Bluegreen Vacation Club Annual Meeting - 9/21/10

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

R we allowed to post BG rentals here ?
EDD

We do have a section that you can post rentals of any sort and it can be found here

Just click submit new ad and enter your information

[max669 Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close max669]

tank u

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

thank you Charles. Is there somewhere on the site to tutor me on how to go about asking questions, etc, since I am new to this venue. Thanks

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

thank you Charles. Is there somewhere on the site to tutor me on how to go about asking questions, etc, since I am new to this venue. Thanks

I think my second October 1 message above covers the basics. More rules are covered in the FAQ that is listed at the top of the page.

Charles

[max669 Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close max669]

renting

i was looking in the rental list and wanted to add one, what does cost of credits mean.

EDD

[max669 Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close max669]

renting

i listed an add under the rental post, i want to revise it.

How do i do that, i went back and cant do it now.
It never posted the amount i want and i posted comments and that did not show up.

Help and i lost a credit what ever that means.

EDD

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

I have never placed an ad, but I am assuming that you could edit it. You should see a button that states edit, press that and see what happens...Maybe someone can chime in and let you know how you can edit the ad.

[GrayFal Silver Contributor and supermoderator Find all posts View Profile Close GrayFal]

i listed an add under the rental post, i want to revise it.

How do i do that, i went back and cant do it now.
It never posted the amount i want and i posted comments and that did not show up.

Help and i lost a credit what ever that means.

EDD

max, I can see your ad - I believe in Hawaii - and there is a price.
There is an edit button as u scroll down the ad, can u see it and did u use it or are u referring to a different ad?

[max669 Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close max669]

ya i finally figured it out

my question also is what is this credit stuff

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

Points to Credits to Ads

my question also is what is this credit stuff

You asked this several times and did not get a response. I did not respond since I also did not know. I finally decided that I should know. So I went to the FAQ for an answer.

If you look at the upper right of a message, you will see a number of points associated with a given member. As the member interacts, the number of points goes up. You can use the points to buy credits with which you can play a lottery or purchase ads. Regarding ads, the FAQ says:

"The TS4MS classifieds system is for listing timeshare properties for sale, rent, trade or units that are wanted. The classifieds system uses credits that are purchased from TS4MS points. Members can purchase additional TS4MS points if they need them and these points can then be turned into credits if the member wishes.

Make sure you have at least 1-credit before starting to add a listing!

Credits are purchased from TS4MS points. In the blue bar across the classifieds you will see the word "Credits:" with some number after that. All members are given 1-credits for joining the website free of charge. After you use those that credit you can click the word "Credits" and you will see an option to purchase additional credits. Each credit costs 500 TS4MS Points. To purchase credits, you need to have the required number of points and they must not be in your TS4MS bank account. If they are in your bank account, you need to withdraw them from the bank to allow you to spend them."

There is a lot more information in the FAQ and you can go there if you want more.

Hope that helps.

Charles

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tanks

[max669 Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close max669]

This is what is going on at the Fountains, when u eat/drink at their bars u are charged 15% tip on to your check. This is from me. Not a third party speaking.

Jim do u know about this. It should be brought up to everyone that is a bluegreen owner,

EDD

[GrayFal Silver Contributor and supermoderator Find all posts View Profile Close GrayFal]

I have had time to think about the changes you reported

Bluegreen will be changing the way in which owners transact with RCI. Currently, Bluegreen allows owners to pick their own week for deposit into RCI. This works extremely well for experienced exchangers and it works horribly for inexperienced exchangers.

So, Bluegreen is moving to a straight points based request first model. No more deposits are required by owners. This will be viewed extremely positively by most owners.

Those who won't like it are those who pick their weeks wisely.

If you plan on making Bluegreen deposits for next year into RCI, I would do it right away. I think this may go into effect around Dec 1.

This will be a plus for those Gold (and Platinum) owners that get a "free" upgrade of one (and three) deposits per year with RCI from Blue to White. I am willing to see how the rest shakes out....

New Resorts:

In the foreseeable future, it looks like we will probably have 2 new resorts coming online. We were asked not to share the names or locations of the resorts until they are announced. The deals aren't completed, so they don't want them to be unhooked by premature release of information. Suffice it to say that many of us will be very happy with the new resorts.

I trust that with your discriminating taste, I will be very happy, too.

In addition, Bluegreen plans to expand the resort groups that are part of Select Connections. Once the online capability is built, they will be actively seeking other Resort Group participation. I really look forward to these new resort groups coming online.

Again I agree with you - I am impressed with the 'select connection' resorts now - more would be icing on the cake

This feature alone makes Traveler Plus worth having. Given availability and cost of Select Connections resorts, this could end up replacing RCI as the primary exchange vehicle for Bluegreen owners.

That would be great!

We spent a lot of time on the owner survey.

The biggest write in suggestion by far was for free internet access. So, when I compiled the requests, it didn't surprise them. I offered up the groups suggestions including points for internet usage. Wendy did write that one down.

Still do not care for this - they should make it free for owners and charge a small fee for renters/exchangers. JMHO

For Traveler Plus, RCI Points and Hot weeks were the 2 most popular features. That surprised me and Bluegreen. I expected it to be Select Connections. After the discussion, I determined that Select Connections wasn't chosen because it has been pretty hard to use and people don't know how much availability is there. When Bluegreen enables online reservations to Select Connections, I think that will change since it is so much cheaper than RCI Points.

The most requested new resort area was the Caribbean. Bluegreen is making strategic choices in this area. Given how they were talking, we should have a decent flow of new resorts coming online over the next few years.

This would make me REALLY happy!

[swirg53 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close swirg53]

New Program with RCI

When I tried to quote, it seemingly wasn't going to include Boca's quote, so I am trying to include both below along with my comment here: It seems to me this is going to be quite confusing for some owners. There are going to be two different Bluegreen POINTS based RCI "exchanges": one for weeks and one for points (nightly stays). The latter is through Travelers Plus and the former is through the Vacation Club. But both will be based on our BG Vacation Club points (plus money). [I probably should have started a new thread with this.]

Quote:Originally Posted by BocaBum99
Bluegreen will be changing the way in which owners transact with RCI. Currently, Bluegreen allows owners to pick their own week for deposit into RCI. This works extremely well for experienced exchangers and it works horribly for inexperienced exchangers.

So, Bluegreen is moving to a straight points based request first model. No more deposits are required by owners. This will be viewed extremely positively by most owners.

Those who won't like it are those who pick their weeks wisely.

If you plan on making Bluegreen deposits for next year into RCI, I would do it right away. I think this may go into effect around Dec 1.

GrayFal's Reply: This will be a plus for those Gold (and Platinum) owners that get a "free" upgrade of one (and three) deposits per year with RCI from Blue to White. I am willing to see how the rest shakes out....

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

Purpose of the Delinquency Reserve

Since the large increase in our maintenance fees is being partially attributed to the increase in the reserve fund for delinquencies (from a historic norm of approximately 6% to around 11% for this year), can someone please tell me how and when the delinquency reserve is used.

Does it pay for the maintenance fees for the individuals that are behind in paying their maintenance fees. If so, what happens when they pay up or when the corporation repossesses their timeshare unit?