New Members - Please Introduce Yourself!

[Syed]

If you plan to vacation during the peak season in a beach resort, I would suggest buying a timeshare in the resort area where you plan to vacation. I have lived in a beach resort community for the last 25+ years and am a resale broker. I have noticed a high percentage of owners vacationing at their own resort during the peak season. This means there is less inventory available in the exchange networks for exchange guests. Since, you have school age children, I assume you will be vacationing during holidays and peak travel times. If so, buy where and when you would like to vacation; it will also provide you with a unit with a good trading power.

[Syed]

If you plan to vacation duirng the peak season in a beach resort, I would suggest buying a timeshare in the resort area where you plan to vacation. I have lived in a beach resort community for the last 25+ years and am a resale broker. I have noticed a high percentage of owners vacationing at their own resort during the peak season. This means there is less inventory available in the exchange networks for exchange guests. Since, you have school age children, I assume you will be vacationing during holidays and peak travel times. If so, buy where and when you would like to vacation; it will also provide you with a unit with good trading power.

[chap19150]

Been with Bluegreen for about a year now and we love it!

[rikkis_playpen]

Welcome! You've come to the right place for info on BlueGreen! The discussions in this forum are without equal!

Enjoy your ownership.....

[dmbrand]

This is a bit late in coming. I have been reading and enjoying the posts on this board for a while(even won points from Big Frank!); just never got around to posting to this thread.

Bought first timeshare off ebay for closing costs(Dells in WI), after much research on here and on TUG, so THANK YOU! Family is dwindling down, daughter is in college, and son is in high school. They still love and prefer to vacation with us(go figure!), therefore I found it necessary to find larger accommodations.

Our first exchange is for Hawaii in June '09, can't wait! I still want to purchase another unit somewhere, so I will be learning more to determine the location.
DawnB

[Spence]

Originally Posted by Syed

My name is Syed. Cheri(my wife) and I live in the beautiful island of Maui. We have both been in the timeshare industry for over 30 years and are licensed realtors specializing in resales. We own three timeshares-- a Hilton, one in Mexico and one in Hawaii and love vactioning the timeshare way. We have used our Hilton Honors points in London, Cannes, Amsterdam, New York, Maldives and others. We have also exchanged thru RCI, II and SFX. I have enjoyed reading comments on your site and look forward to sharing my thoughts with everyone. Aloha!

Originally Posted by Syed

Consider looking into Marriott, Hyatt and Starwood timeshares. They have properties in both scuba and snowboarding resorts, as well as other types of recreation.

Syed sold me one of my first timeshares when I had to have that RCI Tiger Trader back in ~1999-2000. Welcome Syed!

[lefty_thrower]

Hi,
My name is Ken. My wife and I own timeshare with Wyndham at Bonnet Creek in Orlando. I am basically on here to get information. We have owned it for about two years now and are looking at sellig it. We simply don't use it enough. So here I am! Just wanting to look around and find out more on values, the process, how to, etc...

[rikkis_playpen]

Welcome.. Spend time reading the threads in the Wyndham forums.. Bonnet Creek is a great home resort, but Wyndham values have dropped across the board.

[Fidelity Resales]

Oops.. Sorry.. Missed this one and already started on other threads.. Great site!

[liko]

Hi, I am liko. New to this forums and anticipated to meeting a lot of you. I go to college and work at the moment. Currently 21 years old in Southern California. Really fluent in computers.