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Re: Has anyone dealt with SkyLine Vacation Club? (by Robin N.):

Hi folks... I'd like to say I'm not an employee of Skyline Vacation Club or anything of the sort. I just saw some bashing of Skyline Vacation Club and figured I had to set up an account just to comment. I know there are companies waiting to grab your hard-earned money but we had a positive experience with Skyline.

Us alongwith another family went for a cottage trip last year and had a terrible experience, the property was good and all but the water in the cottage ran out and that was the last thread for us... we decided to go to the Deerhurst Resort even though it was $550 a night for a 2 bedroom condo, as we checked in we saw that we could potentially get back $275 for each family if we attended the 'presentation' (for timeshare we assumed). Of course, we jumped at the offer to make up on some of that last minute full price.

We sat through a presentation and ended up buying a 50 year membership, of course while being worried about how we've potentially sunk around $35K of our hard-earned money. During the presentation though I did recall that I saw an Undercover Boss Canada episode featuring the top-shot of Skyline so I had a good feeling about the money we were about to drop on this.

All said and done, this was last summer and here we are... - Skyline Vacation Club members enjoy PLATINUM RCI Membership - Skyline Vacation Club members enjoy 5 years of FREE stuff while staying at any one of their properties like the Adventure Park (including zipline), Golfing at Horseshoe and Deerhurst Resorts (just pay cart fees), SKIING, and a whole whack of water park activities - 15% or more Discounts on everything at any Skyline property

We've already been to Myrtle Beach over March Break this year, stayed at the Pantages a few times last year and this year. Been to the horseshoe resort over Christmas and gotten ourselves into Skiing. Been to the Horseshoe resort this March break (2 nights would've been $875), and enjoyed a free round of golf. We still have 4 more week-long RCI certificates left and thousands of points for use over the next couple of years.

All in all, I'd like to say that not all timeshare companies/ vacation clubs are a scam. Of course, when it comes to timeshare, RCI, etc., time is key and of essence. You have to understand that you have the privilege of booking upto 14 months in advance (as Skyline members are on the top tier of membership), the others only have 12, 10, 8 months to book ahead. Just get into the habit of planning your vacations as soon as possible to maximize the number of resort choices available to you.

So far, both families are enjoying the benefits of the Skyline Vacation Club membership.