Thinking of buying Bluegreen Vacation Club

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

I am thinking about buying a Bluegreen vacation package. I have owned timeshare in the past. What advice can you give me? Thanks.

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

Buy resale for pennies on the dollar.

Tell us a bit more about how you vacation and we can offer you advice.

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

I am a different person, but also looking to buy. I have never owned a timeshare. I am 48, single female w one grown kid. I am self employed so can travel when I want. They offered 10,000 points for $20,000. 2 Extra full weeks every year for first 3 years, too. Annual Fees are $850 + the other $200 or so makes it $1050.

I would like to go to Montana, Aspen, Manhattan Club, New Orleans, Hawaii. I might find other places interesting; I haven't traveled much on the eastern seaboard. I might try the other places for enticing my family (mom, son, brother(s)) to go on family vacations. I like getting the member rates for non points travel, so I can spend $59 to $99 per nite.

Is that a good price for points?

I am trying to figure out how much and how many years I would have to use it to make sure the purchase price works out. I also want to be able to unload it if things change. I wonder even if I have gotten enough value, if I could unload it at some point for $1.

I look forward to any suggestions!

[triniciak Member Find all posts View Profile Close triniciak]

Sorry if double posting is annoying. I just found this thread and have a question:

I am a different person, but also looking to buy. I have never owned a timeshare. I am 52, single female w one grown kid. I am self employed so can travel when I want. They offered 10,000 points for $20,000. 2 Extra full weeks every year for first 3 years, too. Annual Fees are $850 + the other $200 or so makes it $1050.

I would like to go to Montana, Aspen, Manhattan Club, New Orleans, Hawaii. I might find other places interesting; I haven't traveled much on the eastern seaboard. I might try the other places for enticing my family (mom, son, brother(s)) to go on family vacations. I like getting the member rates for non points travel, so I can spend $59 to $99 per nite.

Is that a good price for points?

I am trying to figure out how much and how many years I would have to use it to make sure the purchase price works out. I also want to be able to unload it if things change. I wonder even if I have gotten enough value, if I could unload it at some point for $1.

I look forward to any suggestions!

If you like the Travelers Plus perks, like we do we just bought biennial. With my husbands job its hard to plan vacations, so we find the convenience of Bonus Time to be great!

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

If you like the Travelers Plus perks, like we do we just bought biennial. With my husbands job its hard to plan vacations, so we find the convenience of Bonus Time to be great!

Triniciak, thanks. With the bonus time, you can only book within about a 45 day window, right?

I think my best value is in the bonus time. I like the idea of being able to vacation in certain places for $59 or $79 a night, and I am flexible on travel times.

Does anyone know if I can purchase someone else's bluegreen package with bonus time, and what sites are good ones to look at? I have looked at ebay but that looks like points only. I want to avoid paying the upfront fee, since I heard it might have $0 value.

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

I am a different person, but also looking to buy. I have never owned a timeshare. I am 48, single female w one grown kid. I am self employed so can travel when I want. They offered 10,000 points for $20,000. 2 Extra full weeks every year for first 3 years, too. Annual Fees are $850 + the other $200 or so makes it $1050.

I would like to go to Montana, Aspen, Manhattan Club, New Orleans, Hawaii. I might find other places interesting; I haven't traveled much on the eastern seaboard. I might try the other places for enticing my family (mom, son, brother(s)) to go on family vacations. I like getting the member rates for non points travel, so I can spend $59 to $99 per nite.

Is that a good price for points?

I am trying to figure out how much and how many years I would have to use it to make sure the purchase price works out. I also want to be able to unload it if things change. I wonder even if I have gotten enough value, if I could unload it at some point for $1.

I look forward to any suggestions!

I would buy resale if I were you. You still get all the points to travel on, but don't get access to "bonus time", and some other perks. Frankly, 20K is not worth the perks. Be prepared to ~pay~ to unload your deed when its time to move on. (Unless things change alot in the next few years). You can usually pick up a resale contract for under 100$ total. Some listings now on a popular auction site will pay all the fee's, and give you a gift card to boot!

Greg

[triniciak Member Find all posts View Profile Close triniciak]

Triniciak, thanks. With the bonus time, you can only book within about a 45 day window, right?

I think my best value is in the bonus time. I like the idea of being able to vacation in certain places for $59 or $79 a night, and I am flexible on travel times.

Does anyone know if I can purchase someone else's bluegreen package with bonus time, and what sites are good ones to look at? I have looked at ebay but that looks like points only. I want to avoid paying the upfront fee, since I heard it might have $0 value.

I believe you can only get BT at all resorts if you are chartered, which is only possible through pinnacle or bg

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

I am a different person, but also looking to buy. I have never owned a timeshare. I am 48, single female w one grown kid. I am self employed so can travel when I want. They offered 10,000 points for $20,000. 2 Extra full weeks every year for first 3 years, too. Annual Fees are $850 + the other $200 or so makes it $1050.

I would like to go to Montana, Aspen, Manhattan Club, New Orleans, Hawaii. I might find other places interesting; I haven't traveled much on the eastern seaboard. I might try the other places for enticing my family (mom, son, brother(s)) to go on family vacations. I like getting the member rates for non points travel, so I can spend $59 to $99 per nite.

Is that a good price for points?

I am trying to figure out how much and how many years I would have to use it to make sure the purchase price works out. I also want to be able to unload it if things change. I wonder even if I have gotten enough value, if I could unload it at some point for $1.

I look forward to any suggestions!

Hello and to TS4Ms.


I am a Bluegreen owner that finds value in the Travelers Plus, RCI nightly Stays/Points inventory and bonus time.

BUT, you do. Not need to buy from Bluegreen directly to get those benefits.

Here is a current listing on Pinnacle Vacations website This is NOT my listing



Notice how it says With Charter Benefits....so for the minimum purchase at $1.25 per point (you should offer to pay $2500) you will get all the bells and whistles you would get from buying directly thru BG.

Once this ownership is closed and your Bluegreen account is set up, you then purchase on the resale market the amount of points you would really like. 15,000-20,000 is a nice number. These points will be added to your account and they will all be treated the same
The one caveat is that all your points should be in the same trust fund. As the Soundings is a newer resort, it is most likely trust fund e. By having all in the same trust fund, you pay one base fee of $330 and then about $0.508? Per point in maint. Fees.

Others say the charter benefits are not worth it, this is for you to decide.

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delete....not relevant to the thread.

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

If you buy from Pinnacle, any points can be charter points if you pay the $1.25.
If you are looking to get into the locations such as Aspen, they take a lot of points. The 10,000 or 20,000 point packages are not enough. In the lowest season, a 1 bedroom in Aspen will cost 19,000 points. That same 1 bedroom goes up to 40,000 points at the highest value season.

Better to buy points cheap if you want that access, otherwise you are spending a lot of money in hopes you can get in.

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we will not feed the trolls

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

we will not feed the trolls

LOL...the jury is still out girl the moment.

[Sharkman Member Find all posts View Profile Close Sharkman]

Another good read on how points work. I need to visit Pinnacle vacations

[Aruba2015 Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Aruba2015]

if you buy resales you still have access to bonus nites what you don't have access to are the traveler plus but you need to pay yearly $59 to belong to that anyway and most owners drop that. I am offering 14000pts at $8500. These points are deeded out of Aruba

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

if you buy resales you still have access to bonus nites what you don't have access to are the traveler plus but you need to pay yearly $59 to belong to that anyway and most owners drop that. I am offering 14000pts at $8500. These points are deeded out of Aruba

Hello and Welcome to TS4Ms

You only get bonus time at your home resort if you buy resale. In your case, this would be Aruba

You can only get Travelers Plus if you buy direct from BG or qualified points thru Pinnacle.
I frequently use my TP benefits which gives me access to RCI points but I agree with others that spending 20K to get this is not worth it.