trusting local resort management

[cougar310 Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close cougar310]

Something to think about. Is there any checks and balances to ensure that local management of a resort isnt renting out or letting friends stay in unused timeshares for free . Most all timeshare owners only come for a week or two each year. And alot of owners for one reason or another dont come or are not able to rent out their units. This fact each year allows several units each week to go vacant. What keeps the locals that work there ,that know about the empty units from using them for free? I know that last year when we were at one quality resort in Kona, there was it seems alot of locals staying there from Hilo and Puna that didnt fit the timeshare Clientell. And they seemed to come and go more freely than if they were to stay a full week. It seemed they were renting them for 2 to 4 nites between the check in times for the tourist. There was alot of drinking and abuse of the pool privilidges and quite frankly scarry people that intimidated tourist. With all the maintaince fees paid from owners in the mainland, and some of them never coming , there seems to be a situation ripe for abuse for unscrupulious managers that know the schedule of arrivals and departures. Does any one know of this happening or am I too supicious. Are there auditors that ramdonly check this and physically come check in person. I can see a situation like this that can develop if just a few people conspire to defraud the owners that dont show up. any comments...

[tonyg Goomba & Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close tonyg]

Perhaps this was a case of day use or daily rentals ? The resort has no way of knowing whether you are going to use your week or not unless you tell them. They really don't even know if an exchanger will show up. Though it is possible that someone at the resort lets friends use empty units, it would be taking a chance, particularly in a fixed week-fixed unit resort.

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

If a unit is vacant or and the company knows that the occupants are not coming. I thinks its wonderful thing for friends and family to use them rather than they sit empty. That the benefit of being an employee.

I have also had my units switched to owners units a few times on a Wed when the owners never showed up.

Thats the beauty of common sense.

BTW. Welcome Couger, You must have woke up on the wrong side of the bed for you to submit this topic as your first post here

[Jya-Ning Silver Contributor Find all posts View Profile Close Jya-Ning]

Welcome.

That is the reason you need to have owner on HOA board. And better have at least one local owners.

On the other hand, if the room is empty, I would not mind the resort employee use them as extra incentive to work for the resort. But I would like to see a better writting in the regulation, so the owner will not get hit by the extra cost.

Jya-Ning

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

Use of the unit incurs costs, including utilities, and if the cleaning is done on contract on a per-unit cleaned basis as with most OBX resorts, the practice refered to would cost the HOA money. The unit being occupied is not a budget positive, it is a budget negative, so that needs to be offset by m/f or rent.

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

So if there are 52 weeks in a yr and an employees occasionally gives away a freebee, whats the big deal. Are your fees going up. Maybe we should fire them or have them arrested.