Booking window for Even Year Week

[oceanvps]

Hello,

I'm trying to learn the Marriott system (looking to buy 2 BR Lockoff resale EOY Even contract - or odd)

One question I couldn't see answered in the FAQ or maybe its so basic its ridiculous :0

if i own even and i actually owned the marriott right now and my season was platinum 1-20, 50-51 and i wanted to book it (2brlo) as two separate units would i call in 2013 and do the reservations always together even if two very different weeks ie. week18 and 51 for 2014? Do you have to book both the weeks in the even year? or can you somehow have a week in 2014 and 2015

Thanks in advance
Joanne

 

[SueDonJ]

Hello,

I'm trying to learn the Marriott system (looking to buy 2 BR Lockoff resale EOY Even contract - or odd)

One question I couldn't see answered in the FAQ or maybe its so basic its ridiculous :0

if i own even and i actually owned the marriott right now and my season was platinum 1-20, 50-51 and i wanted to book it (2brlo) as two separate units would i call in 2013 and do the reservations always together even if two very different weeks ie. week18 and 51 for 2014? Do you have to book both the weeks in the even year? or can you somehow have a week in 2014 and 2015

Thanks in advance
Joanne

Any Marriott usage outside of your owned season or resort will require exchanging, usually through II because most Marriott owners use II.

If you're trying for two owned 2014 weeks, 18 and 51, you would call twelve months in advance of the first available check-in date for Week 18 to book one portion and then book the second portion twelve months in advance of Week 51.

If you're trying for 2014/2015 weeks you would call 12 months in advance of the 2014 week you want, then lock-off the Week and deposit one of them in II and request an exchange for the 2015 week you want.

If you're trying for two 2015 weeks, you would call 12-mos in advance of any high-demand 2014 week (to get the best exchange power) and then lock it off and deposit both portions into II for the two 2015 weeks you want.

If you tell us which resort you're considering we can show you the resort calendar and help you pinpoint the exact days to call-in or book online.

 

[oceanvps]

Thanks so much! That's kind of what i thought but i'm used to points, and points being good for a couple of years so wasn't sure what to make of a EOY week system

was thinking shadow ridge, platinum.
i checked out ii's demand availability index to see how the resort shapes up for trades.

we want it mostly for exchanging but also wanted a resort we would actually go to even if it meant paying a bit more in maintenance - the plat season fits our travelling schedule. we had originally been looking at willow ridge but ultimately if we actually have had to go there we don't travel in the summer and the flights prices would make it even less likely we'd want to go there more than once.

 

[SueDonJ]

It sounds like you know the basics but just in case this is how you work the calendars and Reservation Windows.

Shadow Ridge Enclaves and Shadow Ridge Villages have slightly different resort calendars but the weeks you mention, 18 and 51, are Plat in both. They have Fri-Sat-Sun check-in days so for example, any Week 18, 2014 check-in could be booked twelve months in advance of Fri, 5/2/14, which is 5/2/13. (A couple notes: there's a tool on the owners' my-vacationclub.com that makes it easier to figure out a booking day by inputting the desired check-in day; and, if a booking day falls on a holiday or weekend, the Reservation Window opens on the following business day.)

I'm sure others will chime in to help with any questions about exchange values and trade power.