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Original Message:

Not always..... (by KC):

reilly3 states, quoted in relevant part: >> The float week is a good thing as you are not locked into the same week every year.<< ========================================

True enough, but not the whole picture. It's very important to find out and clearly know (BEFORE purchasing) whether a particular resort has any restrictions or "blackout periods" on reservations for float week owners there.

For example, I know of numeorous resorts in coastal SW Florida where "floating" week owners are specifically excluded from ever making reservations between weeks 1-15. Those 15 excluded weeks are most of the winter!! So at these places, if you don't own a FIXED winter week there, you're simply never going to be able to get in there in the winter with a "floating" week ownership.

Every situation is different --- my intended point is simply to make VERY SURE that you find out about any reservation restrictions or "blackout periods" imposed upon "float / flex" week owners at the particular resort in which you are interested in purchasing. This is not something you want to learn AFTER purchase, when it's too late to change your mind and/or correct the oversight...