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Wyndham is out with a new timeshare “vacation ownership” offer that might be appealing for some: you can get 3 nights at a number of Wyndham timeshare properties for a total of either 7,500 points or 15,000 points (total cost for 3 nights), though you will of course have to suffer through agree to attend a 2hr timeshare presentation during your stay.
The Deal
- Wyndham Vacation Resorts is offering 3-night stays at 18 select Wyndham Vacations properties for either 7,500 total points or 15,000 total points depending on which property you select. Some examples:
- 7.5K properties:
- Club Wyndham Branson at The Falls (Branson, MO)
- Club Wyndham Cypress Palms (Kissimmee, FL)
- Club Wyndham Patriotsâ Place (Williamsburg, VA)
- Desert Rose Resort (Las Vegas, NV)
- See landing page for more
- 15K properties
- Margaritaville Vacation Club by Wyndham (St. Thomas)
- Club Wyndham Oceanside Pier Resort (Oceanside, CA)
- Club Wyndham Towers on the Grove (North Myrtle Beach, SC)
- See landing page for more
- 7.5K properties:
- Direct link to this deal
Key Terms
- You, and your spouse if married or partner if cohabitating, must attend a 120-minute timeshare sales presentation.
- Offer expires September 30, 2024.
- Must complete your stay by December 20, 2024.
- Please read our Terms and Conditions to see if you meet the minimum eligibility requirements.
- Earliest available check-in is 14 days from the vacation purchase date.
- Verifiable Retail Value $297 – $2,307 depending on destination, room availability and travel dates selected.
- Reservations are subject to availability.
- Transportation, airfare, gratuities, nightly room taxes ($6.75 – $45), parking fees, resort security deposit, meals, and incidentals are not included.
- Offer brought to you by Wyndham Vacation Resorts and Extra Holidays, 6277 Sea Harbor Drive, Orlando, Florida, 32821.
- If you do not attend the presentation, you will forfeit the Wyndham Rewards points you redeem, be charged $150 per night and will not be refunded your deposit, unless otherwise prohibited by law.
- This offer is valid only for residents of the following states: AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, WA, DC, WY.
- Void where prohibited by law. The price range of interests offered varies from $14,800 – $97,100 and is subject to change without notice.
- Non-Owner Eligibility: This promotional offer is available to individuals meeting financial eligibility requirements who are 28 or older with full-time employment or 60+ and fully retired. Minimum annual household may be required where financial eligibility requirements are not met
- You must wait 90 days between presentations, Owners must wait 30 days and there is a maximum of four presentations per household per year.
Quick Thoughts
Note that you must be at least 28 years old with full-time employment (or 60+ and fully retired) and reside in one of the 43 states listed in order to qualify for the offer.
I always recommend reading Stephen’s excellent post about attending one of these timeshare offers before you even consider a timeshare deal (Wyndham Timeshare Presentation Survival Guide. Get Your âNoâ Face On). Some people love their timeshares, but most owners I’ve known recommend buying them on the secondhand market if you really want one. Still, when the incentive to hear them out is enough, I’ve occasionally attended a timeshare presentation just to hear the new selling points.
I found it particularly interesting that this offer only requires waiting 90 days between presentations and that it states a maximum of four presentations per household per year. I’ve never noticed terms so broad — it sounds to me like you could maybe buy a couple of these packages so long as you spread your stays out by at least 90 days.
That said, the timing might make more than one difficult: you’d need to purchase your stay by September 30th and complete your stay by December 20th, though in order to spread them out by 90 days you would need to complete the first stay by mid-September to be able to get in two in the time window. Still, I’m surprised that you’re not excluded if you’ve already done a Wyndham timeshare presentation as recently as earlier this year.
Keep in mind that not all of these destinations are expensive during the travel window, so be sure to consider whether you’re getting a deal. That said, it’s probably a good deal if you’re essentially paying 2500 or 5000 points per night for one of these packages even during a low season.
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It sucks they dont transfer from either Chase or Amex. IS it worth it to buy points for the St Thomas offer?
I would probably want to call and make sure your dates are available first. Keep in mind that fall is Caribbean hurricane season. That said, look at the cost to buy 15K points and divide by three. Then decide whether that nightly cost + 2 hours of your time is worth it for the three-night stay. Hard for me to answer that for you.