Just bought into Bluegreen

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

I am new to BlueGreen (past the recind point) so I figure I might as well learn to use it and get some use out of it.

How many points are really optimal to have to be able to vacation every other year for a week?

How many points are a good number to have to be able to use RCI effectively?

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

I am new to BlueGreen (past the recind point) so I figure I might as well learn to use it and get some use out of it.

How many points are really optimal to have to be able to vacation every other year for a week?

How many points are a good number to have to be able to use RCI effectively?

Hi and welcome to TS forums. I found your post in the middle of another thread unrelated to Bluegreen and moved if here so tho can get a better response.

Only you know his many points you need. The best thing to do is look at the point chart and see how many you will need for your trip.

For me it takes 16000 pts to get an oceanfront 2br in Solara Surfside in high season. I can get a 1br in Aruba in January for 9000 pts.


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Also look at the RCI to Bluegreen points chart listed above. It is z fixed crossover chart. But you have to pay a $199 exchange fee to RCI.

The best use of BG points is reserving directly at BG resorts.

How many points did you buy ??!


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

How many points are really optimal to have to be able to vacation every other year for a week?

As GrayFal said, it depends on where you want to go. Generally speaking, the resorts that have been part of Bluegreen the longest cost the fewest points; the resorts that are the newest cost the most. Presidential units cost more points than regular units. Offseason costs less than holiday weekends. And so on.

Also depends on how you define "a week." Sunday through Thursday, nights cost less -- sometimes MUCH less -- than Friday and Saturday nights, to the point where you can do ten nights (five nights at a time) for the price of two, sometimes. OTOH, if you want to arrive Friday night, stay a week, and leave that next Sunday, that's going to cost a lot more points than Saturday to Saturday. Adding on a day when it's a Sunday or Monday can be pretty painless; adding on a Friday or Saturday, pretty painful.

How many points are a good number to have to be able to use RCI effectively?

Also depends on where you want to go. RCI prices are kind of the BG average for units of that size. So if you want to stay at a BG resort in Orlando, for instance, Bluegreen is the better deal, because the BG resorts there are about the average and you're only paying for the points. OTOH, if you want to stay in New Hampshire, where the local BG resort is newish, then in some seasons it may cost less to go with RCI, because a week in a 2 BR at BG's resort in High Red season is 24000 points, while that same week in a 2 BR with RCI is 12000. Depending on how many points you own (your price-per-point goes down as your number of points goes up), and what kind of unit you want, even with the added fees, RCI can be the better deal.

RCI also has straight-up cash reservations. If you can go off season, those can be a great deal.

One thing I particularly like about BG resorts is that it's easy to get a 2 BR, and just about all the 2 BR and most of the 1 BRs have full kitchens. RCI has a higher percentage of studios and 1 BRs, and even the 2 BRs may not have full kitchens. Since a full kitchen is a big deal for us, BG is often the better fit. You may have a completely different set of preferences, but knowing what works for you and how to figure out if a resort offers it will make you happier in the long run.

Best of luck to you, and I hope you enjoy your BG vacations.