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Re: Deeded vs. Right to use? (by KC):

melindag12 wrote:

Call me dumb, but we own at the Beachboy and thought we were deeded owners. Yet, we see listings here as "Right to Use" and then were told today by another timeshare company that our points at the Beachboy were not really deeded to us (but are Right to Use). Can someone enlighten us on this?

You should have been provided (upon purchase) with either a recorded deed or a "membership certificate" (the former is self explanatory, the latter being a "right to use" document). Which one of these documents do you possess?? What does it say????

If you don't have ANY documents in possession to refer to, call the resort's management company. Don't rely upon Internet answers, or reach any conclusions simply from viewing other listings. In particular, don't rely upon any verbal conversations with "other companies" --- if their lips are moving, they may very well be just guessing (or flat out lying). You need FACTS, not opinions. Call the resort, find out the management company involved, then call that management company directly for details on YOUR particular account.

Keep in mind that at some resorts there can be (and, in fact, there are) BOTH deeded ownerships AND "right to use" meberships co-existing within the very same facility at the very same time. As one specific example, at Eagle's Nest at South Lake Tahoe / Stateline, NV, some folks owned deeded weeks there BEFORE the place was bought by Perennial Vacation Club (which now offers ONLY "right to use" memberships). New ownership and new terms by PVC, however, does NOT change or supersede the fact that some folks owned deeded weeks at Eagle's Nest before the change in ownership ---and they still own them now, even though new PVC members can acquire ONLY a "right to use" membership.

In short summary, your answer may not be as obvious, simple or straightforward as you might think. You need to get on the phone and get facts and answers directly from your resorts' management company records --- not just from partially informed input (including mine) found out on the Internet (which can, unfortunately, sometimes be a real wealth of MIS-information). Any fool with a keyboard can offer an opinion, but you are in need of some FACTS, easily obtained with a phone call. Good luck.