Susie, I'm glad you had a positive experience, I just couldn't send him the money and then wait until Feb. to find out if it was for real. I don't want to get to Cancun in high season with two kids and find out I don't have a place to stay and be out $1300 to boot. This man told me he rents out hundreds of timeshares all over the world and just doesn't want the paper work so he does it the way he does. I did hear from other owners who said that it is pretty standard to provide some verification of ownership and/or a reservation so that both parties are comfortable. I will just be more comfortable if I deal with an owner who operates differently. Trust, but verify is the way I'm going to deal with it. Since this owner seemed to reluctant to even entertain the idea of providing verification, I needed to move on as much as he did.

Go to tug2.com or mexicondo.com and rent from there.

I have heard that there are others who will rent to you without having an actual villa available -then at the last minute you may get stuck with nothing.

By the way- I have rented for a few years and was never asked to pay the full amount upfront from an owned.

(from an owner)

mom2qts, Thank you. I have looked at both of those of those sites and am working on some rentals through them. The tug2 message boards are very informative. I appreciate you replying. The tips may help those who have not heard of those boards. You do not have to join tug2dotcom to lurk on their board, but to post you only have to join the message board ( not tug itself). You can learn loads by observing and not participating.

Are you an owner at Omni? I asked another owner and he said that you should receive a "pre confirmation" one week after booking. Is this true? Just curious.

Christine

Also try omcancun.com for other rentals from Royal Resort owners. I know that as an owner at the Royals I have my own contract that shows the weeks I own for every year which I could copy and send someone. I also have my proof of payment for my villa maintenance fees that states my interval (week) and exact resort. For instance, I own week 12 at the Royal Islander. When I rent my week out I do ask for 100% up front and provide a letter giving use of my unit as well as a copy of my proof of payment of my villa maintenance fees for the week they are renting. I've never been asked for anything else but would consider more than what I offer unnecessary. I've rented from other owners of Royals (additional weeks) and never gotten more than a letter giving use of the week I've rented at a specific unit. I hope this helps.

Cheryl

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