Mongoose
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- Location
- Colorado
- Resorts Owned
- Hyatt Pinion Pointe, Hilton The Bay Club, Worldmark
I have purchased and sold many timeshare in the past 15 years I thought this might be interesting and educational. What is your favorite and runner up? Disclaimer, I only buy resale and resale is better/worse for some brands than others.
Favorite - Hyatt - Love the flexibility of the HRC system (not HPP) and how I can use my fixed week or points for short or long stays. Love the waitlist and the website. Also like the included II account. And of course, the resorts are first class. I seem to be able to stretch my one week for 3 or more stays per year and was able to nearly cover my MFs by renting out 3, 2 night stays with my left over 320 points. The MFs for Pinon Pointe are good. I don't care for the fact that you can't rent or borrow points if you are short and I am hoping we get some decent expansion from Welk. I would be in favor of buying more points resale.
Runner Up - HICV - I've owned HICV for 10+ years. The rooms at most resorts are on par with Marriott and Hilton. This is not so true for some of the acquisition locations by SilverLeaf. My main reason for loving this smallish brand is the flexibility of the system. You can use your points for 2+ day stays, Global Choice gives you points for your non-HICV locations, it comes with an RCI account, you can borrow points for use in the next year for free or for the current year for prorated MFs and if you have leftover points you can convert them to IHG points which never expire. The MFs feel better than some other brands. I get 10x points for paying MFs with my IHG credit card. The down side for me is limited locations in the West and nothing in Hawaii. However I used my HICV points via RCI for a week in Hawaii at a Hilton which I am looking forward to. I would not buy more points unless I relocated closer to the SE or they built more in the West.
Favorite - Hyatt - Love the flexibility of the HRC system (not HPP) and how I can use my fixed week or points for short or long stays. Love the waitlist and the website. Also like the included II account. And of course, the resorts are first class. I seem to be able to stretch my one week for 3 or more stays per year and was able to nearly cover my MFs by renting out 3, 2 night stays with my left over 320 points. The MFs for Pinon Pointe are good. I don't care for the fact that you can't rent or borrow points if you are short and I am hoping we get some decent expansion from Welk. I would be in favor of buying more points resale.
Runner Up - HICV - I've owned HICV for 10+ years. The rooms at most resorts are on par with Marriott and Hilton. This is not so true for some of the acquisition locations by SilverLeaf. My main reason for loving this smallish brand is the flexibility of the system. You can use your points for 2+ day stays, Global Choice gives you points for your non-HICV locations, it comes with an RCI account, you can borrow points for use in the next year for free or for the current year for prorated MFs and if you have leftover points you can convert them to IHG points which never expire. The MFs feel better than some other brands. I get 10x points for paying MFs with my IHG credit card. The down side for me is limited locations in the West and nothing in Hawaii. However I used my HICV points via RCI for a week in Hawaii at a Hilton which I am looking forward to. I would not buy more points unless I relocated closer to the SE or they built more in the West.