All Over The Map
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Are Mini systems conparable to vacation clubs? I havea 6 and an 8 year ols and live near Newport, RI. Maybe i should consider buying there?
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Yeah, in fact BlueGreen even calls itself a Vacation Club. Here's a link to their home page: http://www.bluegreenonline.com/explore/home.aspx I know little about them other than they are (mostly) an E. Coast outfit and owners seem to like them. Wyndham is a maxi system. Mostly points based, and the outfit that owns RCI. They have their adherents too.
For you, the key to successful timesharing will be making reservations early. You are and will be even more tied to the school schedule for the next 12 or more years. Unless you own a summer fixed week, you will be in competition for those 12 summer weeks and holiday and Spring break weeks. SO is every other parent in the world. Whatever you decide to buy, make sure that you get some kind of priority booking so you can call or click in and make a reservation before the general public.
Read through the 'Other Systems' forum as well while you are getting your timeshare education.
Remember, this is supposed to be fun, and there is no 100% right or 100% wrong way to do it- well, except to pay retail and I think we cured you of that.
Jim
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Thank you Jim. I am goign to do alot of research on this website. First I have to figure oyt how to change my status to TUG member becasue I did pay my dues. 
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Thank you Jim. I am goign to do alot of research on this website. First I have to figure oyt how to change my status to TUG member becasue I did pay my dues.
The instructions and magic code with the secret handshake are in an email you got.
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Most if not all TSes in RI and Cape Cod were sold as fixed weeks in the summer. If you want a summer waterfront week, buy a fixed week. Forget points and floating weeks.
justmeinflorida
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We purchased a Wyndham points deed for several reasons. (1) We have children DD 13yrs and DS 19mo. (2) We will need to be traveling within her school schedule and his future school schedule. (3) We can get a discount on points by booking a unit within the "express window" (90 days from our stay). (4) We plan to only vacation within Florida & South Carolina till our son is at least 3yrs. (to hard to understand his needs at this point, until he can fully express them)....had a nightmareish 3days in Cocoa Beach with him this summer (not doing that again
). After he's 4-5 we will be looking at purchasing an EOY Wyndham Kona Hawaii deed.
While it is certainly true that IF you want the same resort/location/time EVERY YEAR a fixed week is a solid choice. We own one in Cape Cod that we always use except one year we traded. But we have had to beg the resort to change our weeks two times in over 15 years as despite knowing what week it will be we had conflicts we had to work around. Being forced to take the same week every use is often not the best way to go in our experience.
Until recently we too were tied to the school calendar. But despite that we found our 100% float time ownership in a non-seasonal area worked well as even school breaks are not the same every year. We were able to get the actual week each year with minimal planning. Our other ownership was Wyndham points and those gave us low purchase cost (resale) and the ability to visit many resorts & areas. Again with 8 to 10 months planning we got virtually every request wr made over 15+ years. Both "float" memberships worked well & were far more flexible than any fixed week & didn't require the risk & costs of trade.
Saying only a fixed week will work just isn't true. In fact we found the opposite (all float) to be the much better choice overall.
Until recently we too were tied to the school calendar. But despite that we found our 100% float time ownership in a non-seasonal area worked well as even school breaks are not the same every year. We were able to get the actual week each year with minimal planning. Our other ownership was Wyndham points and those gave us low purchase cost (resale) and the ability to visit many resorts & areas. Again with 8 to 10 months planning we got virtually every request wr made over 15+ years. Both "float" memberships worked well & were far more flexible than any fixed week & didn't require the risk & costs of trade.
Saying only a fixed week will work just isn't true. In fact we found the opposite (all float) to be the much better choice overall.