I purchased a Club Wyndham annual 84,000-point resale at the Wyndham Grand Desert in Vegas yesterday. An attractive part for us was RCI Last Call for our kids.
We like Wyndham and want to ultimately remain owners - our schedules make specific week timeshares impractical - but after joining TUGS and reading about 10 minutes, I'm getting the idea I'm better off rescinding and buying off the resale market.
I've looked at some of the resale ads for Wyndham points. Are those just for someone transferring their points to you, or is it actually purchasing the timeshare with the associated points outright? And do things like Plus, RCI Last Call and VIP transfer also?
Thanks in advance,
Chris
Probably more appropriate for the Wyndham-specific forum, but I'll offer a few casual observations as a now former Wyndham owner.
1. 84k CW points isn't going to get you anything of much use or benefit to you, particularly considering the space needs of a family. I recommend rescinding while you still can; you have almost certainly paid too much for too little. The resale market has bigger (and cheaper) offerings than what you can ever acquire buying (and overpaying) developer-direct.
2. Resale ads you're seeing could be for Club Wyndham Access "points only" contracts
or could perhaps for a deeded week at a Wyndham resort subsequently also converted to Wyndham points (we owned one of the latter, but these types of ownerships seem to be going the way of the dinosaurs). In either case the products you're seeing advertised are for (permanent) sale and transfer, with all associated annual fee obligations obviously transferring right along with them.
3. Our former "converted" fixed week was regarded as "Club Wyndham Plus", but distinctions about "Plus" escape me (if I ever knew at all). Our 183k CW points got us a single, half-decent 2BR winter week in FL; this gives you some insight into just how little use 84k CW points would be for you and your family. I'm sure that the deceitful sales weasels never bothered to mention to you the very significant limitations of having just 84k CW points to use for reservations.
4. RCI "Last Call" inventory is available to
any RCI member (of course including all owners at any and all non-Wyndham resorts which are affiliated with RCI, if said owners choose to join RCI). Don't get all starry-eyed about Last Calls. Despite their relatively low cost, they are essentially unclaimed "leftover" inventory which may or may not actually be in any places or during any dates of interest to you.
5. To the best of my knowledge and belief, VIP does
not "transfer". That allegedly "elite" status requires a significant developer-direct purchase (no thanks).
Lots of folks here are much more current and much more knowledgeable about Wyndham than I will ever be (or care to be), but I still hope this $0.02 worth helps at least a little bit to address some of the questions you have posed.