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Exchange out of Newport Coast Villas

CaliforniaDreamin'

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We are Gold owners at NCV, having purchased a few years ago from a third party seller. Family circumstances have changed and the wife and I now prefer to visit a Marriott resort at Hilton Head in 2012. We haven't booked a week at NCV yet.

I've reviewed the "stickies" on this forum, the Interval International website and other sources and am now confused. I know this is a basic question for many of you, but I am wondering how to best trade my NCV week for one at Hilton Head.

From what I'm able to piece together, the only way is to pick a good week at NCV (maybe around Easter - if any are still available), then join II, post my week for exchange and hope to find someone with a week at Hilton Head that we'd be interested in who would also be interested in our pre-booked week at NCV.

My wife makes a good point that it would be best to not pre-book a week at NCV to trade, but rather trade a "right" to select a Gold week at NCV for a right to select a similar week at Hilton Head. That way, both parties to the trade would be able to choose a week (from those available at the time) most suited to their needs. Is this possible?

Again, I know that, for many of you, this is a basic question and I appreaciate any help.
 

Big Matt

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II doesn't work that way. It uses a "currency" of sorts to match weeks for trade.

You can either:
1) deposit your week with II and request a week in HHI. You will either get the trade or you won't depending on how flexible your travel window is, etc. Hilton Head is near impossible to get during the summer, but fairly easy during other times of the year, and frankly the weather is extremely hot in the summer. I prefer spring or fall to visit there.
2) put in a request first where you don't relinquesh your NCV week until a trade is matched. You would still have use of the NCV week if your trade doesn't come through.

You should look on TUG for direct exchange potential. You have a fairly desireable unit at NCV, and someone very well may want to do a direct exchange if you can reserve a week that they want.
 

CaliforniaDreamin'

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Thanks, Matt; I'll look into the TUG direct exchange.

Interval International, as you describe it, might be a bad idea for us. We normally (pre)book the third week in February at NCV. That's what fits into our vacation schedule, but we know it may be relatively unpopular with potential exchangers.

Any other ideas? Thanks!
 

yumdrey

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It depends "when" you want to visit Hilton Head.
If you need a summer week, do not expect you can get something from Interval.
You should rent from an owner or try direct (owner) exchange.
If you need spring, fall or winter week at Hilton Head, using Interval will be ok.
 

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Couldn't CaliforniaDreamin' post somewhere on Tug what his wife is suggesting and some owner of Grande Ocean might trade with him avoiding II and the unknowns completely?
 

funtime

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I would book an early fall Gold week if that is possible at Newport Beach and then deposit - that gives II more time to look for a trade. I easily traded into two bedrroom Barony Beach in October twice this last year, once with a one bedroom gold Marriott Summit Watch (MSW) and once with a gold MSW studio using the internet site in September.
 

Big Matt

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sure.

Go to the home page and go to the direct exchange list. That's a good start.

Listing it for rent is an option also and then just renting HHI from someone with a classified.

Couldn't CaliforniaDreamin' post somewhere on Tug what his wife is suggesting and some owner of Grande Ocean might trade with him avoiding II and the unknowns completely?
 

mlfrancis

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another option

try ownertrades.com - I was successful a few years ago swapping my Aruba Surf Club week for one at Waiohai. There's a nominal yearly fee to belong (I think $10), you can then list what you want to swap ... and also will have access to the e-mails of others interested in trading their Hilton Head properties for NCV so you can contact them directly.

I found out about this website on TUG. It's for Marriott owners only.
 

MikeM132

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I've been to HHI several times in the Fall (Sept-Oct-Nov). Just got back a few days ago, in fact. October is the best month of the year there. Golf prices reflect that. So does tee time availability. Summer is family vacation season on the beach, but if you don't have school-aged kids, shoot for Fall. Water is still warm in Sept-Oct---beach is great and swimming is fine in the Ocean. November is fine for golf but can be brisk swimming (at least when not actuallyin the water). Crowds are down and so are prices in November. Spring is iffy. Fall is the sure-bet for weather. Unless you get hit by a hurricane, that is.
 
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