Hello all! I've been lurking for the past few days, reading everything I can on purchasing a timeshare for less than retail. My husband and I are interested in HICV, specifically the points program. We have stayed at OL several times over the past 8 years and even used my mother in law's points to take a nice trip to Hawaii via RCI. We would like to get into the points program but can't justify the ridiculous price they want to charge us for the points level we are interested in. I've scoured around here but I have some additional questions:
1. I see that to get points with your re-sale, you have to purchase from one of three resorts, SC, TN, or WI. We are interested in SC, so this isn't an issue. However, how do I know that what I'm purchasing does come with points? It seems like the ads are hit or miss whether they mention it or not.
2. Other than the ads here, where can I look for resale at either the TN or SC location? I only saw a couple ads and everything I try searching for on Ebay comes up as a rental.
3. I see that as of April of this year they have a new way to convert non-points to points if you purchase at least one property from them. Does this mean purchasing several non points properties on resale and rolling them over to points is no longer a smart option?
I'll take any other advice you want to send my way. We love how their program works, we just don't love the price they want us to pay.
1. I see that to get points with your re-sale, you have to purchase from one of three resorts, SC, TN, or WI. We are interested in SC, so this isn't an issue. However, how do I know that what I'm purchasing does come with points? It seems like the ads are hit or miss whether they mention it or not.
2. Other than the ads here, where can I look for resale at either the TN or SC location? I only saw a couple ads and everything I try searching for on Ebay comes up as a rental.
3. I see that as of April of this year they have a new way to convert non-points to points if you purchase at least one property from them. Does this mean purchasing several non points properties on resale and rolling them over to points is no longer a smart option?
I'll take any other advice you want to send my way. We love how their program works, we just don't love the price they want us to pay.