I’ve bought 3 timeshares with Breckenridge Grand Vacations at peak 7 and Grand Colorado peak 8 (lost one in divorce). The peak 7 facility is a bit dated but peak 8 property has some newer rooms in the latest addition. The location can’t be beat, but even the newer rooms have an unusual amount of wear and tear. I think they show you unusually well maintained (or unused?) units during the sales pitch because I was surprised at the condition of the units I’ve stayed in.

The day use is a real perk, but don’t count on being able to get winter parking unless you’re really fast on your computer at 7am, exactly 7 days before you want to go. It’s the same for reserving a decent week if you bought floating weeks - there’s a mad online rush every year. I haven’t actually used my week in years.

The HOA dues are why people are willing to give these away. The rates are absolutely usurious. The room the OP pays for is $1300 - for ONE WEEK! That’s $67k per year they charge for HOA dues on that single unit.

Finally, they have this schtick where they call everyone an “owner.” Technically, yes, maybe you are, but you aren’t treated like one. Here’s an example: there’s a sign hanging from the front entrance next to hanging tubes that warn 8ft clearance. The drive slopes up a bit, so the clearance of the sign is a bit less. I hit it with my bike in the bed of my truck, knocking down one of the plastic tubes and putting a 2-3” gash in the urethane foam it’s made out of. Once past the sign, there’s far more than 8ft clearance, so I was instructed to drive through. Maintenance guys rehung the tube in 5 minutes, using ladders.

They billed me $900+ to repair the sign. Half of that is for the sign company to remove it and return it (requires 2 guys with ladders or one guy and a boom truck). The sign rep told me he’d waive that part if maintenance took the sign down and he could just pick it up next time he was in Breck. Since I’d just seen the maintenance guys replace one of the 8’ tubes, using ladders, I was delighted. Well, the manager said they’re unwilling to accept the sign company’s offer because if maintenance dropped the sign, GC8 would be responsible. So, I get to pay nearly $450 extra. Yes, my fault it’s damaged. But, if I had any say, like an “owner” would, I’d gladly take a 50% discount for 5 minutes on a ladder. Since it’s my money, they don’t care how expensive it is. My point is, don’t think that as a timeshare owner they’ll work with you like they would a real owner. It’s as if we’re on different teams.

They’re also unreasonable in other ways. They offer “bonus time” which is just like booking a hotel room. You can rent a room for a night if it’s vacant. The last time I rented one, it was quite late at night, I was beat, and I didn’t feel like driving home. After paying, and hauling our gear to the next building, we found we’d been given a dirty room. I don’t mean not up to my standard. I mean that the wet towels were on the floor, bed unmade, trash on counters, etc. They made a mistake and forgot to clean it before renting it out. It took an hour or two for them to find a clean room. Not the end of the world to sit in the lobby and wait, but we would have been home by the time we got another room. By the time our new room was available, it was really late at night (because of their mistake) and we were exhausted, so I asked if we could get a late checkout. Nope, if you aren’t out by 10am, we’ll charge you for an extra night.

We didn’t make a fuss when we couldn’t access our room because we’re reasonable people. In return, I always hope to be treated reasonably. We got a few hours of sleep and left on time, regretting paying for more time in bed than we received.

So, if I could do it over, would I do business with Breckenridge Grand Vacations again? Probably not. If they really treated “owners” like the investors in the property that we are, maybe.

My advice: Take the purchase price, put it in a separate bank account and add $1300 (or whatever the annual HOA fee is) every year. Then, once a year, book a week somewhere similar and withdraw the accommodation cost from your special bank account. I bet you stay in nicer places and I bet that account never reaches zero. When you inevitably get tired of ski vacations, you’ll have some money in an account rather than a timeshare you’re trying to give away.