Too many point too little time

[Sandy VDH]

I find myself in the most unusual of situations. For years I had always been borrowing from the previous year, well somewhere between 2007 and 2008 that reversed.

I now find myself rescuing over 10K of my annual 14K 2008 points into 2009. I am going to deposit my remaining 12K from 2009 into 2010. I booked an RCI unit that after I had already rescued my 2008 points, so I could not use my 2008 point but had to use my 2009 points. Bad timing, I know.

I have one reservation booked for 2009 leaving me 2.5K, but now I have 26K sitting in 2010. Boy I hope the economy and my work pick up, so I can afford a big 2010 vacation. I already have a Wyndham booked for Hawaii, perhaps I will need to make it a month long trip in 2010 and visit all the Hawaii resorts as well, since now there are 6 to choose from.

Has anyone used there HGVC for partner transactions they thought was a good value? Most look overpriced to me, am I missing something? Other than the Hilton VIP rewards using HHonors I don't see a lot of value. I already have nearly 238K Hhonors points anyway because of all my hotel stays. So I really don't need more honors points.

Any other good plans someone could suggest?

 

[alwilson]

Book a good week and rent it out

I had lots of points I could not use and booked some good weeks and advertised them online. I think you can get anywhere from $.20 to $.40 for each point. For example, I was able to use about 10,000 points to rent some studios and 1 bedrooms and come out with about $4000. Now, it takes some work, time and a little frustration, but I succeeded. You can list it here on TUG or also at Redweek.com, MyResortNetwork.com, etc... If you don't want to that, then you'll want to make some great vacation plans... maybe a cruise and more.

 

[derb]

HHonors is always a good dumping ground, esp if you use the HH points for european hotels on their VIP global plan.

 

[Sandy VDH]

"rent some studios and 1 bedrooms"

What locations do you have the most success renting?

 

[CaliDave]

you're only supposed to rent your home resorts..

 

[Sandy VDH]

you're only supposed to rent your home resorts..

Since the poster shows no TS ownership, I was wondering where the ownership was based that was rented.

Was also trying to figure out what else people used their points on that they thought was of value.

I have some family who likely might use the points. But I was just wondering what other TUGgers use.