Lardan
newbie
My wife and I have a problem concerning Wyndham points. The problem is we don't have enough points currently. I know there are other threads concerning this, but have had no luck finding any.
We do like the set-up for the Wyndaham points and our home resort is at Bonnet Creek. The trouble is we don't get to use it that much because we burn up points at other places for 3 to 4 day excursions.
We figure we need 80,000 to 110,000 extra points annually. We also don't really care if they work-out to this total on an every other year contract.
We also have made a decision to buy as cheap as possible even though it will probably be a resort we will never stay at. There are though two exceptions to this with two resorts in Orlando area. Star Island and Cypress Palms. I just really dislike these two resorts and want nothing to do with them. I know others don't feel this way and I hope no one takes it wrong.
We have been watching on ebay and what we see for low MFs are some in Tennessee, Branson, and Palm Aire. We have stayed at Palm Aire and it was okay. We have seen several Palm Aire listings with the owner paying the closing costs, but it has always been more points than we desire.
Our big fear is we purchase one and there is an assessment we were not informed about or a year or two later we get hit with one.
A few years ago we went to a presentation at Bonnet Creek. At the end another guy offered us what we think they called a Discovery Vacation. It was 308,000 points good for 18 months. With that we took a very nice 12 day vacation and several short excursions. While we were using these points over the 18 months our points at Bonnet Creek built up very well. By the time the haggling was over the price was not bad. No contract, no MFs, just use the points. Do they still offer these at the end of the presentation? Have they become too expensive? Anyone have any opinions on these if they are still offered?
The other question is where can we buy the 80,000 to 100,00 annual points on the cheap?
Any help here would be appreciated.
We do like the set-up for the Wyndaham points and our home resort is at Bonnet Creek. The trouble is we don't get to use it that much because we burn up points at other places for 3 to 4 day excursions.
We figure we need 80,000 to 110,000 extra points annually. We also don't really care if they work-out to this total on an every other year contract.
We also have made a decision to buy as cheap as possible even though it will probably be a resort we will never stay at. There are though two exceptions to this with two resorts in Orlando area. Star Island and Cypress Palms. I just really dislike these two resorts and want nothing to do with them. I know others don't feel this way and I hope no one takes it wrong.
We have been watching on ebay and what we see for low MFs are some in Tennessee, Branson, and Palm Aire. We have stayed at Palm Aire and it was okay. We have seen several Palm Aire listings with the owner paying the closing costs, but it has always been more points than we desire.
Our big fear is we purchase one and there is an assessment we were not informed about or a year or two later we get hit with one.
A few years ago we went to a presentation at Bonnet Creek. At the end another guy offered us what we think they called a Discovery Vacation. It was 308,000 points good for 18 months. With that we took a very nice 12 day vacation and several short excursions. While we were using these points over the 18 months our points at Bonnet Creek built up very well. By the time the haggling was over the price was not bad. No contract, no MFs, just use the points. Do they still offer these at the end of the presentation? Have they become too expensive? Anyone have any opinions on these if they are still offered?
The other question is where can we buy the 80,000 to 100,00 annual points on the cheap?
Any help here would be appreciated.