RLG
TUG Member
- Joined
- Nov 18, 2006
- Messages
- 527
- Reaction score
- 3
- Points
- 378
- Location
- Hawaii
- Resorts Owned
- Marriot Abound Chairman (SMV; SDO; SBP; Lakeside Terrace, Willow Ridge). HGVC, Worldmark. RCI points
Free to a good home is a gold 2 bedroom week at Sheraton Broadway Plantation. 2013 maintenance was 924.25.
I own too many weeks which is why I've been giving some some away.
I will do the transfer and pay all transfer fees. You won't owe a cent until 1/1/2014.
These can be used for some pretty good trades with Interval because of several factors:
1) First, all Starwood weeks get first look at exchanges into other Starwood resorts such as Westin Ka'anapali.
2) Second, Starwood deposits seem to get higher trading power into other Starwood resorts.
3) Third, because this is a 2 bedroom week, you can place an ongoing search for other 2 bedroom units. This gives you priority over those who wait until bulk deposits are visible on the website. Note that the maintenance is relatively low for a Starwood 2 bedroom.
The combination of these factors has allowed me to consistently trade my Broadway Plantation gold weeks for 2 bedroom units at Westin Ka'anapali.
(If you want to actually stay at Broadway Plantation using the week, the Gold season is for weeks 1, 7-8, 44-46, 48, and 51-52.)
Maintenance would start January 1, 2014. Once you're an owner you can choose to deposit your 2014 usage to Interval immediately to do an exchange. (Starwood will require that you prepay the estimated 2014 maintenance at the time you deposit.)
Here are some of my recent trades into 2 bedroom units at Westin Ka'anapali using Gold SBP weeks:
August 2011
September 2011
October 2011
January 2012
April 2012
June 2012
January 2013
August 2013
October 2013
(I live in Hawaii, so it's a short trip.)
With the exchange fee, I'm paying less than 150 per night for each 2 bedroom stay.
I own too many weeks which is why I've been giving some some away.
I will do the transfer and pay all transfer fees. You won't owe a cent until 1/1/2014.
These can be used for some pretty good trades with Interval because of several factors:
1) First, all Starwood weeks get first look at exchanges into other Starwood resorts such as Westin Ka'anapali.
2) Second, Starwood deposits seem to get higher trading power into other Starwood resorts.
3) Third, because this is a 2 bedroom week, you can place an ongoing search for other 2 bedroom units. This gives you priority over those who wait until bulk deposits are visible on the website. Note that the maintenance is relatively low for a Starwood 2 bedroom.
The combination of these factors has allowed me to consistently trade my Broadway Plantation gold weeks for 2 bedroom units at Westin Ka'anapali.
(If you want to actually stay at Broadway Plantation using the week, the Gold season is for weeks 1, 7-8, 44-46, 48, and 51-52.)
Maintenance would start January 1, 2014. Once you're an owner you can choose to deposit your 2014 usage to Interval immediately to do an exchange. (Starwood will require that you prepay the estimated 2014 maintenance at the time you deposit.)
Here are some of my recent trades into 2 bedroom units at Westin Ka'anapali using Gold SBP weeks:
August 2011
September 2011
October 2011
January 2012
April 2012
June 2012
January 2013
August 2013
October 2013
(I live in Hawaii, so it's a short trip.)
With the exchange fee, I'm paying less than 150 per night for each 2 bedroom stay.
