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Original Message:

Wise words... (by KC):

wisee wrote:
For us it is like having vacation homes that we don't have to maintain year round and that can be somewhat easily traded.
Very well said and an observation which is equally true of ANY good timeshare ownership; not just within Marriott. I disagree a bit about the "ease" of trading, since the "exchange game" is one in which the rules continually change and the goalposts keep getting moved.

No one likes ongoing increases in maintenance fees, but what in this world ever goes DOWN in cost? (certainly not food, fuel, insurance, utilities, etc.). Until such time as my annual maintenance fees actually exceed the cost of a weekly rental of a fully equipped, well maintained condominium unit with pool, on site staff and other amenities of equal or better quality, I'll personally continue to regard timeshare as "the only way to go" and I will gratefully pay my maintenance fees without complaint and enjoy my vacations.

Having once owned a second "vacation" home, I learned a costly lesson. "Vacation" home ownership actually meant doubling my expenses and headaches with repairs, maintenance, insurance, utilities, groundskeeping, etc. on a second home. Good riddance to all of that, as far as I'm concerned; one home is more than enough for such costs. I'll take timeshare ownership instead any day...