More Wyndham resale points vs different company for overseas travel

[ba2471]

I'm starting to plan overseas travel to start occurring within the next 2 years. I'm in the process of doing a cost analysis of lodging costs (timeshare vs non-timeshare) in order to determine if re-sale points is a better option than booking a hotel/resort direct. I am a Wyndham "owner" but am more than open to considering other corporate entities to purchase from. Should I determine it cost feasible to purchase resale points, does anyone have an opinion on other companies that are better to work with than Wyndham? My end game is to sell the points within 6 years.

Travel to: UK, Australia, Italy, France Germany, Hawaii.

 

[Jan M.]

I don't think you can come up with a figure period, let alone an accurate figure, because you have no idea of what you will have to pay to buy the resale points. what the maintenance fees will be on those points over the period of time you are talking about and you don't know if you will come out ahead or behind when you go to sell them in 6 years.

For foreign travel you would be better off to find something with low maintenance fees in RCI points. Many of us find Grandview Las Vegas in the two higher point weeks to be a great option. You can usually find a 98,000 point two bedroom week or a 49,000 point one bedroom week being offered for not much money. Yes you could buy Wyndham points and deposit them into RCI to get stays in Europe but it would be cheaper just to own RCI points and do it. And I think you would find a better selection of what is available. BTW there are also higher and lower point weeks in those unit sizes but the higher weeks you are going to pay more to buy and the lower point weeks aren't a good value because the maintenance fees are based on the unit size so it doesn't matter if your week is a peak week or a value season week and the number of points you get for it.

 

[tschwa2]

I don't think there is an ideal timeshare type company that is particularly good for the European locations you are looking for. While there are timeshares in those countries the majority are in quiet out of the way places in the country, in the mountains and possibly by the sea shores. Unless you are looking for a week of off the beaten path in those countries you would do better with hotels and HomeAway/AirBnB type rentals.

 

[Richelle]

If you go the RCI route, Twin Rivers lodge has low MF. It was less then $600 for 2018. The trading power is not as high though. If you want higher trading power (to give to better resorts or more weeks), you’ll have to buy a resort in a popular tourist area, during a prime week. I have New Years week at Vacation villages at Parkway in Orlando, that has a max trading power of 69. My Williamsburg plantation has a max trading power of 44 points the believe. That one is in March.

Diamond resorts has resorts all over the world, but if you buy them resale, you can only exchange within your “Collection”. So if you buy the Hawaiian collection, you cannot use it in the US collection. Apparently, California has its own collection. Other resort systems have restrictions on resale. I think Wyndham’s restrictions are not as bad as others. Especially since you can use them at all the Club Wyndham resorts and RCI. Unfortunately, RCI is a $239 booking fee whether it’s through Wyndham, or your using a weeks deposit to make a reservation.