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[kreate Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close kreate]

hi, im david. recently bought a shell vacation club timeshare 1700 points off ebay just to find out 1700 points doesn't really get me much. now I regret buying this. now I need to buy another timeshare that is a bit better.
we live in OC. in socal. just made a account here after like 12 months of visiting this site.

if anyone know of any good timeshares out there, please let me know.
wondering if we should get another shell with more points or get something else.
I heard diamond kinda sucks.

we went to napa, ca for our first timeshare vacation. 2 timeshare presentation experience under our belt.
we are still noobs... sooo noobs

[jackio Gold Contributor Find all posts View Profile Close jackio]

hi, im david. recently bought a shell vacation club timeshare 1700 points off ebay just to find out 1700 points doesn't really get me much. now I regret buying this. now I need to buy another timeshare that is a bit better.
we live in OC. in socal. just made a account here after like 12 months of visiting this site.

if anyone know of any good timeshares out there, please let me know.
wondering if we should get another shell with more points or get something else.
I heard diamond kinda sucks.

we went to napa, ca for our first timeshare vacation. 2 timeshare presentation experience under our belt.
we are still noobs... sooo noobs

Welcome. I'm not familiar with Shell points, but there are a lot of experts here.

Please tell us what exactly you are looking to accomplish with your timeshares, so that we can make recommendations based on what will work best for you.

[kreate Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close kreate]

Welcome. I'm not familiar with Shell points, but there are a lot of experts here.

Please tell us what exactly you are looking to accomplish with your timeshares, so that we can make recommendations based on what will work best for you.

hi thank you. im just looking for a timeshare with a maintenance of no more than 800-900 a year. but also where I can get like a 5-7 days over a weekend.
a timeshare company with their own in-house resorts instead of exchanging with interval and pay a extra $174 for 1 week exchange.
resorts that have washer/dryer, maybe a bedroom Jacuzzi. 2bedroom. floating.

some diversity in location would be nice. if most of the resorts are cali based would be better.

or which timeshare company does everyone else use on this site?

[jackio Gold Contributor Find all posts View Profile Close jackio]

David, I moved this thread here from "Introduce yourself" so that more people who can help you will read it. - Jacki

[Glitter Brunello Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close Glitter Brunello]

hi thank you. im just looking for a timeshare with a maintenance of no more than 800-900 a year. but also where I can get like a 5-7 days over a weekend.
a timeshare company with their own in-house resorts instead of exchanging with interval and pay a extra $174 for 1 week exchange.
resorts that have washer/dryer, maybe a bedroom Jacuzzi. 2bedroom. floating.

some diversity in location would be nice. if most of the resorts are cali based would be better.

or which timeshare company does everyone else use on this site?

Grand Pacific Resorts has a number of properties in California.

Our members have all sorts of ownerships, but a number of members here are quite happy with Bluegreen for the kind of flexibility you are looking for. Not sure how much California that would get you but someone will pipe in.

[kreate Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close kreate]

Grand Pacific Resorts has a number of properties in California.

Our members have all sorts of ownerships, but a number of members here are quite happy with Bluegreen for the kind of flexibility you are looking for. Not sure how much California that would get you but someone will pipe in.

grand pacific resorts and bluegreen? ok thank you I will look into that.
I see a lot of listings of bluegreen on ebay I wasn't sure if it was good or not but I will have to do some research. thank you for the suggestions!

[StressCadet Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close StressCadet]

Hi and welcome!

IN addition to the Grand Pacific Resorts...you might consider Worldmark. It's a points/credits based ownership but it's really heavy on the west coast. REALLY flexible with many locations. No need to exchange unless you want to. I'm in So Cal and it's one of my favorite ownerships. Do your homework, get familiar with the ins and outs, ask questions here and zero in on what you really want/or expect from a timeshare and go from there. No hurry. Here is the resort gallery of available locations for Worldmark:
https://www.worldmarktheclub.com/resorts/

[chriskre Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close chriskre]

Hi Kreate, welcome to the forum.

My suggestion is for you to familiarize yourself with the websites of several of the "mini-systems"
and see which ones have resorts that you think you'd like to visit and how many points it will require
for those 5 to 7 day stays.

Just a few to look at:

Hilton Grand Vacation has quite a few resorts that are affiliates from the Grand Pacific collection.
http://www.hiltongrandvacations.com

Wyndham Resorts.
www.clubwyndham.com

Bluegreen resorts:
https://bluegreenowner.com/explore/home.aspx

Feel free to start new threads on any information you need.

[kreate Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close kreate]

wow guys thanks a lot.
I see that worldmark and wyndham seems pretty good.
but I see somewhere a sign like

"worldmark by wyndham"

is worldmark and wyndham from the same company?
and how much points is considered pretty good?
I don't want too much points where im paying over 1000$ maintenance fee every year.
but I don't want too small where I can barely go anywhere either.

[chriskre Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close chriskre]

Wyndham took over Worldmark's management a few years ago.
Some inventory overlaps in both clubs but they are managed separately and have different rules.

Worldmark seems more owner friendly with less fees and you can transfer in points from other members and own a smaller contract because of the ability to transfer in points on the years when you want to do more bookings.

Wyndham has more rules and fees. You can avoid many of the fees by learning the club rules and playing by those rules.
Wyndham really isn't great for short stays since you have to cover the housekeeping with either HK points or more fees.
Wyndham is generally better for East Coast and Worldmark for West Coast but they do overlap in several locations.

Something you may consider is owning biennial units.
I own a biennial Wyndham contract with 168K points.
It allows me to split those points up into 84K a year or use all 168K every other year.
I find that that is more than enough for my needs because I mostly use it for local resorts near me
which are middle of the road points requirements. The newer resorts require more points.

Look at the points charts for both systems to have an idea of how many points you will want to own
to go to the resorts that you'd like to visit on a regular basis and then go from there.
Wyndham charges maintenance fees on a monthly basis so makes it easier to manage.
I pay about $1000 every other year in MF's on my biennial ownership so around $500 a year.

[Hobbitess Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Hobbitess]

a number of members here are quite happy with Bluegreen for the kind of flexibility you are looking for.

Most Bluegreen resorts are east of the Mississippi. I love my Bluegreen, but I would not recommend it to someone living in the western half of the U.S.

I think Worldmark is the way to go. There was a Worldmark owners board I used to read that was fairly active a few years back; I think it was this one:

http://www.wmowners.com/forum/

If it's the one I remember, that's the place to go for Worldmark and Wyndham information. But this place is more fun to hang out.

[alnix72@bellsouth.net Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close alnix72@bellsouth.net]

Have you purchased timeshare yet? We have bluegreen and have taken one trip to Phoenix, AZ which was Great!.....but with my husbands job situation , etc we need to sell. We purchased a small package of 9,000 points . If you are interested you can email me at alnix72@bellsouth.net to discuss price, etc. Thanks