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Buying more timeshare units if you already own there.

armrecsys

armrecsys

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I own two weeks in a great timeshare in Hawaii.
I love the place , great view. Large rooms.

I think of purchasing another unit or just trading into there when I need to.

It has gotten so expensive to exchange , it might be better to own.

Need advice
 
The biggest question for me would be whether you can get exchanges into your preferred property that align with your owned weeks on a consistent basis.

Where do you own? What would you be using as exchange bait? What is the price differential between owning and exchanging?
 
Hi in some case’s between exchange fee, maintenance. Hotel fee, parking fee.
Buying it comes out cheaper, and you get treated better.
 
I started my timeshare adventure with one unit. After going the first year I purchased a second consecutive week.
Fast forward to now, I own 6 consecutive weeks.

There is no way I would be able to exchange enough weeks to enjoy my winter stay away.

Go for it!
 
BM243923 said:
I started my timeshare adventure with one unit. After going the first year I purchased a second consecutive week.
Fast forward to now, I own 6 consecutive weeks.

There is no way I would be able to exchange enough weeks to enjoy my winter stay away.

Go for it!
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This is the negative on many of the newer points systems, no way to buy multiple weeks to have longer stays every year.
 
Now that is retired we bought 5 consecutive weeks at a resort we love!
 
BM243923 said:
I started my timeshare adventure with one unit. After going the first year I purchased a second consecutive week.
Fast forward to now, I own 6 consecutive weeks.

There is no way I would be able to exchange enough weeks to enjoy my winter stay away.

Go for it!
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Now that’s what I am talking about. Plus no exchange fee no hotel fee .
 
oddly enough the most common buyer for a timeshare at a resort, is an existing owner there already!
 
jp10558 said:
This is the negative on many of the newer points systems, no way to buy multiple weeks to have longer stays every year.
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It is easier to stay multiple consecutive weeks in a points system versus a weeks-based timeshare. For the two that I am familiar with, Club Wyndham allows booking up to 14 consecutive days per reservation, WorldMark allows reservations up to 30 consecutive days; daisy-chain the reservations for even longer stays.

With a points system, I am not locked into 4-6 consecutive ski weeks in the winter. When I want 4-6 summer weeks on the Oregon coast instead of 4-6 weeks at a ski resort, no problem, the points work just as easier either way.

It is easy to skip a year and use the points in the future versus having to deposit the fixed weeks to an exchange system, and pay the exchange fees in the future.
 
Yes i agree with most points systems offing booking up 14 days for a single stay and then trying to book another 14 days to be consecutive stays. However, in Bluegreen we can only stay 30 days Max with points reservations. Whereas BG weeks owners can stay longer than 30 days with consecutive weeks ownership when they own at one resort.
 
MrockStar said:
However, in Bluegreen we can only stay 30 days Max with points reservations. Whereas BG weeks owners can stay longer than 30 days with consecutive weeks ownership when they own at one resort.
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This is a problem with Bluegreen and not a general issue with points versus weeks in what one owns.

I generally agree with @CO skier in relation to this discussion.
 
CO skier said:
It is easier to stay multiple consecutive weeks in a points system versus a weeks-based timeshare. For the two that I am familiar with, Club Wyndham allows booking up to 14 consecutive days per reservation, WorldMark allows reservations up to 30 consecutive days; daisy-chain the reservations for even longer stays.
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I mostly meant the people looking for like 6 weeks - I'm not sure I could guarantee getting that, though it depends on the resort availability. I was thinking more HGVC where I can struggle to book a full week at in demand locations in club reservation windows. I don't know anything about Worldmark, but Wyndham has been easier to book in the past - but I also wonder with the closures if that's going to change - ARP / CWA probably stays the same, but the club booking window I could see becoming harder to chain multiple 14 day reservations together, if you can even get one 14 day reservation.

I just feel like if you are someone who wants 90% of the time to have 6 weeks in a row at a specific resort on specific dates, the old fixed week ownerships makes that super simple. The one year out of 10 where you want to mix things up is a little harder in that you either have to rent or exchange, but it seems way less stressful to me than making sure you get on at the minute or at least the day of Inventory release multiple times to reserve it each year.

I am not at all anti points - I actually like them a lot and have 3 points systems for that reason. But I also don't yet have a "want to go to this specific resort every year at the same time", much less for 6 weeks straight(Which I think was an example early in the thread). I can likely easily reserve a single week at the same place and same week with points as anything else.
 
I think most of us have more than one timeshare at different locations.
That’s how you mix it up and save the one you like for more weeks.
 
Does the resort have a FB page of other owners? Or does it offer an internal trade/rental program? Getting multiple weeks in the same unit priceless.
 
This resort have beach view all units, washer dryer, large one and two bedrooms, trades well. Rental available.outside cooking, full kitchens.

I could stay for weeks.
 
I own multiple consecutive weeks at a timeshare in Naples and its still cheaper for me to own these weeks then owning a condo on the street that this place is located on...I love this place so much and have made so many friends there over the past 7 + years of going there. Each unit has a washer and dryer and lots of room and this place is run very well financially...
 
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