Re: possible timeshares in argentina

Henry Wagner (henryw@panix.com)
Mon, 29 Dec 1997 21:21:44 -0500 (EST)


On Mon, 29 Dec 1997, Elena Espinoza wrote:

> $1000 a week is a bit much for six people, especially if
> we can get a hotel for about $75 a night for four people
> or $60 a night for three people....i think we should not
> look into time shares anymore....

Am I missing something? If it's $1000 per week, and 6 people can stay
there it works out to be

$1000/6 people = $166.67/week/person
$166.67/7 days = $23.81/night/person

That sounds *really* cheap to me :-)

Henry

>
>
> thanks,
> elena
>
> On Mon, 29 Dec 1997 lnarumanchi@kpmg.com wrote:
>
> >
> > don't have much time to research this right now, but, i can get us a time share
> > in the following places...
> >
> > bauen apart hotel
> > buenos aires comra condominium
> > catalinas suites appart hotel
> > plaza san martin suites
> >
> > all in buenos aires, room occupancy is i think six people and it runs i think
> > 1,000 usd for the week. i can check with my friend to see if more people can be
> > fit in w/o any penalty.
> >
> > otherwise, there is supposed to be a youth hostel there for 15 usd a nite.
> >
> > again, i need to get back to the apartment which won't be till much later tonite
> > to check out all the info the two guys from argentina gave me. the one guy did
> > mention that he had a "weekend" house outside the immediate area and it would
> > require taking a 30 min boat ride and then a 45 min bus ride to the city.
> >
> > don't know about that one, wouldn't be too feasible if you're not staying the
> > whole week i guess. he didn't mention how much he'd charge for it.
> >
> > the other option is the youth hostel they'd mentioned which they said is pretty
> > cheap for the nite. i looked into the BA herald and saw an add for apartments
> > and wrote to see how much a one week rental would be. we could cramp people in.
> > just remember your sleeping bags.
> >
> > from what rafael had said, most people will be parked outside from the nite
> > before vying for front row. as it is open admission. people can get trampled.
> >
> > i'll write more tomorrow, till then, any idea on who is keeping a current list
> > of people actually going? i haven't subscribed to that other listserv so i've no
> > clue what's going on there.
> >
> > still jetlagged,
> >
> > -=lata=-
> >
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