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If you cannot use all of your Annual Bluegreen Points within the earn year, you have several options:
- You can save the Points for an additional year (for a fee).
- You can let them expire
- You can convert them to Choice Rewards Points
Of all of those choices I would recommend paying the fee to save the points, unless it is a miniscule amount. By saving the points you are eligible to use them to:
- Saved Points can be used for reservations in regular Red, White, or Blue seasons the following use year.
- Saved Points can be used for an exchange reservation with RCI® up to 180 days in advance of the check-in date.
- If you didn't let your Traveler Plus membership expire, you have access to last minute getaway specials through the RCI Resort Hot Weeks benefit. Resort Hot Weeks only require 3,000 Points, with Saved Points being eligible.
Here's a handy chart to help you find when you can use Saved Points at Bluegreen resorts!
A Bluegreen Points Chart is shown on each resort details page linked in the table.
To see the start dates for the weeks listed below check out our Bluegreen Vacation Weeks Calendar page (you can download the calendar file from that page for your own use offline). It outlines the week start date for each week based on Friday, Saturday, or Sunday week starts for each year between 2023 and 2046.
Download a copy of the Using Bluegreen Saved Points table for use offline.
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Participating Day Use Resorts, based upon availability:
- Before visiting a resort to take advantage of your Day Use benefit, always be sure to call the front desk 48-hour in advance of your visit to confirm that the resort has enough capacity to accommodate you.
- If you are approved for Day Use, please stop by the front desk upon arriving at the resort to register.
- During high occupancy periods, the resorts must first accommodate guests staying on property before extending the Day Use benefit to visiting owners. Simply call the front desk of the participating resort you wish to visit and we’ll be happy to serve you.
- Please keep in mind that Day Use is only permitted at participating resorts and blackout periods may apply.
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Why is the Bluegreen Vacation Weeks Calendar important?
The Vacation Week Calendar, also referred to as the Bluegreen Season Calendar or Bluegreen Points Chart, is necessary to help plan your vacation. You will need to reference it to determine how many Bluegreen Vacation Points (“Points”) your desired reservation will require or when you want to bank Points with an exchange company.
How do I use it?
To plan a vacation at a Bluegreen resort, first decide your anticipated or preferred dates of travel. Next, look at the Vacation Week Calendar to determine the week number for your travel dates. For example, a vacation from July 25-July 29 usually falls during Week 30 of the year*. Next, decide where you want to go and look at the Points Chart for that resort. Week numbers are appointed a season, and Point values are assigned by season, day of the week and size of accommodations. *Please note that Bluegreen’s Vacation Week Calendars are the same as RCI, but different from Interval International.
Let's say you want to go to Bluegreen Wilderness Club at Big Cedar during week 30, and you want to stay in a 2 bedroom cabin.
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Booking your vacation through the Bluegreen Vacation Club is simple.
- You can reserve the use of your deeded accommodations (Priority Use Period) between 11 months and 1 day and 13 months prior to the check-in date.
- Doing so uses up the points associated with the use period for that contract.
- You can make a Points reservation in ANY season up to 11 months in advance of your desired check-in date.
- The booking window opens at midnight Eastern Time (online).
- A minimum 2-night stay is required.
- Saved Points may be used for reservations in Red, White or Blue seasons.
The resorts in the table below all require a full week's stay. They are sorted by the day you can check in.
Pono Kai Resort
Saturday and Wednesday are easier check-in days to get.
Tips and Tricks
- Book as close to 11 months out as possible. This will ensure the highest availabilty of units. The longer you wait, the less availability there will be.
- If your desired timeframe isn't avaialble, check back often. Cancellations happen.
- For owners who have fewer points, booking Sunday through Thursday night stays will make your points go farther. If you have charter benefits try booking the weekend nights on either side of your stay with Bonus Time
- If you are a premier member you can try to wait list the stay that you want, though after the changes a year or so ago, the wait list requests no longer get filled prior to the booking window.
- Avoid peak season travel (if possible). This reduces the demand for the available units, and can make your points go farther.
- If your desired timeframe is not available through the Bluegreen Reservations site, check with RCI or Prizzma (Direct Exchange for Traveler Plus Members) to see if the resort (or one nearby) is available through them. Yes, there is a fee for the reservation, but it could get you into the location/time you wanted.
- Gold or Platinum Premier Owners get free week(s) from Bluegreen each year. You can call the premier owner customer service number and instead of staying in the Bluegreen unit during the offseason, have the customer service rep book the unit with the best trading power and deposit it into RCI. This will give you trading power that you can book through the RCI Weeks website and make reservations through it. RCI will also let you combine, or extend deposits (for a fee) so that you can get higher demand units/locations.
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Go camping under the stars with Coast to Coast, the leading network of membership RV Resort campgrounds in North America!
Trade in the hustle and bustle of city life for a peaceful retreat at a membership RV Resort. With your Coast Deluxe membership, you have access to the finest RV camping experiences at 200 Coast-affiliated RV resorts and 207 Coast Good Neighbor Parks. At an RV Resort, you can enjoy all the things you love about camping with the added bonus of resort-style amenities, recreation and activities. Many RV Resorts even offer additional accommodation options, such as cabins (Bluegreen Vacation Points cannot be used for cabins or additional accomodations options).
Convert Your Bluegreen Vacation Points to Coast Tripsetter Points
The currency used for all Coast to Coast reservations is Coast Tripsetter points. Reservations can be made by converting your annual, borrowed or rented Bluegreen Vacation Points to Coast Tripsetter points, or by purchasing Coast Tripsetter points. If you elect to convert your Points, the standard rate is 600 Points per night, regardless of the RV Resort, size or season reserved. Once converted, your Points cannot be converted back. Any unused Coast Tripsetter points will remain on your Coast account. You can use either Bluegreen Points or Coast Tripsetter points, but not a combination of both.
Save Your Vacation Points and Purchase Coast Tripsetter Points
Want to save your Points for Bluegreen resort vacations? No problem; you can purchase Coast Tripsetter points when making your reservations. Packages start at $25 for 2,500 points. Most reservations only require 1,000 ($10) or 1,500 ($15) Coast Tripsetter points per night.
With Coast to Coast, you have a vast array of RV Resort choices from California to Florida. So load up the RV and head for the mountains, beach, desert, lake and more – the choice is yours! Browse locations, check availability and make reservations online.
Making Reservations
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Bluegreen Premier Owner Reservation Cancellation Rules:
- Silver owners may change or cancel up to three reservations per year in a timely manner without paying the usual $60 administration fee or $75 cancellation fee.
- Gold owners may change or cancel up to five reservations per year in a timely manner without paying the usual $60 administration fee or $75 cancellation fee.
- Platinum owners may change or cancel up to 10 reservations per year in a timely manner without paying the usual $60 administration fee or $75 cancellation fee.
- Premier owners must cancel at least 10 days in advance of the check-in date to prevent loss of Points for the reservation.
- Premier owners must cancel Bonus Time reservations at least 72 hours in advance of the check-in date to prevent a charge of one night plus tax.
- All reservation types apply.
- This benefit is per ownership not per account.
- “Per year” is based on a calendar year.
Click here to see the Bluegreen Reservation Cancellation Policies for Bluegreen (Points or Bonus Time), RCI, or Direct Exchange resservations.
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Bluegreen Traveler Plus Benefits
PointSmartSM benefits - Use points (or points and credit card) to travel outside the Bluegreen resort network.
- Hot Weeks Getaways
- RCI Nightly Stays
- Direct Exchange
- Owner Adventures (points, card, or both)
- Coast to Coast RV Resort Camping (points or card)
CashSmartSM benefits - special member discounts on a wide array products and services.
Resort Accomodations
- Great Escapes
- Cruises (credit card only)
Outdoor Traveler Experiences
- Outdoor Sportsman
- Golf Card
- Ski & Snowboard
- Grand Yacht Club
Travel Services
- Flights/Airfare
- Car Rentals
- Rent Additional Points (special occasions)
- Escorted Tours
- All-Inclusive Destinations
Everday Services Discounts
- Shopping, Household and Travel Related Products
With each purchase Bluegreen gives you a free one-year Traveler Plus membership. The cost of Traveler Plus renewal is $59 per year or $49 with automatic renewal.
If you let your membership lapse, you can reinstate it within one year of expiration for a $20 fee.
After one year you must purchase points from Bluegreen in order to reinstate the membership. For this reason I think it is easier to just pay the fee and renew.
If you use the discounts available through Everyday Service Discounts, you can more than recoup the annual fee each year.
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Subject to availability. Rates based on villa size at discounted Bonus Time rates. Rates listed are based on a 4-bedroom Presidential Suite.
Presidential Suites Bonus Time reservations must be made by calling Bluegreen Premier Services at 800.230.0149.
Discounted Presidential Suite Bonus Time Rates
| Level | Price |
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| Bronze | $199-$299/night |
| Silver | $169-$269/night |
| Gold | $119-$219/night |
| Platinum | $99-$179/night |
Discounted Concierge Suite Bonus Time Rates
| Level | Price |
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| Bronze | $149/night |
| Silver | $119/night |
| Gold | $99/night |
| Platinum | $89/night |
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- Maximum extension is three nights.
- Owners must call Premier Services at 800.230.0149 to request an extended stay.
- Weekend or holiday extended stays at participating resorts can be requested at the resort front desk.
- Extended stays may be requested no more than 24 hours prior to the original check-out date.
- Stays may not be extended prior to original check-in date.
- The extended stay must be for the same resort and same villa, no exceptions.
- Same villa must be available. Relocating to another villa does not qualify.
- Presidential Suites qualify as long as the existing reservation is in a presidential suite.
- Premier owner may extend an RV site stay.
- No other benefits may be used in conjunction with this benefit.
- Extended stays are available for Point reservations only. Not available on Bonus Time reservations.
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