Just bought a unit on eBay from Smokey Mountain Resort.

Just bought a unit on eBay from Smokey Mountain Resort. 92,000 annual points. I'm new to the timeshare thing and this is my first one. What advice do you guys have?

Fastest Estoppel/ROFR Review Ever - sent in 4 over the weekend and got a response by mid-day Tuesday on all of them!

Reservation Fee Increased to $64 - first noticed today.

Canceled reservations count towards guest reservation limit - my dad has 13 guest reservations plus 2 cancelled...

Canceled reservations count towards guest reservation limit - my dad has 13 guest reservations plus 2 cancelled reservation and the system prevents him from making additional guest reservations.

Expiration date of temporary status from resale now shows up on Account Overview page:

Expiration date of temporary status from resale now shows up on Account Overview page:

Member Since 01/2018
Elite Service Benefit Exp 03/01/2019

Based on the dates in my dad's account, you get status for 1 year if you get points through resale.

If you don't have that expiration date listed, then you are flagged in the system as having made a retail purchase from HICV, making any status you have permanent.

Has anybody made a HICV purchase to get status to lower than Elite and then added points via resale to get to Elite? If so, they can look for this expiration date in their account to see if their status boost is temporary or permanent.

"To convert these deeds to points will require a purchase through the resort.

"To convert these deeds to points will require a purchase through the resort...The Developers retail pricing is in excess of $160,000 but these are selling for $29,000 or best offer."

The listing fails to mention that the purchase through the resort to convert to points will be over $200K :)

https://www.ebay.com/itm/123057963070?ul_noapp=true

https://www.ebay.com/itm/123057963070?ul_noapp=true

This was shared on the Holiday Inn Club owners facebook page.

This was shared on the Holiday Inn Club owners facebook page. Information most of us already knew but this confirms it in writing.

Someone asked me if I use Priceline, so I thought I'd post my response here for all to view.

Someone asked me if I use Priceline, so I thought I'd post my response here for all to view.

I have a Priceline credit card and use Priceline regularly. The Priceline credit card gives 2% cash back on all purchases, and a 10% bonus when you use the points for travel (making the card 2.2% cash back if you do enough travel). When you redeem points for Priceline Express Deals, you get 33% off (making it 3.3% cash back for Priceline purchases if you do enough of those). Then you also get 5% cash back for Priceline Express deal purchases. It's the best credit card on the planet.

I have heard people say you can give back your property to HIVC if it is paid off.

I have heard people say you can give back your property to HIVC if it is paid off.

Does anyone know the details. i.e. Will they take any property?

Is this a standard that is always the same or case by case?

I was pitched the RCI program today and did a comparison of availability at HICV vs.

I was pitched the RCI program today and did a comparison of availability at HICV vs. RCI to demonstrate my point that RCI availability is terrible compared to internal exchanges.

Details on the complete lack of availability...Galveston is a great example - HICV has dozens of rooms available at a specific resort on a specific day vs. RCI has nothing in any resort for the entire month of July.

RCI is close to useless.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1SZEi6v8T4kIjIWn3KCOaAQRgym-Ra-uu

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1SZEi6v8T4kIjIWn3KCOaAQRgym-Ra-uu

Orange Lake - All Villages search issue: I recently noticed a problem searching availability where it only shows a...

Orange Lake - All Villages search issue: I recently noticed a problem searching availability where it only shows a small number of 3BR and 4BR options unless I list a specific village or specify a unit size. I don't remember seeing that issue before - anybody else notice a change or see that problem?

HICV Timeshare Payback Calculator

HICV Timeshare Payback Calculator

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1UxQ4Aqq0SJNKnMIKmIr8w7HYEcnzG53oFbtfE542Wek/edit?usp=sharing

Here's my experience on closing my own timeshares -

Here's my experience on closing my own timeshares -

50% Payment
HICV Right of First Refusal (ROFR) Review: 15-45 days
Deed Recording: 10-20 days
50% Payment
HICV Transfer: 10-20 days
HICV New Account Creation: 10-20 days

For a new account, the total timeframe is 6-14 weeks - most sellers will tell you 3-6 months because they are slow and/or don't know what they are doing :)