letsgosteelers
TUG Member
I know there is alot of history here, what is the current status on sales of this property?
I saw something stating this is an affiliate and not actually an HGVC property. What is the difference? What does that translate into as far as what you are actually getting or giving up?
When we went on a presentation previously, you were buying the property that you visited. ie Disney, Hilton, it was always the *newest* property being developed or the current property being presented.
Now, they were offering several locations and it seemed were *featuring* the Bay Club. They mentioned, Florida, vegas, etc.
I know there was a recent assessment, but not sure what else has occurred since then and what types of promotions are on-going.
We just got back from a stay at the Hilton Waikoloa, our third (we love that hotel) and the big island....
Yes we bought and I know we probably shouldn't have, it was a combination of being tired, going to several of these over the years, we love hilton and lack of preparation prior to the presentation. Wife was sick that morning, had to reschedule to afternoon and we were trying to get back to the kids and we wore ourselves down.
I don't have the info with me but it was appx $13,000 for 4800 pts EOY
Maint fees were appx $1,100 incl membership EOY, and $125 member fee EOY
Bonus pts of 14,400
If we wanted Kingsland - Phase 1, it was roughly $4k more and bonus points were reduced to 9,600
Okay, remind me why this is NOT a good idea ??
Thanks in advance!!
I saw something stating this is an affiliate and not actually an HGVC property. What is the difference? What does that translate into as far as what you are actually getting or giving up?
When we went on a presentation previously, you were buying the property that you visited. ie Disney, Hilton, it was always the *newest* property being developed or the current property being presented.
Now, they were offering several locations and it seemed were *featuring* the Bay Club. They mentioned, Florida, vegas, etc.
I know there was a recent assessment, but not sure what else has occurred since then and what types of promotions are on-going.
We just got back from a stay at the Hilton Waikoloa, our third (we love that hotel) and the big island....
Yes we bought and I know we probably shouldn't have, it was a combination of being tired, going to several of these over the years, we love hilton and lack of preparation prior to the presentation. Wife was sick that morning, had to reschedule to afternoon and we were trying to get back to the kids and we wore ourselves down.
I don't have the info with me but it was appx $13,000 for 4800 pts EOY
Maint fees were appx $1,100 incl membership EOY, and $125 member fee EOY
Bonus pts of 14,400
If we wanted Kingsland - Phase 1, it was roughly $4k more and bonus points were reduced to 9,600
Okay, remind me why this is NOT a good idea ??
- They also mentioned that Hilton was considering no longer offering benefits such as resale buyers NOT being able to enjoy membership benefits, etc.
- Also you could upgrade in the future as a direct owner and that maint fees would not go up vs buying multiple resale properties you would be saddled with multiple maint fees.
- Of course bonus points....which I now recall that exercise of a few years ago, again...
- Really liked the cash price benefit of the membership, which seemed may not be available if you dont buy direct ??
- Never got a direct answer as to what the current HGVC member cost is if you do not buy direct and what it truly includes. Also, does it include RCI or is that a separate membership?
Thanks in advance!!
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