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From: Boston, MA
Registered: Dec 2000

posted 04-23-2005 17:13               

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I need your help in developing a list of topics for Marriott timeshare “Frequently Asked Questions” which would be easily accessible to all when we convert to the new BBS software.

Please post below your suggestions for topics, in addition to the following, to be covered in such an FAQ section:

- 13-month reservation rule
- Owner's discount when renting
- Using Marriott Visa for timeshare purchases
- Disadvantages of buying resale
- Internal exchange priority
- Trading back to home resort - priority
- Value of Marriott Rewards points
- Using Marriott Rewards points for timeshare stays (limitations)
- Marriotts with lockoffs
- Maintenance fees (link to schedule in Advice section)
- Florida Club
- Reservation policy (How early can I call?)
- Free golf - where?
- Vacation Ownership Advisor
- MVCI website – link and information (generally) found there
- Marriott calendars and “seasons”
- Right of first refusal

Please note that this is not a thread for discussing details of some of the topics or debating whether or not a particular topic belongs in the FAQs.

I expect the FAQs to be a “forever” work-in-progress after we convert to the new BBS software. Some of the section might be text. Some might be links to informative threads or Advice section info.

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From: Sumner, WA Owner: Club Intrawest, Monarch Grand Vacation & Mountainside Lodge
Registered: Apr 2004

posted 04-23-2005 17:16               

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Maybe something about "resorts which may leave Marriott" ie Streamside in Aspen

This is a great idea wish it had been done earlier.

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From: Southeastern, PA; Owner at Disney (Old Key West, Beach Club Villas) and Marriott (Shadow Ridge, Canyon Villas, Cypress Harbour)
Registered: May 2004

posted 04-23-2005 17:29               

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Great idea!!

How about:

Resorts that are converted hotels
Resale brokers -- possibly with ratings
Listing sites for private sales
Resort retail pricing with history

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From: Yorba Linda, CA USA
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posted 04-23-2005 18:00               

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There's one for 'Disadvantages of buying resale'. How about one for 'Advantages of buying from Marriott'? (Combined?)

Resort Seasons, etc. in one easy-to-read section?

Gotta go to Kauai/Maui, now. See you in a couple of weeks.

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From: Southeastern, PA; Owner at Disney (Old Key West, Beach Club Villas) and Marriott (Shadow Ridge, Canyon Villas, Cypress Harbour)
Registered: May 2004

posted 04-23-2005 18:11               

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Resorts that are adjacent to a Marriott hotel or those resorts that are not.

Resorts with sit down restaurants or those without

Resorts in 50/50 EOY program

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From: Tiverton RI
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posted 04-23-2005 19:48               

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How about one listing the resorts with dual affilations rci/ii btw are there any other then the ones on HH

[Edited to add a link re this good suggestion -
http://www.tug1.net/tugbbs1/Forum19/HTML/005675.html

(The info is in the Reservations Help topics on the MVCI site.)

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From: So California, USA
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posted 04-23-2005 20:13               

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owner exchanges

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Grand Pacific Resorts Owners Group
Private Group for Grand Pacific Resorts Owners

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From: Cheshire, CT
Registered: Jun 2001

posted 04-23-2005 20:47               

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General "rule of thumb" when deciding on a purchase location. ie: plan to use 2-3 years in four ..

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Marriott Barony Beach, HH (platinum, silver)
Marriott Monarch, HH (gold)
Marriott Ocean Point, FLA (gold)
WorldMark
Marriott Aruba Surf Club (gold)

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From: Upstate NY Happy Owner of: Grande Ocean, Barony Beach Club
Registered: Jan 2001

posted 04-23-2005 21:29               

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Websites dedicated to Marriott exchanges, resales, and rentals

:=)

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******.com webmaster

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From: Cherry Hill, NJ, USA
Registered: Feb 2003

posted 04-24-2005 05:52               

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One question I still have is how to deposit either my lock off or 1 bedroom with II? In the past I always needed a 2 bedroom but we're coming up to a time when 1 will do. Thanks.

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From: Orlando,fl
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posted 04-24-2005 06:48            

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Other potential topics:

-Marriotts rental commission.
-Resorts with the split week option.
-Marriott fees for converting to points, exchange, Florida Club, etc.
-Resorts with every year points conversion capability.
-Pricing on new resorts, like St. Thomas and unusual closing fees, like the 5% at Grand Chateau.
-Basics on Marriott's equity upgrade program.
-Basics of what you can do online with Marriott vs. calling in.

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From: Dexter, MI; Resorts: Marriott Streamside Birch
Registered: May 2004

posted 04-24-2005 07:03            

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Dave, perhaps an explanation of the Marriott window with II?

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From: The Hamptons, NY
Registered: Aug 2001

posted 04-26-2005 17:51               

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Which Marriotts and what time frame gets an AC from II....and what is an AC.

Resorts that currently charge for parking and how much.
Both of these would need to be periodically updated.....

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Originally posted by JimC:
Resorts that are adjacent to a Marriott hotel or those resorts that are not.

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Great idea,,,,this has become a very important priority for my choice of exchanges.
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Marriott Grande Vista Owners Group

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From: Eldersburg, MD USA Marriott Ocean Watch (platinum), Marriott Harbour Point (week 25), Foxrun (week 25)
Registered: Mar 2003

posted 04-26-2005 21:18               

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Dave,
I see the question on unit locations and maps of the site a lot. Maybe a link for any tips, or maps of various resorts.

Of course, with 50+ resorts it might become a bear to manage.

-Matt

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From: Fair Haven, NJ USA
Registered: Dec 2000

posted 04-27-2005 14:52               

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What about which is the best Orlando Marriott for families / golf / couples?

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DVC Beach Club Villas
Marriott's Custom House
Marriott's Fairway Villas

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From: Jamestown, NC, USA Own: Marriott's Royal Palms, Orlando; Marriott's Grande Ocean, Hilton Head; Marriott's Barony Beach, Hilton Head
Registered: Jun 2002

posted 04-27-2005 20:58               

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Originally posted by ml855:

...maps of the site ...

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I second that request. I would like to be able to access the resort layout of each Marriott property. I have been requesting this of the CCO for the last two years. We lost access to our own resort maps with the new MVCI website.

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posted 05-01-2005 08:41               

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Some idea about relative trading power, realizing it is impacted by the week in the year one owns the unit.

Related to the above is "reverse" trading power - ie the ability to get a week at a Marriott resort in exchange via a nonMarriott resort unit, or via a bonus certificate.

Most Marriotts in Orlando can be easily obtained in exchange through one of the above mechanisms at any time of the year. I am also seeing that most Marriotts in Hilton Head SC and in Paris in the winter and shoulder seasons, are also easily available. I would guess that the Marriotts in the desert (Palm Springs and Phoenix) in the summer are also easy to obtain.

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From: Dallas, Texas USA
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posted 05-01-2005 12:05            

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Dave, thanks for starting this project. It sounds awesome!!! funtime.

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posted 05-01-2005 16:08               

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The ability to rent at a MCVI resort, for a reduced rate compared to someone from the street.

An option where if you want a larger unit, or more expensive unit, either at the home resort or at another MCVI resort, but you do not want to keep the original unit, you will get partial, but not full, credit for the original unit.

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posted 05-01-2005 19:46               

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Originally posted by seema:
An option where if you want a larger unit, or more expensive unit, either at the home resort or at another MCVI resort, but you do not want to keep the original unit, you will get partial, but not full, credit for the original unit.

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Your request appears to be something you would like to have Marriott change. If so, that's not the purpose of this thread. Please carefully read the first sentence in this thread. If it is in fact a suggestion for something I can include in our Marriott FAQs here at TUG, please clarify for me.

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posted 05-01-2005 21:17               

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My statement is not meant to be a commentary, one way or other, of this policy. My statement should be put in the FAQ - for the reason that there are some timeshare developers out there who would give full credit towards the original market price, and others who would give no credit at all - and there may be some potential buyers whose decision to buy may be impacted (one way or the other) by this policy.

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posted 05-01-2005 21:25               

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Another point with the FAQ - which weeks of which resorts offer an accomodation certificate, when the unit is deposited with II, and which of those units can still get an a.c., after having the original split into larger and smaller lockoff components, before depositing with II.

It should be mentioned that this should be correlated to a certain degree, with trading power.

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From: Pleasanton, CA USA
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posted 05-04-2005 23:11               

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I understand II make data available (at least to Marriott) about the relative demand of Marriott locations/seasons. It would be helpful to know which locations/seasons have the most trading power.

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posted 05-07-2005 07:49               

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Marriott charges a fee to split a unit to a 1 or 2 br unit, plus a lock-off.

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posted 05-08-2005 09:57               

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Unlike most other timeshare companies, Marriott allows a unit of a future year to be deposited with II, without requiring advance (of that future year) payment of the maintenance fees.

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