Questions of Bay Club purchase

I have responded to an ad for Bay Club EOY for $1300.00, and am seeking input from experienced HGVC owners. The maintenance fees are $1300.00 and it is a gold season, 5000 point unit. I have read that my use of this resort would be limited to the very short gold season, should it pass ROFR. Since we have just adopted a young child, we would not be able to go during gold season because of school.
I would appreciate opinions on such a purchase.
Also, as an owner, would I have access to their pool if I was staying at the Bay Club or another resort?
Thanks
Karen

I might be wrong, but I don't think there is a gold season for the Bay Club. 1 bdrm, 2 brm and villa units wiht 4800, 7000 and 8400 points when converted. From the MF it could actually be a Villa unit. Best to check with the resort or hear from other wise Tuggers.

We have been successful on a 1 bdrm EYO at $299 in January on ebay, so you might want to shop around. We also got an every year for $1000 last year.

We normally use the points to stay at HGVC Waikoloa and actually have not stayed at BC yet but with the recent updates we will try there next visit. You can't use the Hilton Hotel pools nor Kingsland. BC unpated their pools recently and they are actually quieter than Waikoloa pools.

If you want to stay in Hawaii and book 12 months out then the MF are worth it.

Oh my goodness! I just re-read my post (must be dementia setting in) This is for the HGVC at Waikoloa Beach Resort, not the Bay Club. I don't know if this makes much of a difference
Karen

KarenL said:

Oh my goodness! I just re-read my post (must be dementia setting in) This is for the HGVC at Waikoloa Beach Resort, not the Bay Club. I don't know if this makes much of a difference
Karen

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It makes a lot of difference

The Bay club is nice but a HGVC affiliate

BUT HGVC at Waikoloa Beach Resort is a true HGVC resort. And the price is great.

BUT the key thing is 5000 pts every other year enough pts to vacation in Hawaii? If you were buying 5000 pts every year then I'd say yes you could pool your pts and go on a cheap pts vacation EOY and go to hawaii EOY. With the 5000 pts eoy, you'd have to borrow from 2011 and also 2013 so you could get enough pts to vacation in 2012. Kind of a pain

I'd get some more general advice about bying HGVC before buying.

I agree with Bill, that amount of points EOY for $1300 mf is not a good value if you want Hawaii. I have 2BR at HHV(7000) and KL(8700), for the same MFs.

If you run the numbers out 25 years of MFs that low up front cost may not look as good. I built a little spreadsheet to compare resale price, points, mfs, inflation. The best deals are low point per MF cost, you could get Vegas 5000 points for under $1000 MF and use in Hawaii. The advantage of buying Hawaii is the 3 month owner reservation window, only you can decide what that is worth to you.

Ps gold season

Re gold season - the MFs are slightly higher for gold but lower up front cost. You can vacation during school season with gold, we have taken my son during fall break, Easter break, and I'm already booked for next year at KL Memorial Day week (he misses 4 days of school). If you prefer summer, then get a platinum week.