TimeshareGuru

Description — Diamond Resorts (formerly Sunterra Embassy Suites) Kaanapali Beach Club (DR KBC) Maui Hawaii for 7 nights - Offering 1BR Scenic View, Ocean View, and Deluxe Ocean View  for most available 2009 Jan-Apr dates!!  There is one Spring Break week at a higher rate. Please inquire about my rates for other units and dates (See below for my pre-reserved inventory, but I’ll gladly check any available dates!). I can provide Studios, 1BR and 2BR units at the Westin Kaanapali, sometimes the Marriott also!

Contact — Peter 714-328-7121, for photos see www.capecomputers.net and click on “Timeshares”, see below as well as a partial pre-reserved inventory at Pre-Reserved Units!

I’m a Platinum Elite owner and can place requests for you such as early checkin and room preferences! There are requests, not guarantees, but are often honored! The least honored request is for corner rooms (more successful when reservation is made 10-13 months in advance), but I have very good success with early checkin and ocean front units for the DOV reservations! You will be my named guest, which means you do not need to attend a timeshare presentation. Please also see my FAQ section just below the pictures!

AVAILABILTIY ON 12-Nov-08:

Kaanapali Beach Club
- * SV = Scenic View, OV = Ocean View, DOV = Deluxe OV which is in the ocean front section of this ocean front resort!
Prices for reservations less than 60 days in advance:
- Most of Nov-Dec! SV $650 PCa
- Most of Nov-Dec! OV $850 PCa
- Most of Nov-Dec! DOV $1,200 PCa
- 01/10/2009 - 01/17/2009 1BR DOV $1,200 PCa
- 01/11/2009 - 01/18/2009 1BR DOV $1,955 PCa drops to $1,200 on 13-Nov-08
- 01/12/2009 - 01/19/2009 1BR DOV $1,955 PCa
- 01/13/2009 - 01/20/2009 1BR DOV $1,955 PCa
- 01/14/2009 - 01/21/2009 1BR DOV $1,955 PCa
- 01/17/2009 - 01/24/2009 2BR OF Presidential $6,500 PCa - The ultimate 2BR Ocean Front Unit!
- Please Call for Availability!
- 2BR 22-29 Nov-08 $1,600 PC Thanksgiving!
- 12/19/2008 - 12/26/2008 1BR OV $1,095 (PC) - Christmas!
- 12/20/2008 - 12/27/2008 1BR SV RENTED!
- 12/20/2008 - 12/27/2008 1BR OV $1,095 (PC) – Christmas, 1 unit RENTED! 1 unit available!
- 12/20/2008 - 12/27/2008 1BR OV $1,195 (CH) - Christmas, 2 units RENTED! 3 units available!
Prices for reservations more than 60 days in advance:
- Most of 2009! SV $1,100 PCa
- Most of 2009! OV $1,450 PCa
- Most of 2009! DOV $1,955 PCa
- 01/04/2009 - 01/11/2009 1BR DOV $1,200 (PC)
- 01/09/2009 - 01/16/2009 1BR DOV $1,200 (PC)
- 01/16/2009 - 01/23/2009 1BR SV $1,100 (PC)
- 02/14/2009 - 02/21/2009 1BR SV $1,100 (PC) - 2 Units Available!
- 02/17/2009 - 02/23/2009 1BR SV $1,100 (PC)
- 02/28/2009 - 03/07/2009 1BR SV $1,100 (PC)
- 03/06/2009 - 03/13/2009 1BR SV $1,100 (PC) - 2 Units Available!
- 03/06/2009 - 03/13/2009 1BR OV $1,450 (PC) - 2 Units Available!
- 03/13/2009 - 03/20/2009 1BR OV $1,450 (PC)
- 03/20/2009 - 03/27/2009  1BR SV  $1,100  (PC)
- 03/20/2009 - 03/27/2009  1BR OV  $1,450  (PC)
- 03/28/2009 - 04/04/2009 1BR SV $1,100 (PC) - 2 units available!
- 04/04/2009 - 04/11/2009 1BR SV $1,100 (PC)
- 04/10/2009 - 04/17/2009  1BR SV  $1,300  (PC)
- 04/10/2009 - 04/17/2009  1BR OV  $2,128  (PC)
- 04/11/2008 - 04/18/2009  1BR SV  $1,300  (PC) - 2 Units Available!
- 04/11/2009 - 04/18/2009  1BR OV  $2,128  (PC)
- 04/18/2009 - 04/25/2009  1BR SV  $1,100  (PC)
- 04/18/2009 - 04/25/2009  1BR OV  $1,450  (PC)
- 07/03/2009 - 07/10/2009  1BR SV  $1,665  (PC)
- 07/03/2009 - 07/10/2009  1BR OV  $2,128  (PC)
- Other units are available!

Westin Kaanapali Original/South Phase
- * IV = Island View, OV = Ocean View, OF = Ocean Front
- Reservations made less than 8 months in advance do not have a view guarantee, but I almost always use OV and OF units for reservations!
- Other dates avail, please call!
- Nov-Dec Many last minute dates available, $1,250-$5,000!
- 2008 Studio $1,250, 1BR $1,500 and 2BR $2,750 thru my booking, other owner units can be higher
- 2009 Studio $1,800, 1BR $2,900 and 2BR $4,700 thru my booking, other owner units can be higher
- 11/15/2008 - 11/22/2008 Studio $1,250 PCa
- 11/15/2008 - 11/22/2008 1BR $1,500 PCa
- 11/15/2008 - 11/22/2008 2BR $2,750 PCa
- 12/21/2008 - 12/28/2008 Studio GV $2,000 (RH14o) - Christmas!
- 12/21/2008 - 12/28/2008 1BR GV $3,000 (RH14o) - Christmas!
- 12/21/2008 - 12/28/2008 2BR GV $5,000 (RH14o) - Christmas!
- 12/26/2008 - 01/02/2009 2BR IV $4,800 (DDr29a) – New Years!
- 12/28/2008 - 01/04/2009 1BR GV $3,500 (B22o) – New Years!
- 12/28/2008 - 01/04/2009 Studio GV $2,500 (B22o) – New Years!
- 12/28/2008 - 01/04/2009 1BR GV $3,500 (B22o) – New Years!
- 12/28/2008 - 01/04/2009 2BR GV $5,500 (B22o) – New Years!
Look! Ocean Front units for 4th of July 2009!
- 07/04/2009 - 07/11/2009 Studio OF/OV $2,200 (CH)
- 07/04/2009 - 07/11/2009 1BR OF $3,000 (CH)
- 07/04/2009 - 07/11/2009 2BR OF $5,200 (CH)
- 07/11/2009 - 07/18/2009 Studio OF/OV – two units $2,200/unit (CH)
- 07/11/2009 - 07/18/2009 1BR OF $3,000 (CH)
- 07/11/2009 - 07/18/2009 2BR OF $5,200 (CH)
- Call For Other Dates!
Westin Kaanapali North Phase
- Nov-Dec Many last minute dates available, $1,250-$5,000!
- 2008 Studio $1,250, 1BR $1,500 and 2BR $2,750 thru my booking, other owner units can be higher
- 2009 Studio $1,800, 1BR $2,900 and 2BR $4,700 thru my booking, other owner units can be higher
- 11/15/2008 - 11/22/2008 Studio $1,250 PCa
- 11/15/2008 - 11/22/2008 1BR $1,500 PCa
- 11/15/2008 - 11/22/2008 2BR $2,750 PCa
- Call for other dates!

ON-SITE AMENITIES: — Enjoy the comfort and service of a hotel with the independence and convenience of a condo complete with suites twice the size of luxury hotel rooms featuring oversized tubs and separate showers in the luxury bath.

Resort Highlights

• » Oceanfront restaurants, Beach, Parking On-Site (Resort may charge for parking)
• » Fitness Center, Spa, Barbeque, Game Room, 18 hole Miniature Golf Course
• » Outdoor One Acre Heated Pool w/ HUGE water Slide, Hot Tub, Kiddie Pool
• » 24 Hour Front Desk, 24 Hour Security, Safety-Deposit Boxes
• » Activities Dept, Concierge Assistance, Guest Services, Massage Services
• » Kids Programs, Babysitting/Child Care, Dry Cleaning, Gift Shop, Housekeeping Service, Laundry Facilities
• » And much more!

IN UNIT: — You can see more info at Kaanapali Beach Club.

Room Highlights

   UNIT OPTIONS
• » Select floors have Plasma TVs now and my Platinum Elite status can help put you in those rooms!
• » Balcony / Terrace (Lanai, a small number of units do not have Lanais, corner units have double Lanais!)
• » Partial Kitchen w/ Microwave, Refrigerator, Dishwasher, Sink, full galley counters, ask housekeeping for electric skillet in lieu of stove!
• » Granite counters and tile floors!
• » Whirlpool Jet Tub
• » Air Conditioning
• » 35″ CRT TV or Plasma TV, Cable / Satellite TV, DVD Player
• » Voicemail Answering Service, High Speed Internet Access

FAQ: — .

   Q&A
• » You allow 30 day refunds?
• » Well, not exactly. The EBay auction doesn’t allow me to enter the criteria correctly, so here it is:
• » - Reservations are generally non-refundable.
• » - If you need to cancel, you or I can find someone to take your reservation. If you provide the person, I’ll change the guest name for free. If I find someone I return 50-75% of your payment, depending on how much the new person pays and the time I spent finding them.
• » - For Diamond Resorts reservations only:
• » - If you pay $125 at time of booking, you may cancel until 75 days before checkin for any reason with full refund of the rental payment.
• » - If you pay $200 at time of booking, you may cancel until 21 days before checkin for any reason with full refund of the rental payment.
• » - If you pay $300 at time of booking, you may cancel until 05 days before checkin for any reason with full refund of the rental payment.
• » Do I have to attend a timeshare presentation?
• » No, not at all. You are my named guest and will be treated almost exactly the same as if I was using the resort.
• » Do we have to stay 7 nights?
• » No! If you book a 7 night stay but must arrive late it is important to let me know so I can notify the resort. Otherwise they might cancel your reservation. Guests have arrived 1-3 days late without problem because we properly notified. You may also book a stay thru me for 2 to 40 consecutive nights at any Diamond Resorts location.
• » Is the room guaranteed?
• » The winning or BIN bidder is guaranteed the specified unit or their money will be refunded. Pre-reserved units are already booked, so you have no concerns there (I can rent them to other people though, so make certain you let me know you are interested in it! If I specify a view type, you will receive that view type. Requests such as corner unit, unit with Plasma TV, 12th floor, etc, are requests and not guarantees, but are often honored. I’ll even request a specific room number if you wish! Corner unit requests are not likely to be honored unless made 10-13 months in advance. So far, 100% of my DOV reservations have been provided an Ocean Front unit, but a customer requesting OF and Plasma TV increases the chance of not getting one or the other request!
• » Where is the resort located?
• » Diamond Resorts Ka’anapali Beach Club 808-661-2000 is located at 104 Kaanapali Shores Place, Lahaina, HI 96761 in the Ka’anapali section of Lahaina Maui
• » Will I have to pay anything when I’m at the resort?
• » Yes, there is an occupancy tax of about $5/night and the resort might charge a $13/night parking fee. This is their official position on the parking fee, but none of my guests have mentioned to me about paying it. Any other fee would only be incurred if you took advantage of the Resort’s fee based services such as local calls, Kids Activities programs, restaurants, etc.
• » How do I know I have a valid reservation?
• » After I provide your confirmation e-mail you’ll be able to imediately call the Club number (877) 374-2582 to verify you are the named guest on the reservation. It is difficult to access people at that number though, I recommend you call the resort directly after 1-2 days at 808-661-2000 to verify you are the named guest!
• » How do I reach you if I need your assistance?
• » Call me at (714) 328-7121 anytime, you’ll also be able to e-mail me.
• » All the dates you list are F-F, Sa-Sa, and Su-Su. Can’t I check in mid week?
• » Yes, at Diamond Resorts I can check you in any day of the week! Mid week stays might be 10% more though, and stays other than 7 nights might have odd pricing. Fri and Sat each cost 30% of a full week stay and at times stays other than week long do not get the best prices.

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Description — Diamond Resorts (formerly Sunterra Embassy Suites) Kaanapali Beach Club (DR KBC) Maui Hawaii for 7 nights - Offering a 2BR unit 22-29 Nov-08!!  Other dates and units are available! Please inquire about my rates for other units and dates (See below for my pre-reserved inventory, but I’ll gladly check any available dates!). I can provide Studios, 1BR and 2BR units at the Westin Kaanapali, sometimes the Marriott also!

Contact — Peter 714-328-7121, for photos see www.capecomputers.net and click on “Timeshares”, see below as well as a partial pre-reserved inventory at Pre-Reserved Units!

I’m a Platinum Elite owner and can place requests for you such as early checkin and room preferences! There are requests, not guarantees, but are often honored! The least honored request is for corner rooms (more successful when reservation is made 10-13 months in advance), but I have very good success with early checkin and ocean front units for the DOV reservations! You will be my named guest, which means you do not need to attend a timeshare presentation. Please also see my FAQ section just below the pictures!

AVAILABILTIY ON 12-Nov-08:Kaanapali Beach Club
- 2BR 22-29 Nov-08 $1,600 PC Thanksgiving! - This is the featured unit
- * SV = Scenic View, OV = Ocean View, DOV = Deluxe OV which is in the ocean front section of this ocean front resort!
Prices for reservations less than 60 days in advance:
- Most of Nov-Dec! SV $650 PCa
- Most of Nov-Dec! OV $850 PCa
- Most of Nov-Dec! DOV $1,200 PCa
- 01/10/2009 - 01/17/2009 1BR DOV $1,200 PCa
- 01/11/2009 - 01/18/2009 1BR DOV $1,955 PCa drops to $1,200 on 13-Nov-08
- 01/12/2009 - 01/19/2009 1BR DOV $1,955 PCa
- 01/13/2009 - 01/20/2009 1BR DOV $1,955 PCa
- 01/14/2009 - 01/21/2009 1BR DOV $1,955 PCa
- 01/17/2009 - 01/24/2009 2BR OF Presidential $6,500 PCa - The ultimate 2BR Ocean Front Unit!
- Please Call for Availability!
- 2BR 22-29 Nov-08 $1,600 PC Thanksgiving!
- 12/19/2008 - 12/26/2008 1BR OV $1,095 (PC) - Christmas!
- 12/20/2008 - 12/27/2008 1BR SV RENTED!
- 12/20/2008 - 12/27/2008 1BR OV $1,095 (PC) – Christmas, 1 unit RENTED! 1 unit available!
- 12/20/2008 - 12/27/2008 1BR OV $1,195 (CH) - Christmas, 2 units RENTED! 3 units available!
Prices for reservations more than 60 days in advance:
- Most of 2009! SV $1,100 PCa
- Most of 2009! OV $1,450 PCa
- Most of 2009! DOV $1,955 PCa
- 01/04/2009 - 01/11/2009 1BR DOV $1,200 (PC)
- 01/09/2009 - 01/16/2009 1BR DOV $1,200 (PC)
- 01/16/2009 - 01/23/2009 1BR SV $1,100 (PC)
- 02/14/2009 - 02/21/2009 1BR SV $1,100 (PC) - 2 Units Available!
- 02/17/2009 - 02/23/2009 1BR SV $1,100 (PC)
- 02/28/2009 - 03/07/2009 1BR SV $1,100 (PC)
- 03/06/2009 - 03/13/2009 1BR SV $1,100 (PC) - 2 Units Available!
- 03/06/2009 - 03/13/2009 1BR OV $1,450 (PC) - 2 Units Available!
- 03/13/2009 - 03/20/2009 1BR OV $1,450 (PC)
- 03/20/2009 - 03/27/2009  1BR SV  $1,100  (PC)
- 03/20/2009 - 03/27/2009  1BR OV  $1,450  (PC)
- 03/28/2009 - 04/04/2009 1BR SV $1,100 (PC) - 2 units available!
- 04/04/2009 - 04/11/2009 1BR SV $1,100 (PC)
- 04/10/2009 - 04/17/2009  1BR SV  $1,300  (PC)
- 04/10/2009 - 04/17/2009  1BR OV  $2,128  (PC)
- 04/11/2008 - 04/18/2009  1BR SV  $1,300  (PC) - 2 Units Available!
- 04/11/2009 - 04/18/2009  1BR OV  $2,128  (PC)
- 04/18/2009 - 04/25/2009  1BR SV  $1,100  (PC)
- 04/18/2009 - 04/25/2009  1BR OV  $1,450  (PC)
- 07/03/2009 - 07/10/2009  1BR SV  $1,665  (PC)
- 07/03/2009 - 07/10/2009  1BR OV  $2,128  (PC)
- Other units are available!

Westin Kaanapali Original/South Phase
- * IV = Island View, OV = Ocean View, OF = Ocean Front
- Reservations made less than 8 months in advance do not have a view guarantee, but I almost always use OV and OF units for reservations!
- Other dates avail, please call!
- Nov-Dec Many last minute dates available, $1,250-$5,000!
- 2008 Studio $1,250, 1BR $1,500 and 2BR $2,750 thru my booking, other owner units can be higher
- 2009 Studio $1,800, 1BR $2,900 and 2BR $4,700 thru my booking, other owner units can be higher
- 11/15/2008 - 11/22/2008 Studio $1,250 PCa
- 11/15/2008 - 11/22/2008 1BR $1,500 PCa
- 11/15/2008 - 11/22/2008 2BR $2,750 PCa
- 12/21/2008 - 12/28/2008 Studio GV $2,000 (RH14o) - Christmas!
- 12/21/2008 - 12/28/2008 1BR GV $3,000 (RH14o) - Christmas!
- 12/21/2008 - 12/28/2008 2BR GV $5,000 (RH14o) - Christmas!
- 12/26/2008 - 01/02/2009 2BR IV $4,800 (DDr29a) – New Years!
- 12/28/2008 - 01/04/2009 1BR GV $3,500 (B22o) – New Years!
- 12/28/2008 - 01/04/2009 Studio GV $2,500 (B22o) – New Years!
- 12/28/2008 - 01/04/2009 1BR GV $3,500 (B22o) – New Years!
- 12/28/2008 - 01/04/2009 2BR GV $5,500 (B22o) – New Years!
Look! Ocean Front units for 4th of July 2009!
- 07/04/2009 - 07/11/2009 Studio OF/OV $2,200 (CH)
- 07/04/2009 - 07/11/2009 1BR OF $3,000 (CH)
- 07/04/2009 - 07/11/2009 2BR OF $5,200 (CH)
- 07/11/2009 - 07/18/2009 Studio OF/OV – two units $2,200/unit (CH)
- 07/11/2009 - 07/18/2009 1BR OF $3,000 (CH)
- 07/11/2009 - 07/18/2009 2BR OF $5,200 (CH)
- Call For Other Dates!
Westin Kaanapali North Phase
- Nov-Dec Many last minute dates available, $1,250-$5,000!
- 2008 Studio $1,250, 1BR $1,500 and 2BR $2,750 thru my booking, other owner units can be higher
- 2009 Studio $1,800, 1BR $2,900 and 2BR $4,700 thru my booking, other owner units can be higher
- 11/15/2008 - 11/22/2008 Studio $1,250 PCa
- 11/15/2008 - 11/22/2008 1BR $1,500 PCa
- 11/15/2008 - 11/22/2008 2BR $2,750 PCa
- Call for other dates!ON-SITE AMENITIES: — Enjoy the comfort and service of a hotel with the independence and convenience of a condo complete with suites twice the size of luxury hotel rooms featuring oversized tubs and separate showers in the luxury bath.

Resort Highlights

• » Oceanfront restaurants, Beach, Parking On-Site (Resort may charge for parking)
• » Fitness Center, Spa, Barbeque, Game Room, 18 hole Miniature Golf Course
• » Outdoor One Acre Heated Pool w/ HUGE water Slide, Hot Tub, Kiddie Pool
• » 24 Hour Front Desk, 24 Hour Security, Safety-Deposit Boxes
• » Activities Dept, Concierge Assistance, Guest Services, Massage Services
• » Kids Programs, Babysitting/Child Care, Dry Cleaning, Gift Shop, Housekeeping Service, Laundry Facilities
• » And much more!

IN UNIT: — You can see more info at Kaanapali Beach Club.

Room Highlights

   UNIT OPTIONS
• » Select floors have Plasma TVs now and my Platinum Elite status can help put you in those rooms!
• » Balcony / Terrace (Lanai, a small number of units do not have Lanais, corner units have double Lanais!)
• » Partial Kitchen w/ Microwave, Refrigerator, Dishwasher, Sink, full galley counters, ask housekeeping for electric skillet in lieu of stove!
• » Granite counters and tile floors!
• » Whirlpool Jet Tub
• » Air Conditioning
• » 35″ CRT TV or Plasma TV, Cable / Satellite TV, DVD Player
• » Voicemail Answering Service, High Speed Internet Access

FAQ: — .

   Q&A
• » You allow 30 day refunds?
• » Well, not exactly. The EBay auction doesn’t allow me to enter the criteria correctly, so here it is:
• » - Reservations are generally non-refundable.
• » - If you need to cancel, you or I can find someone to take your reservation. If you provide the person, I’ll change the guest name for free. If I find someone I return 50-75% of your payment, depending on how much the new person pays and the time I spent finding them.
• » - For Diamond Resorts reservations only:
• » - If you pay $125 at time of booking, you may cancel until 75 days before checkin for any reason with full refund of the rental payment.
• » - If you pay $200 at time of booking, you may cancel until 21 days before checkin for any reason with full refund of the rental payment.
• » - If you pay $300 at time of booking, you may cancel until 05 days before checkin for any reason with full refund of the rental payment.
• » Do I have to attend a timeshare presentation?
• » No, not at all. You are my named guest and will be treated almost exactly the same as if I was using the resort.
• » Do we have to stay 7 nights?
• » No! If you book a 7 night stay but must arrive late it is important to let me know so I can notify the resort. Otherwise they might cancel your reservation. Guests have arrived 1-3 days late without problem because we properly notified. You may also book a stay thru me for 2 to 40 consecutive nights at any Diamond Resorts location.
• » Is the room guaranteed?
• » The winning or BIN bidder is guaranteed the specified unit or their money will be refunded. Pre-reserved units are already booked, so you have no concerns there (I can rent them to other people though, so make certain you let me know you are interested in it! If I specify a view type, you will receive that view type. Requests such as corner unit, unit with Plasma TV, 12th floor, etc, are requests and not guarantees, but are often honored. I’ll even request a specific room number if you wish! Corner unit requests are not likely to be honored unless made 10-13 months in advance. So far, 100% of my DOV reservations have been provided an Ocean Front unit, but a customer requesting OF and Plasma TV increases the chance of not getting one or the other request!
• » Where is the resort located?
• » Diamond Resorts Ka’anapali Beach Club 808-661-2000 is located at 104 Kaanapali Shores Place, Lahaina, HI 96761 in the Ka’anapali section of Lahaina Maui
• » Will I have to pay anything when I’m at the resort?
• » Yes, there is an occupancy tax of about $5/night and the resort might charge a $13/night parking fee. This is their official position on the parking fee, but none of my guests have mentioned to me about paying it. Any other fee would only be incurred if you took advantage of the Resort’s fee based services such as local calls, Kids Activities programs, restaurants, etc.
• » How do I know I have a valid reservation?
• » After I provide your confirmation e-mail you’ll be able to imediately call the Club number (877) 374-2582 to verify you are the named guest on the reservation. It is difficult to access people at that number though, I recommend you call the resort directly after 1-2 days at 808-661-2000 to verify you are the named guest!
• » How do I reach you if I need your assistance?
• » Call me at (714) 328-7121 anytime, you’ll also be able to e-mail me.
• » All the dates you list are F-F, Sa-Sa, and Su-Su. Can’t I check in mid week?
• » Yes, at Diamond Resorts I can check you in any day of the week! Mid week stays might be 10% more though, and stays other than 7 nights might have odd pricing. Fri and Sat each cost 30% of a full week stay and at times stays other than week long do not get the best prices.

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OK, I’ve been writing off and on for about a month now, hoping to learn a few things about blogging!  I’m looking forward to seeing user comments, I mean REAL comments!  I receive 2-20 spam comments each day for drugs, sex, and other misc items I know nothing about!  So please be kind to me and let me know I have interesting words for you!  Let me know a few tips of your own for timesharing, such as what resort you like to buy with the best ability to secure exchanges for other resorts.  Or better yet, tell me a few things you like about your resort, the points system you use, the best discounts you receive and why you receive them (Direct purchaser, elite level achieved by buying xxx amount of units/points).  I’d love to hear what you don’t like (OK, Pandora’s box, don’t tell me everything!).

So go ahead and help me feel better!  Show me you like my simple blog!  Submit a real comment!

I’m receiving notices for annual meetings at a number of timeshares I own.  What strikes me as most inconvenient is Diamond Resorts International setting dates for proximity related resorts a week apart.  For example, the DRI US Collection owners meeting (Formerly Club Sunterra Vacations I, or the “Florida 19 Resort Trust) is October 14 in Las Vegas but the DRI Polo Towers annual meeting is on October 8.  What’s an owner to do if they want to attend both meetings?  Two trips to Las Vegas or an 8 night trip.  I think they do this on purpose in order to REDUCE the number of owners attending.  I haven’t been to the DRI Greensprings Vacation Resort and The Historic Powhatan Plantation Resort annual meetings yet but they used to be on two separate days, one day apart.  A gentleman who is a very large owner (far larger than me and I own about 250,000 annual Club points as well as about 30 contracts which are not in Club) said DRI changed the meeetings to be about a week apart to allow the resorts to better prepare and support owner needs.  What a bunch of popycock!  How is it better for owners who own at both resorts if the meetings are father apart?

Anyway, I’m going to create a page on my blog to keep track of the annual meetings for all resorts.  I’ll probably only add dates as I receive notices so it will take a year for me to list all the annual meetings for resorts I own.  Anyone who wishes to help me may contact me thru my blog, post comments for me, call me at 714 - three two eight - 7121 or e-mail me at bus01 @ mnop . biz or check out my websites to contact me www.TimeshareVacationNow.com or www.TimeshareRentalsNow.com

Here’s my initial list of owner meetings

DRI Diamond Resorts International

- DRI Daytona Beach Regency Wednesday, November 19, 2008, in Daytona Beach, Florida.

- DRI Greensprings Vacation Resort

- The Historic Powhatan Plantation Resort Sunday, December 2, 2007 2:00 p.m. EST, at the Bruton Heights Education Center, 301 First Street, Williamsburg, Virginia

- DRI Polo Towers October 08 2008 in Las Vegas

- DRI US Collection (Formerly Club Sunterra Vacations I, or the “Florida 19 Resort Trust) October 14 2008 in Las Vegas

ROYAL HOLIDAY CLUB ASSOCIATION April 24, 2008 at 8:00 a.m. local time at the Resort Hyatt Cancún Caribe Villas & Resort, in Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico

Wyndham Vacation Resorts

- Daytona Bech Ocean Walk on or about 22-May-08

- FairShare Vacation Owners Association Annual Meeting in Orlando on May 29 2008

I haven’t been keeping track of my current complaints, but heres a sample.  Note how some issues come back even after they get fixed!

21-Jan-08

• I submitted about 6 feedbacks, didn’t start recording them until the one below
  • In previous I said dates and location change back to an initial entered date after I last cleared my cache, too short time before my session is terminated, sometimes I get week before and week after but others I get only the week after when unite the week before are available, I could use a download ability, want to be a beta tester
• I am searching DBR and when I pass 17-Jan-09 the search results say there is no availability.
• 1) At the minimum this should search to 21-jan-09 for checkin, but since I’m in DRUSC (CSV1) I should be able to see to late Feb-09.  Yesterday I did a similar search for Feb-09, had the same problem, and had to call Club reservations to check the availability, which there was, right up to just before Race Weeks BIG SUNDAY on 15-Feb-09!  Why can’t I do it online?

22-Jan-08

• Hi, It’s Peter Chocholak again! 

-        When making a reservation the conf page does not show my room request information.

-        The e-mail confirmation also does not show the room requests I submitted.

-        After making a reservation I am not able to add a guest online.  I was able to do this on the Sunterra system.

-        When I need to look up an existing reservation, I can no longer (as I could in the Sunterra system) click ahead or to the end of my reservations.  I have about a dozen pages and if I need to get to the last reservation I must click a dozen times to get to it.

-        Currently the reservations are in conf order.  Please allow me to search and sort by conf number, resort, date, unit type, etc (search or sort on each field available in the Itinerary table)

24-Jan-08

-        The reservation search keeps “bombing” - yesterday I could close the page, start a new session, log out, log in, and get a search.  Sometimes I had to clear my cookies.  But today it just keeps bombing, or when I search for 7 nights it shows me avail for 3.  I think this last problem is because when I click the checkin date and then click the checkout, your system is running so slow it changes the checkout to 3 days after checkin even though I just set it to 7.

18-Mar-08

-        For the past few days the website is very slow for the login.  Once I reach the reservations page it’s not as bas, but still slow.

-        For three days now when I try to book a unit I am dumped to a page which says an error ocurred.  I believe it is due to my 0 available points in 2008, but I actually have 10,586 (soon to be less because I’m on the phone to make a booking) prepaid points remaining from “borrowing” from 2009.  Yesterday I was told I should still be able to book online since the system should first tell me I don’t have points, but then still allow since I actually have the 10,586.  I’m about to book using 1,200 points.

20-Mar–08

-        This is my second submittal, but for a week now the site is excruciatingly slow?  Is this happening to everyone or is it a direct result of when I borrowed 2009 points on

14-Mar-08?

-        Coincidentally my problems with the site began after I borrowed the points.  My 2008 bal is 0 but I still have prepaid 2009 points (about 10k) to use for 2008.  Peter 714-328-7121

24-Mar-08

-        I can only see contract 1351006 rather than all my contracts under the Summary Page

27-Mar-08

-        Hi! It’s Peter Chocholak 799522 again!  When I book a reservation online and add a guest, the confirmation page includes the guest and when I e-mail the conf it also includes the guest.  HOWEVER, if I book the reservation over the phone, then log into my account, the guest name is not shown online AND is not shown when I e-mail a conf!  I believe if I later log into my account to look at a reservation I made online, I have the same problem!

18-May-08

-        I see there is now an inline method to add/change a guest at a later time after making the intitial reservation!  I tried it today and while it would allow me to change the Guests’ e-mail, phone, address, it would not let me change the Guest Name (non-editable fields for FNam and LName).

-        My apologies for my “I can’t add a guest after the fact”.  I noticed the option to change farther to the right of the screen!  However, after I added the guest to the reservation and saved, I am returned to a home page.  Please return the user to the reservation which has just been updated!

LODGING-        Exchange No. 011490109 Confirmed To: 
Westgate
Flamingo
Bay 5625 West Flamingo Road
Las Vegas, NV, 89103  702-251-3435 • WFB Unit: UUU2 (2 bedrooms) Week: 21 Sun, May 27, 2007 to Sun, June 03, 2007-        http://www.expedia.com/pub/agent.dll?qscr=dspv&&itid=&itdx=&itty=new&from=m-        Expedia has good info on the resort, go to Expedia and search for “

Westgate
Flamingo
Bay”-        http://www.wgflamingobay.com/resort.asp-        I’m liking the BBQ, pool/hot tub, awesome looking room, and interesting activities-        Activities http://www.westgateresorts.com/resources/pdfs/activity_guide_flamingoBay.pdf

-        The activities are a bit more focused on kids than at the Grand Mayan Riviera Maya (Best resort I’ve Stayed at yet!), but there’s still hoops competition, ping pong, mini golf competition, horse shoes, a blackjack and poker night, a Pool Party BBQ, and wine and cheese social!  They also have board games, water basketball and water volleyball, shuffleboard (old folks, look out!), but the morning exercise walk was disappointing.  I mean, take me on a walk to see something interesting.  If I want to walk thru boring neighborhoods I can do that on my own!

ACTIVITIES

-        Legends of the Fall - great impersonators  [we got these at the half price ticket places]

-        Cirque du Soleil:  KA (awesome) and Zumanity (interesting but not a performance to go back to)

-        Lance Burton - best magician in Vegas.  He’s not as campy or flashy and doesn’t profit off of exotic animals. He just puts in an honest  night’s work making stuff disappear and reappear, with a great deal of square humor.  At The
Monte Carlo, 702-730-7160. Wednesday-Saturday, 7 p.m.; Saturday 10 p.m. Price: $66.50 and up.

-        UltraLounges

1.     Caramel, Bellagio Hotel Hours: Nightly, 5 p.m. to 4 a.m. Cover charge: None Information: 702-693-8300

2.     Light, Bellagio Hotel Hours: Thursday through Sunday, 10:30 p.m. to 4 a.m. Cover charge: $20, or complimentary for local women Information: 702-693-8300

3.     Risqué, Paris
Las Vegas Hours: Wednesday through Sunday, 10 p.m. to 4 a.m. Cover charge: $20 for men, $10 for women and local men, complimentary for local women Information: 702-946-4589 At Risqué, the male and female restrooms are separated by a translucent wall creating silhouetted views of the opposite gender.

4.     Tabu, MGM Grand (

5.     Mist,
Treasure Island Hours: Nightly, 4 p.m. to 4 a.m. Cover charge: None Information: 702-693-8300

6.     After a decadent dinner at Ah Sin, the stylish pan-Asian restaurant downstairs, couples can nuzzle on private terraces and enjoy treats by a French pastry chef at the city’s first free-standing dessert bar. Unattached patrons can ogle female servers in short black dresses or, at one of the bars, Kama Sutra dolls in various sexual positions.

7.     Playboy Club/Moon Nightclub (The Palms? 4321 W. Flamingo Road; 702-942-7777; cover $40), a unique two-in-one ultralounge and dance club connected by escalators and a uniform cover charge on the 52nd and 53rd floors of the Palms’ new Fantasy Tower. The lower level is the sleek Playboy Club.  For a more energetic experience, there’s the upper-level 12,500-square-foot Moon Nightclub with the only retractable roof over a dance floor in
North America.

8.     Pure (

9.  Light (

10.  Ghostbar - exquisite sidelong view of the Strip (

11.  Studio 54 (

12.  Tangerine Lounge & Nightclub (Treasure Island

13.  Seahorse Lounge One of the cutest, most clever lounges in Las Vegas is the Seahorse Lounge (

-        First Friday - (702-384-0092), a monthly four-hour crawl among about 50 galleries, restaurants, thrift shops and other funky locales in downtown
Las Vegas. The event usually runs from 6 to 10 p.m., with a special trolley that ferries attendees between nine stations in an area of about two square miles. This event was generally disappointing.  It is not comprised of attractive arts as the
Laguna Beach art & wine (held first Tuesday or Thursday each month), and most places offering refreshments charged for them.  This is more of a teenagers’ street fair with twenty somethings in funk also having fun.  In my opinion, even for the twenty somethings this event would rate fairly low, except for the possibility
Las Vegas doesn’t offer them anything better.  There are many antique stores with amazing collections, but you won’t find any bargains.

Remember me when you’re booking lodging!  Peter 714 - three two eight - 7121 www.TimeshareVacationNow.com and www.TimeshareRentalsNow.com

It’s bad enough that DRI changed their buyback program.  If you didn’t know, DRI has a buyback program where (until mid 2008) an owner who paid $16,000 for a timeshare could sell it back to DRI for $800 to $2,000.  That sounds pretty bad, especially since DRI re-packages the timeshare into its sales program and re-sells it effectively for $5,000 to $20,000.  But since mid 2008 DRI now buys those units for $100 to $700 and charges the timeshare owner $300 to $600 to transfer the unit back to themselves!  DRI often charges more to transfer a timeshare back to itself than timeshare closing companies do!

Add to that a new policy in Jul-08 where DRI has decided to charge a $250 transfer fee for all sales and transfers (except in a few cases where legally they are not allow to), and their 2008 $70 assessment to Club owners (Club owners pay about $155 to $300 each year depending on ownership/membership type) which might be incorporated as a standard additional fee.

But what really rips me today is what appears to be a new policy affecting Club owners with short term reservations made at their own resorts.  Until June or July 2008, owners in Club were allowed to reserve at their resort anytime of the week without incurring a 10% point premium other Club owners would pay if they were not direct owners of the resort.  This was true regardless of whether the reservation was made 60 days or more in advance, or during the discount window of less than 60 days in advance.  For the past two months I have had to call central reservations becuase the DRI website has included the 10% premium.  When I called in and explained I was an owner at the resort, the reservations people, after conferring with their supervisors, would properly adjust the reservation to remove the 10% premium.  However, today I was told this had not been policy EVER.  Even after providing dozens of examples and asking to elevate the issue to a lead, then a supervisor, DRI would not admit they implemented a policy change.  After extensive review of documents and examples DRI finally admitted deeded owners were not subject to the 10% mid week premium at their resorts, but any discounts available for sub 60 day stays were based on “THE STANDARD POINTS RATE” for the reservation.  As DRI sees it the standard rate for mid week checkin is 10% higher than checking in Fri/Sat/Sun and as such I now pay 10% more.  They now view my rate during the week as a waiver of the standard rate rather than an exemption to the 10% premium.

Clever of them, I must admit.  Now if I just could contact a large enough group of owners to consider alternatives to DRI managing our Club membership, or other such actions to regain control of our benefits … call me or comment!

Well, I finally bought a rare 2BR unit on the resale market at the DRI Kaanapali Beach Club.  My primary intent is to re-sell it but I want to be a weeks owner for a while so I can see how the resort reservations works compared to the corporate Club reservations.  In the process I am experiencing one of the most troublesome closing experiences ever.  The company selling the unit to me is great, and is very customer service focused in resolving problems.  But Summit Title in Orlando, FL 32801 is HORRIFIC!  They fail to deliver documents, then want to charge a fee to “re-deliver”, then deliver docs via e-mail in 8.5×14″ (Legal) format for std 8.5×11″ docs (when I attempted to print, the top of the docs got cut by my printer since it didn’t know what to do with the 14″ doc), and since I’m buying two time shares from the seller, Summit Title mixed the paperwork together.  When they send e-mail they refer to one timeshare in the header but discuss the second timeshare in the message!  Very confusing.

In the meantime www.timesharetransferonline.com recorded a deed from another seller which referred to two different fixed week units.  They have been very responsive in fixing the problem, but took 5 months to complete the close.

I do my own closings now when I sell timeshares.  I completed a close in 40 days for a DRI Powhatan Plantation this month, my first closing!  I don’t understand why it takes closing companies 60-90 days to do the job.  Check me out www.capecomputers.net and soon www.timesharevacationnow.com and www.timesharerentalsnow.com

Depending on how long the timeshare has been owned, or the policies of the timeshare company/resort, units at the same resort can be weeks or points based, or both.

I was reading the forum at Redweek yesterday and ran accross a number of posts complaining about re-sale company scams.  The primary complaint of course is when Sales Departments make assurances they can get your unit sold or rented for prices so lofty, you deserve to lose the money you pay them because you should know better!  PEOPLE, PLEASE.  If I told you I had a buyer for your car willing to not only pay more than you want for it, but more than you paid for it, YOU SHOULD KNOW BETTER than to pay anything in advance to get it sold.  Why then, do so many people agree to pay (more than once it seems) based on false promises common sense can often discern the truth of?  But I digress …

What is not so easy to avoid is being scammed by your resort or timeshare company.  You’re an owner, your company is there to take care of you, right?  In our world there always comes a time when you must rely on or trust others.  We are supposed to build relationships on trust and trustful interaction.  Timeshare companies often don’t participate in this type of relationship though.  For them the relationship is based on money and profit.  They appear to lose sight of the possibility they can be profitable if they take care of their owners, choosing instead to be profitable at the expense of owners.  Diamond Resort International is a cse in point.  We all know timeshare resale prices are far less than direct purchase prices.  There are many facotrs, including professional sales staff working for the sdevelopers and developer budgets for marketing.  The individual timeshare owner does not have this marketing muscle.  The timeshare resale vultures make it worse, since they charge fees and for the most part do not exert a significant effort to market the resale units.  After all, what incentive do they have once they get the owners’ money?  Owners also act as individuals, people who will lower the price of their units to get them sold which causes buyers to learn they can always wait to get a great deal.  There’s noghting wrong with this, but it hurts all the direct purchase owners tremendously.

Diamond Resorts international (DRI) takes this one step further.  They are happy to sell you a timeshare  for top dollar, then buy it back from you for less than market value.  That’s right.  DRI has a buyback program which is not made known to many people.  In fact, often when owners need to sell their units and they call DRI about buying their units back, DRI will state they have no program to do so.  In fact though, they do.  However, that $20,000 timeshare you bought last year they are happy to buy back for $3,000 (if that)  and they will charge you over $500 in closing fees to boot!