looks like hyatt will get an upgrade to its own main forum!

[TUGBrian]

appears that the hyatt subforum has reached the level where it should get moved to its own main level forum on TUG. Ill see if i can take care of this here this week!

would need input from others if there is another system that could take its place here as a subforum of the "all other" forum itself, id considered welk but thats likely pointless given the latest news and itll fold into the hyatt forum soon enough!

thoughts?

 

[northjerseyjim]

Where is HRC ?

 

[dioxide45]

Where is HRC ?

Hyatt Vacation Club / Hyatt Residence Club

Discussion of the legacy Hyatt Residence Club system

tugbbs.com

 

[dioxide45]

Here are a few options

Vacation Village
Four Seasons Residence Club
Tradewinds
Or the dreaded Westgate

 

[TUGBrian]

sorry, forgot to bump this, its now its own subforum in the main section!

 

[Eric B]

Here are a few options

Vacation Village
Four Seasons Residence Club
Tradewinds
Or the dreaded Westgate

I would second Tradewinds just to learn more about that one myself. I don't own there, but am interested.

Vacation Village is one that I own several weeks with (Massanutten, The Colonies, and VV Williamsburg). I'm kind of on the fence on whether it should have it's own subforum because it doesn't really have an internal exchange system like most of the others seem to. There is a reduced intra-VV exchange fee in RCI for weeks between VV resorts, but no real method to go to a different resort than the one you own without using RCI (or II for the dual-affiliated ones). On the other hand, there is a lot of good to know information on the VV extra vacation certificates, Massanutten's Trading Power Boost program and a few other things. I wouldn't object to one being set up, but it's not high on my list of wants.

Four Seasons and Westgate I don't have an opinion on.

Other options I'd think about would include Grand Pacific, which has its own exchange system. IMHO, the ones that are more apt to benefit from a subforum are those that have exchanges, though that might not be worth using as a strict criterion. It just seems to me that without one, its not truly a "timeshare system" but instead a timeshare company.

 

[mcsteve]

+1 for the VV forum.

 

[Sugarcubesea]

Thanks for giving Hyatt its own place in the sun....so exciting to see the upgrade

 

[NiteMaire]

+1 for Vacation Village. It may not be up-to-date, but below is a list of resorts and affiliates I have from 2016.

• Alhambra at Poinciana - Poinciana, FL
• Alhambra Villas at Poinciana - Poinciana, FL
• Aquamarine Villas - Oceanside, CA
• The Berkley - Las Vegas
• Berkshire Mountain Lodge - Pittsfield, MA
• Canada House - Pompano Beach, FL
• Casa de la Playa - La Jolla, CA
• The Cliffs at Peace Canyon - Las Vegas, NV
• Club Tahoe Resort – Lake Tahoe (Incline Village), NV
• The Colonies at Williamsburg - Williamsburg, VA
• Enchanted Isle Resort - Hollywood, FL
• Eagle Trace at Killy Court - McGaheysville, VA
• Eagle Trace at Massanutten - McGaheysville, VA
• Florida Vacation Villas - Kissimmee, FL
• Ft Lauderdale Beach Resort - Fort Lauderdale, FL
• Grand Lake Resort - Kissimmee, FL
• The Grandview at Las Vegas - Las Vegas, NV
• Hollywood Beach Tower - Hollywood, FL
• The Jockey Club - Las Vegas, NV
• Kingsbury Crossing - Stateline, NV
• Lago Vista at Buenaventura Lakes - Kissimmee, FL
• Laguna Shores - Laguna Beach, CA
• Laguna Surf - Laguna Beach, CA
• Lighthouse Cove Resort - Pompano Beach, FL
• Lifetime of Vacations Resort at Grand Lake Resort - Kissimmee, FL
• Magic Tree Resort - Kissimmee, FL
• Massanutten Mountainside Villas - McGaheysville, VA
• Massanutten's Shenandoah Villas - McGaheysville, VA
• Mizner Place at Weston Town Center - Weston, FL
• Palm Beach Shores Resort and Vacation Villas - Palm Beach Shores, FL
• Palm Springs Tennis Club - Palm Springs, CA
• Patriots Inn - Williamsburg, VA
• Presidential Resort at Chancellorsville - Spotsylvania, VA
• Regal Vistas at Massanutten - McGaheysville, VA
• San Diego Country Estates - Ramona, CA
• Silver Seas - Fort Lauderdale, FL
• Snow Lake Lodge - Big Bear Lake, CA
• The Summit at Massanutten - McGaheysville, VA
• Sunrise Ridge Resort - Pigeon Forge, TN
• Surfsider Resort - Pompano Beach, FL
• Vacation Village at Bonaventure - Weston, FL
• Vacation Village at Parkway - Orlando, FL
• Vacation Village at Weston - Weston, FL
• Vacation Village at Williamsburg (name change) - Williamsburg, VA
• Vacation Village in the Berkshires - Hancock, MA
• Villas at Fortune Place - Kissimmee, FL
• Woodstone at Massanutten - McGaheysville, VA

 

[alexadeparis]

Awesome thank you for the change!

 

[rboesl]

I, too, would like to see a Vacation Village sub-forum. Between discounted internal exchanges via RCI, multi-level membership, extra certificates of different redemption windows tied to those membership levels, and special offers either from specific resort affiliates or across all affiliates there's a lot to learn and discuss. Plus, they are unique in that they work tightly with RCI to enable and manage these items unlike other systems like Hyatt, Marriott, Worldmark/Wyndam, etc. I think that RCI relationship alone would help others learn more about how to use RCI to their best advantage.

 

[CPNY]

I agree with everyone that vacation village should be added as a sub forum

 

[imarley]

My vote is for vacation village.

 

[TUGBrian]

appears VV is the winner, and hopefully gets an added perk ill announce when its finalized all thru the help of another TUG member.

 

[WORLD TRAVELER]

I would like to see a sub forum for Grand Pacific.

 

[dioxide45]

I would like to see a sub forum for Grand Pacific.

Sounds like you are too late. One of the other subs will have to grow up to "big boy" status before another new one is added.

 

[Eric B]

Sounds like you are too late. One of the other subs will have to grow up to "big boy" status before another new one is added.

... There's a limit in the software or something...?

 

[TUGBrian]

not particularly, i do limit the "major" categories to systems that have at least 1000 threads or very close (ie hyatt is at like 970 or something like that).

i tend to base it on popularity of the topic more than anything. in actuality with under 100 total threads on the entire forum, VV is at the very low end for what would qualify for needing its own forum, but if it grows that will be fantastic!