Maintenance Issues

[katiemack Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close katiemack]

What is the worst maintenance issue you have ever had to deal with at a timeshare resort?

In most of the timeshares we have visited, occasionally, we would have mostly minor issues, like a leaking dishwasher or toilet backing up.

The worst thing we experienced was a few years back, after very long flights to Orlando, and a very late check in, and we were exhausted.

Falling onto the mattress was all we could face, and as soon as we did it, we realized what a mistake that was! The mattress reeked of Ben Gay or something like that. We ended up sleeping on the pull out...and first thing in the morning we requested a change. They accommodated us by replacing the mattress with a new one. I still have flashbacks about that whenever I pass someone who has that scent wafting off of them.

[Icc5 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Icc5]

Father n law at timeshare

Several years ago we were at a timeshare with the in laws in a special needs unit because my father n law has a hard time walking. He went into the bathroom, did his thing, flushed. Water started pouring out the pipe and we had a hard time getting my in law out of the room. It turned out that they had toilet problems with the people before us and had to actually disconnect a pipe to go in and fix the problem. Whomever fixed it never reconnected the pipe. Maintanance came in at 11:30 pm and mopped and reconnected and everything was fine from then on except for my father n law being embarrassed.
Bart

[1950bing Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close 1950bing]

Getting hit hit with a big SA because of a leaking pool. Turned out it was the contractors fault, some cement issue. Many owners got together and suggested a lawsuite and they backed down. There was walkway issues too.There were other concrete issues that I'm sure we paid for via increased maint. fees.