Comments on: Hilton Grand Vacation Club http://www.timesharetidbits.com/hilton-grand-vacation-club/ Helping you with everything timeshares! Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:29:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Hilton Grand Vacation Club-Hilton Honors http://www.timesharetidbits.com/hilton-grand-vacation-club/#comment-194 Hilton Grand Vacation Club-Hilton Honors Wed, 11 Jan 2012 03:03:10 +0000 http://timesharetidbits.com/?p=87#comment-194 [...] using the points system of our Hilton timeshare.  We have written an earlier post about the Hilton timeshare system that you might like to read if you are [...] [...] using the points system of our Hilton timeshare.  We have written an earlier post about the Hilton timeshare system that you might like to read if you are [...]

]]> By: D Brandr http://www.timesharetidbits.com/hilton-grand-vacation-club/#comment-138 D Brandr Tue, 29 Nov 2011 05:15:21 +0000 http://timesharetidbits.com/?p=87#comment-138 I have spent my working life investing my money in retirement. I decided recently to also invest it in a timeshare. I do not view the timeshare as a financial investment. It is a lifestyle investment. My wife and I have taken more vacations in the last year than we did in the previous 5. In addition, the quality of accomidations is far greater than we experience previously. As an Elite HGVClub members, we have seen great customer service, very good resorts, and excellent point use flexibility. In a sense, I have diversified my investments to include not only those that provide monetary return, but also this new one-the timeshare-that provides lifestyle return. For me, investing the money that I used to purchase the timeshare would have emotionally limited me taking vacations in lean return years. But I have now purchased the right to vacation at a large number of high end locations for the rest of my life and provide this benefit to my children if they wish. I have set aside the funds into a non financial investment-the timeshare-so I am emotionally freed to use the benefit (weeks of vacation accomidations each year) that that purchase provides me. Yes, there are maintenance fees, but this is the cost of ownership. If I had a vacation home, there would be substantial maintenance fees plus the emotional energy of keeping the vacation home. I have maintenance fees but no emotional/time investment needed-so I feel more free than (I think) I would feel with a vacation home. So why not just take the money I spent on timeshare, put it in the bank, and pull out the money needed each year for vacation? Because, for me, this would take more emotional investment. Putting the money into a timeshare that I trust frees me to vacation with less concern about money spent in the future because I have already spent the bulk of it in the past. Maintenance fees are simply the marginal cost of doing vacations. Bottom line: I have counted the cost and feel very good about the lifestyle returns that my timeshare purchase have given me. My wife is delighted also. In the final analysis, the decision to purchase a timeshare is not merely a financial issue. It includes lifestyle and peace of mind issues also. It may not be for all people or temperaments, but it works for me. I have spent my working life investing my money in retirement. I decided recently to also invest it in a timeshare. I do not view the timeshare as a financial investment. It is a lifestyle investment. My wife and I have taken more vacations in the last year than we did in the previous 5. In addition, the quality of accomidations is far greater than we experience previously. As an Elite HGVClub members, we have seen great customer service, very good resorts, and excellent point use flexibility. In a sense, I have diversified my investments to include not only those that provide monetary return, but also this new one-the timeshare-that provides lifestyle return. For me, investing the money that I used to purchase the timeshare would have emotionally limited me taking vacations in lean return years. But I have now purchased the right to vacation at a large number of high end locations for the rest of my life and provide this benefit to my children if they wish. I have set aside the funds into a non financial investment-the timeshare-so I am emotionally freed to use the benefit (weeks of vacation accomidations each year) that that purchase provides me. Yes, there are maintenance fees, but this is the cost of ownership. If I had a vacation home, there would be substantial maintenance fees plus the emotional energy of keeping the vacation home. I have maintenance fees but no emotional/time investment needed-so I feel more free than (I think) I would feel with a vacation home. So why not just take the money I spent on timeshare, put it in the bank, and pull out the money needed each year for vacation? Because, for me, this would take more emotional investment. Putting the money into a timeshare that I trust frees me to vacation with less concern about money spent in the future because I have already spent the bulk of it in the past. Maintenance fees are simply the marginal cost of doing vacations.

Bottom line: I have counted the cost and feel very good about the lifestyle returns that my timeshare purchase have given me. My wife is delighted also. In the final analysis, the decision to purchase a timeshare is not merely a financial issue. It includes lifestyle and peace of mind issues also. It may not be for all people or temperaments, but it works for me.

]]> By: warren & barb http://www.timesharetidbits.com/hilton-grand-vacation-club/#comment-9 warren & barb Wed, 28 Sep 2011 17:45:18 +0000 http://timesharetidbits.com/?p=87#comment-9 There's a huge disparity between the timeshare properties in the hilton family, twice we've found ourselves in propertis that we'd not book into for even 10% of what we pay for association fees per year(let alone booking fees et al). both those times we took part in tours of other properrties in the area, and fund them no better than the local "motel 6" (marco island and Berkeley, CA), all in all not worth the ownership, add to that the growing yearly cost of ownership and it comes out at $120 a night for even the most basic accomodation, not a good deal all round. There’s a huge disparity between the timeshare properties in the hilton family, twice we’ve found ourselves in propertis that we’d not book into for even 10% of what we pay for association fees per year(let alone booking fees et al). both those times we took part in tours of other properrties in the area, and fund them no better than the local “motel 6″ (marco island and Berkeley, CA), all in all not worth the ownership, add to that the growing yearly cost of ownership and it comes out at $120 a night for even the most basic accomodation, not a good deal all round.

]]> By: Barb & John http://www.timesharetidbits.com/hilton-grand-vacation-club/#comment-8 Barb & John Sat, 20 Aug 2011 16:39:06 +0000 http://timesharetidbits.com/?p=87#comment-8 Funny, our experience with Hilton has been quite the opposite of yours--no trouble booking with RCI. We've done it several times. Yes, there are fees to use some of the different options, but most timeshare systems operate that way. Overall, our experience has been very positive. Funny, our experience with Hilton has been quite the opposite of yours–no trouble booking with RCI. We’ve done it several times. Yes, there are fees to use some of the different options, but most timeshare systems operate that way. Overall, our experience has been very positive.

]]> By: Adjuah http://www.timesharetidbits.com/hilton-grand-vacation-club/#comment-7 Adjuah Fri, 19 Aug 2011 16:22:07 +0000 http://timesharetidbits.com/?p=87#comment-7 If you are thinking about buying a Hilton Time Share - THINK AGAIN!!! It is extremely expensive for what you get. Booking vacations is a nightmare - especially if you have converted your points to RCI. And putting unused points into Hilton Honors is the biggest rip off. There are a host of hidden fees and you are not able to take advantage of the flight/hotel deals that are offered on sites like Expedia.com. If you have the ability to waste money and you simply do not have anything else to spend money on - then by all means, waste it with Hilton! If you are thinking about buying a Hilton Time Share – THINK AGAIN!!! It is extremely expensive for what you get. Booking vacations is a nightmare – especially if you have converted your points to RCI. And putting unused points into Hilton Honors is the biggest rip off. There are a host of hidden fees and you are not able to take advantage of the flight/hotel deals that are offered on sites like Expedia.com. If you have the ability to waste money and you simply do not have anything else to spend money on – then by all means, waste it with Hilton!

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