,
SInce you do some rentals - what for you is lower season in Orlando - that could help the OP who is
a Canadian (with nice weather at home / from mid May to mid Oct) could use .
I am thinking mid March to before Memorial Day / end of May . Also November - mid December
( skip Sept /Oct - nice weather in Canada - hurricane possibilities in Florida . )

THanks

.....I know a lady from Canada that has a 3 bedroom @ river island the week of spring break she wants to sell and I'm sure you would save money owning vs renting this week, but if you were able to travel off peak you would save money renting.
Again knowledge is power!

Good example - of a buy vs rent comparison / varies by week needed .

 

[tschwa2]

SInce you do some rentals - what for you is lower season in Orlando - that could help the OP who is
a Canadian (with nice weather at home / from mid May to mid Oct) could use .
I am think in mid March to before Memorial Day / end of May . Also November - mid December
( skip Sept /Oct - nice weather in Canada - hurricane possibilities in Florida . )

THanks

I agree with your assessment for off season but would probably add the first 2 weeks in January to the list. Most snowbirds don't really get going to Florida (even those bargain hunter snowbirds that only go to Orlando) until mid January-mid March.

 

[DrQ]

Ha ha! Do you mean that you upgraded to points? Would love to hear what your trip is like in October.

Yes, we had two fixed weeks in Silverleaf. We converted to points to gain access to all the resorts and the flexibility to get larger units by saving points from multiple years and we can now convert a worthless Westgate week we have as 80K HICV points for $75/year.

We were able to get two 3br units for the get together. That would not have been possible with our original contract.

 

[Aytons4him]

I am assuming your home is in Ontario .What a Canadian considers warm enough to vacation
and what is considered " Off Season " - may help you vacation economically .

Example - Myrtle Beach - low season is Jan , Feb March . - deals galore
HIgh Season is summer / 4th of July week .- way too hot .

Virginia Beach - same

Massanutten - McGaneyville Virginia - has lock off 4 bedrooms
you may want to go on eBay - and enter 4 bedroom timeshares / then click on the "sold"function
To research unit sizes .

Vacation Village Parkway - Kissamee has large units that work as lock offs / so 2 Kitchens
MF with tax is just over $ 1000.
( FYI - there is a week 52 in TUG bargains / free being given away by a Canadian - gets a huge amount of TPU' s in RCI.) PS - these will show up again / so don’t panic & think you have to buy it .



HI tschwa2,
SInce you do some rentals - what for you is lower season in Orlando - that could help the OP who is
a Canadian (with nice weather at home / from mid May to mid Oct) could use .
I am thinking mid March to before Memorial Day / end of May . Also November - mid December
( skip Sept /Oct - nice weather in Canada - hurricane possibilities in Florida . )

THanks


Good example - of a buy vs rent comparison / varies by week needed .

Thanks for all of this! Will definitely take a look at some of these other ideas. And you’re right, what gets us Ontarians into shorts instead has the southeners in ear muffs ! Lol!
We could travel mid to end of January and February mostly..and first week of March. After that husbands business picks back up so we don’t go anywhere.

I’ll confess we loved going to Orlando and have loved it in the past. Just SO much to do there and easy to have a vacation that’s wonderful and yet cheap or if you have a little extra one year, splurge and go to a park. I love the idea of an adventure every year there. But I’m a pretty simple person whom doesn’t get out much lol!