Best resale to buy to exchange for Dvc in interval international

[dansyr2514]

We are currently Wyndham resale owners and use our timeshare points up every year. We miss being able to trade our Wyndham timeshare points for Dvc as we traveled to Orlando a lot. We are looking for advice on the best resale to buy that would double as somewhere we would stay or we could trade for Dvc. We are familiar with Wyndham, but trying to research Marriott has our head spinning. Any advice you would have would be great. We tend to spend a lot of time in Myrtle Beach and Disney/Universal. If we could find something that would be a good trader as well as somewhere we would enjoy staying if we didn’t trade.

 

[dioxide45]

I think many people consider Vacation Village Williamsburg. Perhaps 4BR lock off units that can be deposited as two 2BR units. The maintenance fees are a good value. You can't buy anything in Orlando with hopes of exchanging into DVC because of the regional block.

 

[rickandcindy23]

Lots of resorts trade into Disney. Best to buy something that's easy to get rid of, shoud the time come to change things up.

We own Marriott platinum weeks, resale, and Sheraton Broadway Resort and Sheraton Desert Oasis. Those are great traders. Lockoffs are best to buy. I have other traders, getting rid of some of them that aren't really a good value for trading purposes.

 

[needvaca]

I have used my 2BR Sheraton Broadway plantation in Myrtle Beach to trade into DVC three times now. It’s also a nice family resort with low maintenance fees to visit in Myrtle Beach.

 

[HudsHut]

Sheraton Desert Oasis
WorldMark

 

[bnoble]

If we could find something that would be a good trader as well as somewhere we would enjoy staying if we didn’t trade.

I'd flip this. Buy something you would imagine enjoying. If you buy something that has at least good-ish reviews, is in a reasonably well-attended area, is at least Select rated (and preferably Premiere), and during a prime season for that destination, then it is likely to be a better-than-average trader.

 

[rickandcindy23]

WorldMark is great. I tend to rent my WorldMark credits but I did do some searches and found WorldMark to be an excellent trader.

I would ask for examples of trades before buying WorldMark for that purpose, but if you bought too many, there are resort areas WorldMark covers that no one else has, like Yellowstone, Estest Park, and some Utah resorts, also Leavenworth, Washington State, Seattle, and some others. I think it's by far the most versatile product to own. I was considering a purchase of more credits but that is nuts, I realize.

 

[bnoble]

Based on what I've observed, a better-than-average trader is good enough most of the time for DVC. It fluctuates a little bit, and hard to pin down.

 

[jbman]

I think many people consider Vacation Village Williamsburg. Perhaps 4BR lock off units that can be deposited as two 2BR units. The maintenance fees are a good value. You can't buy anything in Orlando with hopes of exchanging into DVC because of the regional block.

We recently acquired a Vacation Village at Williamsburg week, the value seems to be tremendous. Have not used it to book a Disney week, but it sees everything that shows up on the Sightings board, we will likely try to get a 2 BR at either OKW or SSR in 2026. MF is $1,080 for the 4 BR, locked off is $540 plus $239 exchange fee, so that's $779 for a week, plus your interval membership, plus $89 if you want eplus and if you do exchange into Disney then another $190.

For Disney, maybe there are independent's out there that offer a better value, but I think it is tough to beat. Marriott or Sheraton will be more expensive and they don't get preference for DVC. As an added bonus, it is dual-affiliated, so if DVC switches back to RCI you can just use that instead.

The trickier question is whether it would work for the times that you don't want to go to Disney.

Of course if using the week rather than always trading is necessary, and Orlando and Myrtle Beach are the two locations they like to visit on a regular basis, Orlando is out due to the regional block for DVC, so that leaves Myrtle Beach, which means Sheraton Broadway Plantation is the answer.

So far using VVW, we split our 2025 week and traded one side for a studio at Four Seasons Aviara in September for just my wife and I and the other for a 2 BR at Grande Ocean in HHI in October with the kids and bringing grandparents.

I do wonder why these weeks are not more popular, it was free to acquire with closing costs paid by the Seller and we even unexpectedly got the 2024 week, which we were able to lock off and deposit as a last minute exchange. That said, the fact that it was so cheap to acquire does give me some worry about what happens if we don't want it in the future.

 

[dansyr2514]

We recently acquired a Vacation Village at Williamsburg week, the value seems to be tremendous. Have not used it to book a Disney week, but it sees everything that shows up on the Sightings board, we will likely try to get a 2 BR at either OKW or SSR in 2026. MF is $1,080 for the 4 BR, locked off is $540 plus $239 exchange fee, so that's $779 for a week, plus your interval membership, plus $89 if you want eplus and if you do exchange into Disney then another $190.

For Disney, maybe there are independent's out there that offer a better value, but I think it is tough to beat. Marriott or Sheraton will be more expensive and they don't get preference for DVC. As an added bonus, it is dual-affiliated, so if DVC switches back to RCI you can just use that instead.

The trickier question is whether it would work for the times that you don't want to go to Disney.

Of course if using the week rather than always trading is necessary, and Orlando and Myrtle Beach are the two locations they like to visit on a regular basis, Orlando is out due to the regional block for DVC, so that leaves Myrtle Beach, which means Sheraton Broadway Plantation is the answer.

So far using VVW, we split our 2025 week and traded one side for a studio at Four Seasons Aviara in September for just my wife and I and the other for a 2 BR at Grande Ocean in HHI in October with the kids and bringing grandparents.

I do wonder why these weeks are not more popular, it was free to acquire with closing costs paid by the Seller and we even unexpectedly got the 2024 week, which we were able to lock off and deposit as a last minute exchange. That said, the fact that it was so cheap to acquire does give me some worry about what happens if we don't want it in the future.

Thank you . This is great info. We are adults, no kids so travel times for us are flexible and we actually prefer quieter seasons. So you cannot exchange an Orlando or Florida based timeshare for DVC? I believe they had that when DVC exchanged through RCI But maybe because our Wyndham is points based we never had an issue even though a majority of our points have a home resort of Bonnet Creek. All this info is so helpful! We are familiar with our Wyndham points but it seems Marriott is very different.

 

[dioxide45]

Thank you . This is great info. We are adults, no kids so travel times for us are flexible and we actually prefer quieter seasons. So you cannot exchange an Orlando or Florida based timeshare for DVC? I believe they had that when DVC exchanged through RCI But maybe because our Wyndham is points based we never had an issue even though a majority of our points have a home resort of Bonnet Creek. All this info is so helpful! We are familiar with our Wyndham points but it seems Marriott is very different.

Correct. Timeshares within a certain radius of WDW resort are blocked from trading in to DVC. I think it is either 35 mile or 50 mile. Not 100% sure. In any case, don't buy an Orlando timeshare for DVC. Points based systems don't have this block.

 

[rickandcindy23]

I think it's an exaggeration to say, "I can see everything on the sightings board." Maybe everything Disney, but there are too many systems that have preference, and Vacation Village will absolutely not see those. But I do think there are many weeks that can see Disney, since my Foxrun week 52 can see them, and it's a pretty poor trader. Sure, I can get Marriott in Orlando with it, but I cannot get much else.

I did get a 2 bedroom for my niece with it, and I think she is going to take the week from me. That would be nice.

 

[jbman]

I think it's an exaggeration to say, "I can see everything on the sightings board." Maybe everything Disney, but there are too many systems that have preference, and Vacation Village will absolutely not see those. But I do think there are many weeks that can see Disney, since my Foxrun week 52 can see them, and it's a pretty poor trader. Sure, I can get Marriott in Orlando with it, but I cannot get much else.

I did get a 2 bedroom for my niece with it, and I think she is going to take the week from me. That would be nice.

Yes, I maybe did not write that clearly, but I was referring to Disney weeks on the Sightings board, certainly many weeks that I don't see, especially since many Marriott weeks don't make it through the preference period.

 

[2rebecca]

We recently acquired a Vacation Village at Williamsburg week, the value seems to be tremendous. Have not used it to book a Disney week, but it sees everything that shows up on the Sightings board, we will likely try to get a 2 BR at either OKW or SSR in 2026. MF is $1,080 for the 4 BR, locked off is $540 plus $239 exchange fee, so that's $779 for a week, plus your interval membership, plus $89 if you want eplus and if you do exchange into Disney then another $190.

What week/season do you own? The travel demand index for Williamsburg is highly variable. I suspect you're using a week with a high TDI. I own a 2-BR Tahiti in Las Vegas. Like Vacation Villiage, it is a premier resort in a more overbuilt area. I would expect them to see similar inventory. I can see all most of the Disney sightings if I deposit a week with TDI 130. (I feel fairly certain the ones I didn't see were gone because I didn't search until the afternoon.) The years I deposited a TDI 110 unit, I could only see a fraction of the Disney inventory. I couldn't see the late June, July and August inventory even though some of it sat there for weeks. I couldn't see July/Aug even within 30 days of check-in.

 

[rickandcindy23]

I have decided that I am happy to keep my Sheraton 2 bedrooms and lockoffs and Marriott lockoffs and don't really care to own anything else at this point in my life. The exchange game is fun, don't get me wrong, but I know where the guarantees are and where they aren't.

 

[Hindsite]

I do wonder why these weeks are not more popular, it was free to acquire with closing costs paid by the Seller and we even unexpectedly got the 2024 week, which we were able to lock off and deposit as a last minute exchange. That said, the fact that it was so cheap to acquire does give me some worry about what happens if we don't want it in the future.

I can see VVW going the same way as OL on Cocoa beach and once they get too popular as traders they'll have their trading power pruned back to something more realistic. At least with the 4-bed lock-off you'll have a decent amount of head-room on trading power and the resort seems to get decent reviews too, so it could be a good trader for a long time.

 

[jbman]

What week/season do you own? The travel demand index for Williamsburg is highly variable. I suspect you're using a week with a high TDI. I own a 2-BR Tahiti in Las Vegas. Like Vacation Villiage, it is a premier resort in a more overbuilt area. I would expect them to see similar inventory. I can see all most of the Disney sightings if I deposit a week with TDI 130. (I feel fairly certain the ones I didn't see were gone because I didn't search until the afternoon.) The years I deposited a TDI 110 unit, I could only see a fraction of the Disney inventory. I couldn't see the late June, July and August inventory even though some of it sat there for weeks. I couldn't see July/Aug even within 30 days of check-in.

I have a floating week, weeks 10-52, it closed in mid-December and was able to book the first week of August which has a 150 TDI.

 

[jbman]

I can see VVW going the same way as OL on Cocoa beach and once they get too popular as traders they'll have their trading power pruned back to something more realistic. At least with the 4-bed lock-off you'll have a decent amount of head-room on trading power and the resort seems to get decent reviews too, so it could be a good trader for a long time.

What is "OL on Cocoa Beach" and what happened to it?

 

[Hindsite]

What is "OL on Cocoa Beach" and what happened to it?

For a number of years Ocean Landing resort on Cocoa beach was touted as a low cost, out-performing II trader so was bought just for that purpose.

In early 2024, along with a number of other resorts and timeshare systems, it appears to have had its trading power reduced to more realistically reflect a "comparable" exchange, which is II's stated aim. Reports on whether it can still pull good quality inventory are mixed, possibly it does with the larger units and/or during flexchange, but it seems that the studios don't see the inventory they used to e.g DVC and MVC Hawaii.

It only takes a data analysis bot or intern for II to be able to spot an out-performing resort/timeshare system, so its always a risk that any will get adjusted. They do seem to be being fair when they adjust, Hyatt went from being an exceptional to a good trader, so annoying as it is for those who experienced the change, it is reasonable.

 

[chriskre]

Thank you . This is great info. We are adults, no kids so travel times for us are flexible and we actually prefer quieter seasons. So you cannot exchange an Orlando or Florida based timeshare for DVC? I believe they had that when DVC exchanged through RCI But maybe because our Wyndham is points based we never had an issue even though a majority of our points have a home resort of Bonnet Creek. All this info is so helpful! We are familiar with our Wyndham points but it seems Marriott is very different.

Well yes and no.
If you buy something at say Grande Vista that is in the Florida club you can reserve a unit in the Florida club at one of the other resorts in the club, which are Ocean Pointe, BeachPlace, Legends Edge or Doral and then deposit that unit in Interval and then trade that into DVC so yes you can trade a Grande Vista Orlando unit only if it's part of the Florida club and do this. The other Orlando resorts don't have this option. The plus about owning at Grande Vista is that you get the Florida Club which allows you to trade in this mini system within Marriott with minimal fees if you want to go to any of these resorts on a regular basis.

I live in Florida so this appeals to me and which is why I took on a unit in the FL club.
I haven't used it to trade into DVC yet but do plan to do so by splitting the unit and trading up from a 1 bedroom to a 2 bedroom by paying the upgrade fee.
Hope that helps.