Hi
First of all I am not an owner, however we have now successfully rented weeks/reservations via points from owners/members a couple times in Orlando. We are now in a position (due to the restrictions of the school calendar) to be able to book at least 13mths in advance in future. In fact I could probably plan out our holidays for the next 13 years Given we are located in the UK we tend to need to book a long way in advance because of flight availability/cost.
I have been busy reading the threads and I would be very grateful if someone could check my logic/answer my questions as I want to make sure I am not missing a trick or two.
Availability
- Renting weeks from owners = Anytime - at what time is the greatest amount of supply of owner weeks available or is there no set pattern?
- Reservations via DC points = These can be secured from 13mths out (assuming renter has the correct status - is there likely to be a particular point when owners deposit their weeks into the system?)
Edited to include this from a post by Jim (thanks) - Unlike in the weeks system where only multi-week owners can book at 13 months out, all owners, regardless of owner status level can book seven-night stays at 13 months out. It's just that "Owner" level owners (under 4,000 points owned) have to pay a 20% point premium to book at 13-months. "Select" level owners (4,000 to 6,999 points owned) can book at 13 months without the 20% premium. "Executive" level and above (7,000+ points owned) adds the ability to book trips shorter than 7 nights at 13 months out. But the important thing to remember is only a portion of the inventory for any given check-in day is released at 13 months out. Marriott holds out at least 50% of the available inventory to release on the 12-month release date. At 12-months, everyone is equal
Length of stay
- Renting weeks from owners = 7nts / 14nts only?
- Renting days / weeks = any number of days (assuming availability in the DC system)
Supply
- Greater supply of weeks via owners v availability from points [I was told this last year and wanted to check that people still think it holds true]
- Weeks from owners - TUG Marketplace / Redweek - any other suggestions
- Reservations via points - TUG Marketplace / Vacationpoint (assuming people selling points would make a reservation for us)
I was also once told that it is better to book longer stays (i.e. a couple of weeks) via owner week as points would have higher MF over a longer period of time. However when I look at cost of points this does not seem to hold true.
Also I don't think I have quite grasped what the difference between fixed and floating weeks means.
Thanks in advance for any help. This forum is invaluable.
First of all I am not an owner, however we have now successfully rented weeks/reservations via points from owners/members a couple times in Orlando. We are now in a position (due to the restrictions of the school calendar) to be able to book at least 13mths in advance in future. In fact I could probably plan out our holidays for the next 13 years Given we are located in the UK we tend to need to book a long way in advance because of flight availability/cost.
I have been busy reading the threads and I would be very grateful if someone could check my logic/answer my questions as I want to make sure I am not missing a trick or two.
Availability
- Renting weeks from owners = Anytime - at what time is the greatest amount of supply of owner weeks available or is there no set pattern?
- Reservations via DC points = These can be secured from 13mths out (assuming renter has the correct status - is there likely to be a particular point when owners deposit their weeks into the system?)
Edited to include this from a post by Jim (thanks) - Unlike in the weeks system where only multi-week owners can book at 13 months out, all owners, regardless of owner status level can book seven-night stays at 13 months out. It's just that "Owner" level owners (under 4,000 points owned) have to pay a 20% point premium to book at 13-months. "Select" level owners (4,000 to 6,999 points owned) can book at 13 months without the 20% premium. "Executive" level and above (7,000+ points owned) adds the ability to book trips shorter than 7 nights at 13 months out. But the important thing to remember is only a portion of the inventory for any given check-in day is released at 13 months out. Marriott holds out at least 50% of the available inventory to release on the 12-month release date. At 12-months, everyone is equal
Length of stay
- Renting weeks from owners = 7nts / 14nts only?
- Renting days / weeks = any number of days (assuming availability in the DC system)
Supply
- Greater supply of weeks via owners v availability from points [I was told this last year and wanted to check that people still think it holds true]
- Weeks from owners - TUG Marketplace / Redweek - any other suggestions
- Reservations via points - TUG Marketplace / Vacationpoint (assuming people selling points would make a reservation for us)
I was also once told that it is better to book longer stays (i.e. a couple of weeks) via owner week as points would have higher MF over a longer period of time. However when I look at cost of points this does not seem to hold true.
Also I don't think I have quite grasped what the difference between fixed and floating weeks means.
Thanks in advance for any help. This forum is invaluable.
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