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Best way to get out of my paid off Shell Vacation time share

Peter T

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My wife and I bought a Shell Vacation timeshare in 2008. The few times we tried to use it there was either no availability or the points I had did not amount to much. I have been doing some research online and really don’t know what to believe anymore. We paid approximately $8000 for our (paid off) timeshare and get 1500 points every year. Our association dues/maintenance dues are $500 a year. What are my options to get out of this timeshare? Is there any value in selling this timeshare? Thanks in advance for any advice.

PS... I was on the phone with Shell vacations twice. The first time I was on hold for approximately 45 minutes and the second time I was on hold for 30 minutes. Terrible customer service
 
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T-Dot-Traveller

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My wife and I bought a Shell Vacation timeshare in 2008. The few times we tried to use it there was either no availability or the points I had did not amount to much. ....We paid approximately $8000 for our (paid off) timeshare and get 1500 points every year. Our association dues/maintenance dues are $500 a year. What are my options to get out of this timeshare? Is there any value in selling this timeshare? Thanks in advance for any advice.

PS... I was on the phone with Shell vacations twice. The first time I was on hold for approximately 45 minutes and the second time I was on hold for 30 minutes. Terrible customer service

Shell likely has no resale value / just vacation value

If you truly want out - Wyndham (the corporate owner) has a program called Ovation . I think Shell may qualify . Must be paid off (which you say it is) .
There is an Ovation thread in the Wyndham forum .

ALTERNATELY - read some of the TUG threads about Shell in the Wyndham Forum and perhaps you can figure out how to get some vacation value .
 

Peter T

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Shell likely has no resale value / just vacation value

If you truly want out - Wyndham (the corporate owner) has a program called Ovation . I think Shell may qualify . Must be paid off (which you say it is) .
There is an Ovation thread in the Wyndham forum .

ALTERNATELY - read some of the TUG threads about Shell in the Wyndham Forum and perhaps you can figure out how to get some vacation value .
 

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Thanks, I was just reading some other info on this site. Great site and I appreciate the info..
 

azimport99

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Thank you, exactly what I needed. I appreciate the information about Wyndham's program.
 

T-Dot-Traveller

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Thank you, exactly what I needed. I appreciate the information about Wyndham's program.

Hi azimport99
Welcome to TUG

Another option is giving it away - TUG sub forum - Bargain Deals ( free) under the Buying - Selling - Renting Forum
< or list it for sale in Marketplace .>

You would need to list :

1) Resort location and company
2)the points value / or week .
3 ) MF cost
4 ) buyer pays transfer fee (or seller)
5) any other significant information.

Read some ads & you will get the idea

Anyone who is interested can reach you by sending a “conversation “
This avoids exposing your email or phone number to the scammer world

Good Luck
 

vacationhopeful

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Try giving it away on TUG.

BUT reseach first "what MAY have been changed" for non-direct buyers (owners who did NOT buy from Shell directly) before doing this with a phone call to Shell about restricted USE of the Shell benefits on new owner ... who is not a direct relative to original owners.

If you REALLY need to learn more about how to use your Shell points or if you add a 'family' member to your ownership ... for their enjoyment. Keep reading, learning, asking questions HERE to better use your points among your family.

I, as an owner of both systems, have watched Wyndham and now Shell (after being acquired by Wyndham) CHANGE the usage rules for resale owners verse direct buyers (from the management company).

OR LEARN to use it .. $500 MFs is cheap for a one week vacation. Banking points into usage for every 2 years is another way to get a better/longer vacation stay.
 

TheTimeTraveler

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My wife and I bought a Shell Vacation timeshare in 2008. The few times we tried to use it there was either no availability or the points I had did not amount to much. I have been doing some research online and really don’t know what to believe anymore. We paid approximately $8000 for our (paid off) timeshare and get 1500 points every year. Our association dues/maintenance dues are $500 a year. What are my options to get out of this timeshare? Is there any value in selling this timeshare? Thanks in advance for any advice.

PS... I was on the phone with Shell vacations twice. The first time I was on hold for approximately 45 minutes and the second time I was on hold for 30 minutes. Terrible customer service




It really doesn't have a lot of value, so if you're not going to use it then put it on eBay with a starting bid of $1 and let the high bidder take it off your hands. Quick and done!




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shell is listed on this page (although the link takes you to the wyndham page)

https://responsibleexit.com/

If you do get along in this process i hope you can reference this page should they try to deny you or turn you down in your attempt to give it back to them. I am curious as to what their response would be.
 

presley

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Since it only has 1500 points, it isn't worth anything as a resale. Wyndham Ovations (I think that is what it is called) will take it back for a fee. It is possible that you could find another Shell owner who wants to add points, but they would only take it for free.

If you have any interest in using it for yourself. You can learn how to use it by reading and asking questions here
 

rickandcindy23

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You could always rent a few nights at a time by advertising on Craig's List or Redweek.com. We own quite a few Shell points, and because I have not been able to get rid of our ownership <yet>, I continue to rent what we do not use, but I make no profit. I just charge per night what my cost is in MF's.

What is different for me is that I got my Shell points with no upfront cost. I got mine for free, and with free use for the current year, purchased 100% from ebay. So when I list them with this company: http://timeshareresaleshawaii.com/#/home, I know that whatever they charge in fees to sell, that is how they need to price the points. So in other words, I won't walk away owing anything.

We own 25,300 points. I was told they would break my contracts down to smaller packages (probably for them to make more money on selling fees). My ownership is made up of many different ones.
 
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