David Beckett
TUG Member
Hello
Hoping for some advice & guidance from some of the more experienced members.
We have just bought 2 Gold weeks at Pine Cliffs in Portugal. We have been there before and love the place but balked at the prices being quoted us at the resort. A little research and shopping around showed us we could get our 2 weeks at a little over 40% of the "retail" or asking price. We bought the 2 weeks and are quite happy about that.
Pine Cliffs is affiliated with The Registry Collection and we just recently received some preliminary documentation on the Registry Collection. I'm not too concerned with the fees for an "exchange"...they seem to be inline with the fees I've seen elsewhere. I am concerned with the "Enrollment" fees (5 year fee is 1,214 GBP) & the "Membership" fees (5 year fee is 776 GBP). So....just under 2,000 GBP for 5 years. That seems extraordinarily high.
My question(s) are:
- is the quoted rate from Registry Collection out of line with the fees from RCI (with whom they seem to be affiliated)?
- is there a tangible advantage to Registry Collection membership?
On the same theme, we bought our timeshare weeks through a UK-based company, Worldwide Timeshare Hypermarket. I have to say we received really good service from the folks there and are pretty satisfied. That said, Worldwide also operate an exchange program, Worldwide Timeshare Exchange. This company's rates are FAR lower than the Registry Collection so I am wondering:
- does anyone have any experience with this company they can share?
Any/all advice would be welcome!
David
Hoping for some advice & guidance from some of the more experienced members.
We have just bought 2 Gold weeks at Pine Cliffs in Portugal. We have been there before and love the place but balked at the prices being quoted us at the resort. A little research and shopping around showed us we could get our 2 weeks at a little over 40% of the "retail" or asking price. We bought the 2 weeks and are quite happy about that.
Pine Cliffs is affiliated with The Registry Collection and we just recently received some preliminary documentation on the Registry Collection. I'm not too concerned with the fees for an "exchange"...they seem to be inline with the fees I've seen elsewhere. I am concerned with the "Enrollment" fees (5 year fee is 1,214 GBP) & the "Membership" fees (5 year fee is 776 GBP). So....just under 2,000 GBP for 5 years. That seems extraordinarily high.
My question(s) are:
- is the quoted rate from Registry Collection out of line with the fees from RCI (with whom they seem to be affiliated)?
- is there a tangible advantage to Registry Collection membership?
On the same theme, we bought our timeshare weeks through a UK-based company, Worldwide Timeshare Hypermarket. I have to say we received really good service from the folks there and are pretty satisfied. That said, Worldwide also operate an exchange program, Worldwide Timeshare Exchange. This company's rates are FAR lower than the Registry Collection so I am wondering:
- does anyone have any experience with this company they can share?
Any/all advice would be welcome!
David