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Funny how plans can change.

dougp26364

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Hilton Grand Vacation Club Las Vegas Blvd
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Spinnaker French Quarter Resort Branson
So we joined the DC anticipating locking off both our Marriott timeshares, saving $150/year in lock-off fee's and making three exchanges per year saving another $417 in exchange fee's.

So what do I do right after paying the joiner fee? We start using the entier 3 bedroom unit at Ocean Pointe rather than lock-off and exchange the studio unit and we decide it's time to go back to Vegas after not having been there for 4 or 5 years.

Oh well, the best laid plans of mice and men sometimes have to change. I still have time to plan 2013's vacations and things could change yet again. I'll still be making at least three exchanges this year since I have a two bedroom unit on deposit.
 

dioxide45

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We are in a similar situation. We did lock off our two 2012 units and are working on our third exchange with them, so we will have saved on the exchange fees with our 2012 weeks. However, for 2013 and 2014 we won't be locking off and are also working on a direct exchange. So the fee savings won't be as much.

I think in the end, you still want to use your weeks for what works best at that time and not try to chase the fee savings. While we want to try to "recoup" the $1995 enrollment fee as quickly as possible, getting the use we need out of our weeks is more important.
 

yumdrey

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If you bought your weeks from Marriott, enrollment fee is only $695, but if you purchased resale weeks, it's $1,495 for the first week and $1995 for multiple weeks.
 
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