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Westgate involvement in HGVC Elara

IAMBIGK

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There is no fee to Exchange into Interval. You must have your maintenance fees paid up and you must have an Interval membership. Interval requires a membership. I don't know much about how Interval works as I am not a member. I just hustle my Westgate/Elara unit between Westgate and HGVC.
@KDaley Are you able to log in to the Westgate Website to see what the most recent fee schedule looks like? I was interested in an "old school" westgate planet hollywood/Elara Deed...but all these threads regarding Westgate Resale have made me nervous about acquiring the property. Any help would be greatly appreciate. Thanks!
 

KDaley

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@KDaley Are you able to log in to the Westgate Website to see what the most recent fee schedule looks like? I was interested in an "old school" westgate planet hollywood/Elara Deed...but all these threads regarding Westgate Resale have made me nervous about acquiring the property. Any help would be greatly appreciate. Thanks!

I have lost all access to login to the Westgate Owner site after the changes made in the joining of the HGVC and Diamond resorts Feb 2022. But, it only showed me my account number on the Westgate Owners site. There was nothing more I was able to navigate. All maintenance fees are provided on the Hilton Owners website for the Elara Westgate properties. That's the only thing the HGVC website produces for the Westgate Elara properties. I was never able to see my Westgate Elara reservations from either site, so if you are splicing and dicing your timeshare usage, keep track of everything on a spreadsheet with the reservation numbers so you don't lose track. Especially, if you exchange them into Westgate resort system for their 2 for 1 deal ( trade in 1 week, get 2, etc.) If rolling your Elara Westgate usage into the Westgate resorts system, the trade must be completed NLT Sep 30th current year. Otherwise, it's use or lose at the Elara Resort. The image show how HGVC separates the Westgate (Contract Only) week based properties from the HGVC owned points based properties.
 

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Smclaugh99

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I highly recommend the movie “Queen of Versailles” about the owner of Westgate and his eccentric wife and family, mainly for the Elara subplot. Of course it was Planet Hollywood tower at the time, but shows the grand opening and sales center.

Sean
 
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