Wyndham is closing a handful of legacy resorts - dedicated chart/tracker located in the first post for this unfolding set of events

[HitchHiker71]

I feel like I saw a comment on Facebook (not sure I can find it again - there are a zillion and search function kinda sucks there) from someone who also owns a home at Fairfield Glade that it's the whole owners who received the email, not necessarily the timeshare owners.

Edit - here it is! "I live in Fairfield Glade, TN and I own Wyndham timeshare and we received an email today from our Fairfield Glade Community Board stating that our timeshare location will be closing the end of December 2025. We used this location to come and visit before we bought and retired here. There are a lot of units here and a lot have been remodeled, so I hope they don’t just sit here empty."

Interesting, so it sounds like the actual homeowners received an email, which has nothing to do with the timeshare owners receiving anything. It sounds like the local HOA for the homeowners got wind of what was going on and alerted the homeowners that the Wyndham timeshare units would be closing come 12/31/2025. This makes sense given it’s a big change for FG overall and I’m sure the homeowners want to know what’s going on and stay informed. I know if I owned property there I certainly would want to stay informed.


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[CO skier]

Interesting, so it sounds like the actual homeowners received an email, which has nothing to do with the timeshare owners receiving anything. It sounds like the local HOA for the homeowners got wind of what was going on and alerted the homeowners that the Wyndham timeshare units would be closing come 12/31/2025. This makes sense given it’s a big change for FG overall and I’m sure the homeowners want to know what’s going on and stay informed. I know if I owned property there I certainly would want to stay informed.

To the point made in others' posts in this thread, if the FFG Board did, in fact, receive a written statement from Wyndham before any Wyndham owners (none of whom have received notice), that is not cool.

 

[dioxide45]

I feel like I saw a comment on Facebook (not sure I can find it again - there are a zillion and search function kinda sucks there) from someone who also owns a home at Fairfield Glade that it's the whole owners who received the email, not necessarily the timeshare owners.

Edit - here it is! "I live in Fairfield Glade, TN and I own Wyndham timeshare and we received an email today from our Fairfield Glade Community Board stating that our timeshare location will be closing the end of December 2025. We used this location to come and visit before we bought and retired here. There are a lot of units here and a lot have been remodeled, so I hope they don’t just sit here empty."

That might make sense. I would expect that, Wyndham, as the resort manager is responsible for communications to timeshare owners.

 

[dioxide45]

Knowing that, the statement, "The community club released a written statement provided by Club Wyndham to its membership via e-blast." now makes sense. The e-blast did not go out to everyone in the Fairfield Glade Community (including timeshare owners), it was blasted only to those members of FFG to whom the Board is responsible (that is the meaning of "its membership"; the "its membership" does not refer to the Wyndham members). I guess the community Board figured Wyndham would tell their timeshare members, or already did, so no point e-blasting them.

The fault lies with the reporter and the editor. The correct statement and punctuation should have read, "The community club released a written statement, provided by Club Wyndham, to its membership via e-blast." Instead of reading as, "The community club released a written statement provided by Club Wyndham to its membership, via e-blast."

BIG difference.

It is possible that the HOA board doesn't even have email addresses for the timeshare owners as that is contact information the management company (Wyndham) would be responsible for maintaining.

 

[Richelle]

Interesting, so it sounds like the actual homeowners received an email, which has nothing to do with the timeshare owners receiving anything. It sounds like the local HOA for the homeowners got wind of what was going on and alerted the homeowners that the Wyndham timeshare units would be closing come 12/31/2025. This makes sense given it’s a big change for FG overall and I’m sure the homeowners want to know what’s going on and stay informed. I know if I owned property there I certainly would want to stay informed.


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From what I was told, buy someone who owns a home in that community, Wyndham has voting rights in their HOA. I assume that means the timeshare units are part of that HOA. The HOA sent the email to the residents and probably assumed Club Wyndham would take care of notifying the owners and that they didn’t need to. They just didn’t realize that Wyndham had not done so yet or didn’t realize Wyndham was trying to keep it on the down low in the early stages.


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[CO skier]

From what I was told, buy someone who owns a home in that community, Wyndham has voting rights in their HOA. I assume that means the timeshare units are part of that HOA. The HOA sent the email to the residents and probably assumed Club Wyndham would take care of notifying the owners and that they didn’t need to. They just didn’t realize that Wyndham had not done so yet or didn’t realize Wyndham was trying to keep it on the down low in the early stages.

I can understand that there is a politically correct hierarchy where employees would/should be informed maybe a half-day ahead of the ownership, but a random HOA and its members being informed after employees, but days ahead of the owners, is just bad.

Someone in top management owes owners a V-E-R-Y Big apology for this screw-up.

 

[dioxide45]

There are very likely legal ramifications in play that need to be taken into account.

But shouldn't these legal ramifications have been figured out before any announcement to anyone? I can certainly understand Wyndham wanting their attorneys to look over official public announcements prior to those going out, but really that could have been done before they made any mention to anyone. Some have suggested that this has been in the works for a long time, that seems like plenty of time for everything to be lined up to be sent once the first set of announcements were made.

 

[gerena]

My parents bought 3 deeded timeshare weeks at Fairfield Glade in 1985. I inherited them in 2010 after my father died. We mainly use them for trading with RCI, which has been great. Wonder how that will be affected. I have received no information or e-blast. The first I had heard of anything is like many of you...today's TUG.

 

[CO skier]

I can certainly understand Wyndham wanting their attorneys to look over official public announcements prior to those going out, but really that could have been done before they made any mention to anyone.

The Fairfield Glade Board of Directors purportedly received "a written statement provided by Club Wyndham." Is this true? If so, who approved it and its release -- attorneys, management, both, neither? Why was it released to a random HOA prior to owners? Enquiring minds want to know.

 

[Sandy VDH]

I would be OK with a trade as my Studio at Glade which is part of my VIPP Plat has the higher MF/point out of all of the contracts that make up the VIPP. Happy to see it lowered to even CWA MF.

 

[dioxide45]

The Fairfield Glade Board of Directors purportedly received "a written statement provided by Club Wyndham." Is this true? If so, who approved it and its release -- attorneys, management, both, neither? Why was it released to a random HOA prior to owners? Enquiring minds want to know.

I am not sure it was a written stagtement from Club Wyndham though. There seems to be a contradiction in the article.

"The statement said the FGCC board members received verbal notification early Wednesday morning. Employees have been notified of the shutdown, FGCC continued.

The community club released a written statement provided by Club Wyndham to its membership via e-blast."

The article is kind of sloppy and based on the text being quoted, perhaps it was just a written statement from the resort general manager or similar position.

"The resort leadership team for the timeshare portion of the community was recently notified that during a recent review of the broader portfolio of resort properties, "

This doesn't sound like something coming from higher up.

 

[TUGBrian]

But shouldn't these legal ramifications have been figured out before any announcement to anyone? I can certainly understand Wyndham wanting their attorneys to look over official public announcements prior to those going out, but really that could have been done before they made any mention to anyone. Some have suggested that this has been in the works for a long time, that seems like plenty of time for everything to be lined up to be sent once the first set of announcements were made.

I will say that being a BOD member (though not for a wyndham timeshare) has enlightened me on some absolutely RIDICULOUS policies and procedures (and laws/statutes) that must be followed despite seemingly being the exact opposite of common sense. While I cant say thats what happened here, im sure it played a role!

 

[TUGBrian]

My parents bought 3 deeded timeshare weeks at Fairfield Glade in 1985. I inherited them in 2010 after my father died. We mainly use them for trading with RCI, which has been great. Wonder how that will be affected. I have received no information or e-blast. The first I had heard of anything is like many of you...today's TUG.

I would be willing to bet the majority of owners are in this same position, though likely dont visit TUG or subscribe to the newsletter!

 

[CO skier]

The community club released a written statement provided by Club Wyndham to its membership via e-blast."

Your bolding says it all. Read what follows, and there is no way those details could come from some random resort manager. The details following could come only from Wyndham.

Who but Wyndham (and me ) would know about CWA points swap, as just an example?

 

[dioxide45]

Your bolding says it all. Read what follows, and there is no way those details could come from some random resort manager. The details following could come only from Wyndham.

Who but Wyndham (and me ) would know about CWA points swap, as just an example?

But you glossed over this bolded statement? received verbal notification early Wednesday morning

Was it a written or verbal statement? Did they receive verbal notification but sent a written statement to members? We still don't have the full text of the e-blast.

 

[dioxide45]

I feel like I saw a comment on Facebook (not sure I can find it again - there are a zillion and search function kinda sucks there) from someone who also owns a home at Fairfield Glade that it's the whole owners who received the email, not necessarily the timeshare owners.

Edit - here it is! "I live in Fairfield Glade, TN and I own Wyndham timeshare and we received an email today from our Fairfield Glade Community Board stating that our timeshare location will be closing the end of December 2025. We used this location to come and visit before we bought and retired here. There are a lot of units here and a lot have been remodeled, so I hope they don’t just sit here empty."

Thanks. It does seem odd that they would remodel to then just close down the resort. Unless Travel + Leisure wanted owners to pay to fix the units up so they could turn and resell them as whole ownership?

 

[CO skier]

But you glossed over this bolded statement? received verbal notification early Wednesday morning

Was it a written or verbal statement? Did they receive verbal notification but sent a written statement to members? We still don't have the full text of the e-blast.

And you are missing the timing. Verbal from Wyndham on Wednesday, written confirmation from Wyndham on Friday? Either way, the specific details could come only from Wyndham.

 

[dioxide45]

And you are missing the timing. Verbal on Wednesday, written confirmation on Friday? Either way, the specific details could come only from Wyndham.

I agree on the details about the CWA swap, but no where does the article indicate that a written statement was provided by Club Wyndham on Friday. Only that the FGCC released a written statement on Friday afternoon.

Club Wyndham is shutting down its timeshare operations at the end of the year, according to a statement released Friday afternoon by the Fairfield Glade Community Club.

 

[CO skier]

We still don't have the full text of the e-blast.

But the reporter, presumably, did have and reported the full text of the "Wyndham Statement." And dollars to donuts, next weeks (verbal/written) statement to owners will be different than last weeks "written statement provided by Club Wyndham" to save MUCH embarrassment to Wyndham executives.

 

[CO skier]

I agree on the details about the CWA swap, but no where does the article indicate that a written statement was provided by Club Wyndham on Friday. Only that the FGCC released a written statement on Friday afternoon.

Club Wyndham is shutting down its timeshare operations at the end of the year, according to a statement released Friday afternoon by the Fairfield Glade Community Club.

Did you read what you bolded in post #361 and I quoted in post #364? Wyndham provided a written statement.

 

[Jan M.]

This makes me so sad (and frustrated). We are presidential/founder level, and we own at King Cotton in Edisto (most of our 1.5 million points) with 300K points of this at Waikiki Beach Walk. I actually have a reservation in Edisto the week after Christmas, December 27 - January 3. So if the dump Edisto, then do I just get kicked out on December 31?

I'm SUPER frustrated that we are hearing about this in the ether and they are not being transparent with us about what's to come. So unethical (and, no, I'm not surprised)

Has anyone thought of converting future year points into Wyndham Rewards Points? I know the conversion rate isn't great, but that's one thing we could do with our future points. And, I've actually booked a month's worth of cottages in Scotland with Wyndham Rewards Points using Cottages.com. So there are some travel options that use those points besides just hotels.

Anyone own in King Cotton on here that happens to be in my boat? I'm so sad - I really like Edisto. My kids were raised going there and my daughter is getting married there in September.

You might not have any worries about your PR at King Cotton. Ocean Ridge, Edisto was mentioned as not dropping all the associations there. So far nothing has been confirmed.

 

[Jan M.]

You know what's completely bonkers? You know you're closing the resort on Dec 31, 2025. Why allow me to make a reservation for January? Why not start to block out the system so you don't have a lot of disappointed people? You made the announcement yesterday, ths system should have been blocking this out at least by yesterday, if not before.


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Sadly, the way this is being handled demonstrates a lack of respect and professionalism.

 

[JayDPiii]

As owners of 600k at Bentley Brook, I would NOT want to be converted to CWA, much higher maintenance fees, maybe we can just get rid and out of Wyndham altogether. Though they stopped Certified Exit, maybe this is why? Wait and see for now!

 

[Richelle]

Thanks. It does seem odd that they would remodel to then just close down the resort. Unless Travel + Leisure wanted owners to pay to fix the units up so they could turn and resell them as whole ownership?

Many of these renovations are planned years in advanced. They probably saved up for it over the years, rather than one large hike or assessment. Not doing the renovation la would mean having to refund the owners what they paid for, which could get messy. Easier to proceed. In addition, a resort that is in good condition sells for a higher price than one in poor condition.


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[Richelle]

As owners of 600k at Bentley Brook, I would NOT want to be converted to CWA, much higher maintenance fees, maybe we can just get rid and out of Wyndham altogether. Though they stopped Certified Exit, maybe this is why? Wait and see for now!

I thought Bentley Brook was higher then CWA. Admittedly I have not seen what the MF rate is for that location and what I can find, varies. If you don’t mind me asking, what do you pay a year for 600k Bentley Brook points?


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