Grandview purchase

[MichaelColey]

Everything I keep hearing is buy where you would like to stay.. However, those locations have the highest maintenance fees and offer fewer points.. This unit offers more points at a lower maintenance fee...

That's the conventional wisdom, but I've done VERY well buying timeshares that are the best value and exchanging into places I want to go.

With many timeshares, there are multiple things you can do with it:

1) Use it.
2) Rent it out and use the money.
3) Exchange it through RCI Weeks.
4) Points in RCI Points.
5) Exchange it on II.
6) Exchange it on one of the smaller exchanges.

Things will change. South Africa was the hot ownership years ago, but has been a poor ownership lately. RCI had huge changes when they switched to TPUs. Trading power changes. Inventory changes. Timeshares switch between RCI and II. Family vacationing preferences change.

Don't tie yourself down to just one thing. Try to find something that is dual-affiliated, that can rent out for more than MFs, that you might be interested in using, etc. The more choices you have, the better the chances that it'll continue to be a good deal to own.

 

[Ron98GT]

Everything I keep hearing is buy where you would like to stay..

That's the conventional wisdom, but I've done VERY well buying timeshares that are the best value and exchanging into places I want to go.

I agree with Michael, buy good traders.

Considering the low MF's and the low price/point at the Grandview, you can't beat it as a great low price trader.

 

[AwayWeGo]

That's About The Size Of It.

I agree with Michael, buy good traders.

Buy good traders where you also like to stay when you don't exchange.

-- Alan Cole, McLean (Fairfax County), Virginia, USA.​

 

[BennyBoy00]

That's one thing I was wondering? Do resorts increase the number of points required per stay and if so, how does that affect the number of points you originally purchased?


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I don't think existing resorts are allowed to increase the number of points required per stay. However, new resorts typically require a higher number of points per stay.

Just remember that the points you originally purchased will always be enough to reserve your home week at your home resort. That part will never change.