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Re: the manhattan club (by June D.):

richard484 wrote:

We own a Junior Suite and a One Bedroom Suite at the MC. We used the Junior suite for four days in October and three days in November. In both cases, we stayed in suites that had been renovated and were in excellent condition. We used the One Bedroom suite in April and will go again next week. Again, the room we used in April was excellent. My problems with the MC are the unreasonably high maintenance fees and the fact that you have to reserve rooms 9 months in advance, especially if you want a Saturday stay. Their stated reason why booking is such a problem is that several rooms have been unavailable for use due to the renovation. We were told a year ago that the renovations would be complete within a year and the booking problem would no longer be an issue. However, the problem is still present and I still book 9 months in advance.

Maintenance fees have more than doubled since we bought and are now approaching $2000/week. This happened when the owner ended his sponsorship. Since he is still selling units, I don't know how he can get away with this. Moreover, management services(telephone reservation personnel, etc.) is charged at 20% of our maintenance fee. The 20% calculation was reasonable when the maintenance fee was $800 but not when the maintenance fee is $2000. I am quite certain that the employees have not received a 100% increase in pay in the last two years. This is a question we should raise to the board.

If maintenance fees are not held in check, I will be selling my units as well.

Richard,

I also flipped when I found out how much the maint. fee was up to this year. I called the next day to complain. I was ready to put my week up for sale. I wanted to check prices first . I went on Mariott Marquis' website to book a room for President's week. The closest thing they had to my one bedroom, 2 bath unit was a suite with no kitchen and one bath for $963.00 a night. I don't like the garbage I have to put up with to get a res. at the MC. What I like less would be having to pay almost $1000.00 a nigfht to stay in Manhattan. I have many issues with the MC . However, I love going into Manhattan and the $1975.00 a year is a lot less expensive than a hotel.

June