"Renting" HGV Points?

[SandyO]

I see people posting that they want to "rent" points. What does this refer to? We have rented our HGV unit several times but renting the points is foreign to me. How does one do this and is it "legal" with the timeshare properties? Thanks for any assistance in understand this concept.

 

[hurnik]

I see people posting that they want to "rent" points. What does this refer to? We have rented our HGV unit several times but renting the points is foreign to me. How does one do this and is it "legal" with the timeshare properties? Thanks for any assistance in understand this concept.

In the past, it was possible to transfer your points to another owner via a 3-way phone call. No fee was charged. People (especially on FB) were notoriously asking to "rent" points that way. Hilton (maybe 4 years ago?) nixed that ability in its entirety, although some people still aren't aware that the option no longer exists. I'm guessing that's what they are referring to.

Although it's also possible that they are referring to renting a points/club booking instead of a homeweek, which technically is prohibited (the club/points bookings aren't technically allowed to be rented). Homeweek reservations *can* be rented, so far.