fabro001
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Hi All!
Thanks for all of the great information on this forum. My husband and I sat in on a WM Anaheim pitch yesterday...and went home with a 5,000 credit contract. We spent 7 hours with the team going back and forth on what the benefit would be for a direct contract over resale. My husband and I even went through the TUG threads on this forum when we were at the sales pitch as part of our due diligence. We still have lingering questions about whether or not to rescind.
We ended up purchasing a developer contract for the reasons stated below:
1. Bonus Time. The sales team stated multiple times that Bonus Time is a developer incentive. Contracts purchased on the resale market are NOT eligible for Bonus Time. I even got the sales team to confirm this on video while we were signing the final paperwork.
My question to the forum is: please confirm if Bonus Time something that CAN NOT be transferred on a resale contract?
A follow up question is: is Bonus Time worth paying the developer price?
2. Discounted rates off of the Best Available Rate (BAR) for Wyndham hotels. we were pitched that as WM club members who buy DIRECT, we would have access for hotel rates that are discounted off of the BAR rates for any hotel in the Wyndham portfolio. This is appealing to us because we are planning a trip to Europe (tentative destinations: Denmark, Sweden, Berlin, Prague) and would like to use a combination of timeshare bookings via RCI, and hotel stays using the discounted BAR Rate.
Questions: The sales team said that WM club members who purchase direct can only receive this incentive. Those with a regular Wyndham Rewards account won't receive the discounted BAR rates nor WM club members who purchase resale could benefit from booking with the discounted BAR rate. How accurate is this statement? If I purchase a WM resale contract, will I be eligible for the Wyndham Hotel discounted BAR rate?
3. RCI. We were told Wyndham owns RCI. Because of this, WM club members have "first pick" of RCIs inventory. We opted to not sign up for the RCI membership but were told that we could always sign up later for $99/year
Question: If we purchase a Resale WM contract, would we be able to have access to the same RCI "first pick" inventory that a direct contract would have?
Caveat:
We already own DVC and HGVC (both purchased on the resale market). We already have plenty of options to vacation to destinations that appeal to us.
We bought into WM because we liked WMs vast inventory, ability to have RCIs "first pick" inventory, the Bonus Time, and discounted BAR rates. If can capture all of these perks on the resale market, then I'd like to rescind. The sales team made it seem like these "incentives" were only through the developer. I need the expertise of my fellow TUGGERS for more insight.
Thanks in advance!!!
Thanks for all of the great information on this forum. My husband and I sat in on a WM Anaheim pitch yesterday...and went home with a 5,000 credit contract. We spent 7 hours with the team going back and forth on what the benefit would be for a direct contract over resale. My husband and I even went through the TUG threads on this forum when we were at the sales pitch as part of our due diligence. We still have lingering questions about whether or not to rescind.
We ended up purchasing a developer contract for the reasons stated below:
1. Bonus Time. The sales team stated multiple times that Bonus Time is a developer incentive. Contracts purchased on the resale market are NOT eligible for Bonus Time. I even got the sales team to confirm this on video while we were signing the final paperwork.
My question to the forum is: please confirm if Bonus Time something that CAN NOT be transferred on a resale contract?
A follow up question is: is Bonus Time worth paying the developer price?
2. Discounted rates off of the Best Available Rate (BAR) for Wyndham hotels. we were pitched that as WM club members who buy DIRECT, we would have access for hotel rates that are discounted off of the BAR rates for any hotel in the Wyndham portfolio. This is appealing to us because we are planning a trip to Europe (tentative destinations: Denmark, Sweden, Berlin, Prague) and would like to use a combination of timeshare bookings via RCI, and hotel stays using the discounted BAR Rate.
Questions: The sales team said that WM club members who purchase direct can only receive this incentive. Those with a regular Wyndham Rewards account won't receive the discounted BAR rates nor WM club members who purchase resale could benefit from booking with the discounted BAR rate. How accurate is this statement? If I purchase a WM resale contract, will I be eligible for the Wyndham Hotel discounted BAR rate?
3. RCI. We were told Wyndham owns RCI. Because of this, WM club members have "first pick" of RCIs inventory. We opted to not sign up for the RCI membership but were told that we could always sign up later for $99/year
Question: If we purchase a Resale WM contract, would we be able to have access to the same RCI "first pick" inventory that a direct contract would have?
Caveat:
We already own DVC and HGVC (both purchased on the resale market). We already have plenty of options to vacation to destinations that appeal to us.
We bought into WM because we liked WMs vast inventory, ability to have RCIs "first pick" inventory, the Bonus Time, and discounted BAR rates. If can capture all of these perks on the resale market, then I'd like to rescind. The sales team made it seem like these "incentives" were only through the developer. I need the expertise of my fellow TUGGERS for more insight.
Thanks in advance!!!
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