The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry
If you, like me, have ever owned a timeshare (and I feel sorry for you if you do), you know that vacation plans at alternate resorts take a lot of patience, time spent searching, luck, and money. Money for an RCI or Interval membership, money for the trade, resort fees and non-resident fees, all piled on top of the never-ending maintenance fees from your home property. I was elated when Marriott Vacation Club offered to take this albatross from around my neck: Goodbye Week 48, Birch Building #105, Streamside-at-Vail, Colorado! However, I had unused deposits with RCI and started looking where I could use them up. After hunting around for a place we wanted to go (not Branson again, even though there are always open units there). I found a resort in Treasure Island, Florida that was right on the beach! Gulf coast, just south of Tampa; white sand and sunsets! I made the trade which locked us into going there the week of our anniversary, beginning Sept. 29, 2018. It would be a week after...