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Sticky - Hilton Vacation Club / DRI now accepting deedbacks - Give back your HGV/Diamond Resorts Timeshare

Have you used this information to deed-back your DRI Timeshare?

  • Yes, DRI took back my DRI TimeShare (or DRI said they will take back my TS)

    Votes: 153 86.4%

  • No, DRI said they would not take back my TimeShare

    Votes: 24 13.6%
  • Total voters
    177
SmithOp said:
The way I understand points ownership with HVC is: a bunch of deeds are put in a trust, then trust points are sold to use within that collection of deeds. Maintenance fees are calculated by adding up all the operating costs of the collection and dividing by points. It may be cheaper to own a deed in a single property with low fees versus the aggregate costs of all the resorts in a collection.
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I should add that when you buy points from the developer, they are attached to a trust/collection. You can book any resort managed or affiliated with HVC. If you ever sell those points, the buyer will only be able to book within the collection. The overhead changed by HVC for managing the trust is excessive, and the fees for a deed can be 35% lower than the fees for an equivalent number of points. Points or deeds can be exchanged through HVC's own Destination Xchange program, with some added fees.
 
Finally got an email saying transitions has started up again, and we have a number. Fortunately, they are honoring the $1000 we were quoted last year (plus the fact that we had to pay the MF this year)

Soon will be out of 5/6 timeshares that my girlfriend collected over many years and this is the only one that has a price tag above $150 for fees. Thanks TUG!
 
HappyRon said:
Finally got an email saying transitions has started up again, and we have a number. Fortunately, they are honoring the $1000 we were quoted last year (plus the fact that we had to pay the MF this year)

Soon will be out of 5/6 timeshares that my girlfriend collected over many years and this is the only one that has a price tag above $150 for fees. Thanks TUG!
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Congratulations on getting out of another one! Had you already paid the 2025 MF, before getting the email?

They refuse to fix our last statement and remove the Club related fees, since we canceled our Club membership last year, so I’ve refused to pay the statement, and guessing we’re no longer “eligible” for transitions as a result, after waiting since last June for the pause to be lifted.
 
yeah they said we had to pay the 2025 fee and NOT use it. We do "only" have to pay $1000 for the fee (as opposed to what it's gone up to).

Leaves us with only 1 left, and that is one that we can get more value out of than the others.
 
HappyRon said:
Finally got an email saying transitions has started up again, and we have a number. Fortunately, they are honoring the $1000 we were quoted last year (plus the fact that we had to pay the MF this year)

Soon will be out of 5/6 timeshares that my girlfriend collected over many years and this is the only one that has a price tag above $150 for fees. Thanks TUG!
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Interesting. I just talked with transitions and they said it was still on pause. Good for you, though. How long did you have to wait in the queu?
 
Since last year, we inquired earlier in the year but didn't signup for the program till mid year
We have sent the money in and the paperwork so fingers crossed.
 
Please let everyone know your results.
They, Hilton are in a Win Win Situation.
They have you paperwork and money.
You cannot exchange or used your resort week/or points while in Hilton/DRI Deed Back Status.
They will have your deed to your resort and they can then resale your week again. IMHO
HappyRon said:
Since last year, we inquired earlier in the year but didn't signup for the program till mid year
We have sent the money in and the paperwork so fingers cro
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Hello. I have just read the threads from 2024-2025 with great interest.
Does anybody know if the Transitions program is still approving requests in 2025?
We have about 123,000 points to offload in one single (aggragated) contract. Is it really true that here in Arizona we will only be required to pay $250 for the deedback?
 
When DRI converted to HGV, I lost value via the new Hilton ratings (from Centum down to Diamond) and decided to default on my upcoming MF of $22K on 186,517 points for 2026.

I would give them away but MF costs are making that seem unattractive to others.

The 'Transitions' offer from HGV is laughable - why would I pay 1-1/2 X maintenance fees to let them take back points for no travel ?

My age makes travel less fun now.
Don't care about credit ratings if I get dinged that way.

Is there any point in trying to contact Hilton to advise ?
Or just see what happens ?
Thanks for any suggestions!
 
dayma said:
When DRI converted to HGV, I lost value via the new Hilton ratings (from Centum down to Diamond) and decided to default on my upcoming MF of $22K on 186,517 points for 2026.

I would give them away but MF costs are making that seem unattractive to others.

The 'Transitions' offer from HGV is laughable - why would I pay 1-1/2 X maintenance fees to let them take back points for no travel ?

My age makes travel less fun now.
Don't care about credit ratings if I get dinged that way.

Is there any point in trying to contact Hilton to advise ?
Or just see what happens ?
Thanks for any suggestions!
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Age is making travel harder for us too. I agree that the DRI transition program is a joke. If it's still in place when we stop traveling, we won't feel bad at all by just stopping the MF's if we can't sell it or give it away.
 
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