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Advice request for London through II

kwelty

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My wife and I are planning a month long trip to the UK for the Sept/Oct 2018 time frame and are wondering what the chances are for a London week anytime in that timeframe. We have our deposit and request in place (with the optional E Plus) but the only place that II showed as a possibility was Marriott's 47 Park Place Grand Residence. With an internet rate of around $1000 a night, we have our doubts if there is even a possibility of this being filled, although we would love to get it.
Does anyone have any feel for the odds of this happening? I've gotten Marriotts before with lesser trades but I just can't see being able to get this trade even with the early request and going during the shoulder season.
Tell me I'm wrong.
 

tschwa2

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Your odds are 0%. It is listed because members who own there can be a part of II through the destinations club. Marriott would control the deposits and even if an owner deposited (which is incredibly unlikely), Marriott would deposit something else). There has never been a sighting for this resort.
 

kwelty

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Thanks tschwa2, I'd rather be grounded in reality and be making other plans.
 

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Is this still the case? Never has anyone exchanged into Marriott's 47 Park Place Grand Residence? No II anywhere in London, then?
 

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Nothing in London. Rent from AirBnB or HomeAway and stay right where you want to be.
 

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Your odds are 0%. It is listed because members who own there can be a part of II through the destinations club. Marriott would control the deposits and even if an owner deposited (which is incredibly unlikely), Marriott would deposit something else). There has never been a sighting for this resort.
Are there any other resorts in II that you know of that are impossible to get?
 

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I did see 47 Park Place about 2 days after 09/11 NEVER again. Maintenance fees in there r sky high, and most members owning in there stay there and have a block of time.
 

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Is this still the case? Never has anyone exchanged into Marriott's 47 Park Place Grand Residence? No II anywhere in London, then?
I was trying to exchange to London, also, but the only resort available to " request" is the 47 Park Street by Marriot Grand Residence. The thing is, even though it has a resort code, it's nowhere in the resort directory. There are six other resorts listed for London, but NONE of them are available to " request".....and the person who I spoke with at II couldn't give me a reason as to why none of them can be requested. Makes no sense.
 

kwelty

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What did you end up doing? Did you go to London?

It looked like the chances of London were between slim and none, so I use the deposit for something else. Our UK trip was put back a year as our long time English friends we were to travel with, ended up postponing retirement to this year. I've already booked a week in Wales and a week in the Lake District for Sept/Oct. I'm hoping to book two more weeks in England.
 

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There used to be two more timeshare properties in London, The Sloane Gardens Club and Allen House, and I believe they are not around anymore. Even when they were around it was extremely difficult to get an exchange into London. Other than Marriott, which is a non-starter unless you own there, are there any other timeshares?

Juli
 
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