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Re: Are they worth it? (by Mark C.):

phill12 wrote:

happy1 wrote:

if you plan on trveling alot , they are definately worth it ... I cannot stay in dinky little hotels anymore and the thought of no kitchen, fridge ,laundry, hot tub , coffee maker, etc. makes me ill. Do research before you buy and buy where you would retun. We own 5 weeks / 3 fixed hawaii and two weeks ff- wyndham. We believe we save alot by paying less per night for much better accomodations and also by not eating out nearly as much. Points not purchased from wyndham do not count towards your status but are still added to your point total. With all five weeks we pay about 3000.00 in fees... sounds like alot until you stay in crappy hotel in Hawaii at 270.00 per night for ten nights, add some parking ,coffee and a few crappy meals and where are you then...we paid 7.00 for a cup of tea in Vegas and that was the last hotel I have ever stayed in. You have to make a budget for your vacations and look at the costs and then you see the savings.

I have never looked at the cost savings if any owning two timeshares.

It was never the reason for buying a timeshare to us. We bought because we love going to the resort one or two times a year or trading once in a while.

We left timesharing for about eight years and stayed in very nice hotels and had great vacations.

Our third trip to Hawaii and staying in great hotel and wife decided she wanted to stop by the last timeshare we stayed in. After walking through checking it out she tells me she wants her home feel with kitchen back.

The kitchen was the biggest reason for coming back to timesharing.

The one thing we did see was we spend seven days on vacation in a timeshare which in many cases is to long.

When we stayed in hotels we would spend four or five days and that was it. Lot more running around in shorter period of time.

Also owning a timeshare you waste a lot of time when exchanging and all these little fee's like exchange fee's MF fee's. With hotels we made one booking couple months out and had room/air/car.

Timesharing and owning or points is a personal choice I think!

from Happy1... I don't know about other companies , but with ff/wynmham there are no exchange fees especially within the system... We bought in Hawaii because we go there every year and found that ( in Maui) there is a costco right near the airport and we saved big by shopping and not eating out. We go for three weeks at a time and that translates to big $$$.... We're from the midwest and going to Hawaii for a short trip never seemed like a good choice considering flight expense and duration / 9 hrs. Also, finding consecutive weeks... joining them ... check in days ... moving in and out all seemed to be not worth it. The other advantage to owning Hawaii is it is difficult to get Hawaii and if you want to trade believe me ther are thousands of people willing to do anything to trade. Interval gave us two weeks for our one week trade in.... That's why I said you should always buy somewhere you would always like to return to.. As for shortet trips , that's why we have both fixed and points. Points are great for hopping around islands or even up and down the coasts or mountains. However, the biggest reasons for us was ,WE KNOW THAT THE ACCOMODATIONS ARE GOING TO BE CLEAN, NICE AND HAVE A WELL STOCKED UNIT WITH COMPLETE KITCHEN SUPPLIES......