New Buyer Questions

[guidemeplease]

I'm new to time share buying and I have a few questions. First I will answer the newbie questions to speed up the process.

1) I don't care much about home location.
2) I would not use home location more than half the time.
3) I typically travel to San Antonio, Las Vegas, And Orlando and what a place that has locations in all three.
4) I either travel with my wife or wife and three kids.
5) School schedule, but we can make exceptions.
6) We can vacation for a full week.
7) 3 to 5 star is preferred accommodation.
8) Budget of $2000 for maintenance fee annually
9) I am a detailed oriented planner.
10) I understand it is difficult to get rid of a time share that is why I am using this site.

After doing some research I think Club Wyndham Plus Resort Points make the most sense for my situation. I am looking at buying 182,000 Wyndham Plus Resort Points for $150 and an annual maintenance fee of $893.

The questions I have are that it lists Wyndham Sea Garden has the home location, does home location matter when you are getting points? Is there a fee to book at different resorts other than your home location? What would you consider the dollar value of the points to be and can you carry forward points from year to year?

 

[scootr5]

I'm new to time share buying and I have a few questions. First I will answer the newbie questions to speed up the process.

1) I don't care much about home location.
2) I would not use home location more than half the time.
3) I typically travel to San Antonio, Las Vegas, And Orlando and what a place that has locations in all three.
4) I either travel with my wife or wife and three kids.
5) School schedule, but we can make exceptions.
6) We can vacation for a full week.
7) 3 to 5 star is preferred accommodation.
8) Budget of $2000 for maintenance fee annually
9) I am a detailed oriented planner.
10) I understand it is difficult to get rid of a time share that is why I am using this site.

After doing some research I think Club Wyndham Plus Resort Points make the most sense for my situation. I am looking at buying 182,000 Wyndham Plus Resort Points for $150 and an annual maintenance fee of $893.

The questions I have are that it lists Wyndham Sea Garden has the home location, does home location matter when you are getting points? Is there a fee to book at different resorts other than your home location? What would you consider the dollar value of the points to be and can you carry forward points from year to year?

If you plan on traveling with your wife and three kids during school holidays, I would double that number of points. Also, Sea Gardens is a higher-than-average maintenance fee, so I would stay away from it if you don't intend on staying there during prime season where you would need ARP (which would only be good for the underlying week on the deed).

 

[Ty1on]

If you plan on traveling with your wife and three kids during school holidays, I would double that number of points.

I agree. 250K-300K bare minimum. Wyndham is a great club for the locations you want.

Yes, home location matters when you are getting club Wyndham Plus points, and it also matters whether it is an Undivided Interest (UDI) category or a Fixed Week converted to points. UDI gives you ARP at your resort only. FW Conversion gives you ARP for only your owned week at your resort. ARP means advanced reservation priority, allowing you to reserve at 13 months before other owners can reserve at 10 months. You may not need it for Orlando or Vegas, but you may need it in San Antone because of your school schedule.

Club Wyndham Access is a bit higher upfront cost, but has a reasonable maintenance fee and gives you ARP at both Riverside and La Cascada, as well as Orlando and Vegas resorts in case you want the most sought after weeks in those places. That would be my recommendation for you.

 

[ronparise]

For most reservations the home resort isnt important but on the chance you do want one of those hard to get reservations ARP would be nice to have, and as has already been said Club Wyndham Access gives you that. . Club Wyndham access also gives you a reasonable (average) maintenance fee.

a $2000 budget for mf allows for over 300000 points. I would wait for a cwa contract on that range..

Prices by the way have taken their end of the year dip. Id look real hard at this one http://www.ebay.com/itm/Wyndham-Poi...339177?hash=item25b26defa9:g:VMYAAOSwgyxWVDip

 

[OutSkiing]

For most reservations the home resort isnt important but on the chance you do want one of those hard to get reservations ARP would be nice to have, and as has already been said Club Wyndham Access gives you that. . Club Wyndham access also gives you a reasonable (average) maintenance fee.

a $2000 budget for mf allows for over 300000 points. I would wait for a cwa contract on that range..

Prices by the way have taken their end of the year dip. Id look real hard at this one http://www.ebay.com/itm/Wyndham-Poi...339177?hash=item25b26defa9:g:VMYAAOSwgyxWVDip

I agree that 300,000 Club Wyndham Access (CWA) points would be good for this buyer. The particular link you entered takes you to a listing titled 'Club Access Glacier Canyon' and then lists Bonnet Creek as the resort and discusses 'Club Access' ARP at 35 resorts (not 70+). I think when CWA first came out the trust did only include inventory at 35 resorts so I guess its probably CWA but need to verify.

Bob