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lindau16 states in part (unfortunately, incorrectly): >>...surely they can't do that legally... that's what we pay our maintenance fees for...<< ================================================ Yes, they certainly can (as can virtually any other resort anywhere). Maintenance fees cover only the routine, day to day, ongoing maintenance of property, grounds, units, amenities, appliances, etc. When major renovations or rehabilitation of aging facilities (or extensive storm damage repairs) become required, maintenance fees and/or "reserves" are often inadequate to cover those costs. The resort can then impose a "special assessment" separate and apart from (and in addition to) customary and normal maintenance fees --- and that sounds like just exactly what may be going on here. While it is certainly the most unwelcome feature of all in timeshare ownership, it is absolutely 100% lawful (and basically inevitable in older, aging facilities or at those prone to storm damage, where insurance does not ever cover all actual repair costs). Don't shoot the messenger --- that's just how it is.