Wyndham is closing a handful of legacy resorts - dedicated chart/tracker located in the first post for this unfolding set of events

[carlbarry]

I knew this was coming, but didn't expect it until today. Still no email based broad communication to all Club Wyndham owners AFAIK. Disappointing to say the least. It's 12/1/2025 and we are literally only 30 days away from these resorts being removed from the system. Not good.

EDIT: I updated the tracker table with the link to this latest missive - right up top.

I own at Star Island. I have received neither email nor snail mail, other than the notice of bankruptcy.

 

[paxsarah]

I knew this was coming, but didn't expect it until today. Still no email based broad communication to all Club Wyndham owners AFAIK. Disappointing to say the least. It's 12/1/2025 and we are literally only 30 days away from these resorts being removed from the system. Not good.

EDIT: I updated the tracker table with the link to this latest missive - right up top.

I'll also add that although it's very accessible on the desktop version of the website as the first item under Resort News, it's nowhere to be found under Resort News on the mobile website.

 

[HitchHiker71]

I own at Star Island. I have received neither email nor snail mail, other than the notice of bankruptcy.

Do you plan to consider the CWA swap offer? If so then please contact Wyndham via email or phone via the methods listed in the FAQ in the first post of this thread. Don’t wait. If OTOH you don’t plan to take any swap offer, then you don’t need to take any action.


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[jp10558]

I knew this was coming, but didn't expect it until today. Still no email based broad communication to all Club Wyndham owners AFAIK. Disappointing to say the least. It's 12/1/2025 and we are literally only 30 days away from these resorts being removed from the system. Not good.

EDIT: I updated the tracker table with the link to this latest missive - right up top.

Whoof, they're JUST NOW going to let people with reservations know they've been cancelled? Also, I only saw that notice cause it was linked here, so I can't help but wonder if they're planning to gaslight "non impacted owners" around the reservations that go poof near the last minute, as well as people who may have been planning to book in the near future in 2026 - SURPRISE the location is gone!... "We've always been at war with Oceana"...

 

[jp10558]

Do you plan to consider the CWA swap offer? If so then please contact Wyndham via email or phone via the methods listed in the FAQ in the first post of this thread. Don’t wait. If OTOH you don’t plan to take any swap offer, then you don’t need to take any action.


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Maybe this is part of their plan to limit how many people take the swap. Can't do so if you don't know about it. Cue "Hitchiker's guide to the galaxy" reference again.

 

[HitchHiker71]

Whoof, they're JUST NOW going to let people with reservations know they've been cancelled? Also, I only saw that notice cause it was linked here, so I can't help but wonder if they're planning to gaslight "non impacted owners" around the reservations that go poof near the last minute, as well as people who may have been planning to book in the near future in 2026 - SURPRISE the location is gone!... "We've always been at war with Oceana"...

At a macro level yes, however as has been indicated in this thread multiple times, owners with 2026 reservations at impacted resorts were and still are being contacted to make alternate arrangements proactively. So this tranche of owners are being notified explicitly. This of course requires those owners to either pick up the phone or respond to emails sent for these follow-ups. Absent that, this recently published website missive under Resort News is the only official notification out there at this point in time.


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[dioxide45]

Maybe this is part of their plan to limit how many people take the swap. Can't do so if you don't know about it. Cue "Hitchiker's guide to the galaxy" reference again.

I referenced it in an earlier post. I was curious what Wyndhams goal was for the swap. I don't think they are intentionally not offering the swap to eligible owners. I think some mail and email just gets lost in the shuffle. But what is their actual goal. Swap as many owners as possible, swap as few as possible. Is the swap offer merely just because of a PR or legal obligation? I don't think anyone here can answer these questions.

 

[HitchHiker71]

I'll also add that although it's very accessible on the desktop version of the website as the first item under Resort News, it's nowhere to be found under Resort News on the mobile website.

Wonderful news. I will reproduce and report to Wyndham IT accordingly.


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[steve_solo]

At a macro level yes, however as has been indicated in this thread multiple times, owners with 2026 reservations at impacted resorts were and still are being contacted to make alternate arrangements proactively.

Wyndham called me to cancel a Star Island 3 BR reservation in April. Their offer to help with alternate reservations was rather useless however. The VC searched for another 3BR in the area. None available so she offered a 2BR at Bonnet Creek. I said I needed 3 BRs, so she suggested I also book a 1- BR at BC. But it was at the full point value so I would be paying an additional 150K points. Wow - I could have done all that myself online.

 

[comicbookman]

Wyndham called me to cancel a Star Island 3 BR reservation in April. Their offer to help with alternate reservations was rather useless however. The VC searched for another 3BR in the area. None available so she offered a 2BR at Bonnet Creek. I said I needed 3 BRs, so she suggested I also book a 1- BR at BC. But it was at the full point value so I would be paying an additional 150K points. Wow - I could have done all that myself online.

It would go a long way for positive PR if they had offered you some discount. I think that is a major misstep on Wyndham's part..

 

[HitchHiker71]

It would go a long way for positive PR if they had offered you some discount. I think that is a major misstep on Wyndham's part..

We recommended Wyndham consider using goodwill points precisely for this purpose, especially given the late notice and lack of communication on these actions. I will have to ask if this is even in the cards and if so, what are the requirements for granting goodwill points.


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[Floridaman76]

Whoof, they're JUST NOW going to let people with reservations know they've been cancelled? Also, I only saw that notice cause it was linked here, so I can't help but wonder if they're planning to gaslight "non impacted owners" around the reservations that go poof near the last minute, as well as people who may have been planning to book in the near future in 2026 - SURPRISE the location is gone!... "We've always been at war with Oceana"...

I have a reservation at one of the affected resorts in February at a resort I know has voted to enter bankruptcy. My reservation has not been cancelled and I have not been contacted.

So no, they have not even done that thoroughly or fully notified everyone at the affected resorts yet.

I've known about this since July so made alternate plans, but I kept my reservation just to see how it played out.

 

[CO skier]

I referenced it in an earlier post. I was curious what Wyndhams goal was for the swap. I don't think they are intentionally not offering the swap to eligible owners. I think some mail and email just gets lost in the shuffle. But what is their actual goal. Swap as many owners as possible, swap as few as possible. Is the swap offer merely just because of a PR or legal obligation? I don't think anyone here can answer these questions.

Anyone who spends 30 seconds thinking about this should realize it is to Wyndham's advantage to "swap" as many contracts as possible, if for no other reasons than

1) Less maintenance fees on the CWA inventory they hold (held).

2) Eventual payout from the swapped deeds, however long that may take.

 

[Floridaman76]

Maybe this is part of their plan to limit how many people take the swap. Can't do so if you don't know about it. Cue "Hitchiker's guide to the galaxy" reference again.

I believe it's very much in Wyndham's favor to have as many people as possible take the swap to CWA. That gets a ton of money THEY are currently paying for MF off of their books.

 

[carlbarry]

Do you plan to consider the CWA swap offer? If so then please contact Wyndham via email or phone via the methods listed in the FAQ in the first post of this thread. Don’t wait. If OTOH you don’t plan to take any swap offer, then you don’t need to take any action.


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Yes, thanks. Thanks to the post I called the Swap Letter Hotline November 24 and told her that I never received anything, email or snail mail. She said she sees people with Star Island have already called, so they must have gotten letters. She took my information and told me someone would call me in 7-10 business days.
I expect to go with CWA. My reasoning: I figure, as a lawyer for way too long, I will get nothing or next to nothing from the settlement. I could buy a CWA on ebay for $1, but it will be for more points than I have now, and the MF will be higher. On the other hand, I was told by the person from Wyndham that my CWA MF would be about $200 a year less than I'm paying now. Therefore, if I stay someplace for 5 nights (that's all I expect out of life) it will cost me about $80 a night. Not bad.
By the way, a few weeks ago I stayed at Dolphin's Cove in Anaheim. They tried to sell me a $30,000 addition to my membership, with nary a word that my current ownership was kapoot.

 

[dioxide45]

I believe it's very much in Wyndham's favor to have as many people as possible take the swap to CWA. That gets a ton of money THEY are currently paying for MF off of their books.

But by doing so, aren't they going to have to take a significant write-down on the assets on their balance sheet? Has Travel+Leisure disclosed any such provisions in their financials? When you are giving inventory away for free, it makes that inventory worth a lot less than it was before they started giving it away. I know Marriott Vacations Worldwide recently wrote down the value of their inventory in the last fiscal quarter.

 

[Floridaman76]

But by doing so, aren't they going to have to take a significant write-down on the assets on their balance sheet? Has Travel+Leisure disclosed any such provisions in their financials? When you are giving inventory away for free, it makes that inventory worth a lot less than it was before they started giving it away. I know Marriott Vacations Worldwide recently wrote down the value of their inventory in the last fiscal quarter.

They still own the assets, they just offset the MF costs, which is an operating expense. They aren't writing off anything. They are losing a liability on their balance sheet.

The actual property interest ownership is owned by the FairShare trust. And Wymdham wholly owns the FairShare trust.

When you "own" CWA, you don't own any real property, or even an interest in a UDI asset.

 

[paxsarah]

And Wymdham wholly owns the FairShare trust.

Does it?

 

[Floridaman76]

Does it?

I thoght they did?

 

[CO skier]

The actual property interest ownership is owned by the FairShare trust. And Wymdham wholly owns the FairShare trust.

The Fairshare Trust is an exchange system; it owns no property interests. Just like Interval International and RCI own no property interests.

The Fairshare Trust is only "a trust to permit the Beneficiaries to use and exchange the Use Rights available through the Trust."

 

[paxsarah]

I thoght they did?

Here’s an excerpt of the CWA trust documents: https://tugbbs.com/forums/threads/w...ing-set-of-events.375888/page-33#post-3187688

CWA trust owns the deeds for the benefit of the PTVO association, which is all CWA owners (of which Wyndham owns less than 20%).

 

[CO skier]

And Wymdham wholly owns the FairShare trust.

Does it?

No, Wyndham is the Trustee, not the "owner."

 

[CO skier]

Here’s an excerpt of the CWA trust documents: https://tugbbs.com/forums/threads/w...ing-set-of-events.375888/page-33#post-3187688

CWA trust owns the deeds for the benefit of the PTVO association, which is all CWA owners (of which Wyndham owns less than 20%).

Wyndham Vacation Ownership owns the deeds in the PTVO association. CWA is a membership, not deeded ownership. This was discussed and confirmed in a TUG discussion months ago.

eta: September 13, 2025

Wyndham is closing a handful of legacy resorts - dedicated chart/tracker located in the first post for this unfolding set of events

I don't think the trust owns the inventory directly; I think the inventory is owned by some other entity, and the usage rights are granted to the trust. I could be 100% wrong about that, though. I don’t have my laptop this weekend that has the unzipped public offering statement, but there’s...

tugbbs.com

 

[CO skier]

They aren't writing off anything.

Wrong, again. Wyndham will have to write-off all the "swaps" inventory they are exchanging for deeds, because they are receiving nothing (at this time) for the inventory they are carrying on their books as an asset at some future "sales" pricing.

 

[paxsarah]

Wyndham Vacation Ownership owns the deeds in the PTVO association. CWA is a membership, not deeded ownership. This was discussed and confirmed in a TUG discussion months ago.

eta: September 13, 2025

Wyndham is closing a handful of legacy resorts - dedicated chart/tracker located in the first post for this unfolding set of events

I don't think the trust owns the inventory directly; I think the inventory is owned by some other entity, and the usage rights are granted to the trust. I could be 100% wrong about that, though. I don’t have my laptop this weekend that has the unzipped public offering statement, but there’s...

tugbbs.com

Really?? That two-line except you cropped in the middle of a sentence demonstrates that Wyndham Vacation Ownership owns the deeds in CWA? When earlier on the same page I posted a larger excerpt that contains the full sentence that finishes by saying that the real estate interests owned by WVR are then deeded to the CWA trust. The CWA trust owns the deeds.