rangerbert
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Hey all,
TL;DR - We bought 400,000 Wyndham points for $58,000. We then found TUG, and immediately mailed a rescission letter.
Long version:
I recently went to two timeshare talks in Vegas. One for HGVC and one for Wyndham.
The HGVC one featured the Elara. They took us to the 54th floor, which was setup as a 3 bedroom. It was gorgeous. It had a "nook" that stuck out, giving 270+ degree views of Vegas. Everything was updated and very clean. The salesperson was relatively new and was not very good. She was very nice, and didn't pressure us at all. But she couldn't answer most of our questions (especially regarding fee's and trading to different locations). Even though I am a long time Hilton honors member, and the synergy between the two was alluring to me, we ended up declining their offers. The initial offer was 8,400 points for $57,490 (MF was $1350). When we balked, they came back with 8,400 points every other year for $37,370 (with a free 8,400 point incentive we could use the second year). For our time, we got a free 3 night stay in a 1 bedroom at Hilton Grand Vacations on the Boulevard (only paid taxes), plus a $200 rebate certificate we can use at any Hilton hotel in the US (in the next 12 months).
The Wyndham talk featured the Wyndham Grand Desert. It was on one of the top floors ... maybe 24 or 26 (can't remember for sure). It was a 4 bedroom. It was not as nice as the Elara room we saw, but it was still pretty nice. I'd rate the Elara at 5 stars, and this Wyndham at 3.5 to 4 stars. Either way, the Wyndham room was huge. 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms. It was very clean, and relatively updated ... but still had a little bit of an "old" feel to it. For out talk, we were rewarded with free breakfast, and $150 in pre-paid amex cards. Our salesman was actually really awesome. He never pressured us once. He took his time, and answered all our questions (maybe not truthfully, not sure). At very first they set us up by saying the points were about $.25 per 1,000. Based on our needs and desire, I estimated I would want 400,000 points to cover our vacations (plus I liked the idea of being a VIP member). So I figured it would be in the $100,000 range. Ouch. When they finally came out with some actual numbers, I was pleasantly surprised with an offer of 400,000 points for $58,000, plus 600,000 bonus points, and 2 years of VIP Platinum status. They also threw 2 free weeks of RCI on top of it all. The MF's were quoted at $2,400 (annually) IIRC. This was more than we wanted to spend, but for some inexpiable reason, we caved.
We flew out of Vegas on a red-eye after 6-ish hours buying into Wyndham. We were racked with doubt and fear. We kept asking ourselves if we did the right thing? So, I turned to google and started reading. Eventually I stumbled on TUG. I read lots of other people going through the same thing. I new in short order that I needed to get my rescission letter sent out with registered mail ASAP. I sent it this afternoon, less than 48 hours after purchase.
We still want to be TS owners (I think). I have a lot of reading and learning to do now. It's really daunting, as there is so much information here, that I don't know where to start. I don't even know which resort I want to buy into. I do however know, that I don't want to buy from a developer .
I'd be happy for suggestions on where to start?
Thanks TUG, and be sure to add this one to the list of money TUG has saved!
TL;DR - We bought 400,000 Wyndham points for $58,000. We then found TUG, and immediately mailed a rescission letter.
Long version:
I recently went to two timeshare talks in Vegas. One for HGVC and one for Wyndham.
The HGVC one featured the Elara. They took us to the 54th floor, which was setup as a 3 bedroom. It was gorgeous. It had a "nook" that stuck out, giving 270+ degree views of Vegas. Everything was updated and very clean. The salesperson was relatively new and was not very good. She was very nice, and didn't pressure us at all. But she couldn't answer most of our questions (especially regarding fee's and trading to different locations). Even though I am a long time Hilton honors member, and the synergy between the two was alluring to me, we ended up declining their offers. The initial offer was 8,400 points for $57,490 (MF was $1350). When we balked, they came back with 8,400 points every other year for $37,370 (with a free 8,400 point incentive we could use the second year). For our time, we got a free 3 night stay in a 1 bedroom at Hilton Grand Vacations on the Boulevard (only paid taxes), plus a $200 rebate certificate we can use at any Hilton hotel in the US (in the next 12 months).
The Wyndham talk featured the Wyndham Grand Desert. It was on one of the top floors ... maybe 24 or 26 (can't remember for sure). It was a 4 bedroom. It was not as nice as the Elara room we saw, but it was still pretty nice. I'd rate the Elara at 5 stars, and this Wyndham at 3.5 to 4 stars. Either way, the Wyndham room was huge. 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms. It was very clean, and relatively updated ... but still had a little bit of an "old" feel to it. For out talk, we were rewarded with free breakfast, and $150 in pre-paid amex cards. Our salesman was actually really awesome. He never pressured us once. He took his time, and answered all our questions (maybe not truthfully, not sure). At very first they set us up by saying the points were about $.25 per 1,000. Based on our needs and desire, I estimated I would want 400,000 points to cover our vacations (plus I liked the idea of being a VIP member). So I figured it would be in the $100,000 range. Ouch. When they finally came out with some actual numbers, I was pleasantly surprised with an offer of 400,000 points for $58,000, plus 600,000 bonus points, and 2 years of VIP Platinum status. They also threw 2 free weeks of RCI on top of it all. The MF's were quoted at $2,400 (annually) IIRC. This was more than we wanted to spend, but for some inexpiable reason, we caved.
We flew out of Vegas on a red-eye after 6-ish hours buying into Wyndham. We were racked with doubt and fear. We kept asking ourselves if we did the right thing? So, I turned to google and started reading. Eventually I stumbled on TUG. I read lots of other people going through the same thing. I new in short order that I needed to get my rescission letter sent out with registered mail ASAP. I sent it this afternoon, less than 48 hours after purchase.
We still want to be TS owners (I think). I have a lot of reading and learning to do now. It's really daunting, as there is so much information here, that I don't know where to start. I don't even know which resort I want to buy into. I do however know, that I don't want to buy from a developer .
I'd be happy for suggestions on where to start?
Thanks TUG, and be sure to add this one to the list of money TUG has saved!