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Hello to everyone! Merry Christmas!
My wife and I are considering the eventual purchase of a Bluegreen (or other?) timeshare so I am here to ask lots of questions. I've actually been reading the forum off and on for several weeks now. I'd like to say thank you to everyone, especially the regular contributors, for all the older posts and the hours that have been invested in helping others.
So our story, the quick version: We toured the Big Cedar property mid November and purchased an 18,000 EOY plan at that time. I'm not one to make a quick decision like that, but the "bonus time" was what really sold us, and the possibility of losing that benefit pushed us over the edge. But later that night after reading some of the materials provided, starting to understand some of the rules and finer details, plus the nagging voice of my brother in my mind telling me to look at ebay before I went to the presentation (which I didn't do), we decided to cancel our agreement. The cancellation has gone fine, no problems. I could say alot more about the whole process, but I won't bore you. So now our timeshare journey continues. We are happy to hear that we may not have to lose "bonus time".
I thought it might be nice to "rent" a timeshare this summer before buying to get a better sense of what we were getting into. Plus, even if we started to purchased something now, I'm not sure the availablity for May to Aug by the time we would have the ability to reserve a vacation. But it seems like the cost is a bit higher than I expected for the rental. I was looking at the Fountains in Orlando as an example. I kind of expected to pay the yearly maintenance fee, maybe a little less, but again, it seems higher than that from my limited knowledge. Will the rentals go down in cost as the time approaches? What is the best way to find rentals? Pitfalls? Any advice is appreciated.
Thanks,
David
My wife and I are considering the eventual purchase of a Bluegreen (or other?) timeshare so I am here to ask lots of questions. I've actually been reading the forum off and on for several weeks now. I'd like to say thank you to everyone, especially the regular contributors, for all the older posts and the hours that have been invested in helping others.
So our story, the quick version: We toured the Big Cedar property mid November and purchased an 18,000 EOY plan at that time. I'm not one to make a quick decision like that, but the "bonus time" was what really sold us, and the possibility of losing that benefit pushed us over the edge. But later that night after reading some of the materials provided, starting to understand some of the rules and finer details, plus the nagging voice of my brother in my mind telling me to look at ebay before I went to the presentation (which I didn't do), we decided to cancel our agreement. The cancellation has gone fine, no problems. I could say alot more about the whole process, but I won't bore you. So now our timeshare journey continues. We are happy to hear that we may not have to lose "bonus time".
I thought it might be nice to "rent" a timeshare this summer before buying to get a better sense of what we were getting into. Plus, even if we started to purchased something now, I'm not sure the availablity for May to Aug by the time we would have the ability to reserve a vacation. But it seems like the cost is a bit higher than I expected for the rental. I was looking at the Fountains in Orlando as an example. I kind of expected to pay the yearly maintenance fee, maybe a little less, but again, it seems higher than that from my limited knowledge. Will the rentals go down in cost as the time approaches? What is the best way to find rentals? Pitfalls? Any advice is appreciated.
Thanks,
David
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