So far I love Interval International

[klpca]

How does the split work? Can I trade a Vistana week for two 6 day weeks?

If you have a lockoff unit, lock it off first, then you can do 4 short stays. Keep in mind the limited inventory though.

 

[2saltydawgs]

Hi 2saltydawgs:
WorldMark has the vast majority of resorts along the Oregon/Washington coast, and does not deposit summer weeks into II because they are in such high demand by owners.
If there is no supply, it doesn't matter what resort you are using to trade, there will be no match. For that area, you'll need to rent or do a direct trade with a WorldMark owner.

hudshut -
we only have 13 years left with our TS in Cabo - we'll continue to use it as an exchange property, and we are looking forward to exploring the Flamingos property(part of our home TS Villa Group) northwest of Nuevo Vallarta next year. I'll start putting exchange requests in more than 12 months out to see if we have better luck with some of the more popular resorts. Same as when we bought in - so long as we use it, it's not money wasted.
Thanks.

 

[bedbon]

My SDO timeshare finally closed. I purchased a gold plus 2 bedroom lock off in January and received notification last week that Vistana has recognized the change of ownership. I set up an II account today but was told it can take up two months to link it to my resort, but in the mean time I can browse the directory and purchase getaways. So are I am loving what I see. The quality of the resorts seem superior to RCI.

My SDO timeshare finally closed. I purchased a gold plus 2 bedroom lock off in January and received notification last week that Vistana has recognized the change of ownership. I set up an II account today but was told it can take up two months to link it to my resort, but in the mean time I can browse the directory and purchase getaways. So are I am loving what I see. The quality of the resorts seem superior to RCI.

 

[bedbon]

My SDO timeshare finally closed. I purchased a gold plus 2 bedroom lock off in January and received notification last week that Vistana has recognized the change of ownership. I set up an II account today but was told it can take up two months to link it to my resort, but in the mean time I can browse the directory and purchase getaways. So are I am loving what I see. The quality of the resorts seem superior to RCI.

We have owned a timeshare at the Marriott Beach Club, Lihue, Hawaii, oceanfront, 1 bedroom lockout, any week, for about 4 years, we didn't want to use in 2019 so wanted to trade and heard we could trade through II. We own and do not have points. How do you enroll into II? Thank you for any information you have experienced with II

 

[AgelessTravel]

We have owned a timeshare at the Marriott Beach Club, Lihue, Hawaii, oceanfront, 1 bedroom lockout, any week, for about 4 years, we didn't want to use in 2019 so wanted to trade and heard we could trade through II. We own and do not have points. How do you enroll into II? Thank you for any information you have experienced with II

Hi,
You can call 1-800-468-3782 to enrol or enrol online. All you need is your timeshare information and they will confirm with the resort what you own. The process took less than a week for me.

 

[bedbon]

Hi,
You can call 1-800-468-3782 to enrol or enrol online. All you need is your timeshare information and they will confirm with the resort what you own. The process took less than a week for me.

thank you for the info. I hope I will be able to trade using this TS even though it is not points

 

[youknowthenight]

thank you for the info. I hope I will be able to trade using this TS even though it is not points

Yes, fairly easy. Let us know if you have any questions.

 

[2saltydawgs]

Worldmark system is very inexpensive to own, with both acquisition costs as well as MF. They have more than 90 locations along the West Coast. Worldmark almost never deposit summer weeks for highly sought after areas/resorts like Depoe Bay and and Seaside into II. If it is an area which you would like to go to for the next few years, you may consider buying WM points in the resale market. You will likely get back what you paid for when you decide you no longer want to visit these places.

For now, we're going to stay within Villa Group and we think we'll be happy exploring the area NW of Puerto Vallarta, and staying at VDP Flmingos - we'll know more after our January trip there. After that, we'll only have 12 years left on our 30 year TS buy - then we'll be free of using our TS and can more freely pick and choose vacation destinations. With so many options out there for vacation rentals, I think we can either rent condos, or someone else's TS for each week we want to travel, and not have to deal with yearly MF's or any other TS system of weeks or points.

 

[2saltydawgs]

update -
We loved the trip to Nuevo and VDP Flamingos! We plan to keep using that resort in next few years instead of our home resort in Cabo. There's so much new to us to explore, we barely scratched off much on our 3 page list of places to visit, eat, drink and explore. Bucerias is a very interesting town to explore.