HGVC small contracts

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

Do HGVC points work like DVC points? Is there a minimum # of nights that need to be booked? Do you have to pay for each booking (when booking less than 7 nights)?

I still think DVC has the best points system, but since they only have Disney resorts, that doesn't help much. I bought the small WorldMark contract, but it isn't easy to book the short stays at less than 90 days out.

There are three booking seasons in HGVC:

- Home Season, 9-12 months out, you can book your home week only (only the season and size that you own), no booking fee.

- Club Season, 30 days to 9 months out, you can book any resort, any season, any size, minimum 3-day reservation, $49 booking fee online.

- Open Season, 1 to 30 days out, cash rental option for any available room, 2-day minimum for cash rental, no reservation fee if cash rental, but normal Club Season fees / minimums if using club points.

Those are the general rules to get you an idea of the differences in the booking seasons.

Kurt

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

Thanks, Kurt.

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If anyone is incredibly bored today and feels like looking up stuff, please let me know what is showing for Open Season in California, Nevada and Hawaii.

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

Open season in Cali is:
Nothing for this weekend Fri, Sat, Sun in any of the 3 online resorts.
You can only see Marbrisa, Seapointe and Palisades online. Have to call for the rest.
Two nights for a studio only for the 17th at Marbrisa.
Two nights in a studio at Marbrisa for the 25th
Two nights in a 1 and 2 bedroom at Marbrisa for the 29th
Two nights in a studio for the 30th at Marbrisa.
That's it til July 4th where there is nothing.
Nothing for more than 2 nights anywhere in Cali.

Much better availability in all the Vegas resorts for 3 nights and more in some including weekends.
All sizes studios, 1,2 and 3 bedrooms.

Hawaii:
Oahu:
3 nights at Hawaiian Village for the 10th.
3 nights in a studio at the Village the 11th.
4 nights at the Grand in a 1 bedroom the 12th.
3 nights on the 17th at Village 2 bedroom and 1 bedroom at Kalia Tower
4 nights at Kalia on the 19th in a 1 bedroom.
3 nights at Kalia in 1 bedroom 20, 21 and 22.
3 nights at Village 22nd in 1 bedroom.
Then nothing else in the open season.

4 nights in a 1 and 2 bedroom at Bay Club for the 5th of June.
3 nights at Kingsland for June 5th in a 1 bedroom
7 nights at Bay club for the 7th in a 2 bedroom.
3 nights at Waikola for the 7th & 8th in a 2 bedroom.
3 nights Kingsland 1 bedroom for the 9th.
10 nights in Bayclub in 2 bedroom for the 10th.
2 nights in Kingsland in a 1 bedroom for the 10th.
2 nights Waikola in 2 bedroom for the 11th.
2 nights Bay Club 1 bedroom the 12th.
4 nights at all 3 resorts in all sizes for the 14th.

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

Awesome, thanks Christine.

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

FYI,
I saw a 3 bedroom at Marbrisa for next friday for 4 days in open season today.

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I have the HGVC/RCI portal and it looks like HGVC sees RCI points as well as weeks? Am I correct? If so, trading through HGVC would have a lot more to offer than WM, which has a LOT to offer already.

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

I have the HGVC/RCI portal and it looks like HGVC sees RCI points as well as weeks? Am I correct? If so, trading through HGVC would have a lot more to offer than WM, which has a LOT to offer already.

Yes, the RCI Portal should show availability for both RCI Points and Weeks resorts if you are looking for a 7 day stay. I think if you look for < 7 days (Length Of Stay option at bottom), it will show Points resort options only. I have an RCI Points account too, and the RCI Portal via HGVC is quite similar to what you see with an RCI Points login.

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I've been looking at the Marbrisa options for a while. I'm actually considering going to the presentation just to see what they would offer me to convert my Seapointe and GPP to HGVC. From the last posts I could find, they were allowing conversions if the member bought (retail, of course) an EOY studio at Marbrisa. I just haven't been able to tell the actual worth of everything.

It seems like Marbrisa resales are going for around $3K for 5800 gold points, or 4800 Platinum. I really still cannot seem to compare all the end costs. I am assuming it is still a better bargain to buy resale and just not convert the others.

At the owners annual meeting for GPP, it sounded like upgrading without doing a whole new purchase was something that was offered only for a very limited time. They don't plan on offering that again.

It does seem like the rules for GPP resales and entry into HGVC is changing. I bought resale GPP a few years ago (one unit open market and one unit direct from GPP Resales Dept.) and the second unit that I purchased direct from GPP allowed me to convert both units to HGVC Points. Both were PLT weeks: One was worth 8400 pts (2BR) and the second was worth 6200 pts (1BR), giving me > 14k points. This was a great way to get into HGVC via resale and also attain HGVC Elite status. It seems they might have since closed this loophole/door. I believe you can still buy resale units from the GPP Resale Dept. and convert them into HGVC Points, however, it is no longer a certainty that you can attain Elite status via this process.