A $2.00 question about dues.

[spruce]

Why does DVC collect a $2.00 fee per week for the Florida Timeshare Promotional Group(I forget what they call it)? My other Florida timeshare lists a $3.00 fee for this group (ARDA is what they list it as) but it is an optional fee which I can choose to pay or not.......spruce

[Werner Weiss]

Looking at an old DVC (now OKW) budget (1994, to be precise), I see the $2 fee listed as "Fees to the Division," assesed by the State of Florida for regulation of the timeshare industry in Florida. It's a mandatory fee collected by the state.

ARDA is the American Resort Development Association (http://www.arda.org/), an industry group which, among other things, tries to influence state legislatures regarding legislation that affects the timeshare resort industry.

So they're two entirely different fees.

[WebmasterDoc]

As Werner points out, the "Fees to the Division" is NOT an optional fee, but is an assessment paid to the State of Florida's Timeshare regulatory division. It is based on $2, per vacation home, per week of usage (a throwback to timeshares which offer only full weeks). DVC has broken this down into a cost of $.0071 per point.

[spruce]

Thanks for the clarity.......it makes sense now.....spruce