Not happening.
So...HGVC allows you to make a number of different types of reservations. Home Week reservations, for a full week (usually Sat-Sat) in the resort, unit, and season you own can be made at 12 months.
A VIP package is a specific package that doesn't require you to commit to a full developer purchase. Though I also understand that the inventory is different, so it may not help you actually verify available inventory.
You also cannot get on the website with a VIP package, it's just a phonecall to a rep - so I don't think it'd help the OP at all.
I found it useful to do the $99-200, 2–3-night stay deal at the Elara and then we ended up purchasing the VIP for $1,600 (ish). Used that for a week at Kohala in a 2-bedroom. It was two presentations, but they can show you how the system works and some useful information. YMMV. Not sure I'd recommend that approach, but it allowed us to confirm HGVC was nice and a level we would like to stay at. Renting can do the same thing without the Sale Presentations (the half-truths and lies are an issue and you need to educate yourself before you go).
I know what you mean. I've done 4 weeks this year already, with 5 more planned (and one of the weeks is 2 units). Next year I have 5 planned / scheduled with 1 in the "see if there's a good Extra Vacation deal" that I'm 90% sure there will be.
) to track our travels. One monitors all the details including all the logistics, confirmation numbers and reminders to book/secure parking. The second looks at things on an instrumented calendar to look at each day.
You have to think about whether or not someone is actually paying retail prices for those. All these high figures quoted are speculative and subject to change at any moment.
Yup, they are. I don’t believe that the average of $1600 a night for the Enclave reservation would drop $1200 a night, though.
This is probably the best thing to keep in mind. It's a good system, in general, but it *really* rewards those who learn the game and play it well. You can absolutely make terrible timeshare decisions, but you can also make really good ones. Up to you.
How does that work though? I guess I don't know how to negotiate these prices down - most places I see them like AirBnB don't have anything like the eBay "Make and Offer" option, and TBH like hotels and such also seem to generally be "here's the price". I also think @dayooper is right and somehow doubt they'd take an 80% lower offer.
I agree, while hotel / AirBnB pricing is dynamic and will vary by date, there are plenty of people that are willing to pay the published rates for hotels and vacation rentals.
As I've said a lot elsewhere, it really depends on how and why you travel. If you have specific destinations in mind, I'd see if they're served by a timeshare. Between HGVC and Wyndham, RCI and II - a LOT of places are - actually it surprises me how many. This works reasonably well for me if I don't have any specific time I need to be somewhere. They also work well if I don't have a specific location and just want to go somewhere else for cheap lodging. Given most of my trips are literally - the reason I'm going is to go somewhere different, I just pick a timeshare from what points I have or deals that pop up.