Are they worth it?

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Re: Are they worth it? (by Mike N.):

lynnk31 wrote:
mike1536 wrote:
lynnk31 wrote:
stanleyf5 wrote:
lynnk31 wrote:
I am still not sure, my husband and I own weeks adn points. We thought we could rent out our points to help off set the cost. that is not happening. Currently we are looking to see our points and keep our weeks. We own a business and do not get to travel these days, so right now I would say no it is not worth it, because if you do not get to travel, you have to pay the annual fees anyway. Hope this helps.

Rent your weeks and rent your points or equivalent point weeks at below market rates to defray your maintenance fees. When you retire, or the business can afford management to let you have more time off, you will enjoy wonderful vacations at reduced overall costs. Stan.

I have tried several places that say they will rent but they do not. Can you give me any suggestions on how to do this. It is reall fustrating. Thanks Lynn

================ Lynn,

Could you please tell us in which point system you own (RCI, Diamond/Sunterra, Wyndham, etc). There are various ways to rent your points and it varies from system to system. For example, with the exception of your home week, RCI does not allow you to rent a unit obtained by RCI Points.

If you in a system, such as Diamond you can book any resort in the system and rent the unit. If so, then you might want to check out the RedWishes and the Rentals Wanted section of TUG to see if anyone is looking for unit you might have access to.

We have Sunterra points (5000), 2 red weeks with Sunterra at Powatan in Williamsburg and one floater week at Edgewater in Cape Cod. What happens if you book the week and can not rent it? Do you have time to cancel and not loose your points/week. I really have no idea what I am doing. Your help is great. thank you so much for taking the time. Lynn

============== Lynn,

You should be able to rent your Cape Cod and Williamsburg units (especially if they are two bedrooms). Book summer weeks for both of them and start advertising. Some sites I use are RedWeek, TUG, My Resort Network (free) and Vacation Timeshare Rentals (free). My Resort Network has a section to rent units such as Sunterra, but a user searching these sites will probably search for a specific destination and/or resort, before doing a general “points” search.