Does Anybody here do the TimeShare thing?

[Rico]

Originally Posted by CC1

Maybe things have changed but years ago when I checked out timeshares by the time you added up the "maintenance" fees, "housekeeping" fees, etc the timeshare cost way more for a weeks stay that a nice hotel.

I am taking a trip to Hawaii at the end of January to cruise back from Honolulu to Los Angeles on a ship for five nights. We are going to stay four nights before the cruise in Honolulu. Hotels are very expensive there (at least the ones I want to stay at on the beach) so we are having to settle for less than what we want.

I did a ton of research on the internet and used tripadviser.com reviews and stumbled accross a place about two blocks from the beach that has a one bedroom suite with full kitchen for $117.00 per night (it is the offseason).

It is a "Celebrity Resorts International" property and when I went to their website it looks like it is part of a timeshare company.

I have a hard time believing that the folks who stay there through their timeshare pay less than the $117 per night I am paying.

By the way if anybody wants to contribute to the CC1 Beach & Ship ministry a mere additional $150.00 per night could get me into the beachfront hotel I really want to stay at!!!!

(Oh, the waves should be really big the end of Jan. first of Feb. while we are there so I have rented a convertible on Saturday to drive to the North Shore and hopefully see some cool surfing.)

Don't be such a tightwad! Spend the extra $33 a night to get what you want. You probly squeek when you walk, huh?