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I tried to find the old thread on this topic and couldn't find it, even using a Google search.
Aside from our DVC exchanges, which are always very exciting, but rarely at times we would go (like May-September hot temperatures) I also love to get anything on Maui at Westin or Marriott during whale season.
Last year in March of 2024, I entered a search for Maui 2026 whale season, any 2 bedroom Marriott or Westin for the $164 exchange fee. This morning, I have a match for a 2 bedroom, 2/28-3/7, Marriott's Lahaina and Napili Villas, island view. This miraculously filled a blank space I had, when I was unable to get 2/28 at Westin Ka'anapali in our owned unit. I tried for 45 minutes to retrieve the one I supposedly had at the Reserve Now prompt. I did get 3/7 but couldn't get 2/28. At least I did get 3/7.
This is a great exchange. I didn't even need a 2 bedroom. $59 upgrade fee is worth it. Maybe our friends can join us that week.
Moral of this story is to always enter your ongoing searches two years out, if you can plan that far ahead. Sounds crazy, I know it does, but it works.
This exchange came through with my Shadow Ridge Villages 1 bedroom, February week. I honestly doubt I would have gotten this entering a search a week ago.
I tried to find the old thread on this topic and couldn't find it, even using a Google search.
Aside from our DVC exchanges, which are always very exciting, but rarely at times we would go (like May-September hot temperatures) I also love to get anything on Maui at Westin or Marriott during whale season.
Last year in March of 2024, I entered a search for Maui 2026 whale season, any 2 bedroom Marriott or Westin for the $164 exchange fee. This morning, I have a match for a 2 bedroom, 2/28-3/7, Marriott's Lahaina and Napili Villas, island view. This miraculously filled a blank space I had, when I was unable to get 2/28 at Westin Ka'anapali in our owned unit. I tried for 45 minutes to retrieve the one I supposedly had at the Reserve Now prompt. I did get 3/7 but couldn't get 2/28. At least I did get 3/7.
This is a great exchange. I didn't even need a 2 bedroom. $59 upgrade fee is worth it. Maybe our friends can join us that week.
Moral of this story is to always enter your ongoing searches two years out, if you can plan that far ahead. Sounds crazy, I know it does, but it works.
This exchange came through with my Shadow Ridge Villages 1 bedroom, February week. I honestly doubt I would have gotten this entering a search a week ago.
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