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March 2023 searches returning "Outside Booking Window"

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This is beyond frustrating. I tried, Marriott's Grand Chateau and a whole bunch of California MVC resorts for March 2023, yes, this month. MVC systems shows the search results, but it shows "Outside Booking Window" against the resort. I tried to cheat it by using April 2023. After clicking on the availability calendar, I did a back arrow to go to March, I get "Outside Booking Window" again.
 
Same here ! Just tried the two ways you described for a few Calif resorts and Boston.
As a data point, these unexpected "Outside Booking Window" (OBW) messages have occurred before over the past year I have been trying to look for availability.
 
I've seen this error pop up a number of times with various searches, for a while now. Sometimes, modifying the search parameters appears to help (add or delete resorts included in the search). Other times, it will clear up if re-searching later or the next day. I haven't tried switching to a different browser for this error, but it would be worth a try as I've noticed other errors behave differently, depending on the browser. Good luck!
 
This is a frequent occurrence. When it happens, the typical fix for me is to close out the browser completely, meaning not just the MVC site, but every tab on that browser and then open it back up and try again. If it still repeats, try a new browser, again, making sure it was first closed out and then reopen. This fixes the issue most of the time. If it does not, then the issue is typically on MVC's end.
 
I did all of that last night. The issue I believe was that their system was down for the "crossover" period of 12am Eastern time.
 
Sometimes it seems to work searching for an exact date. It shows you the whole calendar anyway. And sometimes it doesn’t.

And then sometimes it says an exact date is available and even shows a cost but when you click through there are no room types available.
 
I cannot reserve my weeks at all, even at 12 months. I was able to a few weeks ago, but it's no longer working for me. Checked my statement, $0 money due. This is frustrating.
 
Same issue here! Very frustrating.
 
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