Where Have All the HGVCs Gone?

[JLB Please excuse me, I'm a Dick. Not a moron just a Dick Find all posts View Profile Close JLB]

RCI: All of the HGVC resorts in SW FL disappeared during the disenhancement, and none of them have returned by my searching. The total number of exchanges in the next 24 months in SW FL for all resorts has been cut in half, from 600 m/l to under 300.

My most trusted source at RCI is unable to shed any light on this.

Has HGVC disaffiliated with RCI?

[dougp26364 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close dougp26364]

HGVC is still with RCI. In fact, HGVC has now given their owners online access to seach RCI rather than having to call an associated to make an exchange. Sounds like this is just another great example of that great RCI customer service I've been hearing about.

[JLB Please excuse me, I'm a Dick. Not a moron just a Dick Find all posts View Profile Close JLB]

On my last SW FL search, I did not see any HGVCs. Of course, over the last 12 years of daily searching I am accustomed to seeing several, those in bold almost always available for sometime:

Ft. Myers Beach
Seawatch on the Beach

Captiva Island
The Cottages at South Seas Resort
Planatation Bay Villas at South Seas Resort
Plantation Beach Club at South Seas Resort
Plantation House at South Seas Resort
South Seas Club at South Seas Resort

Marco Island
The Charter Club of Marco Beach
Club Regency of Marco Island
Eagle’s Nest Beach Resort
The Surf Club Resort

Sanibel Island
Casa Ybel Resort
Hurricane House Resort
Sanibel Cottage Resort
Shell Island Beach Club
Tortuga Beach Club Resort

[lawren2 Malibu Beach Barbie & A Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close lawren2]

They were never plentiful but yes there were usually SOME even if just hurricane season. HGVC Miami has also become a very rare sighting in weeks but that was happening for quite some time prior to the "enhancement".

[JLB Please excuse me, I'm a Dick. Not a moron just a Dick Find all posts View Profile Close JLB]

Anyone know of any HGVC owner forums?

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

Anyone know of any HGVC owner forums?

TUG has a fairly active HGVC forum. Sorry it is not the answer you wanted to hear, but that is the only one I am aware of.

Kurt

[lawren2 Malibu Beach Barbie & A Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close lawren2]

CaliDave might know of one. He is who I would "go to" re: HGVC

[JLB Please excuse me, I'm a Dick. Not a moron just a Dick Find all posts View Profile Close JLB]

I haven't heard from him in a long time. I'll drop him and email, and hope I don't send it to TugDave by mistake.

CaliDave might know of one. He is who I would "go to" re: HGVC

I meant TSDaveM . . . I useta sometimes send stuff to the wrong guy cuz their addies are so similar.

I sent one to CaliDave and it bounced, so I'm trying another address.

[lawren2 Malibu Beach Barbie & A Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close lawren2]

I haven't heard from him in a long time. I'll drop him and email, and hope I don't send it to TugDave by mistake.

we don't have a good "chuckle evilly" emoticon....Dave has been around, albeit rarely.

Funny how we have our lists of specialists. Well maybe not everybody does but I know I do.

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

Are they mean over at TUG? I don't go there much.

[lawren2 Malibu Beach Barbie & A Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close lawren2]

Are they mean over at TUG? I don't go there much.

I owe a huge debt to TUG. I learned a lot there. They are just a bit different than here. Not mean, just not as lenient as we are here.

Think of them as a kissing cousin. Many of the members are "dual affiliated", we have the specialists & ex-ops/sightings here and they have more members so a deeper well to plumb on things not timeshare there.

[JLB Please excuse me, I'm a Dick. Not a moron just a Dick Find all posts View Profile Close JLB]

Please note my relative politeness.

[lawren2 Malibu Beach Barbie & A Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close lawren2]

Please note my relative politeness.

I wasn't going to delve into the disenfranchised and why we have the keynote specialists mostly because they have their quirks but bring meat to the table.

So noted.

[dougp26364 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close dougp26364]

Are they mean over at TUG? I don't go there much.

TUG is a larger community and the rules are a little stricter over there. If you break a rule you get told about it relatively quickly. There are times when I'm a little put off by some of their moderators but, moderating a forum is pretty much a thankless job anyway and I'm always glad that someone else does it. It's also a little more difficult when you have multiple moderators who might interpret the rules a little different from each of the other moderators.

It's not a bad place and I play over there about as much as I play over here. I just tend to watch my P's and Q's on TUG more than on TS4M's.