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- Dec 11, 2006
you can pay for housekeeping but it's difficult to find a savings if you do.
And housekeeping still may not show up on the correct day if at all.
Bill
you can pay for housekeeping but it's difficult to find a savings if you do.
I felt just like you for years. I came close to buying DVC back in the mid-90s, but when I found out about the mousekeeping situation, I said "NO WAY! I'll keep staying at POR [well, Dixie Landings to me] where I get mousekeeping every day!" Finally in 2002, we fell in love with VWL, and bought despite the mousekeeping situation, because we knew that we could pay for daily mousekeeping and were sure we would. However, on our first stay, we never got "roundtuit" in ordering daily mousekeeping. Guess what-we LOVED not having it! And no one was more surprised than us. It was a great feeling to know that no one would come into OUR villa. Now we often request no housekeeping, at least not daily, when we stay at hotels.
Bill, while I don't think they're perfect, I feel they do better than you seem to. My experience is they consistently show up and constantly do the T & T. It's the replacements I find hit or miss, mostly the washing detergent and coffee.And housekeeping still may not show up on the correct day if at all.
Bill
Bill, while I don't think they're perfect, I feel they do better than you seem to. My experience is they consistently show up and constantly do the T & T. It's the replacements I find hit or miss, mostly the washing detergent and coffee.
I'm not making excuses only relating that IMO it's not as bad for me as it seems to be for you. I'm pretty flexible in such matters and find that if I call, any needed items are provided. Most timeshares in the US don't have a midweek cleaning, I'm surprised it's lasted this long.If they show up and only do part of their job, is that better than not showing up at all?
Scheduling seems to really be a problem, Mouskeepers don't seem to understand the DVC schedule, when you call the dispatchers don't understand and the CM's/managers at the front desk often don't understand.
I was talking to a manager at MS the other day and was told that one of DVC biggest problems is that the resorts do not understand the DVC difference.
Bill
I'm not making excuses only relating that IMO it's not as bad for me as it seems to be for you. I'm pretty flexible in such matters and find that if I call, any needed items are provided. Most timeshares in the US don't have a midweek cleaning, I'm surprised it's lasted this long.
DVC is different now IMO. They still have t&t but rarely do the Mousekeepers do what's on the list. Sometimes they leave a basket outside the door, sometimes inside the door, sometimes they leave the towels on the kitchen table, usually don't collect the trash.
Bill