I am a points owner, however I rented from redweek. This person is a high level owner, so I am hoping I will not get canceled. I will probably call in a day or two.
Its a gulf side. So I could be on the list. I wish they would not have waited to so long. I'll probably lose thousands of dollars in rent if they do cancel.
looks like I will have 4800 points expiring this year. So I understand about losing money
They give you the notice. Then tell you to call somebody else about getting help. The next guy says "he told you I can help?" I feel sorry for the people making the call. They know how screwed you are and there is nothing that can be done. At least I can change my plane reservations. But where too is the question. I am a walking example of why people should have travel insurance in Hurricane country.
That is disappointing and surprising. I would have thought the new building would have been built with better standards that would reduce major storm damage. I am curious whether the gulf front units units in the old building were damaged.
With the devastation along the coast. I am sure anybody capable of performing work in the trades is working as many hours a week as they want.
My brother rented a 2BR condo in the area for $200 per night for 10/15-22 when we were supposed to be at Crystal Shores. You may want to check rentals in the area if you don't have insurance. I'll ask him how he found the rental. It wasn't on the beach, but was close.
Thanks for the offer. I am finding rentals on VRBO that are not far from beach for a reasonable nightly rate. So there are alternatives in Crystal Shores. Certainly will not be the same, but may work.
Once the Timeshare component of Marriott became an NYSE listed company, it became a money driven entity. It is all about generating greater profits each quarter. Keep up the bonuses, big buck CEO's and the like. It is why they will not slow down and invest in a new database/software system. It would probably cost 50 million to have a bullet proof website. What CEO wants to be the one to take the hit to quarterly earnings, quarterly bonuses, stock option earnings. It is how life works and I knew I should have bought travel insurance when Ian was being plotted on weather charts. I took the risk and lost.
What a Cluster F of major proportions. I am working my way up the food chain at Marriott to talk with someone that does more than just stall me. The Marriott system has NO units available anywhere in Floridia for Thanksgiving. I had no luck in my discussions with Marriott. Going to VRBO and booking a new location. I will be getting travel insurance with the points that will be expiring.
Is it best to call Crystal shores or MVCI or Marriott. Which entity will give the best info. I am not familiar with the text line.
Yes, we got three different answers on the status of our reservations - unfortunately we went by the first answer that our reservations were going to be honored and finalized plans. After that we got different answers. Then the latest fiasco where we changed our check in date by two days and the screw up by Marriott's Owners Services. We are working with the owners services supervisor who seems to have made no progress in reinstating the nights they mistakenly removed and now corporate. The whole experience has really soured us. The storm issues are understandable, but using that as an excuse for poor communication/lack of transparency and significant mistakes is not acceptable.