HeidingOut
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I'm a timeshare newbie! So, please guys kit gloves. We own at Westin Lagunamar and are thinking of purchasing Wyndham points as honestly we love Wyndham properties and travel 6-7 weeks per year at Wyndhams (on rentals). I've read lots of forums and post. I have pretty good idea as to how all of this works. But, need advice as to the type of contract to buy (obviously resale).
We are thinking min 500,000 points as I plan to supplement our points with rentals. We spend at least 3-4 weeks per year at Bonnet Creek. But, we can drive to Bonnet Creek, Clearwater, Panama City, and the Great Smokies Lodge. We usually spend at least one week at Panama and Great Smokies. This year we did one week at Clearwater which was nice as well. Last year we did several weeks in CA at the Oceanside Resort (also fabulous). Unfortunately, as my oldest child is now in school. We are becoming more and more tied to his schedule. So, we are having to book weeks pretty much during prime (F&W at Disney in Oct, Thanksgiving Week, Christmas Week, Spring Break in March, and then lots of summer trips). We still do travel with my husband's work, but more and more we are tied to kids school schedules.
So, my question is this. Should I buy the 500,000 points at Bonnet Creek to get ARP there? And, then would I have access to the other resorts during prime weeks at 10 months? Or, should we buy CWA (which would give us ARP at 13) but does it have inventory at these resorts during prime weeks? Bonnet Creek, Clearwater, Panama City, and the Great Smokies Lodge are the ones I'm most interested in. But, looking towards the future we'd like to schedule trips to Flagstaff, etc.
Thanks in advance for all of your words of wisdom!
We are thinking min 500,000 points as I plan to supplement our points with rentals. We spend at least 3-4 weeks per year at Bonnet Creek. But, we can drive to Bonnet Creek, Clearwater, Panama City, and the Great Smokies Lodge. We usually spend at least one week at Panama and Great Smokies. This year we did one week at Clearwater which was nice as well. Last year we did several weeks in CA at the Oceanside Resort (also fabulous). Unfortunately, as my oldest child is now in school. We are becoming more and more tied to his schedule. So, we are having to book weeks pretty much during prime (F&W at Disney in Oct, Thanksgiving Week, Christmas Week, Spring Break in March, and then lots of summer trips). We still do travel with my husband's work, but more and more we are tied to kids school schedules.
So, my question is this. Should I buy the 500,000 points at Bonnet Creek to get ARP there? And, then would I have access to the other resorts during prime weeks at 10 months? Or, should we buy CWA (which would give us ARP at 13) but does it have inventory at these resorts during prime weeks? Bonnet Creek, Clearwater, Panama City, and the Great Smokies Lodge are the ones I'm most interested in. But, looking towards the future we'd like to schedule trips to Flagstaff, etc.
Thanks in advance for all of your words of wisdom!