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Topic: What exactly is a "lockout?"
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IAMTHEWALRUS
TUG MemberPosts: 96
From: MILWAUKEE, WI.
Registered: Apr 2005
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posted 05-13-2005 11:50
   
This may be a dumb question. And I have an idea as to what it means. But I don't exactly know for sure. If there is a listing for a "3-bedroom lockout," what does that mean?------------------
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jkjsless
TUG MemberPosts: 37
From: Port Hope, Ontario
Registered: Mar 2005
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posted 05-13-2005 11:58
A 3 bedroom lockout is essentially a 2 bedroom unit and a 1 bedroom (or studio) that have an adjoining door. As the owner you have the option of using the entire unit at once or only using one "half" and trade the other "half". It essentially gives you the option of using your week as a 3 bedroom or get 2 one week uses, one of a 2 bedroom and one of a one bedroom.IP: Logged |
AwayWeGo
TUG MemberPosts: 1152
From: McLean, Virginia. Own at Cypress Pointe II (Orlando) & Lowveld Lodge (White River, South Africa)
Registered: May 2002
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posted 05-13-2005 12:07
When larger timeshare units can be subdivided into separate smaller stand-alone timeshare units in that way, I think of them as lock-offs. By contrast, in timeshare-speak, I think of lockout as what happens when you don't pay your fees & end up blackballed from getting reservations at the resort till you pay up. However that may be, as a practical matter the terms lock-off & lockout are both used pretty much interchangeably to denote timeshare suites that can be used as separate smaller units. -- Alan Cole, McLean (Fairfax County), Virginia, USA.
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Dave M
Administrator
TUG MemberPosts: 6794
From: Boston, MA
Registered: Dec 2000
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posted 05-13-2005 12:08
You might want to read/skim Steve Nelson's excellent Timesharing 101 in the TUG Advice section. There is a discussion of lockouts, as well as a host of other useful info about timesharing.IP: Logged |
ricoba
TUG MemberPosts: 912
From: Rancho Dominguez, CA
Registered: Jan 2003
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posted 05-13-2005 12:31
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Originally posted by IAMTHEWALRUS:
This may be a dumb question.
I personally don't think any question asked here is "dumb". Timesharing like lots of industries uses its own jargon. That's what I find helpful about TUG, experienced posters take the jargon and make it simple for the simpletons like me  Rick IP: Logged |
dennisokey
TUG MemberPosts: 167
From: Denver Colorado
Registered: Nov 2002
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posted 05-25-2005 16:39
That’s what happens when your wife gets mad at you!No really it is when you have a suite usually with three bedrooms and one bedroom is able to be locked-off from the main section. The “Lock-off” room has it’s own entrance and bathroom but typically no access to kitchen or living room except through a passage door that is able to be locked off.
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frenchieinme
TUG MemberPosts: 1928
From: Biddeford,ME,USA; Owner :Orlando,FL,, USA
Registered: Jun 2002
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posted 05-26-2005 16:52
If you are a visual learner, go to my webpage below and click on the "unit photos" section. You will find the 3BR lock-out/off floorplan. Click on the 3BR floorplan photo and it will enlarge for better viewing. The section to the right is the 2BR unit while the one to the left is the lock-off/out studio unit. This better describes what was said in prior posts. You will notice that both units when locked-off/out have their own individual entrance and in this case lanaii/screened in porch. The 3BR unit can be used as such (a 3BR) or it can be locked off into 2 separate units. This is a really neat concept.Hope this helps some. frenchieinme 
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