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[Q=davidh657] I'm considering buying into the Wyndham system using resale, but would like to read their official explanation of how the system works. Where can I find it? Thanks, Dave[/Q] ========== You can go to their site, www.wyndhamvacationresorts.com and then click on "Ask a specialist". You can also browse the resorts. However, their directory includes pages and pages. You are not going to understand this in 100 words or less. If you buy resale into Wyndham, I'd strongly suggest that you do get Fairshare Plus and UDI (Undivided interest in a building). It is Fairshare Plus that allows you to use your points in any of their resorts, not just your Home resort. If you buy only resale points, you may never get to be VIP. I am unsure whether they might let you combine an existing resale purchase with a developer package just as they do allow one to count a PIC which is NOT Wyndham toward VIP. Ask. There is no extra charge for you to use your Wyndham points in a Wyndham resort that is not your Home resort. This is a great savings over paying exchange company fees every time you want to roam! At its most basic, you choose which Wyndham resort you want to visit by looking at the directory or on line and also what dates. (Two nights is the minimum allowed stay.) How many points you will need to book a unit of a certain size depends on when as well as where. For example, if I want a week in Orlando during the 24th week of the year (Prime time) in a 2 bedroom Deluxe, I can choose one of 4 resorts: Orlando International Resort Club, Star Island, or Cypress Palms for 175,000 pts or the new Bonnet Creek on the Disney grounds for 224,000 pts. If I wanted Bonnet Creek but only owned 175,000 pts, I could only afford a week in Value season or a partial week in High or Prime! If you want a partial week, remember that weekends cost more points than other days. A 2BR Deluxe (sleeps 6) is like a 2BR apartment with a full kitchen. A 2BR lock-off is composed of two 1BR units which can be booked together or separately. Together, they will sleep 8 with the use of a hide-a-bed in each living room. (2 kitchens also) Most resorts also offer studio units which usually have a partial kitchen and a combined bedroom/living room. (Most sleep 4) Many resorts also have some 3BR and a few 4BR units. If you are anxious to regularly get a specific time at a busy resort, buy there. Owners may book their Home resort 13 months in advance. Other Wyndham owners can not try to reserve there until 11 months before their wanted date. Obviously, it is not realistic to think we can all be in the same place at the same time! In any case plan ahead and reserve as early as you can. When you initially buy will determine your "use year". At the start of each Use Year you get your points again. However, with Wyndham you CAN make a reservation for the next Use Year, using points from that new year and not pay maintenance fees in advance in order to do so. However, you can NOT carry over this year's points into the next Use Year. If you can't use them all, you may rent them to another Wyndham owner, reserve a unit and try to rent it out, or convert your points into a week to bank with RCI or II (depending on which company your Home resort uses.) Banked weeks can be exchanged into some other week at another resort within two years. There is an exchange fee. Was that way more than you really wanted to know? MD