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First, I've been doing some reading of the various, excellent FAQs and resources, as well as posts, and am very happy to have found this forum.
We just purchased and then cancelled a 2 bedroom lockout at the Maui Ka'anapali Ocean Resort North. Bought it Wednesday (I lost control of my wife in the sales presentation ) but sent in the rescission form today to cancel the sale under the 7 day limit. The information on this site was of great use in persuading her that cancelling was the right thing to do, so thanks in advance for that!
We were talking about what we would really like in a timeshare...how much we'd like to spend and where we would want to go repeatedly, and agreed that we really aren't interested in Hawaii. We like it there, but not enough to go every year, or even every other year. We live in San Diego, so we have plenty of good weather and beaches already....
We came up with the Westin Mission Hills Resort in Rancho Mirage, CA (near Palm Springs) as one potential. We go to the nearby Pacific Life Open (major professional tennis tournament) in Indian Wells each year, which is only a 15 minute drive away, and the Mission Hills resort info mentions tennis courts and a "tennis program" so that might be a good fit.
We'd spend five to seven days at Mission Hills to see the tournament, play some tennis, and do some relaxing, and then try to trade to some other sites for the other days. We live only a couple hours away from the resort, so it's easy access, which we like.
My "noobie" questions are:
- From what I've read, if we buy resale, then we lose the ability to convert our resort Star Options points to hotel star points for hotel stays. We could still use the Starwood program to try to trade for other Starwood resorts, could rent our unit, or also use II, etc. have I got that right?
- How can I find out what the annual MF (see, I'm learning the acronyms!) is for the Mission Hills resort? It appears to be approx. $1,200, but was looking for a way to confirm that.
- Anyone know anything about the courts/program at Mission Hills? I found some information on it, and it sounds pretty good, but was wondering if anyone here had experienced it...
- What's a good way to find out what other timeshares are available in the same area that might fit our needs?
- We like the 2 BR lockout option, and would likely split the rooms - use 1/2 of our "villa" for the tournament, and try to trade the other half for a stay in another resort each year. How likely are we going to be to be able to get into another location on an annual basis?
Any comments on our thought process and key things to beware, avoid, or focus on would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
We just purchased and then cancelled a 2 bedroom lockout at the Maui Ka'anapali Ocean Resort North. Bought it Wednesday (I lost control of my wife in the sales presentation ) but sent in the rescission form today to cancel the sale under the 7 day limit. The information on this site was of great use in persuading her that cancelling was the right thing to do, so thanks in advance for that!
We were talking about what we would really like in a timeshare...how much we'd like to spend and where we would want to go repeatedly, and agreed that we really aren't interested in Hawaii. We like it there, but not enough to go every year, or even every other year. We live in San Diego, so we have plenty of good weather and beaches already....
We came up with the Westin Mission Hills Resort in Rancho Mirage, CA (near Palm Springs) as one potential. We go to the nearby Pacific Life Open (major professional tennis tournament) in Indian Wells each year, which is only a 15 minute drive away, and the Mission Hills resort info mentions tennis courts and a "tennis program" so that might be a good fit.
We'd spend five to seven days at Mission Hills to see the tournament, play some tennis, and do some relaxing, and then try to trade to some other sites for the other days. We live only a couple hours away from the resort, so it's easy access, which we like.
My "noobie" questions are:
- From what I've read, if we buy resale, then we lose the ability to convert our resort Star Options points to hotel star points for hotel stays. We could still use the Starwood program to try to trade for other Starwood resorts, could rent our unit, or also use II, etc. have I got that right?
- How can I find out what the annual MF (see, I'm learning the acronyms!) is for the Mission Hills resort? It appears to be approx. $1,200, but was looking for a way to confirm that.
- Anyone know anything about the courts/program at Mission Hills? I found some information on it, and it sounds pretty good, but was wondering if anyone here had experienced it...
- What's a good way to find out what other timeshares are available in the same area that might fit our needs?
- We like the 2 BR lockout option, and would likely split the rooms - use 1/2 of our "villa" for the tournament, and try to trade the other half for a stay in another resort each year. How likely are we going to be to be able to get into another location on an annual basis?
Any comments on our thought process and key things to beware, avoid, or focus on would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
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