Comments on: You had no business buying a timeshare, you big dum-dum dummy.

By: jolyn

jolyn — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:54:14 +0000

Wow. Do they go up every year, too?

By: Katie

Katie — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:47:27 +0000

Our maintenance fees are $900 a year for 15,000 credits (1.5 weeks). Seriously, killing me slowly.

By: Jerilyn

Jerilyn — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 18:03:03 +0000

I agree with Carmen’s first post.

By: jolyn

jolyn — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 00:32:02 +0000

I wish we had the points system instead, if we had to have something. From what I know of it, it’s so much more flexible. I don’t know anything about how the maintenance fees run on those, though…

By: jolyn

jolyn — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 00:30:19 +0000

So, is the timeshare still hanging around? Or did you finally sell/get rid of it?
I w/also say you got your money’s worth not having to stay in an RV!

By: Carmen

Carmen — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 00:28:21 +0000

We want to go to Colorado this summer. Could we rent your time-share from you for something there?

By: jolyn

jolyn — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 00:27:01 +0000

I definitely don’t think passing this down to my children w/be a blessing. I can only imagine what the maintenance fees will be by then!
Did you manage to get anything when you got rid of the timeshare? I w/be very interested to know how you went about selling it, if you don’t mind me asking.

By: Gina

Gina — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 21:41:56 +0000

I’ll ‘fess up. My husband and I bought a resort campground membership years ago (it is also paid off). In the 5 years that have passed, we have camped there 3 times. Really sad. For the cost, we could have spent 6 straight months in a state or federal campground. And, each year, we also have to pay maintenance fees. Here is the kicker: until this year, we didn’t even own a camper!

I agree, cut yourself some slack, at least you have had enjoyment out of it!!

By: Katie

Katie — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:15:39 +0000

Ah, the stupid things my hubby and I did before we had children… and enlisted. I always think about how I could be driving a new minivan if we didn’t have these stupid timeshare payments. We have a credits based program and have only used it once. We spent 10 days between 2 resorts in Southern California. We love being there, but keep wondering, how much we could have saved if we didn’t have the timeshare. We could have just paid cash for an extended stay hotel with a kitchen. sigh.

I don’t know. Maybe after it’s paid off, I’ll like it again.

By: Jean

Jean — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:26:12 +0000

Jolyn, I can join your group. My now-ex-husband and I bought a timeshare in Orlando one year many moons ago. We were in the area visiting his parents, who were living in a 40-ft travel trailer – AND we were staying there w/them. After a few days, we were sitting through a timeshare presentation in order to get those free tickets to Disney, and we caved. I feel the same way that you do – there are good points & bad points to owning it. We did buy a ‘used’ timeshare so it was lower than a new one, and when we went to FL to visit his parents on subsequent visits, we didn’t have to stay w/them in their RV. That alone was probably worth the cost!