Thanks, jme, for pointing out that Grande Ocean Good season weeks include the first two weeks in June. Monarch’s Sport season also includes the first two weeks in June. The two weeks in June, oceanfront locations and access to Sea Pines are the reasons the only Marriott resorts we own on Hilton Head are Gold (Sport for Monarch) weeks. When Marriott assigned points values for the Destination Club Points program, the points required for those two weeks in June are the same as Platinum weeks. Our Monarch Sport weeks are eligible for enrollment but we have no incentive to pay 25% additional in points for the two June weeks at Monarch.
Agree.
That's why my contention has always been that owning a deeded week (bought resale) for the
high-end season weeks at the best resorts
is the only way to go, if that's the kind of experiences you wish to have for your family. It's what we have done for 22 years.
Believe me, it's been a great thing, and continues to be so. We occupy, rent out, trade with Interval,
(and only relevant to us because the weeks are "enrolled", we trade for DC points occasionally if needed for off-season weeks).
(See
NOTE * at bottom of this post)
When trust point owners use Destination Points to book those weeks, they are paying a heavy price.
Using 4000, 5000, 6000+, and more DC points for a week's stay is brutal given the upfront price and maintenance fee for that many points.
As an example, per
MVC points chart:
Monarch- 7 days, June 5-12, 2021 oceanfront unit = 4500 pts.
Grande Ocean- 7 days, June 5-12, 2021 oceanfront unit = 4500 pts.
Maui Ocean Club- 7 days, June 5-12, 2021 oceanview unit = 6700 pts.......and oceanfront unit = 7450 pts.
If buying Trust Points:
Assuming $5.00 per point resale (could vary widely depending on deal), buying 6000 points, according to Steven Ting's resale points calculator,
you'd pay about $50,000 up front.
Annual Maintenance fee is $0.608 per point = $3648
A Gold season,
oceanfront unit deeded week resale at Grande Ocean can be purchased for $7000-$17000.
SEE LISTINGS:
Concierge Realty as an example...they are honest and top notch brokers. THERE ARE SOME AMAZING PRICES.
https://www.conciergerealty.com/sal...week=&sales_price_value=&sales_price_value_1=
Bottom line, for $50,000 you could purchase
7 weeks at Grande Ocean, rent a few out to offset the current $1559 annual maintenance fee.
$10,913 = annual MF on 7 weeks.
Occupy 3 weeks and
RENT OUT 4 weeks @ $2500 per week
(Range for Gold OF in my own history is ALWAYS $2800-3000, but I'm using a bottom-range fee of $2500 for sake of illustration.)
That means you have $10,913 - #10,000 = $913 owed. That is equivalent to 3 FREE vacation weeks.
So, if you have $50,000 to spend, do it this way. Of course you can vary what you do each year.
NOTE*.........if you want to use points, since you won't be able to enroll your weeks for points,
(and you hopefully won't purchase DC points)
RENT THE DC POINTS from a points owner @ 55-65 cents per point. It's easy and the "known" people are very trustworthy.
That means NO up-front purchase price and NO annual maintenance fee for points.
Now is the best time in a long while for buying resale weeks....if I didn't already have 10 Marriott weeks
I would do it again, but we have all we need. 
