SueDonJ
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- Massachusetts and Hilton Head Island
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- Marriott Barony Beach and SurfWatch
As the expiration date of special COVID-affected Holding Account Abound Points was nearing, @TUGBrian allowed a thread in this forum where owners could voluntarily offer their expiring points for free to TUGgers. At that time we talked about the possibility of a permanent thread in the forum. With the success of that thread and Brian's okay, this thread is intended to be permanent and apply to all types of Marriott ownership, as long as the below rules are followed and nothing transpires that effectively violates TUG Rules pertaining to ads.
*********** THREAD RULES ***********
- OWNERS/MEMBERS may list here any Marriott timeshare usage that they have directly reserved through their vacationclub.com accounts using either Weeks or Abound Club Points. This free usage is for responders' PERSONAL USE only.
- Abound Members may list here any amount of Club Points, whether as transferrable to other Abound Members or to be used by the Owner to book specific intervals as requested by responders.
- Absolutely NO reservations booked using cash or booked through BONVOY, Interval International, private rental or other third-party entities are allowed.
- NO COMPENSATION of any kind can be requested, nor should it be offered.
- ALL discussion about offers posted here should take place in private messages.
- NO Wanted Ads allowed.
- Any posts that violate this thread's rules or the TUG Rules will be immediately deleted with no notice.
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A few notes:
- Marriott allows direct transfers of Abound Points among Abound Members at no cost. If you're responding to any offers listed here for Abounds Points transfers, you will need to provide contact info including your Member Number so the transfer can be processed.
- Marriott allows Owners/Members to gift usage of Weeks and Points reservations to others at no cost, but it requires notice of a Guest's Name and contact information to Owner Services. This may take place in various ways through a phone call or sign-in to owner accounts. Recently they've started a process using a special form, but it's not yet widespread and it's unknown whether this will eventually be the only method by which Guest's info may be submitted. If you're responding to any offers listed here for reservations, you should be prepared to release all of the requested contact info to the Owner/Member. After the Guest's info is submitted, Owner Services will issue an email confirmation that includes the guest's name. (*I'll add a link here to the form as soon as I can find a working link.)
- @StevenTing hosts the Abound Points Charts on his website. Link here to figure out what you can get with a certain number of Points.
- This thread will be shut down as a failed experiment if either the thread rules above or TUG Rules are violated and/or if it causes undue headaches and excessive monitoring by TUG Admin/Moderators. This is a thread that can only exist using the honor system. As much as it may hurt the collective, TUG Admin/Mods would appreciate being notified if known instances of rules violations are taking place behind the scenes.
*********** THREAD RULES ***********
- OWNERS/MEMBERS may list here any Marriott timeshare usage that they have directly reserved through their vacationclub.com accounts using either Weeks or Abound Club Points. This free usage is for responders' PERSONAL USE only.
- Abound Members may list here any amount of Club Points, whether as transferrable to other Abound Members or to be used by the Owner to book specific intervals as requested by responders.
- Absolutely NO reservations booked using cash or booked through BONVOY, Interval International, private rental or other third-party entities are allowed.
- NO COMPENSATION of any kind can be requested, nor should it be offered.
- ALL discussion about offers posted here should take place in private messages.
- NO Wanted Ads allowed.
- Any posts that violate this thread's rules or the TUG Rules will be immediately deleted with no notice.
************************************
A few notes:
- Marriott allows direct transfers of Abound Points among Abound Members at no cost. If you're responding to any offers listed here for Abounds Points transfers, you will need to provide contact info including your Member Number so the transfer can be processed.
- Marriott allows Owners/Members to gift usage of Weeks and Points reservations to others at no cost, but it requires notice of a Guest's Name and contact information to Owner Services. This may take place in various ways through a phone call or sign-in to owner accounts. Recently they've started a process using a special form, but it's not yet widespread and it's unknown whether this will eventually be the only method by which Guest's info may be submitted. If you're responding to any offers listed here for reservations, you should be prepared to release all of the requested contact info to the Owner/Member. After the Guest's info is submitted, Owner Services will issue an email confirmation that includes the guest's name. (*I'll add a link here to the form as soon as I can find a working link.)
- @StevenTing hosts the Abound Points Charts on his website. Link here to figure out what you can get with a certain number of Points.
- This thread will be shut down as a failed experiment if either the thread rules above or TUG Rules are violated and/or if it causes undue headaches and excessive monitoring by TUG Admin/Moderators. This is a thread that can only exist using the honor system. As much as it may hurt the collective, TUG Admin/Mods would appreciate being notified if known instances of rules violations are taking place behind the scenes.
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