Can someone please explain skyauction.com to me

[Kimster]

Hey there I was the one who originally posted about westgate timeshares wondering if it was worth going through for the cheaper rate and at least two people mentioned going to skyauction.com. We are leaving next wednesday for 8 nights so I am wondering if we can still do it with skyauction and exactly how does it work. Like if I get the bid, do they send me a confirmation # westgate themselves, and do I have to listen to a timeshare speil, the ones that are up right now dont say I do............and can we use all the privileges at westgate if we get the bid.......more importanly this is the first time for me doing skyauction and honey would be pretty dang mad if we got to orlando and had no place to stay LOL...........Please be as specific as possible thank you.

 

[swilshire]

This might not be a good time for you to try Skyauction since you are leaving so soon, going midweek and staying eight nights. It could take you a few tries to win a bid, then you've got to make sure the dates you want are available. Not sure how long that would take.

Many of the skyauction reservations are for seven nights, though you do see some where you bid per night. Those seem to me to go higher than the weekly ones. The weekly rentals typically start on Friday, Saturday or Sunday.

Maybe you could watch skyauction for a while and try it for your next vacation. I see amazing deals on off-season travel. Unfortunately, with kids in school we're locked into peak times. The only real good deals I see in peak seasons is last minute travel, which we're not flexible enough for.

Good luck,

Sheila