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  1. R

    Bad Buy....x3

    Hello TUG members, Gosh, I wish I had taken the time to find this place years ago! My wife and I went to Orlando, Florida as part of the 'package deal' that all of you are familiar with, surely, back in August 2017. Tuscany Gardens was beautiful, btw, SeaWorld just ok as a resort. Anyways, we...
  2. C

    Is my EOY Residences by Hilton Club offer worth?

    Hello Folks, Last Sunday I accepted an offer of 5100 EOY(every other year) points for Residences by Hilton Club, NY in $27220. I get 18K bonus points to be used in 2 years. I pay maintenance fee every other year . I think I overpaid. But this is a club in NYC. Can you please comment? How much...
  3. escanoe

    Barbados Online Booking & Availability

    Has anyone heard anything on when the Crane in Barbados will be available for online booking? For those of you that have called to check on availability and have enough points to spend, how hard is it to book?
  4. E

    I just bought a HGVC timeshare? Love to hear opinions on deal.

    So I just bought a 2 bed plus at myrtle Anderson. Silver season Odd years 4k points & 1100 Maintenance $13k Love to hear if I got a good, bad deal, or got fleeced. Thanks
  5. 4Sunsets

    Title insurance with purchase?

    Does anyone think it's worth an extra $600 for title insurance for purchasing a resale week?
  6. 4Sunsets

    Why do people list offerings already under contract?

    Am I missing something or is it a complete gimmick for a timeshare company to post a NEW timeshare listing that is already under contract? If so, why do they do it?
  7. taterhed

    Trouble Brewing For Hilton Hawaiian Village (Strike Action)

    https://loyaltylobby.com/2019/04/29/trouble-brewing-for-hilton-hawaiian-village-strike-action/?omhide=true Trouble Brewing For Hilton Hawaiian Village (Strike Action) Don't know if it's true, but forewarned is forearmed. Hope it get's settled without too much kerfuffle.
  8. M

    RCI - Weeks Exchange on Big Island, Hawaii Fall 2019

    Hi - First time poster here. I have an on-going search with RCI with dates ranging from mid-Sept through mid-Dec 2019. The resorts in my search are: 1) Bay Club 2) Kohala Suites 3) King's Land and 4) Mauna Lani Hotel. I created my ongoing search 2 weeks ago and I got a match at Bay Club...
  9. 4Sunsets

    Upscale at Hilton?

    As new owners, it's been really hard for us to find out which resorts are upscale, which are modest, which have been renovated. The last being more important than anything else. marriott has high mf, but the resorts are impeccably maintained (for the most part). hilton seems to have a 10-year...
  10. 4Sunsets

    bHC vs HGVC

    I've been lurking here for a long time. Still trying to understand bHC vs HGVC. I can't find a list of which resorts are which. For example, I see lots of resorts in Japan where we'd like to stay. I don't know if these are bHC or HGVC or whether as an HGVC owner I can stay. And yes I've seen...
  11. gnorth16

    RCI: Trading into HGVC as a Owner

    I love HGVC for many reasons, but I also have a non-HGVC RCI trader and have booked back into HGVC in the past and it is a great value. Now, there is a daily $25 resort fee at many HGVC resorts in RCI (affiliates are usually excluded). I have the option of exchanging into HGVC Las Vegas...
  12. B

    Hawaii advice [Kings' Land]

    First of all, I am so glad I found this site! We recently got suckered into a 3400 points TS in Las Vegas with 10k bonus points EOY for 16,000. We were in the 7 day window (WA state luckily) so we were able to rescind the contract. We are still interested, but not in Las Vegas and at a much...
  13. escanoe

    HGV Barbados "the Crane" now bookable for owners

    Just saw this on the HGVC website. Is it customary for HGVC to launch new resorts without online booking and just for home week owners? I am excited to see HGVC coming to the Caribbean.
  14. Ernie McClellan

    Recent promotional visit to HGVC Las Vegas Strip

    Hello everyone - I have been a member for a while now, and have learned so much from all of you here since my first encounter with TS back in the early 2000's. The parter and I recently visited HGVC on the strip, and I thought I would share the experience for your info. I am the owner, the...
  15. M

    HGVC Tuscany Village Orlando

    I have been reading through a lot of these forums. I was really close to hiring one of those exit companies. I am not a numbers person, so all of this $1 per point stuff confuses me. Anyway, I'm looking for advice on a fair price for my TS. I own a 1 br at the Tuscany Village. I have an annual...
  16. S

    HGVC --> RCI --> All Inclusive Resorts

    Hello Everyone, We were looking at going to the Caribbean / Antilles in the March time period and found several All Inclusive resorts available along with mandatory daily fees averaging from $180-$225 PPPN. Just from looking at the fees at a per person/per night cost, it seems like using HGVC...
  17. U

    Add Points to Existing Account?

    Hi there - new person here. I walked away from 2200 points in Orlando for $9000 at a presentation, knowing it wasn't on par with what I see here or on resale sites..I'm now scouting the web for deals. Is it possible to buy a small/cheap package (3500 points for equivalent or less in $$), and...
  18. U

    Buy by Myself or Use a Broker/Lawyer?

    Finished up my second HGVC presentation this morning. I walked away from $9000 for 2400 points (4000 point bonus) since it didn't align with what I had seen on resale sites. I'm still convinced it's a great product and I am taken by the flexibility in applying points to locations. I'm posting...
  19. giowop

    Kohala vs. Kings' Land

    Hello all. This is my first post so go easy on me! There are some threads on this from a couple years ago but looking for more recent info We are considering eventual purchase into HGVC, and I'd like to personally THANK this forum for preventing me/us from buying from HGV itself. AMAZING...
  20. J

    HGVC --> DVC

    This is my first post and my first attempt at staying anywhere other than the normal HGVC offerings. I'm looking for help in exchanging, trading, whatever the right term is, my current points to be able to stay at a Disney property March 30th - April 6th 2019. I do have some flexibility with...
  21. F

    HGVC Resell

    Hi everyone, We’re a family of three in mid 30’s with a 2yo kid who attended a HGVC presentation while we were in Hawaii last week. We were staying in the Hilton Hawaiian Village and was interested in the TS concept so we agreed to attend the presentation when offered 30,000HH points. I did a...
  22. escanoe

    What do you consider "sales price" for ROFR & Comparison Purposes?

    I am not really sure what people include in reporting "sales price" for ROFR purposes or for doing $ per point comparisons. I have an ROFR offer in for somewhere between $809 or $3,653.41 depending on how one considers it. It is for a 1BR+ platinum (6,200 EOY odd year points) at Anderson Ocean...
  23. D

    New Owner Question re Last Minute Rentals

    New owner here (resale of course :) ...DH and I are exploring the HGVC website and trying to determine when to take our first trip. We seem to recall from the sales presentation (where we did NOT buy) that there is a way to book a last minute vacation for very little without using points. Is...
  24. K

    HGVC Land and Sea offer

    Hello all, Sorry if this has been posted before but I had small changes to questions already asked. I recently was just offered the HGVC Land and Sea $499 offer to come visit the properties. The four locations we were offered were Vegas, Orlando, Mrytle Beach, and (I forgot the other...
  25. escanoe

    Significant 2019 Manhattan Club Availability (Oct 2018)

    I am new to timesharing (newbie HGVC owner). I live on the East Coast and have been looking to snag a weekend in NYC at HGVC W 57th or possibly the Residences bHC. Since I have been watching things, it seems hard to do through HGVC if you don't own at those properties AND can't be done more than...
  26. A

    Thinking about HGVC resale purchase -- Looking for go / no-go advice and Point recommendation

    Hi new TUG family, Thank you all for your expertise and information that you’ve already shared through the rest of the post here in the forums. I’ve learned a lot over the last few weeks by reading the different info here. I’ve been on ~10 timeshare pitches, and have seen several different...
  27. Hobokie

    HGVC Pros… Check My Understanding (Please!) Using a “Real Life” Example

    Alright, HGVC pros check my understanding of HGVC. I call this a “real life” example, because it’s a plan that would actually occur to me and IF I were an owner, I would try to execute. Note that I went to my first timeshare presentation in July of this year (HGVC) and just got back from 2nd...
  28. cindyc

    HGVC Club Member Orientation Workshop in Dallas - Report

    I attended the HGVC "Owner Orientation" in Dallas this morning, with over 300 other owners. I was concerned it might be a sales pitch, but it was not. In fact, there were NO salespeople in attendance only Owner Services folks. It was exactly as advertised, an attempt to help HGVC Owners...
  29. Caroline Le

    new to HGVC looking for tips on when to book

    I recently bought resale and looking for tips from the group on when is the best time to book. I bought an EOY (odd) ts in Orlando and want to visit Hawaii end of June.
  30. H

    Help - I need to get rid of this...and 8,500+ HGVC points

    I regretfully own a HGVC timeshare at the HGVC Anderson Ocean Club in Myrtle Beach. I have [redacted] bonus points I need to book by September [redacted.] I don't plan on using these myself. 1) I want to get rid of this (especially before the next fee year in 2020) 2) It would be great to...
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