Over the past few years the Timeshare industry in Sint Maarten has changed dramatically. Many of the Resorts have changed management company’s or developer owners, some multiple times. The Timeshare leaseholders have suffered enumerable violations of the “terms and conditions” of their leases. Due to the lack of a standard Timeshare contract each Timeshare Resorts leaseholder is on their own when it comes to violations of the terms of the lease by the resort management. No one group has represented all the Timeshare leaseholders until now. The laws of Sint Maarten have not addressed the Timeshare industry except as to the minimum standards on sales presentations due to the annoyance of the short term daytime tourist industry.
We have formed the Sint Maarten Timeshare Leaseholders Association. Our goals are to Promote and Protect Leaseholder Rights under their existing contract, Promote Timeshare owner consumer protection legislation for SXM, Promote Full disclosure by Timeshare management of yearly collections and expenditures of AMF’s, Provide a forum for the Timeshare owner to present their complaints as a cohesive group, To develop a standardized Timeshare resort rating system to provide the members a reporting system for complaints and resolution of issues, To promote the Timeshare industry in SXM for the benefit of all Timeshare owners.
These goals are the backbone of our organization. We propose to you the Timeshare owner to join this organization to protect your long term investment in Sint Maarten. We urge you to get involved in this organization, there will be many opportunities for you to control your “out of control” Timeshare lease, but you have to get involved. No one but you can voice your opinion or complaint; you are the member we need to form this organization for your benefit. The numbers are the key if we will succeed in changing the Timeshare industry for the benefit of all leaseholders.
Please take a minute of your day and preview our new website: http://www.sxmtsoa.com I hope it will help in your decision to join this association.
If you have any questions please email me directly, Rowiep [at] aol [dot] com
We are just now organizing this association; we are open to comments and suggestions on how to improve our goals and presentation. We welcome your comments and urge your participation. This organization is for your benefit, the leaseholder; it was needed many years ago, better late than never.
Thanks for taking the time to read this post, I hope to hear from you soon or see your name in the SXMTSO roster.
Rowie Percoco

Host: St. Maarten Pride Foundation
Type: Education - Lecture
Date: Saturday, June 6, 2009
Time: 4:00pm - 7:00pm
Location: Philipsburg Theaters

This event is open to the General Public. Ocean Conservancy's Jessica Koelsch will make a presentation on marine trash and marine entanglement issues. Tadzio Bervoets who currently heads the St.Eustatius Marine Park will also make a power point presentation.The highly acclaimed movie SHARKWATER will be played after the presentations.