Hello all,
We are completely new to the whole TS process. In our recent visit at HCIV Orange Lake Fl resort we attended a "90 min" presentation. We liked the idea of "owning our vacations." We also like the option to have a room with kitchen, washer & dryer. Since we have young kids and our goal is to travel around 15 to 20 days per year we decided to close on buying in on HICV TS property and club membership.
Afterwards, we never fully felt good as the whole resort seems to function on forcing families to attend this presentation in order to have full access to its amenities. This is a red flag but we went agains our better judgment.
Before rescinding, we would like guidance on what options we have.
Brief overview of our goals:
1. Travel and vacation around 15-20/yr
2. Have min 2br with kitchen and washer&Dryer
3. Have ability to use points and not be tied into a particular week (flexibility)
4. Have access to domestic and international travel.
According to HICV, only two resorts have reputable ratings and high standings (IHG & DISNEY) We would like to know that whichever resort we chose is reputable while offering best options to owners.
After reading many posts our obvious next step is to rescind. However, we are clueless on how to purchase something comparable without the markup. What we purchased was 200,000 points, 2br classified as special warranty deed & $945 maintenance fee for $32,000. After seeing this site its obvious that we paid way more than we should.
Could you guys help direct us on which Club we should consider and what would be easiest rout for us to have same amount of points and living arrangements?
Thanks in advance!
We are completely new to the whole TS process. In our recent visit at HCIV Orange Lake Fl resort we attended a "90 min" presentation. We liked the idea of "owning our vacations." We also like the option to have a room with kitchen, washer & dryer. Since we have young kids and our goal is to travel around 15 to 20 days per year we decided to close on buying in on HICV TS property and club membership.
Afterwards, we never fully felt good as the whole resort seems to function on forcing families to attend this presentation in order to have full access to its amenities. This is a red flag but we went agains our better judgment.
Before rescinding, we would like guidance on what options we have.
Brief overview of our goals:
1. Travel and vacation around 15-20/yr
2. Have min 2br with kitchen and washer&Dryer
3. Have ability to use points and not be tied into a particular week (flexibility)
4. Have access to domestic and international travel.
According to HICV, only two resorts have reputable ratings and high standings (IHG & DISNEY) We would like to know that whichever resort we chose is reputable while offering best options to owners.
After reading many posts our obvious next step is to rescind. However, we are clueless on how to purchase something comparable without the markup. What we purchased was 200,000 points, 2br classified as special warranty deed & $945 maintenance fee for $32,000. After seeing this site its obvious that we paid way more than we should.
Could you guys help direct us on which Club we should consider and what would be easiest rout for us to have same amount of points and living arrangements?
Thanks in advance!