Does everyone pay for a transaction now?

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

I know about the guest fees but what about the $30 transaction fee? Does this appy to Platinum owners too? Sorry, but I can't seem to find it.

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

Please see this new thread that I just posted in the Wyndham HOA forum:

http://www.timeshareforums.com/forum...tml#post277549

[Jya-Ning Silver Contributor Find all posts View Profile Close Jya-Ning]

No, plantimun owner still get unlimited free transaction. The change is you will no longer get unlimited free GC, which was annouced last year but did not get implemeted until recently, and it immediatedly adjust the fee from $25 to $129, so it cause a furious.

Jya-Ning

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

Gold VIP also gets unlimited transactions.

[T. R. Oglodyte Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close T. R. Oglodyte]

Gold VIP also gets unlimited transactions.

At least until Wyndham decides to end that as well.

[timeos2 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close timeos2]

Almost meaningless

Gold VIP also gets unlimited transactions.

When I think of the thousands of transactions fees I'd have to pay just to equal the cost difference between resale and retail FSP points I'm very happy with remaining non-VIP (forever, thank you). In most use years I pay zero additional fees - in the few I do pay fees it's <$100 - usually less than $30. Takes a LONG time for that to add up to $20K or $30K+ had I gone the retail points purchase route. That's without even considering the non-guaranteed nature of VIP benefits. As you can see they may disappear in a heartbeat thus making the payback, if there was one, even longer.

The complains regarding FSP and fees almost always seem to be from the big time renters. I'm not one, never will be and don't think FSP was meant to be a renters game. VIP simply isn't worth it for what they charge to obtain it now. Buy enough points resale, cheap, and enjoy the great Wyndha FSP system. Don't sweat the few niggling fees you may pay over a decade or two.

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

BTW, what exactly is that $129 "Guest reservation" fee?

Does that apply to members?

The guests of members?

Something else?

Is that a fee applied to each and every reservation?

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

BTW, what exactly is that $129 "Guest reservation" fee?

Does that apply to members?

The guests of members?

Something else?

Is that a fee applied to each and every reservation?

If you want to send your mother or your son or a friend to spend 3 days at a Wyndham property, you now have to pay $99 online or $129 via phone to get a 'guest certificate' so they can check in .

depending on your 'status' - some members get guest certs for free.

When I send a 'guest' to stay at my Marriott or Starwood or Cape Cod property, I call owner services and they add the friend's name to the reservation for free.

[timeos2 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close timeos2]

If you want to send your mother or your son or a friend to spend 3 days at a Wyndham property, you now have to pay $99 online or $129 via phone to get a 'guest certificate' so they can check in .

depending on your 'status' - some members get guest certs for free.

When I send a 'guest' to stay at my Marriott or Starwood or Cape Cod property, I call owner services and they add the friend's name to the reservation for free.

Only if you use more than one per week. Each owner gets a free guest certificate - it's the ones after the free one you'd pay for. So how many owners need more than 1 a year? Not many. I do agree $129 is a ridiculous price - that's a full exchange fee for many systems. So while the price is outrageous it also isn't likely to affect many regular owners - only those who think timeshare is a business not a vacation plan.

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

If you want to send your mother or your son or a friend to spend 3 days at a Wyndham property, you now have to pay $99 online or $129 via phone to get a 'guest certificate' so they can check in .

depending on your 'status' - some members get guest certs for free.

When I send a 'guest' to stay at my Marriott or Starwood or Cape Cod property, I call owner services and they add the friend's name to the reservation for free.

Only if you use more than one per week. Each owner gets a free guest certificate - it's the ones after the free one you'd pay for. So how many owners need more than 1 a year? Not many. I do agree $129 is a ridiculous price - that's a full exchange fee for many systems. So while the price is outrageous it also isn't likely to affect many regular owners - only those who think timeshare is a business not a vacation plan.

I will add the other thread I responded to - but I am not in 'business' - maybe you missed above where I posted almost all my other ownerships allow u to send your friends and family without an additional charge....u call them and add the name to the reservation. It is your ownership - not an exchanged week by an external company...where do they get the nerve to charge anything other then a nominal fee????

That certainly was a pleasant surprise - especially since the same 'privilege' using your owned points at Wyndham would have cost $99-$129 PER WEEK .

No, only the second week and only if you booked it as two individual weeks rather than a single 14 day stay. You get one free GC each use year so at worst it would be $99 on line or $129 if you called in (why would you do that?). The horror over the fees at Wyndham is way overblown as in most cases and with just a bit of careful planning most owners won't pay the fees.

Sorry John. it annoys me and I am entitled to my feelings.
I booked a 2 day stay for my DD in STT to tag on to another week stay in STJ - and this is now going to cost me.
I own many weeks and my friends and family travel without me - so this IS going to effect how I planned to use this ownership - as being able to book 'short stays' instead of only 'traditional' full weeks.

Is sending a relative for a mid week stay someplace a business? With this new fee, the cost can outweigh the benefit.
Renting would be cheaper!
So much for 'points' flexibility.

[Jya-Ning Silver Contributor Find all posts View Profile Close Jya-Ning]

Only if you use more than one per week. Each owner gets a free guest certificate - it's the ones after the free one you'd pay for. So how many owners need more than 1 a year? Not many. I do agree $129 is a ridiculous price - that's a full exchange fee for many systems. So while the price is outrageous it also isn't likely to affect many regular owners - only those who think timeshare is a business not a vacation plan.

Before this change, you don't get any free GC as regular FSP member. So don't count on it will be stayed. This change happen this year at Aug.

As fix week owner will not pay any GC to use his/her week, and 129 is 5 times of old GC cost ($25). And as cancel rule changed so if you get 2 or more units at the same resort in the same week, it will automatically get cancelled unless you have different names on these units. The cancel rule changed last year.

No, it actually affects a lot more regular owners. Except they may or maynot find a way to go around it, or did not realize it at all. But it will definitely take away the idea TS is for friend and family get together. It will make their sale's more danager to get sued, and increase my risk as their shareholder.

Jya-Ning

[Jya-Ning Silver Contributor Find all posts View Profile Close Jya-Ning]

They need to find a way to balance the act between normal user and big heavy rental user. And they need to have their support system ready. I am pretty sure if they really think it through, and look at all their data, they can find a much smooth way to make sure if someone doing business, they will pay the cost instead of paying by all owners, but at the same time, they will not kill any business that doing on top of their business. After all, their extra holiday model is built on top of the FSP model except that one has all the bending rules.

Jya-Ning

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

Before this change, you don't get any free GC as regular FSP member. So don't count on it will be stayed. This change happen this year at Aug.

As fix week owner will not pay any GC to use his/her week, and 129 is 5 times of old GC cost ($25). And as cancel rule changed so if you get 2 or more units at the same resort in the same week, it will automatically get cancelled unless you have different names on these units. The cancel rule changed last year.

No, it actually affects a lot more regular owners. Except they may or maynot find a way to go around it, or did not realize it at all. But it will definitely take away the idea TS is for friend and family get together. It will make their sale's more danager to get sued, and increase my risk as their shareholder.

Jya-Ning

Well said!
Thanks for your perspective.