[2010] Interval International 2 weeks for 1 Deposit Deal

[daileyad]

It was so cold last winter that I saw a lawyer walking down the street with his hands in his own pockets.


sending a pm now...

 

[rickandcindy23]

Nodge, thanks for the info, and I believe you! I would love the info for the helpful guide via PM. I can use any help I can get in dealing with II guides. There are some gems out there, I am sure, but I have yet to find someone great that will give me his/ her extension.

I am trying to figure out what happened north of the Westin Maui resort, where you have that picture posted. We are staying here now and would love more information about the fence and why Westin stopped building here. You got that info for me? I think it's odd to see so much ocean front property just sitting empty like that.

 

[DeniseM]

Cindy - that is the construction site for the 3rd Starwood Maui resort. Construction stopped in 2008, and the mess is just sitting there.

 

[Nickfromct]

IS this only good for exchanges from deposited weeks, not request first weeks?

 

[DeniseM]

No - it can be used with deposits that you have already exchanged, but haven't used yet. (i.e. the actual exchange date is still in the future.)

Example, in Nov. I made an exchange for May 1 - Before May 1st, I can use the exchange for a $150 deal. The date of the week I book with the $150 deal must be in 2010.

 

[irishween]

I have spoken with 2 reps who are clueless about this. Nodge, thanks for the heads up and I look forward to your PM so I can speak to someone knowledgable.

 

[josh2268]

would this work for guest certificates as well? If I want to send someone else on vacation

 

[DeniseM]

would this work for guest certificates as well? If I want to send someone else on vacation

Yes - you can send a friend or family member on a vacation with a guest certificate, as long as you don't rent the week to them.

 

[josh2268]

Yes - you can send a friend or family member on a vacation with a guest certificate, as long as you don't rent the week to them.

Great thanks! I was thinking about sending my parents some where nice.

 

[DeniseM]

That's what I'm going to do, too. I'd like to find something for DD and possibly my son's tutor, who is a single mom with a Jr. High age son.

 

[DeniseM]

Any chance you can temporarily turn off the TUG BBS rule on PM's that only allows me to send one PM once every 5 minutes? I've got a considerable backlog of orders to fill.

Nodge - I can't, but you can send 1 pm to multiple user names.

 

[CeeWoo]

Thanks nodge. I'll be depositing my unit this year but can't find the time for 2 weeks till next year. I hope they offer something like that then

 

[zcrider]

lawyer joke

A couple of friends meet after a long time:
"I divorced my wife." One says.
"Really? How did you do it?"
"We hired a lawyer who helped divide the assets and stuff."
"What about the kids?"
"Well,...we've decided that whoever got more money would also take the kids."
"That sounds fair. And who got them?
"The lawyer."

Thanks so much for sharing the info with us!

 

[jerseygirl]

Great deal for those who can use it but just goes to show how broken the weeks system can get when there's so much slop in the system that no one really wants to trade their week for.

Not that I don't agree that there's some slop in the system (just as there's slop in every system), but let's be realistic. This inventory, and the inventory for ACs and other promotions, comes from the almost 500K of unused deposits made each year. The info is readily available in II's disclosure documents, e.g.:

Number of weeks for which Interval International has an obligation to provide an exchange opportunity in subsequent years to an owner who relinquished a week during the current (2008) year: 496,916

This means almost 1/2 million weeks put in without a corresponding "trade out" in 2008. Somehow, I doubt they're all slop.

$496,916 x $149 = $74MM in Revenue for II

That makes it a good deal for the members (if they can find something besides "slop" to pull out) and a good deal for II -- a win/win.

 

[nodge]

Nodge - Wow! That is a great tip! Did you pick something that was listed in the on-line inventory for your 2nd week, or did you have to ask him what was available? Did you just ask for WKV?

Hey Gang,

I think I'm caught up on filling all the requests for the II contact info. If I missed you, please PM me again. With the TUG PM system, the most I can do is 5 per PM, once every 5 minutes, so if I get dumped with requests it may take a while for me to respond again. If so, I'll do the ones I missed first, so put "missed" in your title so I can find you.

Regarding Denise's question, the II agent that filled me in on this deal said that the second week isn't entitled to the SVO preference period, and instead is treated like it's being drawn from a generic non-SVO deposit week. Accordingly, if you only have SVO weeks, you can't search online the available inventory for the second week and you have to call to find out what’s available. Of course, if you find something you want online that isn’t an SVO resort and that isn’t a holiday week, that doesn't extend into 2011,and that isn't a Four Seasons or Westin Maui, it should be bookable by calling.

If you have a non-SVO week available for searching with II, you can apparently use that week to find out on-line what is available as your second week.

I don't know if this deal is available to non-SVO owners, but I suspect it is. It's just that you may not be able to use the II agent I found because he (or is he a she?) is assigned to the SVO desk. He/She probably can point you in the right direction if he/she can't help you directly though.

According to this agent, this deal has been around for years, but few II agents care to learn about it. I remember getting this deal a few years ago, so I always ask for it whenever I make an exchange with II. This agent was the first one in a long, long time to even acknowledge its existence.

Keep those lawyer jokes coming!

-nodge

 

[DeniseM]

Thanks Nodge! Did you see my post that you can send one pm to multiple users at the same time?

 

[SDKath]

Sorry if I missed this but does the second week have to be an SVO unit too? Or can it be a Marriott or something else?

Looks good for an unexpected Fall getaway for us thanks to Nodge! That poor II rep is going to get 1000 phone calls tomorrow for this.

Katherine

 

[DeniseM]

Kath - no SVO priority, so no.

 

[saluki]

Two small boys, not yet old enough to be in school, were overheard talking at the zoo one day. "My name is Billy. What's yours?" asked the first boy. "Tommy," replied the second. "My Daddy's an accountant. What does your Daddy do for a living?" asked Billy. Tommy replied, "My Daddy's a lawyer." "Honest?" asked Billy. "No, just the regular kind", replied Tommy.


Nodge - PM comin' at ya, thanks.

 

[mitchandjeanette]

Q: What is the difference between God and a lawyer?
A: God doesn't think he's a lawyer.

pm on the way...
thanks,
mitch

 

[Ken555]

Fantastic deal. Great post! This is what makes TUG so good.

 

[ada903]

That's not what they told me.. for example I can see online Marriott Newport Coast Villas two bedrooms in November, but the agent would not let me book those, they said Southern California is not "on the grid"...

 

[rickandcindy23]

That's not what they told me.. for example I can see online Marriott Newport Coast Villas two bedrooms in November, but the agent would not let me book those, they said Southern California is not "on the grid"...

Southern California doesn't have an abundance of weeks on II. This is extra inventory, and you will find most in Williamsburg, Orlando, Branson, and other areas where II has inventory that goes unused.

 

[nodge]

That's not what they told me.. for example I can see online Marriott Newport Coast Villas two bedrooms in November, but the agent would not let me book those, they said Southern California is not "on the grid"...

Could be.

I think it's fair to say that even the best II agent in the world wouldn't know the second week availability rules cold. Accordingly, it's best to be pretty darned flexible on dates and locations when you call to book that second week.

-nodge

 

[l2trade]

This agent is very popular right now.