Organization And Basis Of Financial Statement Presentation (Policy)	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2020
Organization And Basis Of Financial Statement Presentation [Abstract]
Basis Of Presentation	Bluegreen Vacations Corporation is referred to in this report together with its consolidated subsidiaries as “Bluegreen Vacations”, “Bluegreen”, “the Company”, “we”, “us” and “our”. Bluegreen has prepared the accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“GAAP”) for interim financial information. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements.
Our Business	Our Business We are a leading vacation ownership company that markets and sells vacation ownership interests (“VOIs”) and manages resorts in popular leisure and urban destinations. Our resort network includes 45 Club Resorts (resorts in which owners in the Bluegreen Vacation Club (“Vacation Club”) have the right to use most of the units in connection with their VOI ownership) and 23 Club Associate Resorts (resorts in which owners in our Vacation Club have the right to use a limited number of units in connection with their VOI ownership). Our Club Resorts and Club Associate Resorts are primarily located in high-volume, “drive-to” vacation locations, including Orlando, Las Vegas, Myrtle Beach, Charleston and New Orleans, among others. Through our points-based system, the approximately 219,000 owners in our Vacation Club have the flexibility to stay at units available at any of our resorts and have access to almost 11,400 other hotels and resorts through partnerships and exchange networks. The resorts in which we market, sell or manage VOIs were either developed or acquired by us, or were developed and are owned by third parties. We earn fees for providing sales and marketing services to third party developers. We also earn fees for providing management services to the Vacation Club and homeowners’ associations (“HOAs”), mortgage servicing, VOI title services, reservation services, and construction design and development services. In addition, we provide financing to qualified VOI purchasers, which has historically generated significant interest income. While we currently intend to increase our focus on sales of developed VOIs, we derive a significant portion of our revenue from our capital-light business model, which utilizes our expertise and infrastructure to generate both VOI sales and recurring revenue from third parties without the significant capital investment generally associated with the development and acquisition of resorts. Our capital-light business activities include sales of VOIs owned by third-party developers pursuant to which we are paid a commission (“fee-based sales”) and sales of VOIs that we purchase under just-in-time (“JIT”) arrangements with third-party developers or from secondary market sources. In addition, as described above, we provide other fee-based services, including resort management, mortgage servicing, title services and construction management, and generate income through financing provided to qualified VOI purchasers in connection with VOI sales. All of our operations and activities have been materially adversely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic as discussed further herein.
Impact Of COVID-19 Pandemic	Impact of the COVID-9 Pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic has caused and continues to cause, an unprecedented disruption in the U.S. economy and the travel, hospitality and vacation ownership industries due to, among other things, resort closures, travel restrictions and restrictions on business operations including government guidance with respect to travel, public accommodations, social gatherings and related matters. The disruptions arising from the pandemic had a significant adverse impact on our financial condition and operations during the three and six months ended June 30, 2020. The duration and severity of the pandemic and related disruptions, as well as the adverse impact on the economic and market conditions, are uncertain; however, given the nature of these circumstances, the adverse impact of the pandemic on our consolidated results of operations, cash flows and financial condition in 2020 has been, and is expected to continue to be, material. Furthermore, the duration and the severity of the effects of the pandemic are uncertain and we cannot predict if or when our industry will return to pre-pandemic levels. On March 23, 2020 we temporarily closed all of our VOI sales centers; our retail marketing operations at Bass Pro Shops and Cabela’s stores and outlet malls; and our Choice Hotels call transfer program. In connection with these actions we canceled existing owner reservations through May 15, 2020 and new prospect guest tours through June 30, 2020. Further, some of our Club and Club Associate Resorts were closed in accordance with government mandates and advisories. Beginning mid-May 2020, we started the process of recommencing our sales and marketing operations and our closed resorts began to welcome guests as government mandates were lifted. By June 30, 2020, 64 Bass Pro Shops and Cabela’s stores (out of the 89 that were open in March 2020) were open, we reactivated our Choice Hotels call transfer program, virtually all of our resorts were open, and 21 of our 26 VOI sales centers were open for sales to existing owners and one sale center was selling to new prospects. As of July 31, 2020, 23 VOI sales centers were open for sales to existing owners, 17 of which were open for sales to new prospects. System-wide sales of VOIs were $30.9 million in July 2020. In addition, as of July 31, 2020, we were marketing vacation packages at 85 Bass Pro and Cabela’s stores. However, increased COVID-19 cases in certain markets in July resulted in increases in cancelations of marketing guest stays (and consequently, new owner prospects) and it is impossible to predict whether this trend will continue or worsen or the extent of the adverse impact this may have on Bluegreen. As a result of the effect of the pandemic, we implemented several cost mitigating activities beginning in March 2020, including reductions in workforce of over 1,600 positions and the placement of another approximate 3,200 of our associates on temporary furlough or reduced work hours. As of June 30, 2020, approximately 2,300 associates had returned to work on a full-time basis. In July 2020, approximately 600 additional associates returned to work on a full-time basis for a total of approximately 4,250 full-time associates as of July 31, 2020 compared to approximately 6,050 full-time associates as of July 31, 2019. However, as a result of the slowdown discussed above or otherwise, additional employees may be terminated or furloughed in the future. As a result of the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic, during the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, we incurred $2.2 million and $6.7 million in severance, respectively, and $10.7 million and $11.6 million, respectively, of payroll and payroll benefit expense relating to employees on temporary furlough or reduced work hours. These payments and expenses are included in selling, general and administrative expenses in our unaudited consolidated statement of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020. Also, in March 2020 we drew down $60 million under our lines-of-credit and pledged or sold receivables under our various receivable backed facilities to increase our cash position. In June 2020, we repaid $40 million under our syndicated line-of-credit and amended the agreements to modify the definition of certain customary covenants. We also suspended our regular quarterly cash dividends on our common stock. As of June 30, 2020, our unrestricted cash balance was $209.4 million.
Principles Of Consolidation And Basis Of Presentation	Principles of Consolidation and Basis of Presentation Our unaudited consolidated financial statements include the accounts of all of our wholly-owned subsidiaries, entities in which we hold a controlling financial interest, including Bluegreen/Big Cedar Vacations, LLC (a joint venture in which we are deemed to hold a controlling financial interest based on our 51% equity interest, our active role as the day-to-day manager of its activities, and our majority voting control of its management committee, (“Bluegreen/Big Cedar Vacations”), and variable interest entities (sometimes referred to herein as “VIEs”) of which we are the primary beneficiary, as defined by Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Consolidation (Topic 810). We do not consolidate the statutory business trusts formed by us to issue trust preferred securities as these entities represent VIEs in which we are not the primary beneficiary. The statutory business trusts are accounted for under the equity method of accounting. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
Use Of Estimates	Use of Estimates Our financial statements are prepared in conformity with GAAP, which requires us to make estimates based on assumptions about current and, for some estimates, future economic and market conditions which affect reported amounts and related disclosures in our financial statements. Although our current estimates contemplate current and expected future conditions, as applicable, it is reasonably possible that actual conditions could differ from our expectations, which could materially affect our results of operations and financial position. In particular, a number of estimates have been and will continue to be affected by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The severity, magnitude and duration, as well as the economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, are uncertain, rapidly changing and difficult to predict. As a result, our accounting estimates and assumptions may change over time in response to the impact of COVID-19. Such changes could result in, among other adjustments, future impairments of intangibles and long-lived assets, incremental credit losses on VOI notes receivable, a decrease in the carrying amount of our tax assets, or an increase in other obligations as of the time of a relevant measurement event.
Reclassification Of Prior Period Presentation	Reclassification of Prior Period Presentation Certain prior period balances were reclassified to conform to current period presentation. The reclassification had no impact on our statements of operations and comprehensive income or statements of cash flows.

Organization And Basis Of Financial Statement Presentation (Policy)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2020

Organization And Basis Of Financial Statement Presentation [Abstract]

Bluegreen Vacations Corporation is referred to in this report together with its consolidated subsidiaries as “Bluegreen Vacations”, “Bluegreen”, “the Company”, “we”, “us” and “our”. Bluegreen has prepared the accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“GAAP”) for interim financial information. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements.

Our Business

We are a leading vacation ownership company that markets and sells vacation ownership interests (“VOIs”) and manages resorts in popular leisure and urban destinations. Our resort network includes 45 Club Resorts (resorts in which owners in the Bluegreen Vacation Club (“Vacation Club”) have the right to use most of the units in connection with their VOI ownership) and 23 Club Associate Resorts (resorts in which owners in our Vacation Club have the right to use a limited number of units in connection with their VOI ownership). Our Club Resorts and Club Associate Resorts are primarily located in high-volume, “drive-to” vacation locations, including Orlando, Las Vegas, Myrtle Beach, Charleston and New Orleans, among others. Through our points-based system, the approximately 219,000 owners in our Vacation Club have the flexibility to stay at units available at any of our resorts and have access to almost 11,400 other hotels and resorts through partnerships and exchange networks. The resorts in which we market, sell or manage VOIs were either developed or acquired by us, or were developed and are owned by third parties. We earn fees for providing sales and marketing services to third party developers. We also earn fees for providing management services to the Vacation Club and homeowners’ associations (“HOAs”), mortgage servicing, VOI title services, reservation services, and construction design and development services. In addition, we provide financing to qualified VOI purchasers, which has historically generated significant interest income.

While we currently intend to increase our focus on sales of developed VOIs, we derive a significant portion of our revenue from our capital-light business model, which utilizes our expertise and infrastructure to generate both VOI sales and recurring revenue from third parties without the significant capital investment generally associated with the development and acquisition of resorts. Our capital-light business activities include sales of VOIs owned by third-party developers pursuant to which we are paid a commission (“fee-based sales”) and sales of VOIs that we purchase under just-in-time (“JIT”) arrangements with third-party developers or from secondary market sources. In addition, as described above, we provide other fee-based services, including resort management, mortgage servicing, title services and construction management, and generate income through financing provided to qualified VOI purchasers in connection with VOI sales.

All of our operations and activities have been materially adversely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic as discussed further herein.

Impact Of COVID-19 Pandemic

Impact of the COVID-9 Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused and continues to cause, an unprecedented disruption in the U.S. economy and the travel, hospitality and vacation ownership industries due to, among other things, resort closures, travel restrictions and restrictions on business operations including government guidance with respect to travel, public accommodations, social gatherings and

related matters. The disruptions arising from the pandemic had a significant adverse impact on our financial condition and operations during the three and six months ended June 30, 2020. The duration and severity of the pandemic and related disruptions, as well as the adverse impact on the economic and market conditions, are uncertain; however, given the nature of these circumstances, the adverse impact of the pandemic on our consolidated results of operations, cash flows and financial condition in 2020 has been, and is expected to continue to be, material. Furthermore, the duration and the severity of the effects of the pandemic are uncertain and we cannot predict if or when our industry will return to pre-pandemic levels.

On March 23, 2020 we temporarily closed all of our VOI sales centers; our retail marketing operations at Bass Pro Shops and Cabela’s stores and outlet malls; and our Choice Hotels call transfer program. In connection with these actions we canceled existing owner reservations through May 15, 2020 and new prospect guest tours through June 30, 2020. Further, some of our Club and Club Associate Resorts were closed in accordance with government mandates and advisories. Beginning mid-May 2020, we started the process of recommencing our sales and marketing operations and our closed resorts began to welcome guests as government mandates were lifted. By June 30, 2020, 64 Bass Pro Shops and Cabela’s stores (out of the 89 that were open in March 2020) were open, we reactivated our Choice Hotels call transfer program, virtually all of our resorts were open, and 21 of our 26 VOI sales centers were open for sales to existing owners and one sale center was selling to new prospects. As of July 31, 2020, 23 VOI sales centers were open for sales to existing owners, 17 of which were open for sales to new prospects. System-wide sales of VOIs were $30.9 million in July 2020. In addition, as of July 31, 2020, we were marketing vacation packages at 85 Bass Pro and Cabela’s stores. However, increased COVID-19 cases in certain markets in July resulted in increases in cancelations of marketing guest stays (and consequently, new owner prospects) and it is impossible to predict whether this trend will continue or worsen or the extent of the adverse impact this may have on Bluegreen.

As a result of the effect of the pandemic, we implemented several cost mitigating activities beginning in March 2020, including reductions in workforce of over 1,600 positions and the placement of another approximate 3,200 of our associates on temporary furlough or reduced work hours. As of June 30, 2020, approximately 2,300 associates had returned to work on a full-time basis. In July 2020, approximately 600 additional associates returned to work on a full-time basis for a total of approximately 4,250 full-time associates as of July 31, 2020 compared to approximately 6,050 full-time associates as of July 31, 2019. However, as a result of the slowdown discussed above or otherwise, additional employees may be terminated or furloughed in the future. As a result of the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic, during the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, we incurred $2.2 million and $6.7 million in severance, respectively, and $10.7 million and $11.6 million, respectively, of payroll and payroll benefit expense relating to employees on temporary furlough or reduced work hours. These payments and expenses are included in selling, general and administrative expenses in our unaudited consolidated statement of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020. Also, in March 2020 we drew down $60 million under our lines-of-credit and pledged or sold receivables under our various receivable backed facilities to increase our cash position. In June 2020, we repaid $40 million under our syndicated line-of-credit and amended the agreements to modify the definition of certain customary covenants. We also suspended our regular quarterly cash dividends on our common stock. As of June 30, 2020, our unrestricted cash balance was $209.4 million.

Principles Of Consolidation And Basis Of Presentation

Principles of Consolidation and Basis of Presentation

Our unaudited consolidated financial statements include the accounts of all of our wholly-owned subsidiaries, entities in which we hold a controlling financial interest, including Bluegreen/Big Cedar Vacations, LLC (a joint venture in which we are deemed to hold a controlling financial interest based on our 51% equity interest, our active role as the day-to-day manager of its activities, and our majority voting control of its management committee, (“Bluegreen/Big Cedar Vacations”), and variable interest entities (sometimes referred to herein as “VIEs”) of which we are the primary beneficiary, as defined by Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Consolidation (Topic 810). We do not consolidate the statutory business trusts formed by us to issue trust preferred securities as these entities represent VIEs in which we are not the primary beneficiary. The statutory business trusts are accounted for under the equity method of accounting. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

Use Of Estimates

Use of Estimates

Our financial statements are prepared in conformity with GAAP, which requires us to make estimates based on assumptions about current and, for some estimates, future economic and market conditions which affect reported amounts and related disclosures in our financial statements. Although our current estimates contemplate current and expected future conditions, as applicable, it is reasonably possible that actual conditions could differ from our expectations, which could materially affect

our results of operations and financial position. In particular, a number of estimates have been and will continue to be affected by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The severity, magnitude and duration, as well as the economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, are uncertain, rapidly changing and difficult to predict. As a result, our accounting estimates and assumptions may change over time in response to the impact of COVID-19. Such changes could result in, among other adjustments, future impairments of intangibles and long-lived assets, incremental credit losses on VOI notes receivable, a decrease in the carrying amount of our tax assets, or an increase in other obligations as of the time of a relevant measurement event.

Reclassification Of Prior Period Presentation

Reclassification of Prior Period Presentation

Certain prior period balances were reclassified to conform to current period presentation. The reclassification had no impact on our statements of operations and comprehensive income or statements of cash flows.