WorldMark vs. Club Wyndham

[Rent_Share]

The short answer is Yes. Maintenance Fees are somewhat significantly higher with Wyndham than Worldmark. That is why, in general, Wyndham is a little step up, because you are paying more. At Angels Camp during prime season, in Worldmark credits it costs 10,000 credits for a 2 bedroom. If I am not mistaken I believe 10000 annual credits costs around $650. [Plus a housekeeping token which could cost as much as $85]

Maybe someone who owns Worldmark credits can correct me on that if I am wrong. If you are a Wyndham owner, the Wyndham 2 BR units during prime season are 164000 points. 164k costs between $800 and $900, depending on how much you pay per 1000 points. Although that is the full price. Wyndham hasn't had those unit durring a full prime season. They have only had the units since January. And they have been offering between 25 and 40 percent point discounts, which makes the cost close to and sometime less than Worldmark.
So,the long answer is: it depends

Averaging 800 and 900 to 850 and comparing to 650 I get 850/650 = 130%

30% more is significant not somewhat in my budget

 

[ronparise]

At Avenue Plaza, is there any difference in the units between the 4 different types of ownerships.

there is one unit in Avenue Plaza that is smaller than the others, and its in Worldmark. They call it a studio hotel and charge less for it than the other studios

There is no difference in the rooms, one ownership to the others, but there are several bed configurations. Some studios have one queen bed, some have one king bed and some have two queens. Also there are some suites that are handicap accessible. Worldmark has most of the handicap suites

My biggest complaint about this place is you cant specify the bed configuration when you make your reservation, You have to request it at the front desk, and there are no guarantees. I advise my guests to pack an air mattress or two if they have to have two queens, just in case they dont get the two queens they need. Having said that they have always been able to honor my requests

The other difference is that they put a spice packet in the Worldmark rooms

 

[vacationhopeful]

Not withstanding a VIP discount, the maintenance fees associated with a Wyndham stay will be always more than a Worldmark stay at a shared resort.

Worldmark has Housekeeping tokens; Wyndham has Housekeeping credits but most Wyndham owners for full 7 night stays only (no split reservations) do not have to pay extra for HKs.

 

[vacationhopeful]

... I take annual vacations in Florida in February and wonder if having a deeded property there would be an advantage to locking in a set week/location.

Regards

Wyndhams in Pompano Beach, FL do have fixed weeks for Palm Aire, Sea Gardens, and Santa Barbara --- none for Royal Vista. You can only buy UDI points in Club Wyndham Plus at Royal Vista.

Fixed Weeks can ONLY be found on the resale market - any deeds the HOAs (foreclousers) or Wyndham sales takes in trade seem to be going into Club Wyndham Access.

I owned both UDI points at Royal Vista & Ocean Walk (neither are in CWA) and fixed weeks (some converted) at both Sea Gardens and Santa Barbara.

There is also another - to me - very acceptable resort known as the Fort Lauderdale Beach Resort - trades in both II and RCI, fixed week, RCI points. Has 2/2 lockouts and 1/1 or 1/1.5. The 1/1 are all on the oceanside of the building with higher floors have great views. All 1/1 sleep 6 persons as the LRs all have both a sleep sofa and a murphy bed. All bdrs hold a KING only.

 

[CraigWMF]

What made me choose WorldMark is that I have always worked in the Western States and my retirement plans have always been for the Western States. So WM has worked out to be really good for me.

 

[LLW]

Worldmark has Housekeeping tokens; Wyndham has Housekeeping credits but most Wyndham owners for full 7 night stays only (no split reservations) do not have to pay extra for HKs.

WM owners who only do 7-night stays in red do not have to pay for HK either. There is a free HK token for each account up to 20K credits, 2 free tokens for accounts at 20K, and 1 additional one for each 10K owned above 20K.

 

[benyu2010]

WM owners who only do 7-night stays in red do not have to pay for HK either. There is a free HK token for each account up to 20K credits, 2 free tokens for accounts at 20K, and 1 additional one for each 10K owned above 20K.

LLW, you are technically, yet credit and HKT has been generally rented and priced separately.
plus, 10K is not enough for an ave week stay at many resorts lately :deadhorse:

Ron, you forgot to price in the cost of HKT for WM stay in your analysis. JMO, $65 is a good ave # to use. 5.5 is low end of ongoing price range for credit alone.




to OP, WM is more flexible than Wyndham with slight higher entry cost. Well, you may recover it more or less later on. And it seems you wont have a problem to unload WM contract in near future. It is no brainer to pick WM if you travel west. The only merit favors Wyn is plat VIP, which was not transferrable.

 

[Toddaagard]

How many combined Worldmark and Club Wyndham resorts are there? . . Worldmark has around 100 resorts?

 

[bnoble]

Either Directory should have a (mostly) complete list. This is Wyndham's. Note that some locations are combined/mixed properties. For example, some floors of the Austin, TX location are WM and others are Wyn.

2023-2024 CW Directory

media.wyndhamvo.com

 

[Younited]

Hi, I am in California and last week Wednesday 4th Oct i attended the timeshare presentation and signed the contract. I really regret and don't know how i can get out of this.

i have read a lot of forums on this and most of them say to see the rescind clause on the contract. I didnt get a hard copy of the contract and was supposed to be email by Doc Sign.

I have requested the representative to send it to me but i am definitely out of Time.

How can i get out of this?? Please help

 

[dioxide45]

Hi, I am in California and last week Wednesday 4th Oct i attended the timeshare presentation and signed the contract. I really regret and don't know how i can get out of this.

i have read a lot of forums on this and most of them say to see the rescind clause on the contract. I didnt get a hard copy of the contract and was supposed to be email by Doc Sign.

I have requested the representative to send it to me but i am definitely out of Time.

How can i get out of this?? Please help

Where did you sign? Were you in California when you signed?

 

[simpsontruckdriver]

Like I responded to your original post, you're stuck with it, California timeshare rescission period is 7 days. But, you can consult an attorney, seeing as how you don't have a hard copy or the DocuSign. Chances are low that you will get out of it. DO NOT talk to a timeshare exit company, 100% of them will take your money and do nothing.

TS

 

[Younited]

Where did you sign? Were you in California when you signed?

Yes