CAI-NJ June 2021

C’mon, I ’m on Vacation By Don Cabrera, CMCA, Cabrera Property Management (The Down the Shore Property Manager) Rules? Often heard Resort Property Manager responses (with sarcasm): • Yes, beach towns and condominium properties have speed limits. • No, you can’t have beer bottles by the pool. Is that your empty case by the trash can? • No, you can’t park wherever you want. Where is your parking tag? • You must turn the gas on to light the grill. • Please, turn the music down. You do know it’s 10:00 pm? • No, you can’t put 10 people in your unit. • Please don’t hold the elevator door open. Use the button. • Your groceries aren’t cold enough? Call your rental agent. But you just put them in the refrigerator. • Poop in the pool! That baby is in a diaper and needs swim pants. We have to close the pool. • Didn’t you see the sign? It said “owners must” register CONT I NU E S ON PAGE 32

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O n any given Friday or Saturday in summer, traffic is bumper to bumper with vacationers and second homeowners traveling south on the Garden State Parkway trying to get to their vacation destination at the Jersey Shore. Many of these destinations are condominium proper- ties including “condotels”, condominiums that operate like a hotel/motel. Either way, the vacation market has shifted a lot to condominiums and away from hotels and motels. Many vacationers have made them their summer home or investment property. This is mainly based on the areas of the Wildwoods, NJ and Cape May County and could be the same at other beach resorts throughout the state. Resort attractions such as sun, fun, beach, boardwalk, dining out, socializing over dinner and drinks, and grilling out help take these travelers’ minds off the day-to-day stress of work and personal responsibilities. But one thing for sure is that people often forget that beach resorts and their condominium associations have the same rules as they do in their primary town.

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