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jjking42 TUG Member Posts: 205 From: Dallas, Tx Registered: Aug 2004	posted 04-24-2005 09:21 I am consideringbuying a marriott to get trade in II. i am already an ii member but cant see inside the 24 dy window. I was cosidering a gold week. maybe summer in colorado or utah. What do you think this will cost ? will it trade ok ? will it rent for more than maint fee ? I think streamside would be the cheapest but i know ther are problems there. which units sre going to stay marriott ? thanks ------------------ ff flagstaff x2, surf club marco island(hgvc) IP: Logged
timeos2 Moderator TUG Volunteer Posts: 1928 From: Rochester, NY : Cypress Pointe & Westgate VV, Orlando Fl;FF Kingsgate Williamsburg, VA(FF Pts);Cove @ Yarmouth, Cape Cod MA;Rayburn CC, TX-RCI Pts Registered: Dec 2000	posted 04-24-2005 09:55 As a general rule buying any timeshare that you wouldn't want to pay the annual fees for in order to stay there each year is a mistake. Buying only to trade, since the trade value and future procedures are open to so much flux, is usually a mistake. If all you want to do is own to use different resorts at different places at different times don't buy a week anywhere buy into a good points program as that is what they do best. ------------------ John Chase Use Email Icon above for contact address IP: Logged
ACCfan TUG Member Posts: 401 From: Registered: Jun 2003	posted 04-24-2005 10:35 You should really post this on the Marriott board to get a more directed response. I wouldn't touch Streamside with a 10 foot pole at this time. It may not be part of Marriott in as soon as a couple of months. A gold week at Summit Watch will cost you about 5-6K on the resale market. I hear it trades pretty well. For trading purposes only, though, probably the best values are either a platinum week at Manor Club with MF's less than $600 or a summer week at either HP or SP on Hilton Head. Any of those weeks, while probably not the top traders, should trade pretty well. I have to preface that by saying I don't own any of those types of weeks and have no personal experience with how they trade. IP: Logged
Steve83014 Administrator TUG Volunteer Posts: 966 From: Salt Lake City, Utah Own: Marriott's Sunset Pointe, Hilton Head Island, SC Registered: Dec 2000	posted 04-24-2005 10:38 I'm going to move this topic to the Marriott Board, as I think you'll get more responses there...as the previous poster stated. If anyone wants to respond to this thread, please do so in the Marriott Forum. Thanks, Steve TUG Administrator IP: Logged
ondeadlin TUG Member Posts: 101 From: Dexter, MI; Resorts: Marriott Streamside Birch Registered: May 2004	posted 04-24-2005 15:29 JJ, It all depends on what you're looking for (and what you're looking to spend). Some options? 1. $4,500 to $6000 will buy you a gold 2BR in one of Marriott's Park City properties, with about $600 annual MF, that you can lockoff. You'll get two weeks annually if you split the unit, not a bad return on the price and fees. 2. For less than $1000 you can buy an off-season week at Breckenridge or Vail, but it will be a 1BR or studio unit and the MF, in relation to other off-season timeshares, will be high, between $550 and $800 depending on the week/unit. 3. For close to nothing (the off-season weeks go for $100-$300 on eBay) you can get a 2BR unit in Foxrun in North Carolina, with MF of $440 annually. Thoughts on the trading power of each? Well, aside from a fluke here and there, none of them are going to regularly get you a great ski week in Colorado/Utah, or a high season visit to Hawaii. The Marriotts are obviously a choice between MF and initial purchase price. If you don't mind initially shelling out $5-6k, the Utah lockouts are a good call. If you don't want to poney up a lot of cash, you can get a bargain with Breck/Streamside, but will pay higher MF (perhaps too high for a trader). But if you're really looking for the best of both worlds, Foxrun's the way to go IMHO. Low purchase price, low MF, plus it's a 2BR. You don't get the Marriott window, but that's about the only downside I can see. IP: Logged
grupp TUG Member Posts: 283 From: Eagan, MN, Registered: Dec 2000	posted 04-24-2005 19:46 The first question you should answer is, where and what are you trying to trade into. Without know that, it is impossible to say what would be the best suggestions. Gary IP: Logged
ACCfan TUG Member Posts: 401 From: Registered: Jun 2003	posted 04-24-2005 21:04 quote: Originally posted by ondeadlin: 1. $4,500 to $6000 will buy you a gold 2BR in one of Marriott's Park City properties, with about $600 annual MF, that you can lockoff. You'll get two weeks annually if you split the unit, not a bad return on the price and fees. That amount could get a gold at Summit Watch, but I think a resale gold at Mountainside would run around 6.5-9K. The MF's at Mountainside are around $730, and they're around $790 for Summit Watch. IP: Logged
jjking42 TUG Member Posts: 205 From: Dallas, Tx Registered: Aug 2004	posted 04-25-2005 09:03 i have kids in school so i need to be able to get prime resorts in prime seasons. we have a fall break in october , but i use fairfield points for that week. I won 2 hgvc weeks at marco island. one trades throught rci and the other through II. They both also trade though hgvc. I am good for rci and can get anything that there. Iuse marco island to pull hard trades and fairfield points for easy trades and trade ups. The marco island that trades through II will pull anything in there except the 24 day window. I can get the marriotts in any shoulder season. I would like to go utah, tahoe, colorado sking for spring break. I would also like to go Hilton head, myrtle beach summer, I would also like caribean spring breaks. Atlantis in summer. I am not a big fan of weeks only resorts since I own faifield and hgvc . I thought 1 marriott might be nice to have. ALl of me weeks/points rent very well, so I can always rent mine and use the money to rent somewhere else. ------------------ ff flagstaff x2, surf club marco island(hgvc) IP: Logged
jjking42 TUG Member Posts: 205 From: Dallas, Tx Registered: Aug 2004	posted 04-25-2005 09:12 whats the deal with foxrun? i have heard that it trades very well. CAn anyone explain why ? ------------------ ff flagstaff x2, surf club marco island(hgvc) IP: Logged
Hoc TUG Volunteer Posts: 4846 From: Huntington Beach, CA Owner: Club La Pension, New Orleans; Nob Hill Inn, S. F.; Pueblo Bonito, Mazatlan; Allen House, London; Custom House, Boston Registered: Jan 2001	posted 04-25-2005 09:51 quote: Originally posted by jjking42: which units sre going to stay marriott ? They either all will, or none of them will. ------------------ Those are my principles. And if you don't like them, well, I have others. IP: Logged
ml855 TUG Member Posts: 364 From: Eldersburg, MD USA Marriott Ocean Watch (platinum), Marriott Harbour Point (week 25), Foxrun (week 25) Registered: Mar 2003	posted 04-26-2005 21:36 Since all of the place you would like to go are high quality, high demand weeks then you'll need to get that same type of week with your purchase. Doing anything less would lead to disappointment. With that said, - pick the one that you would go to most often, or one that you would drive to if you didn't feel like paying for air fare. - pick a platinum week. - look at the TUG reviews for each of your choices and make sure you pick one with the stronger ratings to be sure you get one with a strong "quality" rating. - buy resale The first choices that come to mind are Grand Ocean, Ocean Watch, and Mountain Side. However, none of these are cheap! If you do this, then you'll also be able to get the Caribean spring break too and I suspect the summer Atlantis will work as well. -Matt IP: Logged
Zac495 TUG Member Posts: 428 From: Limerick, Pa Registered: Jul 2004	posted 04-27-2005 12:46 Advice I was given by a very trusted TUGger and broker is that a gold Aruba will also get great summer trades. And Aruba is gold in the summer. that works for us because we LOVE Aruba and will go there if we are able to get a summer reservation. Otherwise, we'll get another good week and lock it off and trade. Either way, I'd be happy. ------------------ Cheers, Ellen [This message has been edited by Zac495 (edited 04-28-2005).] IP: Logged

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