Omnishambles
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Hi everyone, I have some questions I could use your help with.
I did the whole timeshare presentation thing at Desert Club in exchange for a room. And they got me. I bought one. But reading over the forums has convinced me that this was probably a bad idea (and if it's not I can just call them up and get the same rate again), so I've got my cancellation notice filled out and it'll be going out on overnight mail as soon as the post office opens.
FWIW, I bought a one-bedroom deluxe unit week 3 for about $10,000. This is 83,000 points in the HICV system. This was all about the points for me. I'm not sure I'd want to spend a whole week in Vegas. eBay says I could get a timeshare here for $400 in closing costs and a $100 transfer fee, but what I've read on here suggests that resale timeshares won't get me in HICV.
I'm assuming that if I buy the resale share, I just get RCI points for it. Maybe this is more optimal for me. I'd be cutting out the middleman. While it sounds like HICV is well-regarded and I like that extra points can go into hotels and such, their other properties don't interest me that much. I'm a single guy with no kids, so Orlando isn't high on my list of places to see.
Am I right in thinking that HICV isn't worth the $10,000 cost of admission? Is Desert Club worth it without the HICV?
Thanks in advance for your thoughts.
I did the whole timeshare presentation thing at Desert Club in exchange for a room. And they got me. I bought one. But reading over the forums has convinced me that this was probably a bad idea (and if it's not I can just call them up and get the same rate again), so I've got my cancellation notice filled out and it'll be going out on overnight mail as soon as the post office opens.
FWIW, I bought a one-bedroom deluxe unit week 3 for about $10,000. This is 83,000 points in the HICV system. This was all about the points for me. I'm not sure I'd want to spend a whole week in Vegas. eBay says I could get a timeshare here for $400 in closing costs and a $100 transfer fee, but what I've read on here suggests that resale timeshares won't get me in HICV.
I'm assuming that if I buy the resale share, I just get RCI points for it. Maybe this is more optimal for me. I'd be cutting out the middleman. While it sounds like HICV is well-regarded and I like that extra points can go into hotels and such, their other properties don't interest me that much. I'm a single guy with no kids, so Orlando isn't high on my list of places to see.
Am I right in thinking that HICV isn't worth the $10,000 cost of admission? Is Desert Club worth it without the HICV?
Thanks in advance for your thoughts.