Retired2025 aka AlmostRetired
TUG Member
- Joined
- Jul 20, 2005
- Messages
- 1,491
- Reaction score
- 780
- Location
- Long Island, NY
- Resorts Owned
- Grande Ocean Platinum, 3 x Grand Chateau 3 Bedroom (annual, EOY Odd, EOY Even).,
I think I am entering a new phase of my timeshare ownership and as luck would have it, I think I can delay my 4th re-swizzle of ownership by keeping my current portfolio of a platinum MGO, GC 3 bedroom annual (Enrolled but never exchanged until this year)), a GC 3 bedroom EOY Odd, and Even.
Traveling outside the US was put on hold since 2020 because of COVID (outside of St Thomas and Aruba) I turned 70 this year and while I still see myself as young, a funny incident last year reminds me the world doesn't. I was in Florida for my Moms 96 birthday. My DIL forgot swim diapers so I was given the task of gong to Publix to buy them. To cut down the time looking for them, I asked a worker for the diaper isle only to be send to the adult diaper isle. So given I am turning 70 in 2025, I am retiring in months, my DIL is pregnant again, my two boys are well established and finally a pattern typical of boys has developed that my wife and I lose every jump ball to my DIL's parents (sorry Knick fever), we started thinking "if not now, than when" for traveling abroad for the majority of our travel.
To put the plan in motion, in December 2024 planned HHI trip changed to the Cayman Islands. We put a plan is place for 2025 that included a 13 day trip to Italy for late March and a 16 day London (4 day), Iceland cruise (12 day) leaving from Dover ( travel begins this week). We have two weeks in HHI this summer and who knows what else in fall. For 2025 I rented my MGO week, exchanged my EOY for two weeks in HHI (MGO) and exchanged my annual MGC for points (4625). I used 350 of my rented points to add to the 4625 to reserve 2 weeks that I rented in 2025. This renting covered my MF's and costs while giving me 2 summer weeks in HHI for 2025. I plan on this continuing in 2026 and beyond. As MF continues to raise, at some point covering MF and getting 2 free weeks might not be possible or I might enter another phase of ownership but time will tell.
Traveling outside the US was put on hold since 2020 because of COVID (outside of St Thomas and Aruba) I turned 70 this year and while I still see myself as young, a funny incident last year reminds me the world doesn't. I was in Florida for my Moms 96 birthday. My DIL forgot swim diapers so I was given the task of gong to Publix to buy them. To cut down the time looking for them, I asked a worker for the diaper isle only to be send to the adult diaper isle. So given I am turning 70 in 2025, I am retiring in months, my DIL is pregnant again, my two boys are well established and finally a pattern typical of boys has developed that my wife and I lose every jump ball to my DIL's parents (sorry Knick fever), we started thinking "if not now, than when" for traveling abroad for the majority of our travel.
To put the plan in motion, in December 2024 planned HHI trip changed to the Cayman Islands. We put a plan is place for 2025 that included a 13 day trip to Italy for late March and a 16 day London (4 day), Iceland cruise (12 day) leaving from Dover ( travel begins this week). We have two weeks in HHI this summer and who knows what else in fall. For 2025 I rented my MGO week, exchanged my EOY for two weeks in HHI (MGO) and exchanged my annual MGC for points (4625). I used 350 of my rented points to add to the 4625 to reserve 2 weeks that I rented in 2025. This renting covered my MF's and costs while giving me 2 summer weeks in HHI for 2025. I plan on this continuing in 2026 and beyond. As MF continues to raise, at some point covering MF and getting 2 free weeks might not be possible or I might enter another phase of ownership but time will tell.