Hello again! I have been gone a while as I have been reading all the links that was referred to me, particularly wmowners.com and the wmts website. It definitely was very informative and gave me a deeper understanding of TS.
So from what I am seeing so far, WM seems like a good fit for us. The locations of the resorts are where we can actually go and are interested to go. We are thinking of Oregon and Seattle area. I do have to take into consideration the resorts that have no A/C and the red season as some go way over 10K for a 1BR.
It also did show that some of the properties were around the 3k-7k points range for a 1BR depending on the season so now I understand why 10K is a good size. The points also trade well on RCI and II from what I have seen in wmowners forum. They have indicated Hawaii and Thailand as well so I was very excited to see that it was possible, if in case we decide to trade our points.
I know everyone has been saying that you have to pre-plan your trips, how far in advance do you plan? Is it really 13-months in advance? or does this only apply to the red season Resorts?
They also have really cool programs like bonus time and exotic bonus time. Does this really save you your credits and are pretty cheap compared to renting out points? In what situation will you choose these program vs. renting points?
I also did not find any info on how you trade or exchange your points in RCI or II. I only found out about what they got from their points. Do RCI determine how much points they need for that resort and it's a 1:1 ratio conversion? Is it also a weekly exchange or you can do # of days on your exchange? I also could not figure out how you will exchange your points at the highest peak so you can have more points since it is based on the TDI index of your weeks. Who determines the weeks?
I got curious and looked at how much the current 10K account is running, it seems like a lot on wmowners (from 5K due to some having remaining balances of at least 5-10K). I saw some of these accounts on Ebay as well, selling lower. But I read somewhere on TUG that you have to be careful on Ebay.
Sorry for all the technical questions. I am just making sure that I understand what I am getting into and I will not have unreasonable expectations.
