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HANALEI BAY TIME SHARE (by Nancy P.):
We have sadly owned timeshares at Hanalei Resort since 2004. We have never been able to trade out either through Interval International or Trading Places. The resort is in deplorable condition since Celebrity lost ownership to the AOAO. What is the most revealing is that Dick Sweikart and David Nichol and their wives have moved around the BoD and never leave the Executive Board. They are the ones who chose for the rest of us to pay for all the assessments through the years. Each year we have paid additional assessments in mid year for property that is in bad shape. the restaurant burned in 2012 and has not been rebuilt despite the building being insured. The lounge bar isn't open and the staff is generally lazy and inattentive. Each person we speak to will not tell us what the AOAO has had to pay vs. the timeshare owners. The first places renovated were the actual resort owners. We are still being ripped off as the value according to timeshare resales is approx 1,000-2,000 dollars per unit. What is amusing is that we paid 15,000 dollars cash for the every year and a multitude of additional assessments per year for a place that is valued as a SALE for 1,000 dollars. What a rip off. We hold onto it because no one wants to buy such a pile. the best views on the island of KAUAI for the worst managed and biggest folly on the island.WHAT a sad shame and this resort gives all timeshare properties a horrible name.