Where would you like to see a new resort?

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

Something in the heart of Toronto, Montreal, Quebec City and Ottawa would be a change from the typical Skiing and Great Lakes resorts we have in Ontario and Quebec.

I hadn't thought of Canada, but your right! We definitely could use some resorts in Eastern Canada/Nova Scotia - even near the Canadian side of Niagra Falls.
It would be great to see some TS in Alaska - I always wanted to go there.

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Although it could be argued that the inventory is somewhat duplicated I would like to see the acquisition of Bluegreen.

As a happy owner of Bluegreen, may I just say (as a personal opinion) Noooooo.

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New Resort in Greece

Hi Folks
I emailed DRI last week to try and book a week at the new Greek resort in either May or June 2010. They said they would get back to me but I am still waiting. I tried to book it on line but could not find any availability so I presumed it must be a glitch but having read the comments I am beginning to wonder if as Longtimer said these new affiliate resorts have very limited availability. I will keep you posted.

Regards
Chris

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

I hadn't thought of Canada, but your right! We definitely could use some resorts in Eastern Canada/Nova Scotia :

There is one resort in Nova Scotia with RCI called White Point Beach Resort #R638 but I have noticed a few people complaining that there is never any availability. I agree with you about getting more resorts in Nova Scotia, as after living in Canada (Ontario) for 18 years, but working all over Canada, I can honestly say that Halifax is the best city in Canada to visit. Wonderfull people, great music scene and a vibrant nightlife (the bars and restaurants are busy 7 nights a week). Also a trip around the Cabot Trail in Cape Breton is breathtaking.

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There is one resort in Nova Scotia with RCI called White Point Beach Resort #R638 but I have noticed a few people complaining that there is never any availability. I agree with you about getting more resorts in Nova Scotia, as after living in Canada (Ontario) for 18 years, but working all over Canada, I can honestly say that Halifax is the best city in Canada to visit. Wonderfull people, great music scene and a vibrant nightlife (the bars and restaurants are busy 7 nights a week). Also a trip around the Cabot Trail in Cape Breton is breathtaking.

How much demand would there be to stay in the Maritime Provinces off-season??? Many resorts in locations with wide seasonal swings in popularity have precarious finances, because the lack of demand in the off-season periods makes it difficult to find owners who are willing to pay the annual fees associated with the weeks.

I'm pretty sure that's why there is a lot of scarcity in resorts in many locales that do not have a strong winter attraction (such as skiing).

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There is one resort in Nova Scotia with RCI called White Point Beach Resort #R638 but I have noticed a few people complaining that there is never any availability. I agree with you about getting more resorts in Nova Scotia, as after living in Canada (Ontario) for 18 years, but working all over Canada, I can honestly say that Halifax is the best city in Canada to visit. Wonderfull people, great music scene and a vibrant nightlife (the bars and restaurants are busy 7 nights a week). Also a trip around the Cabot Trail in Cape Breton is breathtaking.

Was there many years ago - it's one of the most beautiful places I've even been. I'd love to take my DH and family there sometime.

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As a happy owner of Bluegreen, may I just say (as a personal opinion) Noooooo.

I own a udi at Shenandoah Crossing, maybe you're right I don't need all me MFs going up!

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

I own a udi at Shenandoah Crossing, maybe you're right I don't need all me MFs going up!

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Was there many years ago - it's one of the most beautiful places I've even been. I'd love to take my DH and family there sometime.

If it required 12,000 points for a one-bedroom unit in summer (June-Sept) would you still want to go there??? Unless there's some spectacular winter attraction in that area that I'm not aware of, I figure that to make the resort work financially that's about the point level that would be needed for peak demand periods, with the off-season weeks running about 3000 points or less for the same one-bedroom unit.

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The reality is that there are lots of locations that people would absolutely love to visit, three or four months out of the year. Timeshare operations that are in those areas almost always have hideous problems trying to keep the off-season weeks owners in the system.

If you think about it, if timeshares could be built and sold in those areas while achieving the needed rates of return on investment, developers would have already constructed units in those areas. Instead we observe that developers are not building units in those areas, that the projects that do exist in those areas are often conversion projects (such as motels converted to substandard timeshares or whole ownership condo projects that foundered and were converted to timeshare in desperation), and that many of the resorts in those areas have shaky finances and large numbers of offseason for which owners have stopped paying annual fees.

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RE: If it required 12,000 points for a one-bedroom unit in summer (June-Sept) would you still want to go there??? Unless there's some spectacular winter attraction in that area that I'm not aware of, I figure that to make the resort work financially that's about the point level that would be needed for peak demand periods, with the off-season weeks running about 3000 points or less for the same one-bedroom unit.

Yes, I would! (though I'm sure not alot of others would be willing to spend their points that way). The reason I purchased a points system was so that I would have a little more flexibility in where and when I go - plus it forces me to take a vacation every year. I would rather spend more points at a place where I know I will enjoy myself than 2 weeks where the resort is so-so.

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If it required 12,000 points for a one-bedroom unit in summer (June-Sept) would you still want to go there??? Unless there's some spectacular winter attraction in that area that I'm not aware of, I figure that to make the resort work financially that's about the point level that would be needed for peak demand periods, with the off-season weeks running about 3000 points or less for the same one-bedroom unit.

*****

The reality is that there are lots of locations that people would absolutely love to visit, three or four months out of the year. Timeshare operations that are in those areas almost always have hideous problems trying to keep the off-season weeks owners in the system.

If you think about it, if timeshares could be built and sold in those areas while achieving the needed rates of return on investment, developers would have already constructed units in those areas. Instead we observe that developers are not building units in those areas, that the projects that do exist in those areas are often conversion projects (such as motels converted to substandard timeshares or whole ownership condo projects that foundered and were converted to timeshare in desperation), and that many of the resorts in those areas have shaky finances and large numbers of offseason for which owners have stopped paying annual fees.

This thread is "Where would you like to see a new timeshare built" and people have there own reasons for answering that question. And Nova Scotia does not shut up shop at the end of August and reopen in May, see one of the many websites of Nova Scotia Winter vacation packages.

Now if you want to start your own thread as to "Where you DON'T think timeshares should be built" please start one. I'll give you one straight away, the international space station, because I can't afford the airfare.

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

....very well put,kentonmag,thanks

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RE: Now if you want to start your own thread as to "Where you DON'T think timeshares should be built" please start one. I'll give you one straight away, the international space station, because I can't afford the airfare.
Hey- given the opportunity - I might take someone up on that ride. Who knows - maybe in another 50 years we'll be looking at TS from space!

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

Well .... since this is a DRI thread ...

If DRI built or acquired a resort that was not economical, the annual fees in the trust(s) that held ownership would have to increase to support the fees. I happen to think that's a legitimate concern.

Sorry to rain on the parade, but I did have the impression that this was not a fantasy thread, but should bear some relation to what is realistic.

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But since I seem to have not apprehended that this was a fantasy thread, I'll throw in my contribution.

I think it would be really cool if DRI added a timeshare somewhere on the Antarctic Peninsula, maybe Alexander Island or Graham Land. I would love to visit Antarctica at least once in my life, and it would be great if I could do it in a timeshare.

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Well .... since this is a DRI thread ...

If DRI built or acquired a resort that was not economical, the annual fees in the trust(s) that held ownership would have to increase to support the fees. I happen to think that's a legitimate concern.

Sorry to rain on the parade, but I did have the impression that this was not a fantasy thread, but should bear some relation to what is realistic.

*****

But since I seem to have not apprehended that this was a fantasy thread, I'll throw in my contribution.

I think it would be really cool if DRI added a timeshare somewhere on the Antarctic Peninsula, maybe Alexander Island or Graham Land. I would love to visit Antarctica at least once in my life, and it would be great if I could do it in a timeshare.

It was not intended as a fantasy thread, but it appears some live in a fantasy world?....Maybe this thread has run its course now?