How many points and what do you do with them?

[SmithOp]

We have 14,400 points and use them to stay multiple weeks in Hawaii. If we are going there a week is never enough. We go in gold season and I can get almost 3 weeks in a 2 br.

This year we had some medical issues and had to cancel the trip so I’m renting a few points and taking some short weekday getaways locally in Carlsbad.


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[frank808]

Don't some Hilton owners use their points for DVC exchanges through RCI? I remember seeing the low points required.

Those were the good old days. We were lucky and got multiple weeks at Aulani. This was when weeks showed up in RCI with an OGS. Now they are special deposits that only Wyndham owners can book.

Yes, HGVC points were reasonable. 1br were 3400 hgvc points and 2br were 4800 points. Compared to 300+ dvc pts for a 1br ocean view. Always got ocean view rooms in our 14 trades into Aulani. Even called and requested high floor and got tpp floor most times.

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[Csandrago]

I am just learning the timeshare game lol, and own in Vegas but not Hilton, I get good RCI points but considering trying to get into the HGVC because husband wants the quality of resort. Is it better for me to buy in one location and pay MF's for the points or try picking up a few HGVC in various locations that people will pay transfer fees just to get rid of, that I can get a good resale price on and just tally my points up to lets say 7K or a bit more? I am not sure if this is making sense....but let me know

We have 34,800 annual points, family of three. It seems a bit crazy but we have no problem using them.

First off, two weeks are fixed 51 and 52 on Marco Island, and we use our fixed weeks almost every year, so that is 14,000 points.

Then I have a fixed ski week 1BR+ at Valdoro which I use, so that is 6200 points.

The remaining 14,600 points usually include a summer full week somewhere, plus I make several 3-day weekend ski season reservations at Valdoro every year. I think I have 4 or 5 reservations for this coming ski season. Throw in the other occasional trips (we're heading to Chicago in September for a long weekend this year, we were in Las Vegas last fall), and that takes care of our points.

Also, having so many points, we do tend to splurge a bit more. The three of us could fit in a 1BR, but will often get a 2BR instead so our daughter has a bit more privacy. With the point structure of some of the newer resorts, it will make going there a bit easier as well.

BTW, all purchases were resale, so even though it has been a significant investment, it is was way less than anything direct from HGVC. We are comfortable with our maintenance fee commitment, and as we approach retirement we see ourselves traveling more so I don't see an issue with not being able to use all our points in the foreseeable future. But when that time comes, I feel confident we will not have an issue divesting as all of our weeks are Platinum so there will be demand for them. My guess is that our daughter will want some of them, but I'm not counting on that. And for those who constantly complain on these forums about what to do after they no longer want their timeshares, I built my "exit plan" in from day 1 -- no need to insist that the HOA be burdened handling my exit plan.

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[DazedandConfused]

I am just learning the timeshare game lol, and own in Vegas but not Hilton, I get good RCI points but considering trying to get into the HGVC because husband wants the quality of resort. Is it better for me to buy in one location and pay MF's for the points or try picking up a few HGVC in various locations that people will pay transfer fees just to get rid of, that I can get a good resale price on and just tally my points up to lets say 7K or a bit more? I am not sure if this is making sense....but let me know

Buy where you WANT to stay or buy something with the lowest price and lowest annual dues. However, low priced resales often have high annual dues and visa versa. In other words, there is no single best unit to buy, but there are ranges of good deals such as HGVC las vegas or big island