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Re: Timeshare industry has government's attention
[Re: SXMWendell]
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01/13/2015 10:53 AM
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Who knows? Frankly I doubt they pass anything regardless..
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Re: Timeshare industry has government's attention
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01/13/2015 11:48 AM
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I agree Carol, it looks good to put these things on paper. However, actually doing something to bring them to pass is a whole different story!The government in SXM has so many different problems, I feel timeshares are at the bottom of their list.
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Re: Caravanserai T/S Owner? Write!
[Re: SXMWendell]
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01/14/2015 11:24 AM
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Wendell,
I'm sure he meant to say "A 'former' Caravanserai owner.
As a long-time visitor and timeshare owner, I'd love to see reforms in the way timeshare properties are able to weasel out of their contracts, always with a few exceptions of course, but I really doubt I'll live long enough to see anything positive enacted and the timeshare owners receive the respect they deserve through from the hands of the St. Maarten government. After all, timeshare owners are only the branch of visitors who return year after year, week after week and support all phases of the island economy when the 'season' is done as opposed to those who come during the season and so often move on to other locations throughout the balance of the year. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" />
Respectfully,
pat
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Re: Caravanserai T/S Owner? Write!
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01/14/2015 02:59 PM
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As a timeshare owner at Port de Plaisance; we've seen a 5* resort drop to a level that has become intolerable. Construction has been ongoing for the past 4 years and we've tolerated conditions beyond what some might call "liveable". The MF keeps going up every year too and we haven't seen anything for it! When we were there in May; it looked like a war zone (unfinished units with no walls and hanging wires, plywood blocking off all areas) and the unit we were given was horrible (broken phone, mold on the lanai walls, broken balcony furniture, old, old worn furniture in the living and bedrooms, old torn draperies, stained bedspreads and sheets, filthy kitchen, and the list goes on. Oh, and no pool access unless you wanted to walk over to the country club behind the casino.
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Re: Timeshare industry has government's attention
[Re: Carol_Hill]
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01/15/2015 07:49 PM
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One point to keep in mind, Wendell, is that the US renter is doing exactly that: simply renting. He/she did not purchase the apartment. The former Caravanserai timeshare owners were never considered renters as each family had PURCHASED a unit. This is like comparing apples to oranges, as the US has timeshare laws in place and the island of SXM has none. It's all talk, talk, talk by government officials -with no action.
We'll see what happens in the court of law because a precedent will take place. That is, as ownership of resort properties change hands in the future, it could well be that any resort on the island can be reshaped into a hotel such as Alegria is trying to do, and null-and-void those contract agreements, regardless of who the new owner is and where he resides, and whether or not a bankrupt took place. St. Maarten will become known as the Wild, Wild West and not the Friendly Island. I do believe that if the final ruling is not in the former Caravanserai owners' favor, every timeshare unit owner on this island will shudder -with hope that this not happen to them, too. It's history in the making.
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Re: Timeshare industry has government's attention
[Re: San]
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01/15/2015 08:50 PM
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Sorry--Caravanseri owners "purchased" a unit?? If you're buying a t/s, you are not "purchasing" a unit. You are buying the right to use it for a particular week. We may be talking semantics here, but semantics are important. My understanding is that the one building is only whole owners who purchased the entire year in their units, and I think they didn't lose their investment, although I'm not exactly clear on that. But in no manner can t/s owners be considered to be "purchasing" a unit.
But regardless, the situation is, or should be, cause for unease with any t/s owner..
And I am confused--I thought the Caravanseri t/s owners had just flat out lost their court challenge. Is it still going on?
Carol Hill
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Re: Timeshare industry has government's attention
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01/17/2015 10:17 AM
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TS tenants evicted from the old Caravanseri. article here SXM??? Wendell
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Re: Timeshare industry has government's attention
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01/17/2015 01:52 PM
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Yes, that story was definitely lacking in details..
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