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

[susieq]

Was just in my RCI account moments ago, and here is what it says, (incidentally The Bay Voyage week - NOT points - is the only week we own).

RCI Weeks Membership Paid Thru:
Aug 2030 (Ido have TPUs in my account.)

• Don't risk losing Deposit Trading Power!
  Deposit your Club Wyndham Bay Voyage Inn vacation time.

Under weeks you can deposit, I find this.................

Club Wyndham Bay Voyage Inn
Resort ID
#1425
Bedroom(s)
--
Max Occ / Privacy
-- / --
Unit
--

Year
DEPOSIT
2026

2027

So......................I can deposit weeks when there will be no timeshare???

 

[h00dat]

Again, thank you to all who have responded! I just dialed the dedicated Wyndham line from the FAQ section on page one of this thread, 877-883-3640. It doesn't ring then automatically disconnects after 5 seconds. What now?

This is what I found out, when I called about my Star Island fixed week. It's possible you may get a tiny check when the all and said is done with the bankruptcy. You will be able to swap your fixed week to access points also. So until you opt out they will not bill maintenance fees. The Wyndham rep over the phone said that my star island maint. fees were 39 and if I swap the maintenance fees will be 45.00. The rep said today 12/31 is last day to accept or put your name on a list. In mid Feb. they will contact me on a decision to opt out or swap. I put my name on the list.

 

[shawnee83]

The letter came today. This one is addressed to River Village Phase IIIB Owners Association but it sounds like the other HOA's received the same letter. Note that this is a generic form letter, there was a separate piece of paper with our names on it.

You can see the reference to "the Omni Claims Agent website created specifically for River Village Phase IIIB Owners Association." As of 12/31/2025, no such website yet exists.

 

[amycurl]

"We realize this announcement may let you down, just as it does us."

Well, this statement seems a bit disingenuous, "Shawnee Village Resort Management Team," since I'm pretty sure that *all* of these actions began with YOU. I'm pretty sure what is happening is going according to the management team's plan. To add this kind of language--especially since it's not really needed--seems to just be rubbing salt into a wound that *you* (i.e. The Shawnee Village Resort Management Team) created. Now, if this was signed by, say, the actual managerial person who is losing their job, maybe it would make more sense. But from the "team?" I'm pretty sure that you're on the winning team here, so not sure why you feel the announcement is letting you down.


Not only has the communication plan been terrible--in terms of timing and the overall lack of it--but this just seems so deliberately tone deaf. *mind boggles* as to who is in charge of Wyndham's comms. And whomever it is, they are probably getting paid with an extra zero in their salary than I am, and I'm pretty sure I could have done a better job.

 

[seascapemvy]

I just spoke to the front desk at Shawnee. The nice women said our January 16 Fairways reservation is still there. Hopefully it will be honored. She also said she is scheduled to work next week.

 

[Arimaas]

FYI 01/01/26 730 AM eastern time - my 154K Fairfield Glade contract is still in my account as one of my three contracts and still in my point summary dashboard.

 

[Roger830]

FYI 01/01/26 730 AM eastern time - my 154K Fairfield Glade contract is still in my account as one of my three contracts and still in my point summary dashboard.

Hopefully you'll still have your mf. LOL

 

[Arimaas]

Hopefully you'll still have your mf. LOL

I think the MFs dropped already, but there was a problem with the program fees.

 

[schreff]

Have you attempted to contact the dedicated team via the FAQ recommendations in the first post of this thread? That would be job one to get your questions answered. No one else at Wyndham will be able to assist in any meaningful manner.

Apart from that, will you have any contracts left assuming you don’t take the CWA swap? I’m guessing you didn’t take the swap correct? If not, and you will not have any active Club Wyndham contracts after the PP contract goes inactive, then assuming this occurs before your February reservation, your account will become inactive, all 2026 points will be removed and all 2026 reservations made with those points will be cancelled. If you still have active contracts, then this is somewhat of a gray area as, unfortunately, we not have definitive guidance or rules on how points debits from impacted contracts for 2026 amd 2027 will be handled, particularly if your points balance goes negative after the impacted contracts are made inactive early next year best estimate. Hopefully the dedicated team can assist you with these types of explicit scenarios.


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You've been trying your best to help folks resolve their problems and we are grateful. However, the hard boiled truth is that Wyndham cannot handle what I consider a horrendous corporate decision which will at best result in many legal actions along with a complete catastrophe in supply and demand for reservations. Do you really believe that all those family vacations which were booked at the closed resorts will be satisfactorily replaced by Wyndham? How many total units have been lost in 2026 and how is the supply going to be enough at this late date? Like us, these owners can't be happy. Also, when does this 30 day decision window start? With us we didn't even get an official offer yet.

 

[Floridaman76]

You've been trying your best to help folks resolve their problems and we are grateful. However, the hard boiled truth is that Wyndham cannot handle what I consider a horrendous corporate decision which will at best result in many legal actions along with a complete catastrophe in supply and demand for reservations. Do you really believe that all those family vacations which were booked at the closed resorts will be satisfactorily replaced by Wyndham? How many total units have been lost in 2026 and how is the supply going to be enough at this late date? Like us, these owners can't be happy. Also, when does this 30 day decision window start? With us we didn't even get an official offer yet.

Based on my personal experiment, the answer is a resounding NO. The MOST they seem willing or empowered to do is either cancel your reservation and refund your points or rebook you somewhere else if there is availability.

In my case (and probably hundreds of others) at less than 3 weeks out of course there was none. The level of indifference from owner care is astounding on this.

 

[Arimaas]

Based on my personal experiment, the answer is a resounding NO. The MOST they seem willing or empowered to do is either cancel your reservation and refund your points or rebook you somewhere else if there is availability.

In my case (and probably hundreds of others) at less than 3 weeks out of course there was none. The level of indifference from owner care is astounding on this.

I don’t mean to point out the obvious - but is it really astounding ? You, I and some others have kinda been saying this since the beginning that this was the likely outcome. Not to pat my own back here, but this doesn’t amaze me at all. In fact, it’s what I expected and emotionally, I’m at the acceptance phase.

 

[Sandi Bo]

I don’t mean to point out the obvious - but is it really astounding ? You, I and some others have kinda been saying this since the beginning that this was the likely outcome. Not to pat my own back here, but this doesn’t amaze me at all. In fact, it’s what I expected and emotionally, I’m at the acceptance phase.

I was working on acceptance months ago (well however far back this goes). Try not to think too much about it, since I have nothing good to say about it!

 

[afk324]

Hopefully you'll still have your mf. LOL

1/1/26 My Shawnee RV2 140k points is listed in use Year 2026. Earlier this week my auto pay was completed and MF payment has RV2 Contract charge GONE.

 

[chapjim]

You've been trying your best to help folks resolve their problems and we are grateful. However, the hard boiled truth is that Wyndham cannot handle what I consider a horrendous corporate decision which will at best result in many legal actions along with a complete catastrophe in supply and demand for reservations. Do you really believe that all those family vacations which were booked at the closed resorts will be satisfactorily replaced by Wyndham? How many total units have been lost in 2026 and how is the supply going to be enough at this late date? Like us, these owners can't be happy. Also, when does this 30 day decision window start? With us we didn't even get an official offer yet.

There is no hard boiled truth. There is much disagreement about corporate decisions and their result. I doubt there is an impending catastrophe in the supply and demand for reservations. Maybe a ripple but no catastrophe. Most likely, the reduction in units available (supply) will correspond to the reduction in owners (demand). Clearly, some resorts will be more affected than others.

The principal actors in these actions are the HOAs. There can be no legal actions against the HOAs while the resort is in Chapter 11. One of the features of Chapter 11 is that legal actions are stayed.

Official offer? How can there be an official offer when it is not known when or if the resort will be sold, sale price (if any), and expenses incurred until closing?

Unquestionably, there are a number of owners or former owner who are unhappy about the proceedings. It is impossible to please everyone.

 

[chapjim]

I have two resale contracts at OIRC -- 175,000 points each, which I will not swap for CWA points. I expected 350,000 points to be deducted today from my resale bucket. It didn't happen. Was the expectation erroneous? Too many transactions to take place with the other roll-over actions?

 

[RENTER]

1/1/26 My Shawnee RV2 140k points is listed in use Year 2026. Earlier this week my auto pay was completed and MF payment has RV2 Contract charge GONE.

I had another owner tell me the same thing about her Shawnee contract. It was her belief based on a letter she received that the points will not be removed until March.

 

[Fido Chuckwagon]

Wyndham is going to have a lot of availability problems in 2026….

 

[Rolltydr]

There is no hard boiled truth. There is much disagreement about corporate decisions and their result. I doubt there is an impending catastrophe in the supply and demand for reservations. Maybe a ripple but no catastrophe. Most likely, the reduction in units available (supply) will correspond to the reduction in owners (demand). Clearly, some resorts will be more affected than others.

The principal actors in these actions are the HOAs. There can be no legal actions against the HOAs while the resort is in Chapter 11. One of the features of Chapter 11 is that legal actions are stayed.

Official offer? How can there be an official offer when it is not known when or if the resort will be sold, sale price (if any), and expenses incurred until closing?

Unquestionably, there are a number of owners or former owner who are unhappy about the proceedings. It is impossible to please everyone.

But, Jim, the sky is falling! I read all about it on the interwebs!

 

[bnoble]

Wyndham is going to have a lot of availability problems in 2026….

No they won't. Every point in every owner account has to be backed by some inventory somehwere in the system. The owners at the closing resorts are either going to keep their deeds at the closing resorts, taking the payout, or they are going to be given unsold CWA points.

There may be less slack in the system, but that slack is mostly at less popular resorts, and there will also be fewer owners competing for the most desirable inventory that remains.

 

[Double U]

But, Jim, the sky is falling! I read all about it on the interwebs!

Exactly and this is what I see that seems to be the concern of some. Real life example: A bank may be completely solvent, but an issue arises and they aren't communicating. People get scared and start taking money out. Lines form. Although there is nothing wrong, the interwebs, or media cover the story. It gets out of control and a solvent business goes under due to panic caused by uncertainty.

Perhaps we actually don't want to have that happen. We may have the same goal, but don't feel validated. Feelings are a factor in this business, not just money and legalities. If things are perceived as disingenuous, I understand why people feel that way.

 

[RENTER]

No they won't. Every point in every owner account has to be backed by some inventory somehwere in the system. The owners at the closing resorts are either going to keep their deeds at the closing resorts, taking the payout, or they are going to be given unsold CWA points.

There may be less slack in the system, but that slack is mostly at less popular resorts, and there will also be fewer owners competing for the most desirable inventory that remains.

Some inventory somewhere in the system? That is the start of the death spiral unless they can find more buyers You assume that those who went to those closing resorts are owners there. Many are not and own elsewhere. They were happy with those resorts and were not interested in going to those desirable resorts. Now that is their only choice and will now be competing with others for those resorts.

More competition for rooms means more unhappy owners resulting in more owners walking away and if others are correct, driving up maintenance fees thus creating more unhappy owners.

 

[Floridaman76]

No they won't. Every point in every owner account has to be backed by some inventory somehwere in the system. The owners at the closing resorts are either going to keep their deeds at the closing resorts, taking the payout, or they are going to be given unsold CWA points.

There may be less slack in the system, but that slack is mostly at less popular resorts, and there will also be fewer owners competing for the most desirable inventory that remains.

You are missing the point that in the "points world", there needs to be "slack" in the system to accomodate peak demand.

Are there enough rooms/availability in the system to accomodate every traveller at some point in the year? Of course. But not everyone wants to, or has the ability to travel at every point in the year.

Nobody wants to travel to Branson in January or Newport in February, or Steamboat in April.

That's why I was calling out the complete BULLCRAP of Wyndham's occupancy claims at certain resorts. The entire model of the timeshare points systems are there has to be slack to accomodate a huge percentage of owners during peak demand (holidays, Summer vacation, etc). And specifically some of the resorts which closed accomodated that peak demand very well.

Williamsburg is a great example, and why you would be hard pressed to find a week at Patriots Place in the summer inside the discount window. Same with Falls at Branson.

It's also (one of the reasons) why the 2 Jamestown resorts were always booked solid from May to October but had lots of availability in the dead of winter.

I think we are going to find peak times are going to be harder to book, and much harder to get the VIP discounts and suite upgrades some of us paid dearly for...

 

[Rolltydr]

When a bank goes under, customers can lose money and some may lose their life savings. Nobody has to make up horror stories to validate those feelings. The stories are real. If a timeshare company goes under, people will have to plan their vacations differently and stay in different properties. People are making up horror stories and posting them on the internet to try and scare or anger others in order to validate their own anger. I will not help them.

 

[paxsarah]

Maybe a ripple but no catastrophe.

“Ripple” is the word I didn’t even know I was looking for that perfectly describes how I expect this to impact future availability.

 

[Arimaas]

When a bank goes under, customers can lose money and some may lose their life savings. Nobody has to make up horror stories to validate those feelings. The stories are real. If a timeshare company goes under, people will have to plan their vacations differently and stay in different properties. People are making up horror stories and posting them on the internet to try and scare or anger others in order to validate their own anger. I will not help them.

I own only resale, so I am not the typical Wyndham owner, besides the fact that I am on TUG. But people have invested a lot of money in Wyndham. There may even be a subset that invested six figures. I don't think this is just a matter of "having to vacation differently". There's real economic costs associated with this. The TUG members are a different breed, but when I was at Skyline in August, boy were owners pissed. They spent a lot of money on the rug that was about to be pulled out from under them. And don't forget corporate sold them it all with promises of lifetime of access .