New Grandview Las Vegas Owner [merged]

[Chilcotin]

I too am a newbie owner at Grandview and have 98000 points a year. I got my points in January of this year and was able to trade in February for a week in January 2013 at The Bay Club at Waikoloa Beach Resort on the Big Island of Hawaii a one bedroom for 46000 RCI Points. This is a Hilton property and very highly rated. Hope this will give you an idea of what you can get with your points.

Keep reading Tug and learning. There is lot to learn.

 

[csxjohn]

... Do you have any reccomendations on great family vacation spots? This will be the first time we will be looking to vacation outside of Oregon. I have a 5 yr old and an 8 yr old that love to travel...

As someone else said, this depends on what you and your family consider great.

A trip to Daytona or New Smyrna Beach Fl will get you the Atlantic and about an hour from Orlando. This would combine a Disney vaca and a beach vaca.

One of the great vacas we took with our Daughter and her husband and son was to Silverwoods at Treasure Lake in Dubois Pa. 3 Lakes, 2 outdoor pools, 1 indoor pool and 2 beaches. We all had a great time there last August.

It doesn't have to be big and fancy for us to have a great time. The RCI catalog is full of resorts and where ever you choose to go, there will be plenty to do.

 

[fuentesdad3]

If you buy in July......[Exchanging Grandview]

do you pay your MF in January of the next year? Or do you not pay them until your week comes up? Or do you pay the next summer?

 

[DeniseM]

It varies, but most maintenance fees are due around the first of the year.

 

[Passepartout]

There is no one answer. Most MFs come due the first of the year. I have one though that comes up in April and one in Sept. Wyndham bills (or debits a card/account) monthly. Usually, you have to be paid-up to deposit a week for exchange as well as your RCI/II membership.

Jim

 

[fuentesdad3]

So if I bought in July and my my week is #14 in 2013, but I haven't deposited my week for exchange, does that mean I have to use that week at my home resort? Or can I still deposit my week for exchange on short notice? And, if I haven't paid my MF for 2013, if I deposit my week for exchange right now, does that mean I would have to pay the MF right now?

 

[DeniseM]

It depends on the resort - are you talking about Grandview?

 

[fuentesdad3]

Yes I am. Trying to figure stuff out. Thanks for all your help and advice!

 

[Passepartout]

It is possible that you could deposit your week now and have a week that you don't need to use 'on the books' at the exchange co. for up to 2 years (depending on the exchange). You don't say when your MF is due. You can call the resort and find out. But it needs to be paid before your week can be deposited.

Jim

 

[DeniseM]

It depends on the resorts - not all resorts require you to pay the MF in advance, but that is becoming the trend.

 

[Chilcotin]

from your previous posts I thought you had RCI Points. I`m a newbie but I think they are treated differently. You probably paid more to have the points so you may want to double check on that because you do not want to lose your points.

Any points experts out there?

 

[Passepartout]

That thought occurred to me too. If it is in Points, and you don't use them, or stay at your home resort (it's either/or) the points just roll over to the next year.

 

[fuentesdad3]

My understanding is I stay the week at my home resort and give up my points, or I deposit my week and use my points for a different vacation experience. Am I wrong?

 

[tschwa2]

This is how it works for 95% of RCI points resorts. If you don't reserve your week at your home resort 13 months to 12 months +1 day, you are automatically given your annual alotment of points. You can use your points to stay at your home resort and if you reserve a full week at your home resort 12 months-11 months prior to the date through RCI it will cost $40. You can reserve at your home resort or affiliate resorts 11-10 months prior for any amount of days but the regular rci exchange fees apply. At 10 months prior you can book anywhere but regular exchange fees apply. You can book RCI weeks resorts through points up to 2 years in advance for full weeks. When you select them the regular weeks fee (currently $199) would apply. The grandview is also part of Vacation Villages and have an internal exchange discount through RCI but I am not sure how it works for points resorts.

There are a few points resorts (not the Grandview) that automatically assign you your week at 12 months and you have to select points for the year.

 

[bluetas77]

We really like staying there but often book it as a last call, or wait to use the points. We've had a 49 000 annual points unit there for 3 years

 

[bluetas77]

When we got the Grandview spiel last year, it wasn't all that bad. Free buffet lunch next door at South Point. Discounted Terry Fator show tickets. The usual palaver & folderol about Grandview & RCI Points & bonus weeks, etc.

What made the presentation memorable was the closer's perturbation at learning we owned eBay resale points units at Vacation Village At Parkway (another link in the same corporate chain). Through clenched teeth he hissed, "You can't buy points resale, only the underlying weeks." I thought his head was going to explode.

Turns out you can buy points units resale, not just at Vacation Village At Parkway but also at Grandview At Las Vegas, as we know from personal experience. (We briefly owned a resale 1BR Grandview points unit -- sold it but kept the previously paid-for points. New owner gets points starting next year.)

Is this a great country or what ?

-- Alan Cole, McLean (Fairfax County), Virginia, USA.​

That's how we bought a 1bdrm resale from eBay (49 000 annual points) after rescinding on buying directly from grand view while vacationing in Las Vegas. We've since gone back twice thanks to our eBay points purchase, and at both sales pitches we've endured to get our $100 bucks worth of free something, the highlight is always telling them you've bought resale and laughing inside while they try to convince you that you can't have bought resale points. Lol! Thank you so much tug for giving me the info. To rescind within the 5 days initially!