A.D.
We're not members of Starwood but Interval International and while there are monthly maintenance fees - ours are around $25 a month. We wouldn't give it up. We did our honeymoon essentially for free - booked our week at our resort in St. Maarten and flew on my hubby's frequent flier miles. There are nominal room charges on some tropical islands and there are change fees for using a different resort and upgrading to a larger condo. We have use every other year and you can bank weeks so you can use 2 of them in one year etc. We've stayed in Breckenridge, CO with my parents; St. Maarten twice; and Orlando once. The only time we had to pay extra was Breckenridge because we upgraded to a 2 bedroom condo from a studio. This year we're sending my brother & his new wife to St. Maarten for their honeymoon instead of using it for ourselves. We've gotten our use out of it and we'll continue to do so. If you think you won't use it according to their terms, then don't buy into it.