Adding Marriott as existing Vistana/Hyatt/DVC owner???

[SunsetMaven]

Does anyone own both a Vistana and a Marriott and can help me understand this correctly? I’m looking at adding a Marriott to our arsenal because of the Marriott priority. I keep missing out on trades we would love to grab on interval.

here’s my current ownership, use and context:

I own a 2 bd LO at SBP. I’ve owned it for 8ish years. Each year, I deposit my unit into Interval and then I trade each side of my LO separately resulting in 2 weeks of trades per year. I pay for this interval account myself. There’s no points to mess around with.

I also own a Hyatt HBH that I use solely for trading within the Hyatt system. My annual MFs provide me with a mandatory gold interval account.

Next I own 2 DVC contracts that I use within the DVC system and have no intention of trading, and now DVC is on Interval but there’s no mention of any mandatory II accounts or fees.

1a. If I understand it correctly, the only additional trading fees in purchasing a 2 bedroom LO at MGC and doing what I do with my SBO would be a $90 “lock off fee” that Marriott charges. Is this correct?

1b. And the booking difference is that I need to call Marriott to make a high TDI booking each year? (Something I don’t need to do for Vistana) I’m confused about this because I keep reading about preferred points.

2. if I purchase the MGC 2b LO, and I assume that’s what is considered a legacy week, are there mandatory interval accounts/fees like my Hyatt account?

3. If the answer to 2 above is NO, can I add my Marriott week to my Vistana-linked interval account? Or do I have to create a new interval account and pay yet another annual interval fee?

4. If I opt for a EOY contract, are there annual fees that happen each year (like Hyatt) or is the MF simply 50% of an annual contract paid each year?

Thanks everyone. I’ve dug through FAQ and searched past posts already… and I’m still a bit confused.

 

[jmhpsu93]

1a - Correct; one other thing is you don't need to prepay maintenance fees to deposit like you do Vistana
1b - Correct - you'll reserve the week 12 months in advance, or 13 if you have two weeks and you reserve the same or concurrent weeks; there are calendars on the website that tell you when you can reserve; you need to call for 13-month reservations but you can do the weeks online (and they become available at 9 AM Eastern vs. midnight on Vistana IIRC)
2 - It's called a post-2010 resale week, and you don't have to do anything with interval if you don't want to ("Mandatory" has a very specific meaning in the Vistana system, so I wouldn't use that term)
3 - Yes; provided your deeds and accounts have the same owners / spellings / addresses
4- EOY contracts are 1/2 MFs per year, billed in arrears for usage years (though with resale that really doesn't matter)

 

[WI GAL]

1a - Correct; one other thing is you don't need to prepay maintenance fees to deposit like you do Vistana
1b - Correct - you'll reserve the week 12 months in advance, or 13 if you have two weeks and you reserve the same or concurrent weeks; there are calendars on the website that tell you when you can reserve; you need to call for 13-month reservations but you can do the weeks online (and they become available at 9 AM Eastern vs. midnight on Vistana IIRC)
2 - It's called a post-2010 resale week, and you don't have to do anything with interval if you don't want to ("Mandatory" has a very specific meaning in the Vistana system, so I wouldn't use that term)
3 - Yes; provided your deeds and accounts have the same owners / spellings / addresses
4- EOY contracts are 1/2 MFs per year, billed in arrears for usage years (though with resale that really doesn't matter)

I have 2 interval accounts currently, 1 Vistana and a 2nd with a stand alone Hanalei Bay resort. We've now purchased Marriott. Would there be a benefit to adding this Marriott to the Vistana account somehow for the whole Vistana/Marriott preference situation and is this only allowed now because Marriott owns Vistana? Wondering because I was under the understanding that I had to keep my stand alone unit separate from Vistana since the fee to have that account was paid for by Vistana thru our maintenance fees. If thats no longer the case that would save me the second interval membership fee we already have if they could all be in 1 account. Thanks for any help!

 

[dioxide45]

I have 2 interval accounts currently, 1 Vistana and a 2nd with a stand alone Hanalei Bay resort. We've now purchased Marriott. Would there be a benefit to adding this Marriott to the Vistana account somehow for the whole Vistana/Marriott preference situation and is this only allowed now because Marriott owns Vistana? Wondering because I was under the understanding that I had to keep my stand alone unit separate from Vistana since the fee to have that account was paid for by Vistana thru our maintenance fees. If thats no longer the case that would save me the second interval membership fee we already have if they could all be in 1 account. Thanks for any help!

If your Vistana ownership is either direct from Vistana or mandatory, both with StarOptions, then you can't add a resale Marriott week to the same account. If you have Vistana StarOptions, then you have a corp II account that can only hold other Vistana ownership with StarOptions.

 

[SunsetMaven]

Thank you for the super helpful answers - what a relief to get it sorted! And that's really nice that we don't have to prepay MFs to deposit. Can I still deposit early though? For example, I just deposited my 2023 SBP in Interval this week... Or is the earliest I can deposit AFTER I call to make the reservation 12 or 13 months in advance so the moment I do that, THEN I can deposit? Meaning in theory, if I make a reservation for January 2023, then I can deposit? And since I have 2 years from check in day to use them in Interval, that means that I can stay through December 2024 right?

1a - Correct; one other thing is you don't need to prepay maintenance fees to deposit like you do Vistana
1b - Correct - you'll reserve the week 12 months in advance, or 13 if you have two weeks and you reserve the same or concurrent weeks; there are calendars on the website that tell you when you can reserve; you need to call for 13-month reservations but you can do the weeks online (and they become available at 9 AM Eastern vs. midnight on Vistana IIRC)
2 - It's called a post-2010 resale week, and you don't have to do anything with interval if you don't want to ("Mandatory" has a very specific meaning in the Vistana system, so I wouldn't use that term)
3 - Yes; provided your deeds and accounts have the same owners / spellings / addresses
4- EOY contracts are 1/2 MFs per year, billed in arrears for usage years (though with resale that really doesn't matter)

 

[travelhacker]

Thank you for the super helpful answers - what a relief to get it sorted! And that's really nice that we don't have to prepay MFs to deposit. Can I still deposit early though? For example, I just deposited my 2023 SBP in Interval this week... Or is the earliest I can deposit AFTER I call to make the reservation 12 or 13 months in advance so the moment I do that, THEN I can deposit? Meaning in theory, if I make a reservation for January 2023, then I can deposit? And since I have 2 years from check in day to use them in Interval, that means that I can stay through December 2024 right?

You can only deposit after you make your reservation. So for example, I was eager to get an exchange and I deposited a week with check in on 1/1/2023 very early in the year. That deposit is good through 1/1/2025.

 

[SunsetMaven]

@travelhacker Did you drop your Marriott into a shared Interval account with another TS?

You can only deposit after you make your reservation. So for example, I was eager to get an exchange and I deposited a week with check in on 1/1/2023 very early in the year. That deposit is good through 1/1/2025.

 

[travelhacker]

@travelhacker Did you drop your Marriott into a shared Interval account with another TS?

All that account has is Marriott weeks, but if I was in your situation, I would use the existing II account that you have for your SBP week.

Sadly, I can't add Marriott weeks to my Hyatt account because it's a "corporate" account.

 

[SunsetMaven]

I thought you just bought a Vistana??

All that account has is Marriott weeks, but if I was in your situation, I would use the existing II account that you have for your SBP week.

Sadly, I can't add Marriott weeks to my Hyatt account because it's a "corporate" account.

 

[Pamplemousse]

If you have a standard personal II account that you pay for yourself it can hold any timeshare/brand that doesn’t require a special corporate account.
Non enrolled Marriott weeks go into personal II accounts (with whatever else).
Enrolled Marriott weeks go into special corporate accounts which are paid for as part the destination club due.

 

[travelhacker]

I thought you just bought a Vistana??

It's another corporate account since it's WKV, so I can't combine that either.

 

[SunsetMaven]

Oh nice! I didn't know you grabbed a mandatory. I thought you bought a Vistana for II trades... next on the list?

It's another corporate account since it's WKV, so I can't combine that either.