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Advice needed please..

Catira

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I hope my fellow TUG members will share some advice and suggestions with me. The list is of the following resorts I own.
Royale Beach & Tennis Club, bought april 2008 for $800 on ebay with closing costs. RCI points account 44,100, MF is $768. My next timeshare is Wyndham, Ebay purchase for $560, 175,000 pts. Palm Aire.. MF $871.00 plus $65.00 property taxes.

I feel I don't have much points with either timeshare and would like to add another resort. For example, upcoming June trip at Bonnet Creek required 224,000 pts. I decided to rent the week from someone else, so I wouldn't need to borrow from my 2010 pts. Rental was $750.

Looking at a Wyndham purchase for 500000 pts with mfs of $193 monthly, are these too high?

I need the ability to have a strong trader since we usually only travel when the kiddos are on vacation.

There are many timeshare systems, Marriott, HGVC, etc. still attempting to educate myself.

Thanks so much for any and all advice:wave:
 
All of the fees went up so much for 2009, I don't think anything is high, as long as it is under $5.00 per 1,000. I try to keep our fees under $4.50 per 1,000, but a bargain today might not be a bargain in 2010.

My own personal experience with Kingsgate is a perfect example. I bought six of these when the fees were low, and even paid some special assessments that first year, just to have the low fees. The fees went up over .50 per 1,000 this year. So no more bargains at Kingsgate. This is the same with Patriot's Place, both in Williamsburg. Also, Fairfield Bay fees went up this year at a much higher rate than inflation. Those are also anything but bargains. :(
 
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