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I've really enjoyed reading many of your informative posts. As a newbie to this group and timesharing, I'd appreciate any input about these 2 places.
Chris & I live in the Central Coast of California and he will be retiring in 4-5 years. Our 2 adult children, one teenager and one future-daughter-in-law would probably be traveling with us intermittently. We're about 5-6 hours from Palm Springs on a good day through LA traffic and about 7 hours from Tahoe up I-5. Right now we travel according to school breaks but we only have 5 years left for that!
Anyway, we are thinking we would like to have our home resort a place that we can drive to instead of flying to.
So far this is what we have done - Hubby and I stayed at the Marriott Shadow Ridge in Palm Springs, where they were trying to sell us EOY 2 bedroom lock-off in Silver Season for $11,400 + approx $500/year in HOA/taxes. The concept was nice and I like the place BUT there were things we both didn't care for like smaller pool facilities and onsite conveniences. The plus side (at least we think it was good) was that Shadow Ridge trades Prime in II & RCI, new and ongoing construction, the Marriott name and tradability - and I liked Palm Desert. But being new to ts and not too sure, we declined and the sales staff were very professional and backed right off of any heavy sales pitches (which we really appreciated).
So, is there anyone out there that owns and/or stays at Shadow Ridge and would share their experiences? And can someone tell me if trading in II and RCI with a silver prime location (or red) is the most desirable ts to own?
We have also decided to look at the Ridge Tahoe which seems to be the rest of the family choice location. Researching online we like the layout of the Naegle although it doesn't have a lockout - but our thought is that we'd be traveling with our children and their friends and this would give us the most room - and a killer patio/deck. But I'd like to know about the Terrace rooms which have the lockouts but a lot smaller balconies.
The Naegle EOY summer is running under $5,100 but The Ridge is offering a $1,350 credit towards approx $400/year in HOA/taxes. The Naegle trades in II & RCI but the others only trade in RCI. The Ridge is owner run and their onsite prices seemed to be a lot more reasonable that Marriott's - but then are trades capabilities just as good???? I thought the Ridge looked reasonable with the HOA credits they are giving.........bringing the onsite price down to $3,750. The Ridge will also break up your week into a 4/3 package if you don't want to use it all at once. I thought this was really nice option that Marriott didn't offer.
I have been looking on eBay and other resale markets too as we really don't want to pay the mark-up unless the resort makes it worth it. Any opinions would be greatly appreciated. And definitely I'd like to know about any other ts resorts that are highly recommended. Thanks much - Barb
Chris & I live in the Central Coast of California and he will be retiring in 4-5 years. Our 2 adult children, one teenager and one future-daughter-in-law would probably be traveling with us intermittently. We're about 5-6 hours from Palm Springs on a good day through LA traffic and about 7 hours from Tahoe up I-5. Right now we travel according to school breaks but we only have 5 years left for that!
Anyway, we are thinking we would like to have our home resort a place that we can drive to instead of flying to.So far this is what we have done - Hubby and I stayed at the Marriott Shadow Ridge in Palm Springs, where they were trying to sell us EOY 2 bedroom lock-off in Silver Season for $11,400 + approx $500/year in HOA/taxes. The concept was nice and I like the place BUT there were things we both didn't care for like smaller pool facilities and onsite conveniences. The plus side (at least we think it was good) was that Shadow Ridge trades Prime in II & RCI, new and ongoing construction, the Marriott name and tradability - and I liked Palm Desert. But being new to ts and not too sure, we declined and the sales staff were very professional and backed right off of any heavy sales pitches (which we really appreciated).
So, is there anyone out there that owns and/or stays at Shadow Ridge and would share their experiences? And can someone tell me if trading in II and RCI with a silver prime location (or red) is the most desirable ts to own?
We have also decided to look at the Ridge Tahoe which seems to be the rest of the family choice location. Researching online we like the layout of the Naegle although it doesn't have a lockout - but our thought is that we'd be traveling with our children and their friends and this would give us the most room - and a killer patio/deck. But I'd like to know about the Terrace rooms which have the lockouts but a lot smaller balconies.
The Naegle EOY summer is running under $5,100 but The Ridge is offering a $1,350 credit towards approx $400/year in HOA/taxes. The Naegle trades in II & RCI but the others only trade in RCI. The Ridge is owner run and their onsite prices seemed to be a lot more reasonable that Marriott's - but then are trades capabilities just as good???? I thought the Ridge looked reasonable with the HOA credits they are giving.........bringing the onsite price down to $3,750. The Ridge will also break up your week into a 4/3 package if you don't want to use it all at once. I thought this was really nice option that Marriott didn't offer.
I have been looking on eBay and other resale markets too as we really don't want to pay the mark-up unless the resort makes it worth it. Any opinions would be greatly appreciated. And definitely I'd like to know about any other ts resorts that are highly recommended. Thanks much - Barb
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