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Re: Looking for an opinion on what type of timeshare to purchase (by Vicki Y.):
Lawrence,
If you would like to send me a message thru the Redweek system, I can provide a Bluegreen points chart. I agree - hard to be able to compare apples 2 apples, so ...
Solara Surfside (Miami) right on the ocean - 1 br, 7 nights, in High Season = 10000 (wk 1 - 17, covers your timeframe); 8000 all other weeks (this is a VERY NICE resort but must get 2 br for ocean front, 18000 pts in your timeframe)
Panama City - 1 br ranges 5000- 7000 pts for one week
St Augustine - 1 br 5000 - 8000 pts one week in winter
Marathon, FL - 1 br one week 13000 pts
Huge assortment of resorts on FL beach.
In Hawaii we have Pono Kai - 1 br winter 7000 - 10000 pts (minisuite = 5000 - 7000)
MANY other resorts in Fl. Bluegreen has consistent quality but not 5* avg (some resorts are 5*!!) Never below 3* that I've seen (and would complain about).
Bluegreen seems to understand about the grills, and we also seek them out. Some resorts have more of them than others, and a quick call to the resort will tell you gas vs charcoal, how many, do they provide utensils (usually, YES).
Clean, great staff, easy to work with owner services/reservations and even book points vacations online.
(another reason to send me a message, I can tell you EXACTLY how many points for what you are seeking)
I would be happy to help you determine if Bluegreen would suit you (take a cruise thru bluegreenonline.com to see if locations are appealling - I'm not sure they show them all to non-owners, but I think we're over 50 resorts now).
lawrenced43 wrote:We would like warm (winter months January to March) and beach front. We would also like muliple locations as we enjoy seeing different areas and then in future we will have a better idea as to where we would like to spend most of our vacation time. When we go to Hawaii we would like to be able to spend at least 10 days to 2 weeks. Luxury is not extremly important to us as long as where we stay is kept up and clean. We like the resorts with BBQ areas. Not to be picky but have not heard a lot of great things with the exchange companies with membership fees and exchange fees so if possible resorts with multiple locations and the ability to transfer between them looks more inviting to us. Some of the points systems are hard to locate charts to be able to see where they will get you and what you would need.