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Re: Why does Maintenance Fees increase? (by R P.):

A properly managed resort should have reserves in place so that maintenance fees should not rise very much, if at all, each and every year, not to speak of possible special assessments that can be charged on top of maintenance fees.

Rising yearly maintenance fees and possible special assessments you never hear about in developer presentations.

On another forum that relates to a higher end timeshare resort, the maintenance fees and special assessments amount to $2500 for 2009 and this is after people have paid big bucks for the week in the first place. There's not a place on this earth that is worth that kind of money for one week of timeshare.

Of course, owners are up in arms, but the only thing they can do is PAY IT. That's one of the major pitfalls of timeshare ownership. Once you sign on that dotted line, they have you exactly where they want you.