Brian Noble
Gratefully in Recovery
- Joined
- Mar 23, 2004
There are two possible reasons why a reservation might be cancelled by Wyndham.
1: It is during a restricted period at that resort, the owner has already used their two guest certificate exceptions, and is not also traveling to that resort at the same time. Most owners who rent frequently should know the rules, and be able to explain why this reservation is allowable. Most owners who don't rent frequently almost certainly don't use many guest certificates and probably won't use more than two during restricted periods in a year. Either way, if you are dealing with someone who is honest and transparent, you'll have some confidence that the rental is okay.
2: An owner has been flagged by Wyndham for having a "pattern of commercial use", ignored Wyndham's instructions to stop, and had subsequent reservations with GCs attached cancelled. This is probably harder to detect, because it is unlikely that an owner that has been flagged and is still renting will tell you that. But, this is also quite a bit less common. So, while it could happen, it is unlikely, and as long as you have a backup plan you will be fine.
The real impact of all of this is not so much that you can't rent during these periods. It is that it is harder to rent. A number of the folks on TUG who were running a business with Wyndham rentals have stopped (or at least gone very far underground), and they are probably not the only ones, so the supply of rentals has gone down. That will drive the price up, making this less of a "deal" than it might have been, and it might require more work to find one.
I've said this before (in this thread, even) but this could also be a reason to more seriously consider buying something on the secondary market. Wyndham resale is very inexpensive (think pennies to a dime on the dollar), has reasonable annual costs, and has a very robust resort system. We've been very happy owners for about 15 years, and have stayed in probably a dozen different resorts by this point. We've got two more "new to us" next year: a week at Wyndham Oceanside in S. California for UCLA's spring break, and a week at Wyndham Shearwater, oceanfront on a cliff in Princeville on Kauai. I've also got a long weekend at Bonnet for the runDisney Springtime Surprise weekend in April.
1: It is during a restricted period at that resort, the owner has already used their two guest certificate exceptions, and is not also traveling to that resort at the same time. Most owners who rent frequently should know the rules, and be able to explain why this reservation is allowable. Most owners who don't rent frequently almost certainly don't use many guest certificates and probably won't use more than two during restricted periods in a year. Either way, if you are dealing with someone who is honest and transparent, you'll have some confidence that the rental is okay.
2: An owner has been flagged by Wyndham for having a "pattern of commercial use", ignored Wyndham's instructions to stop, and had subsequent reservations with GCs attached cancelled. This is probably harder to detect, because it is unlikely that an owner that has been flagged and is still renting will tell you that. But, this is also quite a bit less common. So, while it could happen, it is unlikely, and as long as you have a backup plan you will be fine.
The real impact of all of this is not so much that you can't rent during these periods. It is that it is harder to rent. A number of the folks on TUG who were running a business with Wyndham rentals have stopped (or at least gone very far underground), and they are probably not the only ones, so the supply of rentals has gone down. That will drive the price up, making this less of a "deal" than it might have been, and it might require more work to find one.
I've said this before (in this thread, even) but this could also be a reason to more seriously consider buying something on the secondary market. Wyndham resale is very inexpensive (think pennies to a dime on the dollar), has reasonable annual costs, and has a very robust resort system. We've been very happy owners for about 15 years, and have stayed in probably a dozen different resorts by this point. We've got two more "new to us" next year: a week at Wyndham Oceanside in S. California for UCLA's spring break, and a week at Wyndham Shearwater, oceanfront on a cliff in Princeville on Kauai. I've also got a long weekend at Bonnet for the runDisney Springtime Surprise weekend in April.