Crap! I musta missed it!But, Jim, the sky is falling! I read all about it on the interwebs!
The Prophet of Doom strikes again! Death spiral? Seriously?
A few resorts are closing. There will still be 60-70 resorts available, a few in the same vicinities as those that are closing. So, the pissed owners can still have their points, if they so choose, and have plenty of locations to choose from by swapping to CWA. Or, they can give up their contracts and vacation some other way. It’s completely their choice.
I think you're discounting (no pun attended) that some people spent $100k on vacationing on where and how they wanted to, until the rug was pulled out from under them, like I said. Heck @Floridaman76 said he's $80k in the hole with Wynhdam. It's more than just a matter of just being a little mad.
You know how to get out of that hole? Stop digging!
I just said that I was stopping to dig, I didn’t literally say it - but it was implied from this.
Back about 10 years ago when I was looking for a timeshare to buy to complement my DVC points, I was deciding between Wyndham and Bluegreen. We wanted the northeast locations that Wyndham had, Shawnee, Atlantic City, New York and Newport. While Bluegreen had Cape Cod, New York, Atlantic City and Hershey. We decided Wyndham was best for us, but if we were making the decision today, I may have made a different choice. It is not only those who own at Shawnee that are hurt by this action, but also people who purchased point as points to stay at Shawnee and Atlantic City. Am I upset and hurt? YES! Will we survive and still enjoy Wyndham? Yes but that doesn't change the fact that Wyndham is closing the 2 primary resorts that were the primary reason we chose Wyndham.
In theory, sure. But if people are being told that they won’t have the points taken out of their accounts until March, and can therefore use them for trips January-March, then it sure seems like Wyndham is letting people use phantom points to book trips. Your post assumes that Wyndham is accurate accounting for points this year. I have no such faith in them given what we’ve seen over the years.
My MF was just over 15K annually. I spend about 8K - 12K in my travel with Plus Partners. (My travel agent is excited and showing me what they can do with that). So 25K a year since I've been with them. I am a drop in the bucket. I will not be missed or noticed. Why do I spend anymore with them is what I'm asking myself. Just saying this as a customer.
Yeah, what part of constantly creating unhappy owners that creates new wave of unhappy owners do you not understand
I don't know that unhappy owners are creating more unhappy owners. I hear you say that but I hear you say a lot of stuff.
Not a bit. I'm sure that's why it took so long to schedule the vote: it took some time to make sure the fix was in.
That's a good point. I myself am glad to be getting out of my timeshare, but most people on this board (and at the HOA meeting I went to) are very unhappy to be losing their week(s). That's not a sign of "unhappy owners." And truth be told, we'll miss our Shawnee weeks... but time is catching up with us, and those stairs to our unit are getting steeper and longer every year.
Maybe in the immediate Shawnee-on-Delaware, PA area. This won't be the first resort drying up and closing in the Poconos, and there is plenty of traffic around East Stroudsburg that I think most businesses nearby will survive a slight loss. I predict that the shopping center across from the check-in and activities building on Buttermilk will most likely close up.
That is for Shawnee, where the resort is not closing until march.
Ok, apparently this is for a "voluntary contribution" to ARDA-ROC (American Resort Development Association - Resort Owners' Coalition), not an actual payment to/for Wyndham. I guess that means it won't interfere with my soon-to-end ownership, right?
