I have posted on multiple boards, but have not received much of a response.

I have posted on multiple boards, but have not received much of a response. Does anyone know if you can use the "Latitudes" (sales presentation exit return package) towards the down payment of bringing a resale week back into the system. They say it can be used as down payment for a developer week when you return and if you buy, but what about a resale week? Starwood (now VSE) calls this the "Explorer Package" and now HICV appears to have the same and Starwood allows you to do this. The Latitudes deal is actually not a bad deal itself but would like to extend it's value if it can be used to bring in a resale week.

Hi there-

Hi there-

Do all time shares at Lake Geneva, South Beach & Gatlinburg have a points value? Or are some units at these locations only have set weeks and no points?

Thanks

Found an interesting glitch on the HICV site yesterday - I made a reservation with 20K current year points and 9K...

Found an interesting glitch on the HICV site yesterday - I made a reservation with 20K current year points and 9K borrowed points and it timed out. Since the points were still showing up in my account, I put in the reservation again and I ended up with duplicate reservations. The first one cost 29K points and the second one cost 9K points (basically both reservations tried to use the same 20K current year points). I canceled the 29K one today - it will be interesting to see what happens.

-Scott

This is a question from the timeshare users group that hopefully someone here knows the answer:

This is a question from the timeshare users group that hopefully someone here knows the answer:

"Does anyone know if the HICV Latitudes package price can be used as down payment applied to bring a resale week (retro) into the system, like you can with Vistana (formally Starwood) weeks? If so, does that retro then get further credit towards elite??"

Does anyone know at Orange Lake Orlando if you buy additional points to convert a week 26, do you get the higher...

Does anyone know at Orange Lake Orlando if you buy additional points to convert a week 26, do you get the higher points every year or only on the years when 4th of July happens to fall during that week? I think the members guide lists week 26 as Holiday Season.

Hi everyone-

Hi everyone-

Have an option of buying a 80k at South Beach for very cheap. However, mf are in $7/1k range. In your opinion, is this a property to move on or walk away?

Thanks- Mark

What's a reasonable price to pay for maintenance at HICV properties?

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Hi Scott

Hi Scott,
I've been following the discussions about resale value of points at HICV. Two years ago I bought 166K points on a biannual basis for $17500. We have a fixed one week at one of the villas at the Orange Lake Resorts. We still owe $9500 with an interest rate of 14.25% and we pay about $875 in property taxes and MF every other year.
After an intensive sales pitch 2 days ago and before I upgraded to 166K points every year I realized I needed more information about TS resale market. HICV offer me 166K points per year which it doubles the original TS we have at an additional $13k.

Since the following of this discussion I would like to rescind my current TS contract and get one on the resale market. After reaching out to a time share resales company they indicated to me that HICV does not allow owners to resales their TS directly, that anyone trying to resale their time share was obligated to go through HICV.

Can you please advise as to what my options are?

I appreciate your help in advanced.

Hello everyone!

Hello everyone! I was in the middle of an awesome purchase that is ready to go and by far an awesome deal. Unfortunately I am in Louisiana and my home has flooded I do not have flood insurance and my home is a total loss. If you are looking for 300,000 HICV points at South Beach with a MF of 1500 a year reach out to me and I will give you the details.

Hey all, does anyone own at Williamsburg?

Hey all, does anyone own at Williamsburg? It's their one location that trades through Interval instead of RCI. I haven't traded through Interval before and I can't figure out how to do it. The references make it sound like I have to call an HICV support person, but was hoping to find some way to book on my own.

I bought last year and stayed at the Scottsdale resort just last week. I really enjoyed it! I've got too many points and some are about to expire soon. What's the best thing to do with points about to expire? I was thinking about taking a cruise (I know the convert rate will suck, but it's better than just losing them). Anyone done this before?

Does anyone here know the conversion rate for HICV points to IHG??

Hey guys

Hey guys,

Thanks for all this great info! I went to one of the timeshare presentations and liked the perks but wasn't about to drop the money they were asking. After seeing this info and starting to understand the program it is crazy how inaccurate the info my sales agent gave. I have a few questions about the process.

If I purchase multiple points resorts deeds at different resorts do I have to pay the $129 membership fee for each of them or just pay it once yearly to get my points?

Assuming I decide to buy and want to accumulate more points by purchasing non points resort deeds in the future and convert them to points by purchasing a new package from hicv do they need to be deeds that are not currently in the hicv program or does it matter?

In order to get the best points value from converting these deeds over do I need to try and get diamond or platinum weeks or does it make much difference?

What is the general success rate of this method? Am I likely getting stuck with them?

If hicv does convert them for me does the mf associated with them go away or will I have to continue paying it?

Anyone on here who has had success with this process do you have any recommendations of which resort to purchase non point value deeds and which resort is best to purchase the hicv package from?

Thanks in advance!