Hi --
I have been researching timeshares as a vacation option for my family. My daughter has food allergies so we need to stay in places where we can cook our own food. Right now we stay in Homewood Suites, but I think timeshares would be nicer and cost about the same over time. We are already HHonors members, because of work travel, so staying with Hilton is appealing for that reason.
Our other considerations are that we would like a fixed week, or a pretty sure thing that we could get Spring Break week in Orlando at our home resort.
I have some pretty basic questions I haven't been able to answer off the web. They are:
1. Is HGVC a deeded system? Or does your membership expire at some point? If so, when?
2. Is there any disadvantage to buying resale, like the way Mariott doesn't allow reseale purchasers to convert their weeks to points?
3. Can you earn HHonors points for your stay at one of the HGVC resorts? (as a member? or only as a non-member?)
4. I've read the threads on HHonors points -- it seems like it's not a great deal to convert your HGVC points to HHpoints unless there is some other special deal going on as well. Do you agree?
5. Given what I said above about our needs, do you think we should buy HGVC? New or resale?
I'm a serious newbie at this, so thanks very much for your expertise!
J
I have been researching timeshares as a vacation option for my family. My daughter has food allergies so we need to stay in places where we can cook our own food. Right now we stay in Homewood Suites, but I think timeshares would be nicer and cost about the same over time. We are already HHonors members, because of work travel, so staying with Hilton is appealing for that reason.
Our other considerations are that we would like a fixed week, or a pretty sure thing that we could get Spring Break week in Orlando at our home resort.
I have some pretty basic questions I haven't been able to answer off the web. They are:
1. Is HGVC a deeded system? Or does your membership expire at some point? If so, when?
2. Is there any disadvantage to buying resale, like the way Mariott doesn't allow reseale purchasers to convert their weeks to points?
3. Can you earn HHonors points for your stay at one of the HGVC resorts? (as a member? or only as a non-member?)
4. I've read the threads on HHonors points -- it seems like it's not a great deal to convert your HGVC points to HHpoints unless there is some other special deal going on as well. Do you agree?
5. Given what I said above about our needs, do you think we should buy HGVC? New or resale?
I'm a serious newbie at this, so thanks very much for your expertise!
J