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- HGVC, MVC Vistana
I agree that MVC on paper has more locations, but if you factor in that only 60% of owners have enrolled after almost 10 years (leaving 40% of weeks properties unavailable to MVC owners to trade into), plus the trust which has a lot of off-season junk that no one wants, I would say that # of units available to trade is not much different but there are fewer high season, highly desirable properties available because those owners either enroll and use the week, or are not enrolled.
With HGVC and Vistana (mandatory and developer sales), every property is enrolled automatically so almost everything in the system is available to trade. With HGVC most owners use points for short stays and upgraded units instead of their deeded week so the system is highly fluid, making high-end properties available if you are diligent (e.g. Hawaii OF during summer and whale). Vistana is a bit stickier in terms of owners using their weeks (myself included), but I see many Vistana owners regularly trading into nice properties with SOs with short and long stays.
No system is perfect but I would argue that MVC looks good on paper but is not as big as it seems when you look at it from a trading perspective.
With HGVC and Vistana (mandatory and developer sales), every property is enrolled automatically so almost everything in the system is available to trade. With HGVC most owners use points for short stays and upgraded units instead of their deeded week so the system is highly fluid, making high-end properties available if you are diligent (e.g. Hawaii OF during summer and whale). Vistana is a bit stickier in terms of owners using their weeks (myself included), but I see many Vistana owners regularly trading into nice properties with SOs with short and long stays.
No system is perfect but I would argue that MVC looks good on paper but is not as big as it seems when you look at it from a trading perspective.
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