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Primary timeshare brands and their composition

The Colorado Kid

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Would someone be able to post a listing of the current situation of the primary timeshare brands and then the timeshare programs that comprise each?

Meaning just a quick listing of the primary brand name and all other associated TS program names that are or likely will be incorporated under that primary brand name.

I may be the only one who cannot keep them straight in my noggin.

Thanks in advance for anyone's list.
 

There has been some acquisition but not all them are yet trading internally, so they are still separate systems.

For instance Wyndham owns Worldmark and Shell, but Worldmark is separate, and Shell they are slowing forcing (enticing) people to convert.

Hilton acquired Diamond, which acquired Embarc (Club Intrawest), nothing playing well together there either.

Is that what you mean?
 

There has been some acquisition but not all them are yet trading internally, so they are still separate systems.

For instance Wyndham owns Worldmark and Shell, but Worldmark is separate, and Shell they are slowing forcing (enticing) people to convert.

Hilton acquired Diamond, which acquired Embarc (Club Intrawest), nothing playing well together there either.

Is that what you mean?
Thanks but no...looking for a simple list like this - From the head brand to all they have acquired:

1) Hilton
A. Diamond
B. Embarc
 
You are asking someone to spend hours in research and typing. ¿Do you think people just have all this info memorized? ¿Why can't you do your own research?
 
No clue. Not sure what you mean by “primary brands” nor “current situation”, but there are a lot of timeshares.

I’d like to maybe save you some time by saying there is no need to know all that. is there some end goal we can maybe shortcut you to?

As pp mentions, that’s a lot of work. I really only concern myself with what I own.
 
Would someone be able to post a listing of the current situation of the primary timeshare brands and then the timeshare programs that comprise each?

Meaning just a quick listing of the primary brand name and all other associated TS program names that are or likely will be incorporated under that primary brand name.

I may be the only one who cannot keep them straight in my noggin.

Thanks in advance for anyone's list.

I would start with just using the TUG forum & sub forum list
 
Do you think people just have all this info memorized?
Speak for yourself... :D



Some of these are still very separate entities even though they may be owned by the same company.

Marriott Vacations Worldwide
  • Marriott Vacation Club
  • Sheraton Vacation Club - Vistana
  • Westin Vacation Club - Vistana
  • Hyatt Residence Club
  • Welk Resorts
Hilton Grand Vacations
  • Hilton Grand Vacations
  • Diamond Resorts International
  • Embarc
Travel & Leisure Co
  • Wyndham Destinations/Club Wyndham
  • Shell Vacations Club
  • Worldmark
Holiday Inn Club Vacations

Disney Vacation Club

Bluegreen Vacations
 
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What about Raintree with Club Regina as a subset.
 
You are asking someone to spend hours in research and typing. ¿Do you think people just have all this info memorized? ¿Why can't you do your own research?
Friendly folks on TUG
 
Speak for yourself... :D



Some of these are still very separate entities even though they may be owned by the same company.

Marriott Vacations Worldwide
  • Marriott Vacation Club
  • Sheraton Vacation Club - Vistana
  • Westin Vacation Club - Vistana
  • Hyatt Residence Club
Hilton Grand Vacations
  • Hilton Grand Vacations
  • Diamond Resorts International
  • Embarc
Travel & Leisure Co
  • Wyndham Destinations/Club Wyndham
  • Shell Vacations Club
  • Worldmark
Holiday Inn Club Vacations

Disney Vacation Club

Bluegreen Vacations
@dioxide45 You always come through and I appreciate your expertise and friendliness!
 
No clue. Not sure what you mean by “primary brands” nor “current situation”, but there are a lot of timeshares.
I’d like to maybe save you some time by saying there is no need to know all that. is there some end goal we can maybe shortcut you to?

As pp mentions, that’s a lot of work. I really only concern myself with what I own.
I would start with just using the TUG forum & sub forum list
Those forums and sub forums are not current
 
Tough crowd!
@Ty1on IKR? Yikes....I wasn't requesting anyone do research for me...I knew several TUGgers would have this off the top of their heads
 
Some of these are still very separate entities even though they may be owned by the same company.

Marriott Vacations Worldwide
  • Marriott Vacation Club
  • Starwood / Vistana
    Including Sheraton & Westin Vacation Clubs
  • Hyatt Residence Club
    ** Welk Resorts
Hilton Grand Vacations - HGVC
  • Hilton Grand Vacations
  • Grand Pacific resorts
  • Diamond Resorts International
    Diamond had bought several TS systems including Embarc ( Club Intrawest) Monarch Grand Vacations (MGV) and several others
Travel & Leisure Co
  • Wyndham Destinations/Club Wyndham
  • Shell Vacations Club
  • Worldmark
Holiday Inn Club Vacations

Disney Vacation Club

Bluegreen Vacations

Made changes in list
 
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You are asking someone to spend hours in research and typing. ¿Do you think people just have all this info memorized? ¿Why can't you do your own research?

There's no need to be nasty. I thought the poster's questions was a very good one and I, for one, was very interested in the answer. It's human nature to pay attention to what we already own and know and not so much other systems. Yes, we've all heard the names of the companies but it's very nice to see, in one spot, how they're connected.
 
I think the subsets got a little easier since DRI was acquired by Hilton. If one wanted to get even more complicated, the evolution of DRI by acquisition would be, I believe, rather extensive as they gobbled up several smaller, failing companies Along the way.

DRI started with, essentially, one timeshare, Polo Towers, which itself was divided into two HOA’s forThe Suites at Polo Towers and The Villas at Polo Towers. They also had some ownership interest in Jockey Club and Carriage House, but I don’t believe managed those two. Then they started taking big bites, acquiring Sunterra out of bankruptcy. After that they went on a buying binge of several smaller, struggling properties/companies. Sometimes holding into them, sometimes losing control while maintaining reservation rights to a portion of unit weeks at various resorts. Gatlinburg Town Square comes to mind in this situation.

There are a number of smaller acquisitions of smaller companies by slightly larger companies. French Quarter LLC was acquired in part by Spinnaker, which spun off the Colonnade and Grand Regency (I believe both properties have been renamed) but kept the French Quarter Branson resort.

Holiday Inn Vacation Club controls what use to be Ramada Vacation Club and also purchased Holiday Hills, which was a Branson timeshare development. I believe they’ve purchased others as well.

Westgate purchased a regional developer in Branson MO called Grand Vista which gave them Branson Woods and Branson Lakes.

I guess it just depends on how detailed you want to get with this as theses are just the few I can recall from our timeshare experience over the last 20 years. I never wrote them down, so my memory could be off. One poster above is correct in that it could take one individual hours of research to get them all, but as a group we could get a pretty good idea as one memory can trigger someone else’s memory and slowly we could piece the puzzle together.
 
Purchased by Marriott. Intention is to incorporate it under the Hyatt-brand structure. As of right now, the program is unchanged. Employees are paid by Marriott.
Thanks @RunCat !
 
I think the subsets got a little easier since DRI was acquired by Hilton. If one wanted to get even more complicated, the evolution of DRI by acquisition would be, I believe, rather extensive as they gobbled up several smaller, failing companies Along the way.

DRI started with, essentially, one timeshare, Polo Towers, which itself was divided into two HOA’s forThe Suites at Polo Towers and The Villas at Polo Towers. They also had some ownership interest in Jockey Club and Carriage House, but I don’t believe managed those two. Then they started taking big bites, acquiring Sunterra out of bankruptcy. After that they went on a buying binge of several smaller, struggling properties/companies. Sometimes holding into them, sometimes losing control while maintaining reservation rights to a portion of unit weeks at various resorts. Gatlinburg Town Square comes to mind in this situation.

There are a number of smaller acquisitions of smaller companies by slightly larger companies. French Quarter LLC was acquired in part by Spinnaker, which spun off the Colonnade and Grand Regency (I believe both properties have been renamed) but kept the French Quarter Branson resort.

Holiday Inn Vacation Club controls what use to be Ramada Vacation Club and also purchased Holiday Hills, which was a Branson timeshare development. I believe they’ve purchased others as well.

Westgate purchased a regional developer in Branson MO called Grand Vista which gave them Branson Woods and Branson Lakes.

I guess it just depends on how detailed you want to get with this as theses are just the few I can recall from our timeshare experience over the last 20 years. I never wrote them down, so my memory could be off. One poster above is correct in that it could take one individual hours of research to get them all, but as a group we could get a pretty good idea as one memory can trigger someone else’s memory and slowly we could piece the puzzle together.
@dougp26364 Wow thanks for all that history! It is fascinating how you show that DRI started with just one timeshare and how they grew.
 
Holiday Inn Vacation Club controls what use to be Ramada Vacation Club and also purchased Holiday Hills, which was a Branson timeshare development. I believe they’ve purchased others as well.
I had never heard of Ramada Vacation Club. I thought though that Holiday Inn Club Vacations sprung up out of Orange Lake Resorts.
 
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I guess the next questions is if it even pays to own a TS anymore or just rent as needed?

We got out of Wyndham just before the pandemic. The reasoning was twofold:

- Maintenance was getting out of control. Over 15 years of ownership it doubled.
- We just didn't want to go to that many Wyndham spots anymore. We had taken a vacation or two the last couple of years to use the points we had, rather than what we wanted to do.

We have rented the last two summers and it has worked well. I think that we have saved money and stayed at places we would not have been able to stay at through Wyndham.
 
@dioxide45 You always come through and I appreciate your expertise and friendliness!
Dioxide is a great go-to for all things timeshare. Love his list of unit codes for Marriott. It's impressive, all of the work he put into that. I have that page bookmarked.
 
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