Resorts that accept deedbacks

[The Plain Speaker Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close The Plain Speaker]

Knowing which Resorts/HOA's that allow timeshare owners to deedback their weeks would eliminate some of the scams that are abundant in the timeshare industry.

This thread is intended for timeshare owners and consumers that may benefit from the information.

Fort Lauderdale Beach Resort has taken back deeds if the fees are current and you contact the HOA directly not the management company.

Imperial Hawaii Resort will accept deedbacks for the filing fees.

Cedarbrook Resort in Vermont charges $250 to accept deedbacks.

More to follow...

[Glitter Brunello Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close Glitter Brunello]

Knowing which Resorts/HOA's that allow timeshare owners to deedback their weeks would eliminate some of the scams that are abundant in the timeshare industry.

This thread is intended for timeshare owners and consumers that may benefit from the information.

Fort Lauderdale Beach Resort has taken back deeds if the fees are current and you contact the HOA directly not the management company.

Imperial Hawaii Resort will accept deedbacks for the filing fees.

Cedarbrook Resort in Vermont charges $250 to accept deedbacks.

More to follow...

We have always encouraged anyone looking to unload a deed with little or no resale value to contact their home resort about a deedback. Listing the resorts here that have done it in the past doesn't seem globally useful, especially since resorts that are overrun with requests (or even listed publicly as doing so) may stop the practice, and resorts change this practice from time to time depending on the market, inventory, cash flow, etc...

Companies in the business of taking timeshares for a fee would benefit from (and be in possession of) this information since they must try to deed back deeds they have had no luck in selling, and they've already been paid upfront by the previous owner, so it's still a profitable option.

So how did you happen come by this information you are now offering in the form of "teasing" over a series of posts?

[rikkis_playpen Diamond Club Contributor Find all posts View Profile Close rikkis_playpen]

Great post..

FLBR is a well run resort.. Ken Fromer deserves a standing ovation for how he has reviatalized that resort around over the last few years.

The Massanutten Resorts also accept some limited deedbacks..

If you are a timeshare owner and are thinking about liquidating your ownership, before paying ANYONE a dime- call your resort's owners association as well as the resort management company and ask about deedbacks.

There aren't many resorts who are accepting ownerships at this time, but the opportunity is certainly worth your time..

[The Plain Speaker Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close The Plain Speaker]

Again the intention of listing information for consumers to know which propeties may accept deedbacks is being questioned.
I will withdraw from participating as the comments regarding the information I offer is unwanted.

[rikkis_playpen Diamond Club Contributor Find all posts View Profile Close rikkis_playpen]

Companies in the business of taking timeshares for a fee would benefit from (and be in possession of) this information since they must try to deed back deeds they have had no luck in selling, and they've already been paid upfront by the previous owner, so it's still a profitable option.

Glitter,

I truly respect your opinion above, and in the past would not have questioned that line of thinking at all.. However, the drama with abandoned ownerships that has been a consistent problem these last two years (and now potentially getting even worse thanks to questions surrounding Holiday Group) has made me change my mind on this..

I now think it may be preferable that the post card companies (and the many many spinoffs of that industry) learn this info.. Yes it will make them more profitable, but it may also help to reduce the number of abandoned weeks from these scam groups who simply bankrupt and close down a holding company. They will get a bunch of weeks anyway- so I hope they can actually be successful in transferring them properly on the back end.

The cost to the developer and association is much greater for a foreclosure than for a simple deedback. Ultimately, if the post card outfits were better managed by someone with a real grasp of the industry- perhaps they wouldn't cause quite so much damage..

If someone finds a way to eliminate this business model from the industry, I'll be very grateful.. But in reality, I don't think they are going away.. Right now the developers are simply in denial and trying to push through legislature to stop them- but this is a tactic that is rarely successful..

[rikkis_playpen Diamond Club Contributor Find all posts View Profile Close rikkis_playpen]

Bit of a drama queen aren't we!!!

Again the intention of listing information for consumers to know which propeties may accept deedbacks is being questioned.
I will withdraw from participating as the comments regarding the information I offer is unwanted.

If you truly don't like this website, I doubt many will miss you for more than a moment.

If instead you'd like to participate and prove your intentions are in fact positive in nature- stop whining and wallowing in self pity every single time someone disagrees with your post..

It makes you appear childish and silly at best.. I'm embarrassed for you..

[Glitter Brunello Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close Glitter Brunello]

RP -

I hear you. What I was really trying to get at, and asked in my last line, is where the OP (who has already suggested the option of paying a fee to unload an unwanted timeshare in another thread) is getting the info from.

[T. R. Oglodyte Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close T. R. Oglodyte]

The now redacted information in an earlier OP post establishes that the OP in the business of dispensing "timeshare advice". Given that - and the overall tone of the OPs posts - try as I might I simply cannot rid myself of the notion that the OP created this thread to mine information that they will turn around and repackage as his or her own original analysis and information.

I dislike being so suspicious, but the hairs are standing up on the back of my neck.

[rikkis_playpen Diamond Club Contributor Find all posts View Profile Close rikkis_playpen]

Add Ridge on Granbury to the list of resorts that will accept deedbacks. At least for now....

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

Pelican Resort in SXM

Pelican will accept your unit (no cost).

Call sales or ISCO, and ask for voluntary default form. This is good if you owe no monies -- don't know the process if you do owe.

[I-DE-HO Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close I-DE-HO]

Has anyone tried to deed back a S.A. unit?

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

Has anyone tried to deed back a S.A. unit?

I would like to know as well, especially for a studio at Glenmore Sands Peak week.

[rikkis_playpen Diamond Club Contributor Find all posts View Profile Close rikkis_playpen]

Florida Vacation Villas reportedly has a deedback program, but charges owners $1,500. to do so.. I left a message for the gm to determine if this is a resort program, or simply something being done by an employee.

The timeshare owner stated that he has spoken to two employees there in the business office who told him about the program.

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

Having served as HOA president and board member of a resort that accepted deedbacks, I can tell you that resorts that do so are not going to want to publicize that fact as they do not want to encourage deedbacks. Compiling a list here is more likely to curtail the availibility of deedbacks and will be counterproductive. If someone wants to deedback, the best thing to do is call your home resort and ask. Don't go spreading the info around on the internet. As they said in WW2, loose lips sink ships!

Like another poster, I wonder about the OP's motives.

I do see PCC's that have conned suckers into paying them ~$3,000 to take their week off their hands, turning right around and doing a deedback to the HOA. PCC's are crooks and con men.

[timeos2 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close timeos2]

Having served as HOA president and board member of a resort that accepted deedbacks, I can tell you that resorts that do so are not going to want to publicize that fact as they do not want to encourage deedbacks. Compiling a list here is more likely to curtail the availibility of deedbacks and will be counterproductive. If someone wants to deedback, the best thing to do is call your home resort and ask. Don't go spreading the info around on the internet. As they said in WW2, loose lips sink ships!

Like another poster, I wonder about the OP's motives.

I do see PCC's that have conned suckers into paying them ~$3,000 to take their week off their hands, turning right around and doing a deedback to the HOA. PCC's are crooks and con men.

Great points Steve. Right on the money. Any deed back offer bt it's very nature needs to be done quietly and as little as possible. It is a tremendous risk to the Association.