1/27/16 Timeshare Is Not Being Cool?

    I have mentioned before that we bought a timeshare.  It was working good enough that we even bought from just having access in odd years, now we have full membership.  Last year, we spent Spring Break in Galveston in a two bed/two bath condo, year before we went with my folks out by Lake Palestine, same unit type, 2 bedroom/2 bath. 
    I told Wife I was very fluid when we bought in to the idea of the timeshare.  As long as we can get a unit when we want it, it will be cool.  I am open to almost anywhere, except the location up in Maine because it looks so far away.  Well guess which is only place that has availability for Spring Break?  Yup, up in Maine.  I dread the idea of a thirty hour drive for just the three of us, Boy does not join us anymore for Spring Break.
    I cannot believe that every unit in all 13 places are reserved.  She called and talked to somebody, they said there is no availability through June.  What kind of shit is that?  We are paying almost $400 a month and they can't get us a unit?  We knew we wanted someplace for Spring Break, but they don't let you just reserve anytime.  You have to be within three months, so we wait, we follow the rules, and this is what we get.  The good thing is we don't have to use it this year, we could let the week sit around until 2017, as long as we are in good standing.
    So now the question is "do we say fuck it and default"?  We have never done this before, but is a timeshare a real property thing, would we be penalized?  If we buy something and we can never use it, because it is always full, what are we getting out of it?
    In theory, I loved the idea of the get away weekends, which we could use any three days followed by seven days of non-activity, then we could go another three days and on and on.  The reality is that we are always too busy to do anything as free as that.  I do believe some day, when the kids are fully grown, we will be able to travel light and fast, just Wife and me, but we will see.
    Wife says that now we can split our week, so if we do use it during the summer after 4th of July, we can do a four day weekend maybe in Galveston, and another three day weekend somewhere else, closer to the house.  I only have so many days I can take off.  Another thing we could do is save this year's week and use it next year and get two condos side by side at same time to go either with family or with friends.  That would be cool, last year in Galveston, it was nice, but four days in or so, it got a bit too quiet and relaxed.  I like having people joining us to add that wooh hoo factor.