• The TUGBBS forums are completely free and open to the public and exist as the absolute best place for owners to get help and advice about their timeshares for more than 30 years!

    Join Tens of Thousands of other Owners just like you here to get any and all Timeshare questions answered 24 hours a day!
  • TUG started 31 years ago in October 1993 as a group of regular Timeshare owners just like you!

    Read about our 31st anniversary: Happy 31st Birthday TUG!
  • TUG has a YouTube Channel to produce weekly short informative videos on popular Timeshare topics!

    Free memberships for every 50 subscribers!

    Visit TUG on Youtube!
  • TUG has now saved timeshare owners more than $24,000,000 dollars just by finding us in time to rescind a new Timeshare purchase! A truly incredible milestone!

    Read more here: TUG saves owners more than $24 Million dollars
  • Sign up to get the TUG Newsletter for free!

    Tens of thousands of subscribing owners! A weekly recap of the best Timeshare resort reviews and the most popular topics discussed by owners!
  • Our official "end my sales presentation early" T-shirts are available again! Also come with the option for a free membership extension with purchase to offset the cost!

    All T-shirt options here!
  • A few of the most common links here on the forums for newbies and guests!

RedWeek.com vs II Getaways

pedro47

pedro47

TUG Review Crew: Expert
TUG Member
Joined
Jun 6, 2005
Messages
23,905
Reaction score
9,923
Location
East Coast
II Getaways are becoming more and more higher in cost is RedWeek.com any cheaper in offering their getaway vacation to their members?
 
What redweek.com "getaway"? My browsing of redweek directly is always quite a lot, though it depends on what specifically you're comparing. But I've usually seen them at ~40% higher than getaways I think...
 
If a getaway is more than $750, or perhaps more like $500, I am simply not going. That means if there is a Hawaii getaway for $1500 and I want to go, I will use another means to get there. I don't see any weeks on Redweek for under $500 for the qualify of resorts we go to (Marriott, Westin & Sheraton). Owners don't usually want to lose a thousand dollars or more vs. their maintenance fees they pay for the week.

The cost of one of our exchanges is about $1000 for a 2BR. So if any getaway is over that, we would just use exchange instead. I generally see Redweek as a rental method for those that don't already own timeshare. I am sure timeshare owners rent off of Redweek, but if you own timeshare there are probably cheaper ways to get to the same resorts. Though I know there are certainly exceptions.
 
For me, I don't currently have enough weeks to exchange for every trip, but I think the most I've done for a getaway is $1,000. I probably might go up to $1,800 as there's still a premium I'm willing to pay for not committing to MFs forever.
 
dioxide45 said:
If a getaway is more than $750, or perhaps more like $500, I am simply not going. That means if there is a Hawaii getaway for $1500 and I want to go, I will use another means to get there. I don't see any weeks on Redweek for under $500 for the qualify of resorts we go to (Marriott, Westin & Sheraton). Owners don't usually want to lose a thousand dollars or more vs. their maintenance fees they pay for the week.

The cost of one of our exchanges is about $1000 for a 2BR. So if any getaway is over that, we would just use exchange instead. I generally see Redweek as a rental method for those that don't already own timeshare. I am sure timeshare owners rent off of Redweek, but if you own timeshare there are probably cheaper ways to get to the same resorts. Though I know there are certainly exceptions.
Click to expand...
Thank you for your explanation.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top