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I am a Bonvoy Platinum and looking into buying into Marriott Timeshare for Marriott Points to trade in during prime vacation weeks (skiing week 51 or 52, President's weekend, Spring break/Easter vacation, summer mid June-first week of August or Thanksgiving). What is the best Marriott points...
I have a silver membership with diamond. Diamond rep says if I pay another $65k over next ten years, I’ll have a deeded ownership and pay less (in monthly payments) than I pay now for annual fees. I will be upgraded to platinum and he says I’ll never never have to pay maintenance fees again...
Hello,
I am new here. The last kid is about to leave for college and my husband and I won't travel to resorts anymore.
Could people give me an idea of a realistic selling price for Kohala - Hawaii by Hilton Grand Vacations? It is a Platinum with 7000. 2Br 2Bth 12600 points saved for next year...
I'm considering acquiring a HGV timeshare worth 5000 points. Looking at the official booking rates, as well as other terms, it appears a timeshare would make sense for me. However, the points aren't worth anything if I can't utilize them the way I want, and my requirements aren't any high (Las...
Like some of you, I recently stumbled upon this website when looking up information on timeshares after a presentation. I'm currently at a Hilton Grand Vacations hotel in Las Vegas and got suckered into purchasing a timeshare at a presentation yesterday. The purchase is a bit on the low end, but...
Sharing what I believe to be a complete points chart for Ocean Tower within Hilton Waikoloa Village, Waikoloa Beach, Hawaii (The Big Island). As of August 2021, this property remains under active conversion from the original hotel rooms to HGV's timeshares, so there may eventually be additions...
Hello, all. I'm a first-time thread contributor- be gentle ;-)
There may not be a lot of people who own at DVC but might be thinking about buying into Hilton's timeshare program (Hilton Grand Vacations). In case you might be - or are just interested in how the programs compare - I'm sharing a...
Just wondering what are the limitation of the HGV App vs. HGVwe site. Here are some I can point out:
1. HGV App cannot be used for RCI bookings or last min deals
2. HGV App does not also show Hilton Last mins deals
There may be many more. Let’s hear from the experienced HGV owners.
Thanks
So I sent a cancellation letter to Hilton within four days of signing. Cancellation was within the allotted 10 days and it says they have 20 days according to the contract to refund our money. I didn’t put too much in the letter other than me and my wife’s decision to cancel within the time...
Hi! I'm interested in going to Hawaii around March 27th - April 4th, preferably Honolulu Looking for at least a 1 BDR.
Prefer higher end beach resorts such as Marriot/Hilton.
Greetings,
Like so many others, I wish I found this forum years ago! Thank you for all your informative posts.
We are looking to sell our timeshare and would like advice on how/where to sell it and realistically what we should expect to get for it.
We own at The New York Club, 7,000 points and...
Just wanted to share my experience with my recent exchanges.
2020 was my first use year for my Vistana Timeshare that I bought resale on this site after rescinding my developer purchase.
We have a 2 bed lock off that can be split into two different weeks.
Hawaii 2019 for Colorado 2020
We traded...
Over a four week period, I stayed in four different timeshares from north of San Diego to south of Los Angeles. I feel really fortunate to have been able to stay at these four wonderful timeshare properties. I would go back to any one of them again, but I am curious which of the four you...
Hi all,
Had a timeshare presentation from Hilton (Parc Soleil Orlando) yesterday. The day before was researching, and found this site, which made me back off from purchasing.
Agent was nice and friendly, and was upfront about the maintenance fees (we had gone to a different one a few years...
Free - Hilton Las Vegas Strip (HGVC), Floating Week, 3400 points.
Buyer to pay transfer fees. Available for use in 2021.
Please contact for additional information.
At Hilton Waikoloa Village, cultivating a homegrown aesthetic
https://www.travelweekly.com/Hawaii-Travel/Insights/Hilton-Waikoloa-Village-replanting-native-flora
By Tovin Lapan / Hawaii Insight / Travel Weekly / travelweekly.com / October 17, 2019
“Raymond Keenan, director of landscaping at...
After you rescind your developer sold timeshare...take a deep breath and join the Hilton Honors program. You can join for free and get a Hilton Amex card (if you have credit) and have access to over 4,000 Hilton properties including 2,500 Hampton Inns (all of which include a free hot breakfast...
We attended a HGVC presentation earlier this year and purchased 3500 points every other year for $11,000. After doing some research online we learned that we had made a huge mistake.
Fast forward a few months and we are now closing on a better deal for twice the amount of points with a better...
Been lurking around TUG for about a year. My story... Stayed at the Hilton in NYC and listened to their spiel in 2018 bad turned them down. We purchased a "try before you but" package for $1695 for 7200 points. We booked at the Grand Islander in HI and still have points left over.
We went...
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.
I just want to preface this thread by being upfront that I probably should have researched this topic more that I did before posting this and definitely before I bought in (had no idea there was such a robust community around vacation package/timeshares) and I apologize in advance if I am...
I am seriously thinking about buying a HGVC resale TS. Can you gift points to others or buy just points from someone else. For instance, if I am 1500 points short from where I want to go, is there a market to buy points from someone, so you don't have to upgrade and pay more MF?
I received my two annual MF invoices for 2019 and I see VAT added onto them.
One is for 88.56 and the other is 3.85.
Since I don't live there and typically when I travel I get VAT back, does this also apply to these charges? Has anyone tried asking for them to be removed or get the VAT back?
Looking for anything in the Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area. Any dates between December 16-22 (even if not all days are available- if a couple of nights are available that's fine).
Looking for anything in the Florida Keys. Any dates between December 16-22 (even if not all days are available- if a couple of nights are available that's fine).
Greetings everyone and thank you for taking your time to even read this.
I've been scouring this site but couldn't find all of the answers to the questions I had so I finally decided to post them and try my luck here.
First of all, I want to just get rid of my Hilton Timeshare in its entirety...
Found some last minute vacation time and I am looking for something close to the beach. Would like a nice resort with amenities that the entire family can enjoy... Please let me if you can can help me out ASAP...
Thank you!
Angelo
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