Time Share??

[faisal]

Hi Everyone

I'm going to have my 1st vacation in the U.S this fall and i see this sentence
in a lot of hotels in Orlando and i don't know what it mean can anyone resolve what i find a puzzle.......what the hell is a time share hotel ???!!

 

[damo]

Usually they are condominiums or townhouses with a few bedrooms.

What happens is you pay several thousands of dollars to "own" a week vacation at that location every year for the rest of your life (and sometimes longer).

 

[calgarygary]

Usually they are condominiums or townhouses with a few bedrooms.

What happens is you pay several thousands of dollars to "own" a week vacation at that location every year for the rest of your life (and sometimes longer).

A timeshare can cost thousands, unless of course you discover TUG and buy through ebay.

 

[pauldents]

Timeshares are quite popular in Europe.

Interesting to see someone in this thread http://disboards.com/showthread.php?t=819381 has a timeshare at the HRH!

 

[Claire L]

Timeshares are quite popular in Europe.

Interesting to see someone in this thread http://disboards.com/showthread.php?t=819381 has a timeshare at the HRH!

Not quite sure they do I think there is a bit of confusion on the dates list -

Post about HRH.

Claire

 

[faisal]

now i got it
thank you guy for your help

 

[damo]

Not quite sure they do I think there is a bit of confusion on the dates list -

Post about HRH.

Claire

I agree. Unless HRH is in Kissimmee they aren't staying at a timeshare at HRH.

 

[damo]

A timeshare can cost thousands, unless of course you discover TUG and buy through ebay.

You are getting a nice timeshare with good trade value for hundreds?

 

[Akdar]

I agree. Unless HRH is in Kissimmee they aren't staying at a timeshare at HRH.

Yeah, that's me, it's just the way goofy wrote the line. We're staying at a timeshare exchange in Kissimmee, (we actually own in Williamsburg VA) for a week, then moving to the HRH for a weekend. So we are going "from a timeshare", literally!

 

[calgarygary]

You are getting a nice timeshare with good trade value for hundreds?

damo, I actually got a 2 bedroom, every year use, at Vistana Villages for $0. It's a long story that I go into on tug. Typically, you can get a quality timeshare that will trade well into Orlando at a very low cost if you do your research first. 2008 will be our first year using the timeshare but will usually not use it for Orlando - after all, no fotl!

 

[damo]

damo, I actually got a 2 bedroom, every year use, at Vistana Villages for $0. It's a long story that I go into on tug. Typically, you can get a quality timeshare that will trade well into Orlando at a very low cost if you do your research first. 2008 will be our first year using the timeshare but will usually not use it for Orlando - after all, no fotl!

I've used Tug a lot. It is great. Wish I could get a nice cheap timeshare that would allow me to trade into Hawaii! We've got one week that we trade quite a lot and are really glad we invested in it.

 

[damo]

Yeah, that's me, it's just the way goofy wrote the line. We're staying at a timeshare exchange in Kissimmee, (we actually own in Williamsburg VA) for a week, then moving to the HRH for a weekend. So we are going "from a timeshare", literally!

Where do you own in Williamsburg? We stayed at Patriots Place (sp?) on a quick trade once. We'd love to go back to Williamsburg but probably not to Patriot's Place.

 

[Akdar]

Williamsburg Plantation, I've only been there once, the weekend we purchased it. We've traded to go to Orlando every year since then

I think we're going back to Williamsburg in the spring? I have to check with my better half.

 

[Lisa P.]

I've used Tug a lot. It is great. Wish I could get a nice cheap timeshare that would allow me to trade into Hawaii! We've got one week that we trade quite a lot and are really glad we invested in it.

For Hawaii exchanges, you may want to consider getting into a system that has some resorts there so you would be able to trade or reserve internally - or at least have some boosted trade power for trading through RCI or II into a sister resort there. WorldMark, Sunterra, Wyndham/Fairfield, HGVC and Marriott come to mind. We're able to trade Wyn FSP points for bulk spacebanked weeks in Hawaii through RCI at a reasonable cost, with our resale Wyn points. Just a thought. See you on TUG!

 

[damo]

For Hawaii exchanges, you may want to consider getting into a system that has some resorts there so you would be able to trade or reserve internally - or at least have some boosted trade power for trading through RCI or II into a sister resort there. WorldMark, Sunterra, Wyndham/Fairfield, HGVC and Marriott come to mind. We're able to trade Wyn FSP points for bulk spacebanked weeks in Hawaii through RCI at a reasonable cost, with our resale Wyn points. Just a thought. See you on TUG!

We've already got one timeshare that allows us to trade into Hawaii but it didn't come cheaply!