Does it cost more to stay the same week through Wyn system than WM? How much on averag if so...
Heres one example (and a little history lesson) Thanks for asking the question, It gives me an opportunity to talk about my favorite resort
The Avenue Plaza Resort is a 250 unit building built in the 1950s as an all suites hotel. Some years later it was converted to a timeshare form of ownership and the developer sold floating weeks and certain event weeks.
Years later (after the developer died) Wyndham bought the unsold intervals from the developers family and took over management of the property
Wyndham put 63 units into Worldmark and put some units into the points system and they convinced some weeks owners to convert their weeks to Wyndham points. Some of these converted weeks are in Club Wyndham Access, and some are Club Wyndham Select
So there are four ways to own here. And I own all 4
1) Worldmark Credits
2a) Club Wyndham Select (Wyndham points)
2b) Club Wyndham Access (Wyndham points
3) floating weeks
Heres how the costs break down (note that there are only 0ne Bedrooms and Studios here
With Worldmark it takes 9000 credits to reserve a studio in red season and 11500 credits for a one bedroom Maintenance fees per credit are less for the guys that own lots of credits, For this discussion Im going to figure 5.5 cents a credit mf
With Wyndham it take 126000 points for the studio and 140000 points for the one bedroom. Ill assume $5.45/1000 points mf
And the weeks owners pay $515 mf for a studio and $ $662 for the one bedrooms
So here my summary
ownership........Studio.....0ne Bedroom
Wyndham.........$686........$763
Worldmark........$495........$632
weeks...............$515........$662
Bear in mind also, that adding a guest cost nothing with a weeks ownership or Worldmark. But Wyndham charges $99
So in this case the advantage is with Worldmark
Reunion is another "blended" resort. Worldmark owners pay $935 for a week here and Club Wyndham owners pay $1500. Again; Advantage Worldmark
There are several other resorts where Club Wyndham Plus and Worldmark both have a presence. Linda mentioned Ocean Walk Daytona, Reunion is another and out West over 400 units in 11 different resorts were just moved out of Worldmark and into Club Wyndham Access
Although I havent run the numbers for all the blended resorts, my gut tells me that Worldmark will prove to be the better value when you consider just Maintenance Fees..However there may be other things to consider when making your decision which to buy. Things like:
1) purchase price..Wyndham is cheap. A 140000 point contract deeded at Avenue Plaza recently sold for $500, closing costs and transfer fees incl. A 10000 Credit Worldmark will cost you something in the neighborhood of $3500
2) less than full week reservations..In Red Season or Prime Time, in the 13 month to 9 months before check in, Worldmark owners have to reserve a full 7 days. Wyndham owners can do 3 and 4 night stays.
3) location of the resorts. Worldmark was conceived as a collection of "drive to" resorts for West Coast owners And they are still strongest west of the Rockies. Wyndham has the same advantage in the East
4) Quality. Although neither system provides Five Star quality across the board, most who know would say the Club Wyndham properties come closer