pandaurae
TUG Member
It's a story you've heard many times: couple walks into a HGVC timeshare presentation and walks out with a contract. They get home, do some research and learn they must "rescind and buy resale!"
We stayed at the Parc Soleil in mid January (fabulous weather, no crowds at the parks!) and were very impressed with the property and the HGVC system. After trying to sell us on that property for $44k(!), the 'manager' came by and offered us Myrtle Beach 2bd Gold for $22k (5000pts). This was more in our affordable range and we felt it was a good value.
Of course, upon returning home and discovering TUG, we rescinded that contract (it took almost a full 30 days to get our money back, but refund they did) and discovered the joys of resale.
I have read practically every post in the HGVC forums as well as many other threads in other systems; we still feel that HGVC is the best fit for us and our beginning family (8mo old with plans for a second, hehe). We live in the Atlanta area, so owning in Orlando is right for us (as would be MB) as we would always be able to make it there with minimal travel expense.
We have just received notice that Hilton has waived ROFR on our offer for a 2bed Plat (7000 points) at HGVC Seaworld for $10,500. It comes with banked points from last year of 4800 to be used this year, too!
We feel we got a heck of a deal and are very excited about entering the HGVC family! And I just wanted to give a big THANK YOU to all you TUGGERS for providing such great information and support! (As you can tell, I've signed up as a full-fledged member in solidarity!)
Now we have to resist the 'timeshare addiction' and just use what we have for awhile, hehe.
[Additional details: we went through Timeshare Broker Services for the sale and are using TRCS for the closing. Everything has been smooth so far, but I will update once everything is done to report final success!]
We stayed at the Parc Soleil in mid January (fabulous weather, no crowds at the parks!) and were very impressed with the property and the HGVC system. After trying to sell us on that property for $44k(!), the 'manager' came by and offered us Myrtle Beach 2bd Gold for $22k (5000pts). This was more in our affordable range and we felt it was a good value.
Of course, upon returning home and discovering TUG, we rescinded that contract (it took almost a full 30 days to get our money back, but refund they did) and discovered the joys of resale.
I have read practically every post in the HGVC forums as well as many other threads in other systems; we still feel that HGVC is the best fit for us and our beginning family (8mo old with plans for a second, hehe). We live in the Atlanta area, so owning in Orlando is right for us (as would be MB) as we would always be able to make it there with minimal travel expense.
We have just received notice that Hilton has waived ROFR on our offer for a 2bed Plat (7000 points) at HGVC Seaworld for $10,500. It comes with banked points from last year of 4800 to be used this year, too!
We feel we got a heck of a deal and are very excited about entering the HGVC family! And I just wanted to give a big THANK YOU to all you TUGGERS for providing such great information and support! (As you can tell, I've signed up as a full-fledged member in solidarity!)
Now we have to resist the 'timeshare addiction' and just use what we have for awhile, hehe.
[Additional details: we went through Timeshare Broker Services for the sale and are using TRCS for the closing. Everything has been smooth so far, but I will update once everything is done to report final success!]
