From the people I've talked to don't buy these things brand new when they're being built. Generally if you keep an eye on things you can pick them up for better deals off previous owners. My Parents got burned badly owning one in Can Cun in the late 80's and through the 90's. I talked to a few other people on a recent Cruse I was on who own them and there are a lot of Senior citizen types looking to get rid of ones that they own. One big problem was they paid full price to buy it in the first place, another factor was that they bought when the dollar was at around 85 cents. As time went on the dollar fell and those US only maintainance fee's became pretty costly. For the cost of that timeshare today...you can go to Can Cun and stay at an all inclusive for a lot less money, especially since you can get a discount flight there. Of course Hurricane Gilbert sweeping through and doing some nice damage in like 1990 didn't help either. So if you're buying in the U.S or a place where fees are in US dollars.....Keep in mind that historically the Canadian Dollar is usually lower than the U.S dollar and that you'll likely face an increase that you don't anticipate. Conversely though...had they bough in a place like Fairmont they probably would have done very well as the area has appreciated and they would have had currency stability to help keep the fees consistant.
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