I agree 100% - SCAM
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If it is new enough to have - “ no go / no pay “- MF on use only addendum ( started 2006) - then there is no reason to get rid of the TS .
If your goal is to truly get rid of it for $ 0 - contact Vidanta Member Services with your
contract number and they will likely email you forms .
I’d agree that it’s very likely a scam, but I’d disagree on whether there’s a potential reason to get rid of the TS.
If my recollection is correct, Rich owns at one of the Vidanta lower tiers, but typically exchanges into GL RM using a Wyndham TS via SFX. Now that they’ve starting making GL available through RCI as overflow from Registry, the Vidanta ownership is an impediment to his being able to book GL that way without going through RCI. Most of the GL weeks in RCI are in NV, but the GL RM Spa units show up as available for extra vacations (though not in the high season, of course). The only problem is that they have a restriction preventing second class citizens (AKA Vidanta owners) from booking under those resort IDs. It’s not readily apparent why they’ve done that now that they impose the resort fees on bookings through that method, but divesting a Vidanta ownership that he doesn’t use would get him out of the class of individuals that are discriminated against this way.
It is an interesting case of timeshare exchange arbitrage, by the way, that allows a Wyndham owner to book through their RCI portal into a Vidanta resort through Registry. They show up as extra vacations even though they’re restricted to Platinum priority access for exchange. I think you might get that if you own Wyndham Presidential Reserve, but I’m not sure. In any case it changes the amount of points you need to book somewhere if you go that route.