Its like lake effect snow. Don't count on what the weatherman says the night before. You just never know how much snow you will wake up to. You can get 3 foot while 5 miles down the road the neighbors barely get a inch.
Newest email on the subject with a refinement that allows use of guest certificates twice per year in the Owner Priority periods.
See also https://clubwyndham.wyndhamdestinations.com/us/en/owner-guide/resources/reservations/owner-priority-reservations?utm_source=member-update_20210618&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=cw_geoff&utm_content=<strong>
The summer season is in full swing.
Dear XXXXX Family, With the summer season in full swing, our resort teams are ready to welcome you back for memorable and fun-filled experiences. Whether it’s a relaxing beach getaway, an adventure-packed vacation in the mountains, or something in between, you have virtually unlimited opportunities to explore incredible destinations this summer. Vacation Ready To help ensure you enjoy your vacation experience, we remain committed to Vacation Ready, our enhanced health and safety measures. Our housekeeping teams are working in overdrive, and we continue to follow state and local mandates, where applicable.
We’re pleased to share many of your resort amenities have reopened for your enjoyment. We’ve also made several improvements around our resorts to enhance your experience, including curbside check-in to get you on your vacation safely and efficiently, and new wristbands that allow you to open your suite, access resort amenities, and unlock local deals.Prioritizing Owner Reservations To help you cross different destinations off your bucket list, we are continuing our efforts to prioritize owner reservations by limiting access by non-owners at select resorts during peak travel times. Since we began these efforts in March, we’ve heard feedback from many owners that you’ve been able to achieve your vacation plans and visit many popular destinations during your desired travel times — and that you’d like to see these options expanded even further. You’ve also told us how much you enjoy sharing your love of travel with family and friends, and spending time with them at our resorts during family reunions and other special occasions.
With owner feedback in mind, we’re making several enhancements to this effort, including:
• Adding even more resorts and travel dates where owner travel will be prioritized. Your owner website is the best place to find the most up-to-date information about the select destinations and travel periods so that you can plan your vacations accordingly. • Allowing you to bring guests with you when you will be visiting these identified resorts during the select travel dates. As long as the owner and guest reservation(s) have an overlapping day, you may reserve as many guest reservations as you would like. • For reservations at identified resorts during the select travel periods when you are not traveling with your guests, up to two times a year, you can use a Guest Confirmation from your annual allotment. Guest reservations during these peak times in excess of the two allowed will be subject to cancellation. You can read more about these updates here.
When I reflect on where we were a year ago compared to where we are today, it’s a journey none of us could have anticipated. Your wellbeing remains our top priority, and we will continue to adapt operations as local, state, and federal guidance evolves. While there may be a few bumps along the way, we are excited to see that so many people are able to get back on vacation — as owners, you understand better than anyone the powerful impact that vacations have in our lives. I hope we see you on vacation soon. Here’s to a safe, fun, and unforgettable summer!
Sincerely,
Geoff Richards
Chief Operating Officer
Wyndham Destinations
Is it? It seems to me the email is quite clear and very likely reflects the intent of the new policy. It would be difficult to write something so specific by accident. My impression is that when drafting the website language they tried to simplify and condense that language which just made it all the more confusing. And then they didn’t train anyone on it and apparently didn’t share the email language with their staff.
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Just above, Jan quoted Eric's earlier post that had the email in its entirety.
Zero, apparently, since people have looked and found nothing available through Extra Holidays for the affected dates and resorts.
This must be the favorite conspiracy theory from the renters, because it keeps showing up in this thread with no evidence given that the cancelled reservations are appearing on Extra Holidays.
It seems the first part, though, could be pretty accurate - for the time being, at least, it seems to have put off renters from pushing the boundaries of this latest policy. (I agree that the part about it all being a ploy to add to Extra Holidays inventory is a stretch.) Even though there seems to be an obvious loophole through booking an overlapping owner dummy reservation, and at the very least a renter should be able to rent two stays during restricted dates free and clear, it seems that renters are loathe to test either of those scenarios right now for fear of being burned (or through confusion about the policy).
I'm fully aware about the 10 reservation (or 20%) limit from the 2015 update/directory supplement. I just didn't see where you were seeing in the email. I now understand what you're considering incorrect. An alternate reading of the bolded text would be an implied understanding that it's subject to existing limits. Obviously they weren't lifting existing limits in the email - they were only adding new ones. Without quoting the entirety of Wyndham's policies and processes, one could assume that the existing 10 reservation limit still remains. Rather than arguing it is incorrect, I would argue that it's incomplete, and that by explicitly adding "(subject to existing limits)" it would have sufficed.
This file is the source.
Secondarily, if Wyndham could broaden the scope of the email addresses that receive the policy-related emails to every owner with a login (the account information that's editable) and not only the "point of contact" email (one per account), it would reduce the confusion of people who haven't been receiving those emails for whatever reason. Then at least everyone should be receiving the same critical information on the same timeline.
Occam's Razor is a fitting model here.....
You sure its not Hanlon's razor?
Yes Hanlon's Razor, thank you.
