Basis Of Presentation And Significant Accounting Policies (Narrative) (Details)			1 Months Ended				3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Sep. 25, 2020	Jul. 01, 2020	Sep. 30, 2020	Aug. 31, 2020 $ / shares	Mar. 31, 2020 USD ($) item	Jan. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($) item	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) item	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($) item store shares	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) item shares	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($) shares	Oct. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Sep. 24, 2020	Jun. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Jun. 25, 2020 USD ($)	Jun. 24, 2020	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of resorts, owners right to most units | store										45
Number of associated resorts, owners right to limited units | store										23
Approximate number of owners in the resort club | item										218,000
Number of additional other hotels owners can stay through program | store										11,300
Pipeline of vacation packages | item							121,900	169,300		121,900	169,300
Management contracts, renewal term										1 year
Management contracts, initial term										3 years
Number of reductions to workforce | item					1,700
Number of associates on temporary furlough | item					3,200
Number of associates returned to work | item										3,200
Number of full-time associates | item										4,600	5,900
CARES Act, tax withholding deferral							$ 8,600,000			$ 8,600,000
CARES Act, employee retention tax credits							$ 7,100,000			7,100,000
Severance costs										5,000,000.0
Payroll and payroll benefit expense										14,300,000
Repayments of lines of credit										87,917,000	$ 86,784,000	$ 43,066,000
Special cash dividend | $ / shares				$ 1.19
Occupancy rate							71.00%	80.00%
Unamortized capital costs										1,800,000
Interest expense from the amortization of deferred financing costs										2,800,000	4,100,000	3,500,000
Unamortized deferred financing costs							$ 12,700,000	$ 12,300,000		12,700,000	12,300,000
Internal use software capitalized costs							3,500,000	9,600,000		3,500,000	9,600,000
Intangible assets, impairment charges										0	0	$ 0
Inventory impairment charges										$ 0	$ 0
Earnings per share, potentially dilutive amount | shares										0	0	0
Minimum percent of VOI sales generated by one marketing arrangement										12.00%	13.00%	14.00%
Minimum percentage of sales price for revenue on VOI sales to be recognized										90.00%
Period VOI notes receivable written off										127 days
Advertising expense										$ 96,000,000.0	$ 147,800,000	$ 139,900,000
Prepaid expenses							9,320,000	10,501,000		9,320,000	10,501,000
Junior subordinated debentures							$ 72,932,000	$ 72,081,000		72,932,000	$ 72,081,000
Scenario, Plan [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Estimated increase in defaults									$ 6,000,000.0	$ 6,000,000.0
BVH [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Ownership percentage										93.00%
Bluegreen/Big Cedar Vacations, LLC [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Ownership percentage										51.00%
Bluegreen [Member] | BVH [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Percentage of ownership interest							93.00%			93.00%
Fifth Third Syndicated Line-of-Credit And Fifth Third Syndicated Term Loan [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Line of credit, outstanding					$ 60,000,000.0
Repayments of lines of credit										$ 60,000,000.0
Maximum borrowing capacity																		$ 100,000,000.0
Liberty Bank Facility [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity							$ 40,000,000.0			40,000,000.0					$ 40,000,000.0	$ 50,000,000.0
Percent of future advances of unpaid principal balance of qualified timeshare loans to agents																80.00%	85.00%
NBA Receivables Facility [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity							$ 70,000,000.0			$ 70,000,000.0
Percent of future advances of unpaid principal balance of qualified timeshare loans to agents			80.00%	85.00%			80.00%			80.00%				85.00%
2020 Term Securitization [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Interest rate													2.60%
Receivable backed debt													$ 131,000,000.0
Gross advance rate													88.00%
KeyBank/DZ Purchase Facility [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity							$ 80,000,000.0			$ 80,000,000.0
Gross advance rate							80.00%			80.00%
Increase of borrowing capacity							$ 82,100,000			$ 82,100,000
Fifth Third Syndicated LOC [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Interest rate							2.25%	3.85%		2.25%	3.85%
Receivable-backed notes payable and lines of credit							$ 30,000,000	$ 30,000,000		$ 30,000,000	$ 30,000,000
Fifth Third Syndicated Term Loan [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Interest rate							2.25%	3.71%		2.25%	3.71%
Receivable-backed notes payable and lines of credit							$ 93,750,000	$ 98,750,000		$ 93,750,000	$ 98,750,000
Prime Rate [Member] | Liberty Bank Facility [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Effective rate		3.40%													4.00%	4.00%
Basis spread on rate		0.10%
One-month LIBOR [Member] | Liberty Bank Facility [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Interest rate							3.50%			3.50%
One-month LIBOR [Member] | NBA Receivables Facility [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Interest rate	3.00%		3.00%	3.50%
Basis spread on rate	2.25%		2.25%	2.75%						2.75%
Accounting Standards Update 2018-15 [Member] | Revision of Prior Period, Accounting Standards Update, Adjustment [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Capitalized implementation costs						$ (1,900,000)
Prepaid expenses						$ 1,900,000
LIBOR Indexed Junior Subordinated Debentures [Member] | Accounting Standards Update 2020-04 [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Junior subordinated debentures							$ 110,800,000			$ 110,800,000
LIBOR Indexed Receivable-backed Notes Payable And Lines Of Credit [Member] | Accounting Standards Update 2020-04 [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Receivable-backed notes payable and lines of credit							40,500,000			40,500,000
LIBOR Line Of Credit And Notes Payable [Member] | Accounting Standards Update 2020-04 [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Lines of credit and notes payable							127,500,000			127,500,000
Over 91 Days [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Notes receivable past due							$ 24,000,000.0	$ 25,500,000		$ 24,000,000.0	$ 25,500,000