buying Wyndham points?

[pghjoe]

Are these offers to buy Wyndham points for $99 worthwhile?

Example

105,00 WYNDHAM WESTWINDS POINTS

Type: Beach/Ocean Demand Color Code: Red - high
Resort Name: WYNDHAM WESTWINDS Week #: --
Property Address: 410 South Ocean Boulevard Number of Bedrooms: --
City: Myrtle Beach Number of Bathrooms: --
State/Province: South Carolina Sq Footage (Sq. ft.): --
Zip/Postal Code: 29582 Maintenance Fees (dollars): 768.00

RCI Gold Crown affiliated Resort


How do you know what you're buying?

It is a Myrtle beach resort with no week or number of rooms. How can I determine if this is a good buy?

Can this buy me a week in Myrtle in June? Hawaii in Feb? (I assume you get my point)

Thanks for any insite.

 

[Sandy VDH]

What size unit, when and length of stay all come into play for points. In general 105 will get you an older resort 1 BR 1 week in prime season.

However the newer resorts require more points. See the members guide and all the point charts for info....
http://s7d1.scene7.com/s7ondemand/b...config=05_07CendWynd&vc=instanceName=CendWynd


or there might be a link in the sticky section.

 

[GeNioS]

However the newer resorts require more points. See the members guide and all the point charts for info....

You could always just rent the extra points you need from other owners.....oh wait...

 

[Timeshare Von]

Can this buy me a week in Myrtle in June? Hawaii in Feb? (I assume you get my point)

Hawaii in February? Only if you take the points and get them into a week that you can deposit and hopefully trade with RCI for the week in Hawaii you want. It should be doable.

As for a week in Myrtle Beach in the summer, I'd have to check my chart out, but I don't think so. If it would, I think it would be a studio unit (if they even have them there). My 77k points at that same resort is only good for a 1BR in the terrible dead of winter season (the first couple/few weeks in January/February, I think).

That MF is pretty high for what you would get too. If you're looking for a decent Wyndham trader for RCI, there are better deals out there.

 

[pghjoe]

which ones?

Which ones would be better to look at to get the points and also have trade value? lower MF?

 

[Timeshare Von]

I don't have the charts here and don't have the time (on vacation) to go searching for the MF's for the other Wyndham affiliated resorts to help right now. You may want to join the Wyndham forum to chat with other hard core Wyndham owners. The link should be found here on TUG through a search of this Wyndham BBS forum.

I do know that the Williamsburg resorts (Kingsgate is where we own) have lower MF's and have been good traders for us within the Wyndham system. As I recall how others explain it however, where you own your points doesn't really matter for trading as when you get your points turned into a week to trade at RCI, they will assign you a week "somewhere" based on the number of points you want to spend. You could get a 105k pts week during a dog season at a decent resort and in theory that shouldn't trade very well. You could also get a smaller sized unit for the same 105k pts "in season" and it should trade better but again in theory for only the size of the unit you're trading.

I say in theory because right now, my shoulder season wk 18 (May) at Kingsgate is trading the same for a 1BR as a 2BR and I could get nice 2BR Hawaii trades with either. There is no distinction between the two. According to RCI and their new search feature, the same 72,000+ exchanges are available using either of these two space banked weeks.

So I wouldn't focus so much on "where" as how much the MFs are . . . and once you're in the system with Wyndham, learning how to best use your points to maximize your trading potential. You really need to learn as much as possible BEFORE buying actually . . . so you're not let down in disappointment.

On other word of caution while doing your research, you will want to study and understand the history of special assessments at the resort you're considering buying. The older Williamsburg resorts (Patriots Place and Kingsgate) have just come off three year assessments and some say will be a good value given the investment just made in the SAs. I don't know, though, my MF's at Kingsgate jumped significantly for 2009 . . . which was a surprise because of the high SAs the past three years.

 

[vacationhopeful]

Wyndham is a complex points system. Add to the Wyndham product the older FIXED weeks and converted to points fixed weeks issues and you very quickly confuse all but the Wyndham advanced system addicts.

It you want to trade within the Wyndham system ONLY, your home resort should be where you want to vacation in prime season 3 out of 4 years and for enough UDI points to get the size unit you need. Those home resort deed(s) should have the same use year (following the keep it simple principal), allowing you to reserve 13 months from your checkin date. Myrtle Beach UDI points are home resorted for all of the Myrtle Beach resorts - converted fixed weeks points are NOT.

If you want to be truly cheap and can plan up to 24 months out, use ANY cheap Wyndham points to deposit a visible online searcher (as Wyndham will PICK what they are depositing for you) and HOLD your selection and then CALL RCI to book your reservation with a cheaper point week. Wyndham has priority booking back into deposited Wyndham weeks. A deposited studio in Blue season is 28,000 pts and has gotten me a red studio and red 1 bdrs within Wyndham. Other posters have gotten 2 bdrs (and I have seen 2 bdrs which is I did not want).

Keep reading ... and learning. Waiting to buy might NOT be a bad idea, as it will save you money in the long run.