First I would thank everybody who has contributed to this website. I've read a lot of information the past few days and I can honestly say I have already learned a lot from you!
I’m very interested in buying into the HGVC at the Flamingo. My family loves going to the strip and the location of the resort itself is one of my favorites.
I see ourselves going there at least every other year if not more and for the years we don’t go we would attempt to use our points to go to other destinations such as Colorado, NYC, DC, and Hawaii (in that order) How hard is it to get these destinations overall? Our schedule is flexible but we do have a young child and at some point I suspect we will be somewhat bound to the school schedule. We live in Texas so the heat in in the summer wouldn’t bother us in NYC or DC. We would be more inclined to go to Colorado in the summer months than the winter.
Most of our trips tend to be 4-5 days (We would make an exception for Hawaii of course) so I’m thinking that 4800 platinum points would give us plenty of flexibility and the ability to occasionally upgrade to a 2BR if we were to borrow from the following year. 7000 points would give us even more flexibility but I wonder if it would more than we really need.
Is there that much of a difference between maintenance fees between 4800 (1BR) vs 7000 (2BR) I’ve been on a few sites and the TUG Market place and seen different Maintenance fee for the same level of platinum points. Do different contracts for similar points have different maintenance fees or should I assume that the posting may have incorrect information.
Lastly I’m in no rush to buy into the timeshare so I’m hoping by being patient I can score a good deal. What do you consider a fair price per point for platinum points at this resort? (4,800 or 7,000)
In summary here are my questions:
How hard is it to get a 4-5 day reservation to Colorado, NYC, DC in the summer months?
How many platinum points would you recommend to allow me to do one trip a year on average? (half the time 1 BR/half the time 2BR)
Is there much a difference in maintenance fees from 4800 points to 7000?
What is a fair price per point for this resort?
Thanks again for all the help!
Nathan
I’m very interested in buying into the HGVC at the Flamingo. My family loves going to the strip and the location of the resort itself is one of my favorites.
I see ourselves going there at least every other year if not more and for the years we don’t go we would attempt to use our points to go to other destinations such as Colorado, NYC, DC, and Hawaii (in that order) How hard is it to get these destinations overall? Our schedule is flexible but we do have a young child and at some point I suspect we will be somewhat bound to the school schedule. We live in Texas so the heat in in the summer wouldn’t bother us in NYC or DC. We would be more inclined to go to Colorado in the summer months than the winter.
Most of our trips tend to be 4-5 days (We would make an exception for Hawaii of course) so I’m thinking that 4800 platinum points would give us plenty of flexibility and the ability to occasionally upgrade to a 2BR if we were to borrow from the following year. 7000 points would give us even more flexibility but I wonder if it would more than we really need.
Is there that much of a difference between maintenance fees between 4800 (1BR) vs 7000 (2BR) I’ve been on a few sites and the TUG Market place and seen different Maintenance fee for the same level of platinum points. Do different contracts for similar points have different maintenance fees or should I assume that the posting may have incorrect information.
Lastly I’m in no rush to buy into the timeshare so I’m hoping by being patient I can score a good deal. What do you consider a fair price per point for platinum points at this resort? (4,800 or 7,000)
In summary here are my questions:
How hard is it to get a 4-5 day reservation to Colorado, NYC, DC in the summer months?
How many platinum points would you recommend to allow me to do one trip a year on average? (half the time 1 BR/half the time 2BR)
Is there much a difference in maintenance fees from 4800 points to 7000?
What is a fair price per point for this resort?
Thanks again for all the help!
Nathan