I thought I was pretty savvy and very creative about successfully trading into MMO and MM1, spending hours trolling Interval for new inventory, so far have only been able to string together 3 weeks. You are my new role model.
We shall see if walking along the beach, enjoying the pool, and eating in our room, going for a drive, or the currently few restaurants that are open, is enough. Could we have our fill after 4-5 weeks? We are typically here for only 1 week, although already day 12 of quarantine, so once free we may have our fill after 2 weeks After quarantine and go home? Probably not, but Keeping things flexible. Although we have flights booked to go home end of weeks 4, 5, 6 & 7. Using mostly frequent flyer miles so can cancel without any penalty and miles simply go back into account.
Thanks for the suggestion. We’ve been coming to Maui annually for over 25 years, but now that we really have time (up to 5 weeks), we may really check driving out all over. Although car rental really adds up at $185/week for up to 5 weeks! Will check out uber/lyft this weekend and then rent a car not at airport starting Monday if we choose to rent a car. For that matter, everything adds up for 7 weeks. Even Daily occupancy tax for this 2 bedroom is $21.25 per day - or $1,041.25 for 49 nights.
Maybe we will choose the 40k free night, but with the points increases, hard to use. But with rolllver SNAs, we certainly don’t need 20 SNAs for next year.
You are the new Monet !! A study in light. I'm enjoying
So what I'm hearing is that inventory/opportunities pop up and disappear quickly, and so once the window is reached when you can request something you need to start checking multiple times a day. Is that a fair assessment?
I didn’t request (OGS) anything. I checked daily, and once inventory showed up, it was there for 1-2 days. But this is during a pandemic. I certainly don’t claim to be any expert. Normally, when inventory shows up, it does disappear quickly. I’m not usually up that early in the morning when the inventory typically shows up.
And just to add a bit more as someone who has used II very successfully for more than 10 years-
Couldn't have said it better myself. It's amazing what you can get by continuously searching II on a daily basis. Okay, let me not kid anyone...I bypass persistence and go straight to obsession. When we're in vacation hunting mode (and even when we're not), I obsessively & incessantly check II during my waking hours. As @Pamplemousse points out, OGS can assist in your search. We've yet put in an OGS since obsessive searching has yielded resorts/dates we desired. And ever since II implemented e-plus, we've purchased it for every exchange, even when we "knew" we weren't going to change plans.
We love the Shaka app (Gypsy is another app many like). We've used Shaka for Maui, Oahu, Kauai, and BI. It gets my highest recommendation! You won't regret it...as a matter of fact, you'll grow in your knowledge of Hawaiian history and culture, and you'll see several things you probably wouldn't have found on your own. It's worth every penny IMO.
Just log onto II, click the community tab and then chose general discussion and video tutorials
You arrived on 6/6 so a 14 day quarantine should end on 6/20, one minute after your aircraft touched down on the runway. I'd head down to the front desk and ask for a fully operational key wristband at that time.