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I thought I would start this forum out by describing some of the benefits of the Bluegreen Vacation Club.
Here are some the things I like most about it:
1) Bluegreen allows you to book your own week for deposit into RCI or II. Most point systems do not allow you to do this, which limits your trading power. You can book week 26 or 27 in Myrtle Beach or The Suites at Hershey or a Big Cedar 2 bedroom cabin and deposit it. You can book FantasyFest week in Marathon and deposit it. Bluegreen also has several 5* II resorts that you can book and deposit there including the Lodge Alley Inn or Falls Village. I haven't tried it yet, but I am pretty sure that SFX will take many Bluegreen resorts as well.
2) You can rent any of your reserved weeks. Rather than depositing many of the above resorts, you will probably do better renting them. Bluegreen has a very active rental program. As always, there are limits to it that makes it better to rent on your own. For VIP preferred members (20k and 35k points), they allow you to pay your maintenance fees with your points for a very favorable rate. Imagine having enough points so you never have to pay maintenance fees again and still have points left over to use. That's a great feature.
3) Bluegreen does bonus time right. For check in less than 45-days, you can rent from Bluegreen bonus time for available resorts. You can get a studio unit for $39, a 1 br unit for $49/night, a 2 bedroom units for $59/night and a 3 br unit for $69.
4) This next point is extremely important to me. At many resorts, you can choose an oceanfront room. You can do it since many resorts have specific point values for Oceanfront so you are guaranteed it. At others, the reservation person will tell you the room assignment before you book.
5) NO EXCHANGE FEES for booking Bluegreen Vacation Club resorts. NO Reservation fee either. There is a cancellation fee if you are not a preferred member.
6) Relatively low maintenance fees. Bluegreen has a maintenance fee program that provides huge incentives to own more points. A 2 bedroom unit would cost you between $270-540 in maintenance fees for peak season. Imagine getting a 2 bedroom Cabin unit at Big Cedar during July 4th week for about $500 in maitenance fees.
7) If you are a member of RCI Points, you can reserve weeks with high RCI point value and deposit them. The cost is around $.005/point. At that rate, it's cost effective to use RCI points for airfares.
Here are some the things I like most about it:
1) Bluegreen allows you to book your own week for deposit into RCI or II. Most point systems do not allow you to do this, which limits your trading power. You can book week 26 or 27 in Myrtle Beach or The Suites at Hershey or a Big Cedar 2 bedroom cabin and deposit it. You can book FantasyFest week in Marathon and deposit it. Bluegreen also has several 5* II resorts that you can book and deposit there including the Lodge Alley Inn or Falls Village. I haven't tried it yet, but I am pretty sure that SFX will take many Bluegreen resorts as well.
2) You can rent any of your reserved weeks. Rather than depositing many of the above resorts, you will probably do better renting them. Bluegreen has a very active rental program. As always, there are limits to it that makes it better to rent on your own. For VIP preferred members (20k and 35k points), they allow you to pay your maintenance fees with your points for a very favorable rate. Imagine having enough points so you never have to pay maintenance fees again and still have points left over to use. That's a great feature.
3) Bluegreen does bonus time right. For check in less than 45-days, you can rent from Bluegreen bonus time for available resorts. You can get a studio unit for $39, a 1 br unit for $49/night, a 2 bedroom units for $59/night and a 3 br unit for $69.
4) This next point is extremely important to me. At many resorts, you can choose an oceanfront room. You can do it since many resorts have specific point values for Oceanfront so you are guaranteed it. At others, the reservation person will tell you the room assignment before you book.
5) NO EXCHANGE FEES for booking Bluegreen Vacation Club resorts. NO Reservation fee either. There is a cancellation fee if you are not a preferred member.
6) Relatively low maintenance fees. Bluegreen has a maintenance fee program that provides huge incentives to own more points. A 2 bedroom unit would cost you between $270-540 in maintenance fees for peak season. Imagine getting a 2 bedroom Cabin unit at Big Cedar during July 4th week for about $500 in maitenance fees.
7) If you are a member of RCI Points, you can reserve weeks with high RCI point value and deposit them. The cost is around $.005/point. At that rate, it's cost effective to use RCI points for airfares.
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