suliabryon
newbie
Hello everyone,
My husband and I will be going to disneyland in March with some friends who are Worldmark members (what is the difference between that and Wyndham?) This is the second time in three years we have done this, and it has us reconsidering our opinion of timeshares (we had a bad experience with an ill-fated cruise vacation some friends of ours invited us on years ago that soured us on them.)
We live in Oregon, and we love visiting Disneyland every couple of years. Our honeymoon was in Disneyworld, though, and we definitely want to go back. Other regular traveling we do consists of weekends at the Oregon coast, or over in Bend for skiing. We would like to do things like visit New York and DC, or go to Vegas (although the one time I went w/girlfriends, we enjoyed staying on the strip).
The other major travel that happens is the three week trip to Japan my husband takes every year, but this is very limited geographically (he needs to stay within half an hour by train to the people he is visiting), and unlikely to help him with that.
We prefer to stay in Disney at least a week at a time. My husband is a school teacher, and so we are limited to taking our vacations during the most popular times, unfortunately.
Do you think it matters where we buy? I know Wyndham points can be used anywhere they have hotels/resorts. How many points would be good? I'm currently in graduate school, so we are a little money poor. I would likely haunt the bargain forum until something fitting our needs popped up, as we are not in a particular hurry.
I have also seen resale offers for both annual points, or "even/odd year" points. What is the difference? Are there pros and cons to both?
Are the MFs and (I forget what the other fee is called...) taken out once a year, quarterly, or monthly? Everyone seems to list them as a monthly expense, but I get the impression they are a yearly payment. We would want to keep ours as low as possible, while still having usable points, at least until I am done with school. Are there any other expenses?
Our friends love their timeshare in part because they get to keep it forever and pass it on to family eventually. Is that true, or something they were grandfathered in with under TrendWest or WorldMark?
We will probably want to be able to trade points with RCI, or II, if they have more availability in Oregon that Wyndham.
Any other suggestions or advice?
Thanks so much for any help. Researching this quickly became overwhelming and confusing!
Charity
My husband and I will be going to disneyland in March with some friends who are Worldmark members (what is the difference between that and Wyndham?) This is the second time in three years we have done this, and it has us reconsidering our opinion of timeshares (we had a bad experience with an ill-fated cruise vacation some friends of ours invited us on years ago that soured us on them.)
We live in Oregon, and we love visiting Disneyland every couple of years. Our honeymoon was in Disneyworld, though, and we definitely want to go back. Other regular traveling we do consists of weekends at the Oregon coast, or over in Bend for skiing. We would like to do things like visit New York and DC, or go to Vegas (although the one time I went w/girlfriends, we enjoyed staying on the strip).
The other major travel that happens is the three week trip to Japan my husband takes every year, but this is very limited geographically (he needs to stay within half an hour by train to the people he is visiting), and unlikely to help him with that.
We prefer to stay in Disney at least a week at a time. My husband is a school teacher, and so we are limited to taking our vacations during the most popular times, unfortunately.
Do you think it matters where we buy? I know Wyndham points can be used anywhere they have hotels/resorts. How many points would be good? I'm currently in graduate school, so we are a little money poor. I would likely haunt the bargain forum until something fitting our needs popped up, as we are not in a particular hurry.
I have also seen resale offers for both annual points, or "even/odd year" points. What is the difference? Are there pros and cons to both?
Are the MFs and (I forget what the other fee is called...) taken out once a year, quarterly, or monthly? Everyone seems to list them as a monthly expense, but I get the impression they are a yearly payment. We would want to keep ours as low as possible, while still having usable points, at least until I am done with school. Are there any other expenses?
Our friends love their timeshare in part because they get to keep it forever and pass it on to family eventually. Is that true, or something they were grandfathered in with under TrendWest or WorldMark?
We will probably want to be able to trade points with RCI, or II, if they have more availability in Oregon that Wyndham.
Any other suggestions or advice?
Thanks so much for any help. Researching this quickly became overwhelming and confusing!
Charity