I looked into Marriott but I can't see myself going to Gold Coast every year..., and the huge $3 per point transfer fee is too much to buy into the Marriott points programme. I heard it might be possible to get a backdoor into the points programme by buying a Vistana TS and hope it gets absorbed into Marriott, but that seems like too much of a gamble.
I had a look at the Hilton resorts list, basically if I sign up 90% of the time I would look to use the points towards Hilton's Japanese resorts, as we love to go to holiday in Japan. If that's our intention, do I simply need to buy a Platinum resale week from one of the Hilton Las Vegas resort and use the points to book a Japanese resort? Are the Japanese resorts difficult to book using points?
ljmiii: I hear you about the hotel quality, I suppose I can't expect Conrad level resorts with HGVC, but I am fine with the level of a 4 star hotel in Asia. I am still in the research phrase, given how much there is to learn about timeshare, by the time I am ready I might be able to rent a timeshare to try it out before I make the purchase.