The Wyndham exit

For years, part of the money that kept Fairfield Glade's amenities running came from timeshare interests rather than from resident homeowners. In 2025 that arrangement ended. Wyndham and eight timeshare associations exited, and Club Wyndham's timeshare operations at Fairfield Glade were reported as closing by the end of 2025. 1

The Community Club did not choose this. It is what happens when a large share of your income belongs to somebody else's business decision.

1. July 2025 Club Wyndham's timeshare operations at Fairfield Glade are reported as closing by the end of the year. 1
2. Late 2025 Wyndham and eight timeshare associations exit. The Community Club loses $2.55 million a year, about 11% of its revenue. 2
3. November 26, 2025 Sharp assessment increases are reported as the Club works out how to cover the loss. 4
4. December 1, 2025 The board approves the 2026 budget unanimously. 5

The departure removed $2.55 million a year from Community Club revenue, roughly 11% of the total. 2 3

• Annual Community Club revenue lost $2.55 million
• Share of total Club revenue 11%
• Timeshare associations that left alongside Wyndham eight

Eleven percent is worth sitting with. A household that lost eleven percent of its income would not trim a little. It would restructure. An association in that position has three levers and no others: charge members more, spend less, or find new revenue. The 2026 budget pulled the first lever hardest.

The board approved the 2026 budget unanimously on December 1, 2025. 5 At the time, the board president was Greg Jones and the chief financial officer was Jason Lambert. 4

• Monthly assessment $120 to $137 An increase of $17 a month on homes with sewer and trash service.
• Amenity reserve fee at closing $5,000 to $6,000 Paid once, by the buyer, when a property changes hands.
• Member food and beverage discount Eliminated

Note who pays for each. The assessment falls on every owner, every month, forever. The amenity reserve fee falls on the next buyer, once. The food and beverage change falls on whoever eats at the Club. Same hole, three different groups filling it.

The assessment page carries the full table, the trajectory, and the date the next budget is expected.

The board described the exit as a wake-up call, and presented the 2026 budget as a way to stop depending on unpredictable outside parties. It said the budget was built to avoid the risk of future special assessments, and that it deliberately excluded any income that might come from reselling the former timeshare units, rather than counting on money that had not arrived. 4

That last decision is the one worth noticing. Building a budget without the proceeds of a sale you hope to make is the conservative choice, and conservative choices in association finance tend to show up later as the absence of an unpleasant surprise.

Your monthly obligation went up $17, which is $204 across a year. If you use the Club's restaurants regularly, the loss of the member discount costs you more on top of that, and how much more depends entirely on how often you eat there.

The structural question is different from the arithmetic one. The Club's revenue is now more concentrated in its own members than it was, which cuts both ways. There is no outside partner who can walk away again. There is also nobody else to share the next increase with.

Two numbers change your arithmetic. The monthly assessment is $137 rather than $120, and the amenity reserve fee you pay at closing is $6,000 rather than $5,000. Budget for the second one specifically. It arrives in the same week as your down payment, your closing costs and your movers, which is exactly when an unexpected $1,000 is least welcome.

None of this argues against buying at Fairfield Glade. Plenty of people looked at the 2026 budget, decided the amenities were worth $137 a month, and went ahead. The argument is only for knowing the figure before you sign, and for asking the Club directly what the next budget is expected to do.

The list of questions to put to any property owners association is written for exactly that conversation.

Two things this page cannot yet tell you: what happens to the former timeshare units, and whether the 2027 budget holds the line or moves again. The first is a live question with money attached. The second gets answered around the first of December.