Impossible to sell or even give away this Gem?

Trade your week in to RCI and go wherever you want to. I have blue time and when I trade it in I usually get red time. Went to France for a week. Love it there. Vince

susanr212 wrote:

kathleeng62 writes -Maybe it is your attitude that people are put off by. Chill out, and enjoy what you have...you USA people should be ashamed of yourselves...Ask the Christie lodge to take your time shares from you, I am sure they will agree, as there are more deserving people , who would give there right arm to stay there.

Response -- FYI the timeshare I refer to is not a prime week. Apparently that is the problem, but please no more lectures.

I did ask the Christie Lodge once if the timeshare could just be given back to them and they said no, they said to try to sell it on an internet site.

signed - A USA person who is not ashamed of anything

How hard is it to sell or give away a Red Week in summer? Can't these also be traded for ski weeks? We enjoyed the resort but use is not practical now.

We have owned at Christie Lodge for thirty years, red summer 3 bedroom. We requested a exchange for our 50 Anniversary, but we're told the week we requested was a.white week one week from our red week, so we had to pay RCI to search. I asked for the Board of Directors contact info, but was never given the list. Beware of this mgt co.

I have the same problem as the original guy....We no longer ski so we haven't been in quite a while. We exchange through RCI but many of the places we want to go do not have Resorts, ie, big cities, historical locations, quiet get away from it all places!

We have a Red Winter, best time available, and wasn't able to even give it away, so we just pay the huge maintenance fee and count it a loss.

I still receive alerts when this thread is posted on, so I though I would update since I noticed that my previous messages have been deleted (not by me...maybe by someone from Redweek or Christie Lodge??)

Not too long after posting over three years ago I realized that despite all of my efforts on this site and any others (Luckily I only paid one of the myriad of scammer "advertisement" companies a fee of around $500 about 13-14 years ago to sell it but of course that didn't work) that this thing was never going to sell. I even tried to give it away and had one or two interested parties but ultimately they just backed out. FInally, I contacted Christie Lodge and PAID THEM something in the neighborhood of $2000 to just take the thing off of my hands (a summer Red Week).There is a lot of paperwork but at least I know it is legal and no one can ever come back after me again for the outrageous management fee. My sense at the time was they didn't like this fact advertised too widely, but of course there will probably b some other foolish consumer to buy in like I did.

I am surprised that anyone with a winter peak week would have as much trouble as I did but the fact is that Christie Lodge and most of the other Timeshare companies (and their marketing/sales arms) prey on people's ignorance about this entire industry. I was young and dumb and there wasn't the information about timeshares on the Internet that there is now so that you can research. There is a reason that they have the "3-day no cost backout" clause in most states for timeshares. Despite what I was "sold" on at the time, they are NOT an investment, they cannot be traded as easily as you think, and when you add up all of the trading and management fees, you would be better off just Pricelining a hotel.

Good luck to all owners who wish to free themselves from the Timeshare shackles like I did. Go through the timeshare directly, it will cost you a lot less in the long run.

Were you able to sell it?

I sold it back to the Lodge itself. I use the term "sold" loosely because I had to pay them to take it, something like $1500. I made that amount back in just over two years of saved maintenance fees. Never regretted paying them to take it from me.

I have had a red winter week at Christie lodge for over 30 years and trying to unloaded have only been pain maintenance fees

Eight years as in 2028? My parents have a week in September that we can't get rid of and never use. Thanks

How long ago did you sell it back? Who would I contact at CL in order to start the process? Thanks

I have sold my timeshare twice and they refused to accept the new buyers either time. Good luck getting rid of it.

I have a Winter Ski Week and can’t get rid of nor will Christie Lodge take back.

Buy my week for one dollar and I will pay the transfer fees!

romantic wrote:

Nothing is wrong with CL. We love it! In fact I just bought two more weeks. People that can't get rid of their weeks either have non-ski weeks or want too much for them.

Christie Lodge has been a scam for over 20 years now and continues to be. I hope this thread will be useful for the young and ignorant to the timeshare trap. Look back through this thread and see those touting how amazing this resort is, or how it was supposed to be sold in 2016 for $30M+ and all the owners were going to make a fortune. The deception rolls on: https://vacationownershipconsultants.com/highlands-resorts-another-christie-lodge-vendor-sued-for-sales-deception/

We owned over 30 years, good resort but tough to sell 3 bdrm unit. Maint keeps rising.

Can you explain to me the process of how to sell, give away, or quit claim a week? My wife and I greatly look forward to your help. Thank you. Roy Sheetz Royjsheetz@gmail.com

Hi Roy,

I recently took over a ski week at Christie lodge. It was very easy a couple forms for each party to sign and a $75 change fee for the new title.

Good luck! Jenn Ritchie

roys166 wrote:

Can you explain to me the process of how to sell, give away, or quit claim a week? My wife and I greatly look forward to your help. Thank you. Roy Sheetz Royjsheetz@gmail.com