Southern Sun Timeshare

All you need to know

Find out everything you need to know about timeshares and the benefits of joining the Southern Sun Resorts timeshare programme. Whether you’re planning on buying, selling, or renting a timeshare or you want to know more about Annual Reports or how to get in touch with the team, you can find out here.

Southern Sun Resorts timeshare ownership is one of the best choices for a flexible and affordable family holiday. To optimise the benefits of your South African timeshare, we recommend that you familiarise yourself with the various options available to you.

Sunswop

You can bank your unit with Sunswop and do an exchange at a later stage or immediately. As a Southern Sun Resorts timeshare Owner, you are automatically a member of Sunswop, an exclusive exchange facility developed owned and managed by Southern Sun. Not only does this allow you access to the Southern Sun Resorts portfolio, but with our RCI affiliation, you can choose from thousands of properties around the world.

To find out more about holiday destinations and exchange opportunities, please contact Sunswop on +27 11 258 1400, or Email: sunswop@memberservices.co.za

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Rental Pool

Another option available is the Rental Pool. If you are unable to use the week you own and you do not wish to exchange it for another period, you have the option of placing your week in the Resort Rental Pool.

All weeks placed in the Resort Rental Pool share the proceeds of the rentals received for that specific week less an administration fee. If you wish to make use of the Rental Pool service, kindly contact the Central Levy Office in writing, a minimum of 90 days in advance of the week you own. In addition, ensure that the Central Levy Office confirms your request in writing. Don’t forget, your levy must be paid before the week can be placed in the Rental Pool.

Private Arrangement

You may also give your week to a friend or rent it out privately. In this case, kindly notify the Southern Sun Resorts Central Administration Office in writing with the name, address, and telephone number of the people to whom you have given or rented your accommodation. Alternatively, this can be done online. The people with whom you have made this arrangement are also required to present a Guest Certificate from yourself upon arrival at the Resort. Please note that you may not rent out an exchange week.

Levy

As the registered Owner, you are responsible for the payment of your annual levy, irrespective of how you utilise your week. Levies are payable 90 days prior to occupation if you wish to occupy your timeshare week or to place your week in the Resort Rental Pool.

However, should you choose to deposit your week, levies must be paid prior to your unit being released by the Central Levy Office to Sunswop. Similarly, private arrangement confirmations can only be confirmed once the levy has been paid. Please contact the Central Levy Office for assistance in this regard.

If you wish to deposit next year’s week, a levy payment based on the current levy is payable before the deposit can be confirmed. Kindly request a Pro Forma invoice from the Central Levy Office. Any shortfall in the levy will be due when the levy statement for the following year is issued.

For further information on the Rental pool, Levy accounts and Resort facilities, contact the Central Office on +27 31 575 5280.

Should you wish to update your personal information, pay your levy, or view your account, please access our Member self-service portal.

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What is Timeshare?

Timeshare is shared holiday ownership with flexibility, that enables you to buy a share in Share Block Company.

This ownership gives you the right to occupy a specific room in a specific resort at a specific time. You also have full access to all the amenities and service facilities offered at the resort.

Timeshare enables you to secure your future holidays at excellent value.

About Timeshare, Purchasing, Selling and Renting

Timeshare is one of the best holiday investments you will ever make,
And to use the system to its fullest advantage, it is in your own interest to understand it.
You can afford the holiday of a lifetime!

Do I have to spend my holiday in the same place & time every year?

Not unless you choose to do so
Our exchange plan allows you to swop the holiday period for
- another period or season
- another Resort
- another size
- Of equal value.
- Both in South Africa and abroad
To keep the exchange equitable, taken into account is
- Seasons,
- Size and
- Grading of resorts
The weeks of the year have been divided into Seasons
- Peak is based on government school holidays.
- Red is based on high demand, e.g., private, or public holidays.
- White is based on periods of average demand.
- Blue is for periods of lower demand.
This enables time-sharers to exchange on a weekly or split week basis, with the above added advantages

What is Sunswop and how does it benefit me?

Sunswop is a premier holiday-exchange service exclusively for all Southern Sun Resort Timeshare owners. It’s private, it’s independent and it’s all just for you.

Timeshare owners at all our 7 Southern Sun Resorts gain automatic membership to Sunswop, providing you a one-stop port of call when you deposit your timeshare weeks and request exchanges into over 50 resorts here in South Africa or an additional 4000 resorts worldwide through our member services partnership with RCI.

You really will be spoiled for choice, and with the best exchange fees in the market at only R600 or R912 for exchanges in South Africa and as little as R2,458 for an international exchanges per week per unit, Sunswop offers you outstanding member services along with quality and affordable exchange options worldwide.

Sunswop an exclusive, private exchange facility developed by Southern Sun.
Southern Sun timeshare owners gain automatic membership to Sunswop
best position to take advantage of our preferential exchanges
At reduced exchange fees to other Southern Sun Resorts.
You entitled to exchanges in SA or Overseas, from 4000 affiliated resorts worldwide!

Which resorts are under the "Southern Sun Resorts" Umbrella?

We have some of the most desirable timeshare vacation spots in South Africa:

Beacon Island Resort in Plettenberg Bay
Cabana Beach Resort on the North Coast of KwaZulu Natal
Drakensberg Sun Resort in the Drakensberg
Pine Lake Resort in Mpumalanga
Sabi River Sun Resort in Mpumalanga
uMhlanga Sands Resort and North Coast KwaZulu Natal

What other options do I have with my Southern Sun Resort timeshare?

Rentals: an exclusive Rental Division
Exchanges: deposited weeks are valid for the year in which they are deposited and two additional years for exchanges

What guarantee do I have that my Timeshare ownership is secure?

The Share Block Company is run by a Board of Directors elected by shareholders. Directors are bound by the Companies Act and Share Blocks Control Act to report to the shareholders every year. In addition, the company is audited annually by one of the “Big 4” auditing firms. The timeshare programme is managed by one of South Africa’s largest and most experienced hospitality companies, the Southern Sun Group.

What are levies?

Levies are raised to cover the operating costs of your resort and to maintain and protect the assets of shareholders. We spend them on the same day-to-day maintenance & improvement projects that you would undertake to protect the value of your own home.

We build up a replacement reserve (of cash), to ensure that we not only maintain the standards of quality, luxury, amenities, and service but to improve them overall.

Directors approve the levies on an annual basis for each Share Block Company. Shareholders receive a copy of the Annual Financial Statements of the Company each year, which reflects the financial situation of the Company. You must pay your levy once a year for each unit you own, regardless of whether you have deposited your unit for accrual or exchange, placed it in the Resort rental pool or entered into a private arrangement. Your levy statement will be mailed to you five months before the beginning of the period you own, and the amount should be paid three months before occupation.

How do I go about owning timeshare at a Southern Sun Resort?

The Southern Sun Sales and Rental office will offer you the option of purchasing your holiday of a lifetime at affordable prices. Your ownership is in perpetuity and is an investment in your future holidays.

Southern Sun Timesharing is the only accredited sales and rentals agent controlling sales and rentals on behalf of Southern Sun Resorts. Contact them here.

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What is Timeshare?

About Timeshare, Purchasing, Selling and Renting

Do I have to spend my holiday in the same place & time every year?

What is Sunswop and how does it benefit me?

Which resorts are under the "Southern Sun Resorts" Umbrella?

What other options do I have with my Southern Sun Resort timeshare?

What guarantee do I have that my Timeshare ownership is secure?

What are levies?

How do I go about owning timeshare at a Southern Sun Resort?

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