contrarian view
I also liked the lower last call prices when I wanted to rent. But such low rental prices are part of what devastates the timeshare resale market. If someone can rent a timeshare for so much below the cost of maintenance fees, why would he or she want to buy. The only way that last call prices can be offered anyway is that someone has already paid a MF and lost money. But when people, like me, get used to these bargains, it becomes more difficult to pay true market cost. I think that gradually increasing rental prices for timeshares are part of which will eventually restore economic sanity into this crazy anomalous market sector.
I used to rent last calls at places I would not otherwise go, just because they were so cheap. But now the price is just high enough so that I will not do that anymore. So it makes sense to me that these new prices will mean some drop in demand. But if the market does eventually sustain these prices, timeshare owners will benefit.