$190 for a week, when Hilton parses it out as $25 a day so it is $175 a week that really just covers parking. But even with the fee an exchange into DVC is still significantly cheaper than the cash rates to stay at the resort.
The $190 fee does not give an exchange guest anything that someone staying on an owner's points would not get, with one exception: the ability to call DVC Member Services directly rather than have the owner have to do it on your behalf. It's a nuisance fee, and nothing more.
It is a gotcha fee, but it is not really worse than exchanging into HGVC with RCI and paying the $25 daily resort fee. It is a $15 difference in extra fee staying at HGVC offsite and DVC onsite.
There are no extra fees for a number of other resorts though. Question, does HGVC charge the fee for members using their points? Exchanging in?
No resort fee for HGVC members using HGVC points to exchange into HGVC resorts. And $10-$30 daily resort fees have been growing. While they are not everywhere, there are a lot more places than there used to be and enough that you really need to check.
So no resort fees for members who exchange in through RCI?
HGVC charges members who exchange using their separate RCI account.
Exactly, when there are equal options without such fees one should generally avoid those resorts.
Thanks, still the $190 fee for DVC isn't to cover parking, it's simply a gotcha fee. If one exchanged in through an independent exchange company they would not have that additional fee and still would not pay for parking.
