Georgia,

Like you we are happy timeshare owners, but of the Towers, since our pre-construction purchase over twenty-five years ago, the only difference being we started out with one week back then and currently have four, all with no regrets and a lot of enjoyment.

We've never experienced a special assessment and we've never lost a week due to storm damage or other issues that many timeshares have experienced. There have been some bumps in the road, like our once upon a time parent/host resort being destroyed in a hurricane, but like the Timex watch, we kept on ticking.

That said, given the current climate of timesharing in general and on St. Maarten in particular, and given the passage of years and my own age, I don't think I'd buy timeshare anywhere if I were starting all over again. But I have no regrets and have enjoyed every week we've ever spent at our timeshare.

And if the OP is really serious, I'd suggest he/she know absolutely that they love the property and the rooms and weeks they buy so they might assure themselves they'd be happy with what they have years from now. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" />