Hi,
So my parents have been owners at the Daytona Beach Regency for over 20 years on a fixed week deed. They have to go through the sales pitch every year and about 3 years ago they came back down and said they bought the sampler (10k points for $4000). Now I love my parents, but, they aren't the most savy negotiators. I know people are getting way more points for $4000 here, but that was what they got.
So it actually wasn't bad using them. We only want to go to the Regency when we vacation. We went down the following year (2019) with some extra time on the sampler and we planned to go again in 2020, but canceled due to COVID. They extended the points to 2021 for that reason and now we are planning to go (using the last of the sampler points) towards the end of May.
Personally, we never had any issue using the points. I always schedule our vacation in November for the Regency for our trip in May/June each year so it's never a problem with availability. With that said, my questions come here:
1. Can you re-sign up for another sampler after you had already purchased one? If we wanted to buy another 2 year sampler, will they let you do that? Has anyone done it before?
2. Can they negotitate with how many points they give you for a certain dollar amount?
3. What is the best sampler value anyone has negotiated? I saw 20k points for $4000. Has anyone got better than that? Has anyone got that deal lately?
4. Can you negotiate terms? Like being able to use the points in consecutive weeks?
If anyone has any information about these questions or any additional information please share. We actually like going down to Daytona every year and I don't mind going in and laying down what I want and how much I am willing to pay and letting them figure it out. I just need to know what the variables are. I need to know what others have been able to get so I know where my limits are.
Edit: On reading more articles I see mention of markets where you can buy points for pennies on the dollar? How would I do that? If I wanted, say, 20k points to use.. what's the best method? Sampler? Open market? How?
Thanks for the info
~Derrick
So my parents have been owners at the Daytona Beach Regency for over 20 years on a fixed week deed. They have to go through the sales pitch every year and about 3 years ago they came back down and said they bought the sampler (10k points for $4000). Now I love my parents, but, they aren't the most savy negotiators. I know people are getting way more points for $4000 here, but that was what they got.
So it actually wasn't bad using them. We only want to go to the Regency when we vacation. We went down the following year (2019) with some extra time on the sampler and we planned to go again in 2020, but canceled due to COVID. They extended the points to 2021 for that reason and now we are planning to go (using the last of the sampler points) towards the end of May.
Personally, we never had any issue using the points. I always schedule our vacation in November for the Regency for our trip in May/June each year so it's never a problem with availability. With that said, my questions come here:
1. Can you re-sign up for another sampler after you had already purchased one? If we wanted to buy another 2 year sampler, will they let you do that? Has anyone done it before?
2. Can they negotitate with how many points they give you for a certain dollar amount?
3. What is the best sampler value anyone has negotiated? I saw 20k points for $4000. Has anyone got better than that? Has anyone got that deal lately?
4. Can you negotiate terms? Like being able to use the points in consecutive weeks?
If anyone has any information about these questions or any additional information please share. We actually like going down to Daytona every year and I don't mind going in and laying down what I want and how much I am willing to pay and letting them figure it out. I just need to know what the variables are. I need to know what others have been able to get so I know where my limits are.
Edit: On reading more articles I see mention of markets where you can buy points for pennies on the dollar? How would I do that? If I wanted, say, 20k points to use.. what's the best method? Sampler? Open market? How?
Thanks for the info
~Derrick
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