Hawaiian Timeshare Exchange

[DonM]

Anyone exchange via this company? If so what can you tell me about your experience

thanks
don

 

[DeniseM]

They are good to work with and professional, but they don't get the top tier Hawaii resorts (Westin, Marriott, Hilton, Hyatt.) Their inventory comes from the mid-range resorts. They are physically located at Lawai Beach Resort, and they always have a lot of inventory there.

 

[ScoopKona]

Anyone exchange via this company? If so what can you tell me about your experience

thanks
don

Adding to the above, "mid-range" is in the eye of the beholder. Before we moved here, we spent many, many weeks in Hawaiian timeshares. Scouting missions to pick the perfect place to live. (Turns out we didn't have to do that. We moved a few miles down the road from the first Hawaiian timeshare we stayed at.)
Not once ever did we say, "This sucks. I wish we had stayed in a hotel instead."

Some are better than others, sure. And we haven't stayed at every resort (although sometimes it feels that way.) Not one of them was a disappointment.

 

[DonM]

Adding to the above, "mid-range" is in the eye of the beholder. Before we moved here, we spent many, many weeks in Hawaiian timeshares. Scouting missions to pick the perfect place to live. (Turns out we didn't have to do that. We moved a few miles down the road from the first Hawaiian timeshare we stayed at.)
Not once ever did we say, "This sucks. I wish we had stayed in a hotel instead."

Some are better than others, sure. And we haven't stayed at every resort (although sometimes it feels that way.) Not one of them was a disappointment.

Thanks

 

[DeniseM]

When I first started exchanging, I didn't realize that exchange companies didn't all have the same inventory, and I deposited my WKORV week into a secondary exchange company and couldn't even get an exchange. So, I am not disparaging mid-range resorts (I own a lot of them) I'm just trying to be factual.

 

[Tahiya]

We have used HTSE 3 times in 14 years. Each time we were able to exchange into Lawai Beach Resort, generally within two months of our March travel date. It's important to request 2 years ahead because they end up closing the waitlist most years (at least for Jan-Mar).

In the last several years most HI owners have put their units up for rent rather than depositing them. When they don't rent, folks often deposit them rather last minute.

Since we own a week in the Banyan Bldg, the exchange weeks we received have been in that building per our request.

 

[DonM]

I’m still up in the air re this exchange company. I want to deposit my Paniolo Greens week for 2024, and probably trade back into Paniolo in 2026.

All I can see on their website is rentals, and they don’t list any rentals on the Big Island. In fact they mainly list Kauai (Lawai Beach resort) and a couple on Maui rentals. This gives me reason to pause.

Anyone received an exchange into the Big Island?

don

 

[DeniseM]

They have exchanges too - scroll down on this page: https://www.htse.net/exchange/weeks.

As I said in post #2: HTSE originally started at Lawai Beach Resort, and they have an office there, so you will always see a lot of exchanges & rentals for LBR and Kauai.

 

[Tahiya]

I’m still up in the air re this exchange company. I want to deposit my Paniolo Greens week for 2024, and probably trade back into Paniolo in 2026.

All I can see on their website is rentals, and they don’t list any rentals on the Big Island. In fact they mainly list Kauai (Lawai Beach resort) and a couple on Maui rentals. This gives me reason to pause.

Anyone received an exchange into the Big Island?

don

If your goal is to exchange back into your own Resort in 2 years on the Big Island, I would go with a different exchange company. I don't ever see much on the Big Island available through HTSE.

 

[DonM]

If your goal is to exchange back into your own Resort in 2 years on the Big Island, I would go with a different exchange company. I don't ever see much on the Big Island available through HTSE.

Thank you, that was very helpful!

don