HGVC resale, is the site where the deed is located important?

[mountainboy]

I know someone who just bought a 1 bed grand plus (12,480 points) at Elara for $1,500...from Judi. That is a great deal for that price. The MFs were $1006 in 2025 so that is a 0.08...I would have bought that in a heart beat and I don't need any more deeds. That is very cheap points to use at MBV

Here is her site, https://timeshareprofessionals.com/

Judi has some excellent deeds sometimes but also sells higher priced inventory commonly, so buyer should do their due diligence...
+ closing costs a bit higher than LT transfers etc

 

[mountainboy]

nice & thanks, good suggestions, so the only reason to buy resale at Maui Bat Villas vs Las Vegas are 12 months booking vs 9 month. We did meet a Hgvc owner at the pool that did state booking in Maui was tough, does anyone see challenges booking there?

Staying at MBV soon; owner at CL & Vegas here (did stay at HGVC Big Island for 2 weeks recently).
Love HGVC, ReSale!

 

[iftravel]

Open Season is also widely open. No need to buy here if costly.

 

[PAoriginallyfromME]

The point amounts are set but the MFs are not. Since MBV is still be built out, the MFs could go up after completion. You can look in the rules guide or the points guide at all the point amounts by property by season by room type and at the MF sticky to see the MFs.

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If I purchase a 20,160 point deed for a 1 bdrm + platinum week; can I use the 20,160 points for a 2 bdrm, same points requirement and use the “12 month booking”, or a 2 bdrm which are fewer points during gold weeks?

 

[shootrrr88440]

Home week reservations have to be for the exact room and season that you own. You can still book different room and/season types, just at the 9 month window for most properties.

 

[PAoriginallyfromME]

So looking at the portfolio of hgvc sites, I see us potentially going to Maui; Scotland; Sunrise (Park City); Breckenridge; Crane Beach Barbados; Sedona; not fans of Orlando or Las Vegas, & we have friends in Myrtle. Is mixing up locations/stays a common strategy or do folks gravitate towards one two places?

 

[jabberwocky]

So looking at the portfolio of hgvc sites, I see us potentially going to Maui; Scotland; Sunrise (Park City); Breckenridge; Crane Beach Barbados; Sedona; not fans of Orlando or Las Vegas, & we have friends in Myrtle. Is mixing up locations/stays a common strategy or do folks gravitate towards one two places?

Being able to mix where/when and the length of stay at various locations is a big plus of the HGVC system.

I’m sure some owners go back to the same location each year, but within HGVC we’ve stayed at Sunrise, several Vegas resorts, Marbrisa, Kingsland, and Lagoon Tower. All of this has been since 2020 with only a single LV BLVD 11,200 point deed.

We’ll sometimes book adjacent to our Vistana weeks. For example, this summer we did 3 nights in HNL at HGVC Lagoon Tower before flying to OGG where we used stayed for two weeks at Vistana properties on Ka'anapali Beach (we prefer the Vistana location on Maui).

It’s one of the great things about timesharing is the options and flexibility available with proper planning.

 

[BingoBangoBongo]

So looking at the portfolio of hgvc sites, I see us potentially going to Maui; Scotland; Sunrise (Park City); Breckenridge; Crane Beach Barbados; Sedona; not fans of Orlando or Las Vegas, & we have friends in Myrtle. Is mixing up locations/stays a common strategy or do folks gravitate towards one two places?

We’ve owned since 2021 and have stayed at Kings Land, Ocean Tower, Marbrisa (2x with #3 upcoming), Valdoro, SeaWorld (4x), Ocean Enclave (3x), the District (2x), The Quin (2x). A few of these have included friends and family too. We like to golf, so many of these have included multiple rounds of golf. There are a few others that we haven’t been to yet that I have on my radar. So far we’ve been very happy with the quality of the resorts and wouldn’t hesitate to return to any of them.

 

[RX8]

What you could do is purchase a good Vegas deed and try out the system.

@PAoriginallyfromME GT75’s suggestion is a great one. Buy a resale low MF/PT and test drive the system. You may find that this works just fine for you. If not, a deed with plenty of points and a low MF/PT will always be relatively easy to sell, likely for what you paid for it. Had you purchased the 8000 Orlando deed, you would have had a hard time just giving it away for free. A Maui deed would cost more but there is no guarantee you would even be able to sell it for what you paid for it. My opinion is resale Maui deeds will continue to drop in price.

 

[jp10558]

Yea, make sure you know exactly what you want if talking to Judi, and insist on looking / waiting. I am a bit disappointed I let myself get steered into an Orlando deed with not great MF/pt. Of course it was my first TS purchase, and at least it was resale! I would also have jumped on that blvd deed mentioned above if I'd had a chance, but TBH, while I like the resorts well enough, the only one I've really wanted to go back to is the Miami South Beach one, and that's for location, not the resort itself (that wasn't that great). I keep thinking I may eventually try and get rid of my Seaworld deed, though then my Aspire fee isn't defrayed on MFs lol.

 

[dayooper]

So looking at the portfolio of hgvc sites, I see us potentially going to Maui; Scotland; Sunrise (Park City); Breckenridge; Crane Beach Barbados; Sedona; not fans of Orlando or Las Vegas, & we have friends in Myrtle. Is mixing up locations/stays a common strategy or do folks gravitate towards one two places?

Great job not purchasing retail. The salesman can be very convincing and you didn't bite. There's a couple of points I would like to make on your wish list. If you want Park City and Breckenridge for skiing, you may want to purchase there as ski weeks can be some of the hardest to book. Also, Sedona isn't available to most Legacy HGVC members (members without Max). The exception is if you purchase at certain places that allow you to enroll into DEX. Craig Lodges, Bay Club in Hawaii and Plantation in Florida are all places that put you into DEX. Craig Lodges is a great place to own with low MF's. A 2 or 3 bedroom in platinum season would get you into the highest tier in DEX.

We stay in multiple places. We have certain places we like to stay but are always trying new resorts. You should use your membership as you see fit. While most use their points to book smaller units than they have so they can get more trips, we use our points for long vacations at the same or larger units than we own. I couldn't book a 3 bedroom condo in Myrtle Beach for 9 nights for less than $2000 like I can with my points. Same with Ocean Oak in Hilton Head (2 bedroom on the beach).

As long as you like the locations, this is a great system. It's flexible and easy to use. The MF's are cheaper than most other systems and, if bought resale, the cost of ownership is so much less.

 

[brp]

So looking at the portfolio of hgvc sites, I see us potentially going to Maui; Scotland; Sunrise (Park City); Breckenridge; Crane Beach Barbados; Sedona; not fans of Orlando or Las Vegas, & we have friends in Myrtle. Is mixing up locations/stays a common strategy or do folks gravitate towards one two places?

Very personal. We own (higher priced, MF-wise) points in NYC that we only use there. Full stop.

Our Vegas points (for low MF) are primarily used in Hawaii as most of the other HGVC locations are not of interest. And we occasionally actually go to Vegas for a few days, albeit not in the property we own.

So, we go for just a few places, but that's only because that's all that interests us for HGVC. We have DVC for Disney and most stays are in hotels (primarily Hyatt) for 120 or so nights away per year.

Cheers.

 

[HuskerATL]

If I purchase a 20,160 point deed for a 1 bdrm + platinum week; can I use the 20,160 points for a 2 bdrm, same points requirement and use the “12 month booking”, or a 2 bdrm which are fewer points during gold weeks?

If you want to book anything that is not your exact ownership (property, season, unit type, check in day), then you have to wait until the club reservation window which is 9 months. Homeweek is exactly what you own and 9 to 12 months so no, you can't book a 2 bedroom, if you own a 1 bedroom, even if they are the same points, if you are trying to book 9 to 12 months out and as your homeweek. You can book it within the 9 month window though.

For homeweek, there is a HW section on the HGVC homepage with a list of your HWs and your HW link will be enabled if you have enough points in your point bucket to cover the amount needed (doesn't matter where the points come from, you just need enough points). If you do, then you click the link and then browse available dates for your exact HW.

This is why many people do not use their HW. Check in day may be a Saturday but they want Friday or Sunday. In your case, you want a 2 bed but own a 1 bed or it could just be a different unit type that you want like a lock out unit...or you want 8 nights or 5....so many variables that make HW hard to use.

 

[ljmiii]

I see us potentially going to Maui; Scotland; Sunrise (Park City); Breckenridge; Crane Beach Barbados; Sedona; not fans of Orlando or Las Vegas, & we have friends in Myrtle....

It might help you to think of legacy HGVC/bHC as three separate though overlapping timeshare systems. With HVC yet another. How you will get into a ski week at Park City or Breckenridge is different than how people best get into Las Vegas or Orlando which is different than NYC/DC.

We own OF at the Lagoon Tower in Hawaii because (at least pre-COVID) the only way to stay there during President's Week was to own there and we book the unit and season we own at 12 months. Similar to the situation for ski weeks at Park City or Breckenridge.

We own in NYC because in addition to the Home Week Reservation Window there is also a Home Resort Reservation Window (and only owners can make Open Season reservations). You would need to buy at the resort in which you want to stay though not necessarily the unit and season.

And as others pointed out, if you want to stay in any of HGVC's major destinations you can just buy the least expensive deed anywhere in the system. But you don't want that. Maui is tricky because it seems to be moving from a situation where 12 month reservations are necessary to one in which 9 months is enough if you are flexible about dates. At least March-mid December. My understanding is that the Crane is similar...you need to own there to reliably stay from mid-December through the end of February.

Lastly, resale HGVC doesn't get you into HVC's Sedona. Even buying HGVC direct wouldn't get you into Sedona anytime you'd want to be there because of Max's 7 month booking window. You would have to buy HGV direct (which is expensive) or resale (which has a whole different set of issues). And have to live with HVC's higher MFs either way.

 

[HuskerATL]

Lastly, resale HGVC doesn't get you into HVC's Sedona. Even buying HGVC direct wouldn't get you into Sedona anytime you'd want to be there because of Max's 7 month booking window. You would have to buy HGV direct (which is expensive) or resale (which has a whole different set of issues). And have to live with HVC's higher MFs either way.

or a HGVC resale week at a DEX qualifying property...it will give you 2 years access to the HVC properties...plus Embarc and BG...and others.

 

[mountainboy]

We’ve owned since 2021 and have stayed at Kings Land, Ocean Tower, Marbrisa (2x with #3 upcoming), Valdoro, SeaWorld (4x), Ocean Enclave (3x), the District (2x), The Quin (2x).

We just became HGVC owners this yr & have stayed at MarBrisa several times (escaping summer PHX heat) & GPP for Flower Fields several times, Breck/Voldoro, Park City/Sunrise, Bay Club/Waikoloa HI, all just this year!

HGVC MBV & HVC P@P (via DeX EU) next yr (+ many trips to Carlsbad during summer, piggybacking our WM stays at Oceanside (+ WM Olympic National Park/Victoria/Oregon Coast).

Maybe too aggressive with our travels but I know I have a small window with my parents before they go from Go-Go/Slow-Go to No-Go & trying to make the most of our precious time together, while we still can !

We stayed at Hotels for many trips before but it is hard to do so, after staying at a nice 1 or 2 BR unit at a well-appointed TS! (We still do, for select places/work etc but would always stay at a nice HGVC TS, if possible)!

It’s one of the great things about timesharing is the options and flexibility available with proper planning.

As long as you like the locations, this is a great system. It's flexible and easy to use. The MF's are cheaper than most other systems and, if bought resale, the cost of ownership is so much less.

So far we’ve been very happy with the quality of the resorts and wouldn’t hesitate to return to any of them.

100% with all the excellent advice from many experienced HGVC Gurus, I have learnt from !

My opinion is resale Maui deeds will continue to drop in price.

Agreed!