kytraveler
TUG Member
New user here, this definitely seems like the place to come for advice so i'm glad I found it! Here is what we have bought into, but I have to cancel by 4/15, so please weigh in experts:
-5000 pts every year
-2 br ocean club in myrtle beach week 18 (gold week)
-33,600 bonus points to use in 2 years, which can be rolled to RCI for 2 more as I understand it (small fee?)
-Maint fee is $1037 plus taxes and other standard fees
-Cost to buy in was $24,660 plus $550 closing cost
Now that I have read up on the Gold week i'm not certain we have enough points to get a week during platinum. We have 2 adults and 3 kids ages 14,13, and 9. We will likely use the time during spring/fall breaks and summer months when kids are out of school for the next few years. I was actually thinking I could use the bonus points to get me about 7 trips at 4800 points over the next few years until they are out of the house, then the wife and I could use our 5000 points each year and get a nice 1 br once per year. So basically while the kids are living with us I can use the bonus points to stay in nice 2 br places and then when they are gone the standard 5000/yr should serve us well. It seems to make a little bit of sense considering we vacation 2-3 times per year and now that they are larger we need to move up to a 2 br for space which would cost us at least 2500-3000 for lesser properties than HGVC has.
So what am I missing and why should I not do this, because I would love to cancel. I have seen all of the threads on the resales so have no issue if you guys think this is a bad deal. Only reason it seems doable is because of our timing in life and all the bonus points to serve the next few expensive years of travel. Can't wait to hear your thoughts.
PS - something the salesman mentioned was that he uses a little trick to book through rci because their point system only goes up to 4800 points for the best weeks, and he acted like he booked hgvc this way but maybe he was just talking about rci properties?
-5000 pts every year
-2 br ocean club in myrtle beach week 18 (gold week)
-33,600 bonus points to use in 2 years, which can be rolled to RCI for 2 more as I understand it (small fee?)
-Maint fee is $1037 plus taxes and other standard fees
-Cost to buy in was $24,660 plus $550 closing cost
Now that I have read up on the Gold week i'm not certain we have enough points to get a week during platinum. We have 2 adults and 3 kids ages 14,13, and 9. We will likely use the time during spring/fall breaks and summer months when kids are out of school for the next few years. I was actually thinking I could use the bonus points to get me about 7 trips at 4800 points over the next few years until they are out of the house, then the wife and I could use our 5000 points each year and get a nice 1 br once per year. So basically while the kids are living with us I can use the bonus points to stay in nice 2 br places and then when they are gone the standard 5000/yr should serve us well. It seems to make a little bit of sense considering we vacation 2-3 times per year and now that they are larger we need to move up to a 2 br for space which would cost us at least 2500-3000 for lesser properties than HGVC has.
So what am I missing and why should I not do this, because I would love to cancel. I have seen all of the threads on the resales so have no issue if you guys think this is a bad deal. Only reason it seems doable is because of our timing in life and all the bonus points to serve the next few expensive years of travel. Can't wait to hear your thoughts.
PS - something the salesman mentioned was that he uses a little trick to book through rci because their point system only goes up to 4800 points for the best weeks, and he acted like he booked hgvc this way but maybe he was just talking about rci properties?
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