List your GREAT Timeshare exchanges here. [2009 and forward]

[Sthack]

Exchange into Westin Lagunamar - Cancun!

In December 2012, I set up an ongoing request exchanging my 2BR Sheraton Vistana Fountains II that I deposit with II and just received a confirmation for a 2BR at the Westin Lagunamar Ocean Resort in Cancun for July 2014. We're so excited about this exchange!!

 

[lgreenspan]

2 weeks in Cabo

Picked up 2 weeks in Cabo for my daughters wedding gift in May 2014. 1st week at Playa Grande 1 bedroom and 2nd week at Pueblo Bonito Sunset 1 bedroom. Should be a great honeymoon trip for them.

 

[gandalf252002]

Scored a 2014 2 bedroom summer unit at Club Cranberry in Collingwood with a Waterwood Townhouses President`s Day Week.

 

[klpca]

Hyatt Main Street Station

I just booked a studio unit at Hyatt Main Street Station for the third week in September via DAE. This unit was just sitting in their bonus week inventory - for $249. It works perfectly for my daughter who is on a road trip through the west. She's super excited and so am I!

 

[presley]

I got a one bedroom FSA for 1250 Shell points. Supposedly ongoing searches won't match for flexchange, but mine did.

 

[tashamen]

Just booked a 2BR at Marriott Lakeshore Reserve for next Memorial Day week in May 2014 using an AC for a cost of $358. There have been lots of units at other Orlando Marriotts available for that week online in II for quite some time, and I almost took one at Royal Palms but really wanted Lakeshore, and this morning it popped up. (I could also have put in an ongoing request with this AC but wasn't sure if it would let me put in just one resort and one week so I didn't try.)

 

[Beefnot]

Just booked a 2BR at Marriott Lakeshore Reserve for next Memorial Day week in May 2014 using an AC for a cost of $358. There have been lots of units at other Orlando Marriotts available for that week online in II for quite some time, and I almost took one at Royal Palms but really wanted Lakeshore, and this morning it popped up. (I could also have put in an ongoing request with this AC but wasn't sure if it would let me put in just one resort and one week so I didn't try.)

Wow, nice. No need to trade in to Orlando when one has an AC.

 

[DaveHenry]

Brewster Green 3BR, Cape Cod, Mid-August 2015

I saw it sitting in inventory on RCI.

 

[channimal]

I saw it sitting in inventory on RCI.

that's a good find

 

[tschwa2]

2 br Royal Islander Cancun through II for week 25. The unit is listed at an ocean front on the third floor of building one. I used a one bedroom gold plus sheraton broadway plantation unit. Since it is not currently mandatory AI, the resort should not require it even if they switch as they did for their other properties.

I like the uptrades in II but I miss the super nice views and have my fingers crossed that I will get the unit listed.

 

[wptamo]

My last and hopefully best trade in July was for a one bedroom at The Crane in Barbados for Spring 2015.
I used RCI points and snagged it at midnight exactly 10 months out.

 

[DaveHenry]

Royal Regency (Paris) October 2015

Got a 1BR at the Royal Regency for October 3rd, 2015. I saw it two days ago online and delayed grabbing while I researched it. Someone else took it, but they must have released it. I saw it again online this morning and reserved it.
It was 44 TPU.
According to the reviews, the commute into the tourist areas of Paris is pretty reasonable.

 

[tarahsu]

2013 Trades



Sheraton Desert Oasis (ODD) Small villa
Traded to: Marriott Phuket Beach Club, Thailand
May 31 to June 7, 2013
2 Bedroom

Sheraton Desert Oasis (Annual) Small Villa
Traded to: Westin Kaanapali Ocean Resorts
Sept 6 -13, 2013
2 Bedroom

 

[DaveHenry]

Great Trades!

Sheraton Desert Oasis (ODD) Small villa
Traded to: Marriott Phuket Beach Club, Thailand
May 31 to June 7, 2013
2 Bedroom

Sheraton Desert Oasis (Annual) Small Villa
Traded to: Westin Kaanapali Ocean Resorts
Sept 6 -13, 2013
2 Bedroom

Great trades! Have fun!

 

[#1 Cowboys Fan]

Traded 2BR Vacationland Estates (ME) week 46
for
Marriott Grande Vista 3BR Feb 1st

Pat

 

[s1b000]

I just caught a 2 bedroom at FSA for next week with a 1bedroom SDO. This is my first trade so I am happy:whoopie:

 

[Ridewithme38]

This may not be a comparable 'great exchange' for you guys, it's not Hawaii or the Caribbean. But for my primary travel concerns(Driving distance, 8yr old will enjoy) it's really great.

On 11/20/2013 i was able to trade for:

Smugglers' Notch Resort (#0300)
Unit Type: 2 Bedrooms
Unit Number: SY-5 (according to RCI)
Date: 06/29/2014 - 7/06/2014
(Fourth Of July Holiday)
Trading Power Used: 21 (Only cost one side of my 2br Lock-off in Williamsburg)

My other trade for 2014 isn't so great:

Woodstone at Massanutten (#5711)
Unit Type: 2 Bedrooms
Unit Number: 53-Y (according to RCI)
Date: 02/15/2014 - 2/22/2014
(Presidents Week/Winter Recess at Daughter school)
Trading Power Used: 9

 

[Seaport104]

Aruba Ocean Club week before Memorial Day

OMG! My ongoing request went through! I am booked in a 1 bedroom for May 2014.

Used a Suites for Hershey summer week

 

[Chrispee]

I just lucked out and did an instant online trade through II for the Marriott Waiohai in Poipu next December using the studio from my Marriott Willow Ridge (platinum).

 

[Saintsfanfl]

I snagged a 1BR Ocean Front suite at Marriott's Ocean Pointe this morning for Memorial Day week using an AC.

It's for an employee in need of a vacation. Life is good

 

[momeason]

Marriott's Custom House on May 30. I am psyched!!

 

[dioxide45]

Marriott's Custom House on May 30. I am psyched!!

Glad that you liked Custom House. We scored a June 2015 trade. Will be looking for some tips early next year on Boston.

 

[DaveHenry]

August 8th 2BR Club Ocean Villas II in Ocean City, MD

On RCI I just picked up a 2BR unit at Club Ocean Villas in Ocean City, MD for August 8-15 of this year.
Due to the late timing, I got in cheap -- only 18 TPUs.:whoopie:

 

[lilpooh108]

Picked up a Large 1BR SDO Plat unit on Ebay a few months ago. Joined II on 7/9 and confirmed a 1BR FSA today for exactly the week my husband has off prior to Christmas (week 50). We don't mind the cold weather, and we were looking to do SD Zoo/Wild Animal Park this year anway I did lose tons of sleep the last 9 days of my life checking II obsessively but it was worth it.

 

[DaveHenry]

2BR Acadia Village for mid-July 2016

Close to Acadia National Park.
Interval International.