Need advice on selling Bluegreen timeshare

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

(removed information deemed as advertisement) My husband and I bought our timeshare a little over a year ago. We went on 1 vacation and loved it, however he was in the Army and we had a better income. (removed email and information deemed as advertisement)
Or if anyone has any advise on how to sell without going broke, please help us out!!!
Any advise much appreciated!

[BocaBum99 Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close BocaBum99]

(removed information deemed as advertisement) My husband and I bought our timeshare a little over a year ago. We went on 1 vacation and loved it, however he was in the Army and we had a better income. (removed email and information deemed as advertisement)
Or if anyone has any advise on how to sell without going broke, please help us out!!!
Any advise much appreciated!

Hi jmorton,

I'll send you a private message.

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

I have a similar question to the above poster....

Hi jmorton,

I'll send you a private message.

I found this post via a google search.....and I am trying to secure information to pass along to my son who is also in the military, facing deployment again, and will not be able to use his timeshare and would like to sell. He does not want to rent or sell his points, but sell outright. He's been a member for 5 years, has deployed 6 times, is facing deployment again, and is not physically capable of using this timeshare, as (clearly) life has changed beyond his ability to measure 5 years ago.

Unfortunately he's not having much luck with the process and the PR is not great for this kind of transaction.

If it is possible for you to respond to me, I can be reached at
buildmywall@yahoo.com

please advise

[icydog Banned Find all posts View Profile Close icydog]

I found this post via a google search.....and I am trying to secure information to pass along to my son who is also in the military, facing deployment again, and will not be able to use his timeshare and would like to sell. He does not want to rent or sell his points, but sell outright. He's been a member for 5 years, has deployed 6 times, is facing deployment again, and is not physically capable of using this timeshare, as (clearly) life has changed beyond his ability to measure 5 years ago.

Unfortunately he's not having much luck with the process and the PR is not great for this kind of transaction.

If it is possible for you to respond to me, I can be reached at
buildmywall@yahoo.com

please advise

It breaks my heart to see this kind of post. If I can help in any way give me a holler. Marylyn

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

It breaks my heart to see this kind of post. If I can help in any way give me a holler. Marylyn

Yes, it breaks my heart, too, for anyone who has a mortgage on a timeshare and then experiences a life changing event that either makes it so they no longer can vacation and/or they cannot afford the payments.

The five year owner stands a chance at being able to sell his points (depending on how many he has) and clear out of the mortgage. Not for sure.....MIGHT be able to.

The one year owner, from what was written, I am rather sure has a mortgage on the points and there is no way buying from the developer, after one year, you will glean nearly enough money from selling your timeshare to pay off the mortgage.

Without the ability to mortgage, the timeshare companies sales would plummet and would be very expensive for all of us owners to make up the difference but I think it is totally wrong that they are allowed to sell when it requires a mortgage on the points. Because of this sort of scenario..............

I wonder if the mortgage bail out will include timeshare owners???? For some, it may even be their only mortgage.

[BocaBum99 Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close BocaBum99]

I found this post via a google search.....and I am trying to secure information to pass along to my son who is also in the military, facing deployment again, and will not be able to use his timeshare and would like to sell. He does not want to rent or sell his points, but sell outright. He's been a member for 5 years, has deployed 6 times, is facing deployment again, and is not physically capable of using this timeshare, as (clearly) life has changed beyond his ability to measure 5 years ago.

Unfortunately he's not having much luck with the process and the PR is not great for this kind of transaction.

If it is possible for you to respond to me, I can be reached at
buildmywall@yahoo.com

please advise

MBDS, I'll send you a private message with some options.

[rob9999 Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close rob9999]

how to sell bluegreen membership

We are looking to sell our bluegreen membership, when we got it we had big plans on using it but most of the time we can never find any openings. How do we go about getting out from under this mess?

thanks

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

It might be better to keep it and use it

We are looking to sell our bluegreen membership, when we got it we had big plans on using it but most of the time we can never find any openings. How do we go about getting out from under this mess? thanks

The amount you can get right now due to the economy is extremely low. Whatever you do, don't pay any one of the scam artists any upfront fees. They can't sell them for what they promise. If you have to sell, contact Jim (BocaBum above) with a private message.

However, it may be possible for you to still achieve your "big plans". Let this group help you out. Tell us where you would want to go, when you would want to go, and (this is very important) how much advance time do you have to make your plans.

Charles

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

most of the time we can never find any openings.

You can now reserve points online - which means you can also check availability online. While it's true that sometimes there just isn't anything available if you don't reserve early (with some units and holiday weekends, "early" here may mean "eleven months out"), many times it's that there isn't anything available a lot of places, but at the same time a lot of places are open. Pick one of the places that're commonly available as your "back up choice" and it can be easier to go short-term.

Shifting your request just a touch can result in a lot more availability. Sometimes checking in Monday instead of Sunday, or Sunday instead of Saturday, can open up a number of new units. Going for the bigger units on the bigger resort a few miles from the beach, over the tiny units in the resort right on the beach can get your more availability. Going to the mountains or Orlando when everyone's heading for the beach units. Going to Falls Village, which is a favorite resort of many, instead of Big Cedar, which gets the best press.

As Charles said, now is not a great time to sell your Bluegreen points. We bought 8000 points last year for $5 and the exchange fees. That's not the normal price right now, obviously, but my point is that anyone looking to buy can find terrific deals, because a lot of people are hoping to sell. If you are determined to sell, you can do it, but it would make more financial sense to find a way to make your points work for you for a while, and then try to sell it when the market is better for you.

Also seconding Charles is saying that people here or at the Bluegreen Yahoo group may be able to help you get a reservation if you'd give us some details. Doesn't cost anything to ask!

[rob9999 Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close rob9999]

help finding a vacation

We are pretty much open to anywhere. We have June 11-18 or Aug 11-18. In addition we can move those dates around give or take a few dates. We have searched and searched and nothing is available. Maybe we are doing something wrong? The only requirement is that we have 4 kids so we would need a larger place. One problem (if i understand my wife) Is that we cant go anywhere that is in red season, we have 3300 annual points and 4000 restricted points.

thanks

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

We are pretty much open to anywhere. We have June 11-18 or Aug 11-18. In addition we can move those dates around give or take a few dates. We have searched and searched and nothing is available. Maybe we are doing something wrong? The only requirement is that we have 4 kids so we would need a larger place. One problem (if i understand my wife) Is that we cant go anywhere that is in red season, we have 3300 annual points and 4000 restricted points.

thanks

Summer will be red time everywhere. It's warm and the kids are out of school. Even if your points are restricted, you do not have enough points for a whole red week. Even then, it might be too late for summer. However, one could be lucky and catch a cancellation.

Christmas will be red time also but you might be able to get some time at Thanksgiving which is blue or white at many resorts. Give the kids some pool time. Now is not too early to plan for Thanksgiving. Some resorts are filling up already.

I don't know how many annual points you get each year, but now is the time to start planning for next summer if that is the only time you can go. Then, make your reservation 11 months out to lock in the dates that you need. And if something big comes up, you can always cancel (there is a cancellation fee of course).

Feel free to ask more questions.

Charles

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

Found a summer possibility

we have 3300 annual points

With a smaller number of points one has to get creative.

I just checked and at Shenandoah Crossing in Virginia and found

checkin 8/9/2010, checkout 8/13/2010, unit 2 Bed 1 Bath Deluxe Cabin, sleeps 6, Red time, 2,100 points

checkin 8/16/2010, checkout 8/18/2010, unit 2 Bed 1 Bath Cabin, sleeps 6, Red time, 1,050 points

Your 3300 annual points can be used for red time.

Over the weekend, get a motel (if you can stand it) in Washington, DC and do the DC stuff. Or in the mountains. Or maybe you have a nearby relative.

Then use the restricted points for a well deserved weekend somewhere for you and your wife after school starts.

Charles

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

One problem (if i understand my wife) Is that we cant go anywhere that is in red season, we have 3300 annual points and 4000 restricted points.

What do you mean by restricted points? Some people use that term for points that have rolled over (half your points at the end of one year if you're biannual; last year's points with an annual account), which are good for red or lower, in which case you could use them a couple of places in the summer. There are also restricted points that are a one-time thing, where Bluegreen gives you x-number of points for however long, and those are only blue or white.

There are a number of units that sleep six you could get for under 4000 points checking in Thanksgiving and checking out that Saturday, and even some you could get checking in Wednesday and checking out that Saturday. But personally I'd use those 4000 blue or white points reserving a unit for mom and dad for a weekend alone. That way you're not limited to a holiday weekend where the place is sure to be packed. If the points are going to expire anyhow, I'd get Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights so you don't have to leave until Sunday afternoon.

If you bought from the developer, you may be able to stretch your unrestricted points with bonus time, although if you're committed to a particular vacation time you will have to reserve the time with points before you can know for sure you'll get bonus time. A lot of people reserve Monday through Thursday nights with points, and hope to get the weekend with bonus time because weekends are points pricey. If you can't get bonus time at the resort you want, then try Charles' suggestion of vacationing somewhere near the resort on the weekend (particularly Friday and Saturday nights - sometimes Sunday nights cost the same number of points as Monday-Thursday night).

Another option if you're driving is to break your travel time down by stopping at attractions on the way during the weekends and staying in the resort during the week. If you have a membership with a children's museum that's part of ASTC or ACM, you can often stop off somewhere in the middle of the day, let the kids work off some energy in the museum for free while maybe even learning something, then hit the road again after a few hours and stop somewhere else. This may work better in theory than in practice - with our family, it works great on the way home, but on the way out the kids want to get to the resort as soon as possible, even if they know our reservation isn't for that night. But we always have more to do at the destination than we have time for, anyhow, so not a big deal.

For June 14-18 (Monday check in, Friday check out), you can get into Grande Villas at World Golf Village and Mountain Run at Boyne for 3300 or less. It's really late to be reserving a Timeshare for June - it's actually pretty late to be reserving a Timeshare for the summer. If you can shift your time a bit, for August 16-20 (Monday check in, Friday check out again), you can get into Grande Villas at World Golf Village, Mountain Run at Boyne, Falls Village, Harbour Lights, Mountainloft, or Shenandoah Crossing. You can also get Shenandoah Crossing August 15-19 (Sunday check in, Thursday check out), but not all of them will shift that way because Sundays are often more expensive. You also need to reserve Most Soonest if you want any of these - since you need a unit that sleeps six your options are more limited. There are units that sleep six at Laurel Crest that you could afford, but of course the cheaper units go first, and they're gone.

Another option would be to buy into next year's points. Some people simply pay their maintenance fees twice one year, then keep paying ahead from then on. That way you have two years' worth of points that are all good for red and up to play with, instead of some that are current and some rolled over. If you have roughly as many yearly points as you need, buying ahead works great when it comes to managing the points left over some years.

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

I know this thread is a little old...

But I'm looking to sell my BlueGreen timeshare. I've had it since 2000 and in all that time I've used t once. I can't travel often for a number of reasons, so I'd like to sell it. It's completely paid off (no mortgage) and I'd like to sell once I've paid off the fees I owe. Anyone have advice they can offer?

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

It's completely paid off (no mortgage) and I'd like to sell once I've paid off the fees I owe.

Right now it's pretty easy to pick up Bluegreen for transfer costs. If you just want to get rid of it, that's your best bet - advertise here or on TUG, sell it for nothing, buyer pays the fees. OTOH, if you've got the financial resources, it might be worth it to wait a bit and see if the price comes up, although don't expect much -- a few years back you could get resale BG points pretty easily for $0.30/point, which isn't much but OTOH isn't nothing, either.

One of the reasons the price is so low is that, if you sell it on the resale market, people will not get all the perks you have. They won't get bonus time or any of that. If you sell or transfer it to a family member, however, they will get the various perks, so that might be something to look into. You also might consider offering friends or family rentals on your points at cost or less to help pay off your fees. Depending on how many points you have, that could mean a cheap vacation for them while you get your yearly fees paid.

Sorry to hear you haven't been able to use your purchase. Wish I had better news in terms of getting rid of it.