SVN Exchange Success

Troopers · Oct 14, 2009

I've recently read where several members have had successful SVN exchanges. If you have been successful, please state:

1. Where
2. Room size, view, etc
3. When

Thanks!

LisaRex · Oct 14, 2009

1. Where - WSJ
2. Room size, view, etc 2 bdrm loft, technically OV but really IV
3. When - 1/30-2/06/09 (platinum plus season)
4. When do you reserve? I called at exactly 8 months (May 30, 2008) at 9am EST/EDT
5. Comments - This was a Friday check-in

tomandrobin · Oct 14, 2009

I have had many SNV exchanges over the past two years.

WKV, HRA, SBP, SVV, WKORV

studio, one bedroom, two bedroom, three bedroom

Most of them were made at 8 months out. SVV and SBP were made about 6-7 months out.

DavidnRobin · Oct 14, 2009

at WKORV on SVN exchange from 1Bd Plat/Prem WKV (81K SO) - got corner OV 1Bd villa (not LO) in B3 - 6th floor - in back (called at 8 months).

interesting thing about this villa is that it is a single (not LO) 1Bd and has extra room because of the single usage foyer area - and window on side

Transit · Oct 14, 2009

Harborside 06/07 1 bed deluxe /bridge veiw
WSJ..........06/08 1 bed loft /bay view
Harborside 06/09 2 bed standard /bridge view
Harborside 06/10 1 bed deluxe
* I had a 09/08 Harborside 1 bed deluxe cancelled re: Hurricaine

tropical1 · Oct 14, 2009

WKORVN 7/12/09-7/19/09, 1 bdrm, called 5 months out. Had originally exchanged to Lagunamar 8 months out and changed our plans in February 09.

jarta · Oct 15, 2009

Exchanged my:
April 3-10, 2010 (Easter week) reservation for my 3-br at Harborside

For an:
April 9-16, 2010 reservation for a 3-br at St. John.

Reservation made via SVN on 9/26/09. Information that St. John was available was posted on TUG on 9/25/09. ... eom

cherrysaw · Oct 15, 2009

I exchanged my 2bd Vistana Villages for a 2bd Harborside. We just returned from 10/3-10/10 & LOVED it. I called exactly 8mos out for the exchange.
Sue

Troopers · Oct 15, 2009

Thanks everyone. Very helpful. Maybe I'll give it a go when I get tired of Maui.

I was inspired by "Report your success here" on Flyertalk.

tomandrobin · Oct 15, 2009

Troopers said:
Thanks everyone. Very helpful. Maybe I'll give it a go when I get tired of Maui.

I was inspired by "Report your success here" on Flyertalk.

Considering that you own Maui, you have a lot of options to trade. I wanted recommend II for your Maui unit. And if you wanted summer or spring at HRA or WSJ, you could easily do a direct trade. You just need to know who to talk to or where to look. That is what we did with our WSJ unit, traded with a WKORV owner for next summer.

rickandcindy23 · Oct 15, 2009

These are via SVN Staroptions you guys are talking about, right?

Troopers · Oct 15, 2009

rickandcindy23 said:
These are via SVN Staroptions you guys are talking about, right?

Yup.......

WINSLOW · Oct 18, 2009

Just used our StarOptions for the 1st time and traded our Vistana 2 bedroom for a 1 bedroom premium at Harborside for June 18 - 25, 2010 this morning, called at exactly 9:00AM like everyone here said to do and it worked!! Thank you everyone for sharing your tips!!

Crystal

grgs · Oct 18, 2009

2006:

1. WKORV
2. 1 bdrm for 12 nights, OV but really pool view (2nd floor)
3. June
4. Exactly 8 months out

2008:
1. WLM
2. 1 bdrm for 7 nights?
3. June
4. Exactly 8 months out

(note: WLM's opening ended up getting delayed and SVO cancelled this reservation.)

2010:

1. Harborside
2. 1 bdrm for 17 nights
3. June-early July
4. Exactly 8 months out

Glorian

tomandrobin · Oct 18, 2009

WINSLOW said:
Just used our StarOptions for the 1st time and traded our Vistana 2 bedroom for a 1 bedroom premium at Harborside for June 18 - 25, 2010 this morning, called at exactly 9:00AM like everyone here said to do and it worked!! Thank you everyone for sharing your tips!!

Crystal

grgs said:
2006:

1. WKORV
2. 1 bdrm for 12 nights, OV but really pool view (2nd floor)
3. June
4. Exactly 8 months out

2008:
1. WLM
2. 1 bdrm for 7 nights?
3. June
4. Exactly 8 months out

(note: WLM's opening ended up getting delayed and SVO cancelled this reservation.)

2010:

1. Harborside
2. 1 bdrm for 17 nights
3. June-early July
4. Exactly 8 months out

Glorian

Congratulations to you both!!!!

Maui_ed · Oct 21, 2009

2008:

1. WKORVN
2. 1 bdrm (studio) for 1 week
3. Late February
4. 8 months out

1. WKV
2. 2 bedroom lockoff for 1 week
3. Early October
4. 8 months out

2009:
1. WKORVN
2. 1 bdrm (full) for 1 week
3. Late February
4. 8 months out

1. WKORVN
2. 1 bdrm (studio) for 1 week
3. Late May
4. 8 months out (upgraded to 1 bd full at 4 months out)

1. WMH
2. 1 bdrm (full) for 1 week
3. Early Oct.
4. 5 months out

RLOGO · Nov 19, 2009

I own SVV 2BR LO Platinum EY

My last 3 exchanges were:

2007
1. Westin St. John
2. 1BR premimum-Hillside villa w/ partial ocean view
3. President's Week (1 week)
4. Waitlist 8 months- came in mid November
5. http://picasaweb.google.com/rlogo142/StJohn2007#

2008
1. WKORVN
2. 1BR premimum- ocean view
3. Spring Break (8 nights)
4. 8 months
5. http://picasaweb.google.com/rlogo142/MauiWKORVN2008#

2009
1. Harborside Atlantis
2. 1BR premimum- Building#2
3. President's Week (1 week)
4. 8 months

Ken555 · Nov 19, 2009

These are my SVN trades using my Plat WKR week with 148k SOs.

2006

WKORV
Premium 1-Bed
Building 4, 6th Floor Deluxe Unit, view of pool and ocean (this was an incredible introduction to SVN trades!)
May, 1 week

WKV
Premium 1-Bed
Building 3, 3rd Floor, view of golf course
September, 1 week

WMH
Premium 1-Bed
Don't know location, 1st Floor unit, close(r) to adult pool than main pool, view of golf course
October/November, 3 nights (we had two full weeks via II getaway for family, as well)

2007

Harborside
Premium 1-Bed
Building 5, 1st Floor, view of trees & HBR roads (ie. ugly view)
May, 1 week

WKORV-N
Premium 1-Bed
Building 6, 6th Floor, view of pool and ocean
September, 8 nights

2008

WPV
Premium Studio
Building 6, 2nd (top) Floor, direct & fantastic view of ocean at end of building
August/September, 1 week

WLR
Premium 1-Bed
Building 6, 5th Floor, nice view of pool and ocean
November/December, 13 nights

2009

WKORV-N
Premium Studio reserved, upgraded at no charge to Premium 1-Bed

Building 7, 2nd Floor, north view of open area and ocean
February/March, 10 nights

Harborside
1-Bed (not Premium)
Building 2, 3rd Floor, corner unit (larger with patio), partial view of pool
May, 9 nights

RLOGO · Nov 19, 2009

Ken555 said:
Harborside
1-Bed (not Premium)
Building 2, 3rd Floor, corner unit (larger with patio), partial view of pool
May, 9 nights

Nice exchanges. 9 nights at the Harborside is perfect amount of time.

Transit · Nov 19, 2009

Ken555 said:
These are my SVN trades using my Plat WKR week with 148k SOs.

Ken is my new SVN Hero... :clap:

Ken555 · Nov 19, 2009

Transit said:
Ken is my new SVN Hero...

LOL - Thanks

It's appropriate to point out, though, that it is relatively easy to get great trades within SVN and enjoy wonderful resorts. As everyone knows, the main issue is when you travel and when you reserve. I very much like the SVN program and the resorts and hope to continue having this belief in years to come. That said, I'm beginning to feel the need to have new locations to travel to...

Perhaps we should start a similar thread for Starwood -> II/RCI success stories. I'm always interested in learning about other quality resorts I can use my SVR & WMH weeks to trade into. (I know some of you are boycotting II right now, but *this* is a positive t/s thread!

)

Transit · Nov 19, 2009

I like the Idea of staying for 9 or 10 nights.I've considered it but never set it up.

Troopers · Nov 19, 2009

Ken555 said:
It's appropriate to point out, though, that it is relatively easy to get great trades within SVN and enjoy wonderful resorts.

That's awesome...it's part of the reason I started this thread.

tomandrobin · Nov 20, 2009

Ken555 said:
It's appropriate to point out, though, that it is relatively easy to get great trades within SVN and enjoy wonderful resorts. As everyone knows, the main issue is when you travel and when you reserve. I very much like the SVN program and the resorts and hope to continue having this belief in years to come. That said, I'm beginning to feel the need to have new locations to travel to...

Perhaps we should start a similar thread for Starwood -> II/RCI success stories. I'm always interested in learning about other quality resorts I can use my SVR & WMH weeks to trade into. (I know some of you are boycotting II right now, but *this* is a positive t/s thread! )

Since we have become owners in the Starwood system, we have enjoyed great trades via II and SVN.

I don't post about a lot of the trades/exchanges......mostly because of the loose lips theory. I am more then happy to discuss timesharing over a drink or two, if I ever pass through the same resort as any of you.

Ken555 · Nov 20, 2009

tomandrobin said:
Since we have become owners in the Starwood system, we have enjoyed great trades via II and SVN.

I don't post about a lot of the trades/exchanges......mostly because of the loose lips theory. I am more then happy to discuss timesharing over a drink or two, if I ever pass through the same resort as any of you.

Good point. And yet again I feel the need to call for a private board so that we don't have to worry about who reads our posts... /sigh

SVN Exchange Success

Troopers

LisaRex

TUG Review Crew

tomandrobin

DavidnRobin

Transit

tropical1

jarta

cherrysaw

Troopers

tomandrobin

rickandcindy23

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Troopers

WINSLOW

grgs

TUG Review Crew

tomandrobin

Maui_ed

RLOGO

Ken555

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RLOGO

Transit

Ken555

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Transit

Troopers

tomandrobin

Ken555

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