Marriott 13 month advance booking?

[Ryes]

I read that if you own 2 weeks with Marriott you can book your home resort 13 months in advance, instead of 12 months...

I have 2 questions....

1. does this 13 month advance booking also apply if your 2 weeks are both from resales?

2. would 2 separate every other year EOY (both being EVEN years) for 1 resort (say maui) qualify as 2 weeks (on even years)... such that if i want to try to book in Maui, I would be able to reserve during an even year at 13 months,

 

[qlaval]

1.YES
2.YES but you need to book them concurrently or consecutively

 

[Dean]

They can be any two resorts even halfway around the world but they have to match up exactly including start date.

 

[Ryes]

are u sure about the 2 different resorts?

 

[Dean]

are u sure about the 2 different resorts?

100% certain. Be award that the sales staff over the years and even CS on occasion has given out incorrect information in this area. Trust me, I've done it and will again within the next month or so.

 

[Dave M]

Agreed.

If you own two weeks at (for example) Maui, you can call 13 months in advance to reserve consecutive or concurrent weeks only at Maui. However, if you own at two different resorts, you can call 13 months in advance to reserve consecutive or concurrent weeks at the resorts where you own, provided that you own in the seasons needed to reserve those consecutive or concurrent weeks.

 

[Ryes]

Agreed.

If you own two weeks at (for example) Maui, you can call 13 months in advance to reserve consecutive or concurrent weeks only at Maui. However, if you own at two different resorts, you can call 13 months in advance to reserve consecutive or concurrent weeks at the resorts where you own, provided that you own in the seasons needed to reserve those consecutive or concurrent weeks.

ok, so, u mean if i own 1 week in newport, and 1 week in maui, both for even years, then are you saying:

for 2008 i can call maui 13 months in advance and book 1 week in maui, and call newport 13 months in advance and book 1 week in newport (but how then would u ever book concurrent weeks when you can only be 1 place at a time!) ...and so that means i'd have to do it concurrently, so go directly from my week at maui to my week in newport ... so in order to use the 13 month feature I have to always book my holidays 2 weeks in a row even if different locations like this...

or do u mean that 13 months in advance i can call just maui and book 2 weeks in a row there, and completely forego newport (although I dont' think this is the case...i' d suspect i'd have to go through II for the newport week to do this...)

 

[Kazakie]

or do u mean that 13 months in advance i can call just maui and book 2 weeks in a row there, and completely forego newport (although I don't' think this is the case...i' d suspect i'd have to go through II for the newport week to do this...)

You can only book 13 months out at a resort you OWN.

Call 13 months out and book both weeks (so if they're consecutive, then the first week is 13 months out, and the second is 13 months and one week out.

So you can cal 13 months out and book one week in Maui and the following week in Newport, or vice versa (or two consecutive weeks in maui and a third in Newport)

 

[Dave M]

....for 2008 i can call maui 13 months in advance and book 1 week in maui, and call newport 13 months in advance and book 1 week in newport...

No. First, you don't call the resort to reserve your week. You call Marriott Owner Services - for all reservations. Second, assuming you are calling 13 months in advance, you must book both units in a single call. You will not be allowed to use the 13-month reservation procedure if you don't.

Example: Assume you own at Maui and Newport Coast and want consecutive weeks at each starting on July 6, 2008. You place a single phone call 13 months in advance - on June 6, 2007 - to reserve your Maui week starting July 6, 2008 and your Newport week starting July 13, 2008.

...and so that means i'd have to do it concurrently, so go directly from my week at maui to my week in newport....

That's correct. Or they could be for the same week (whether at the same or different resorts). Your friends or family could occupy the other unit.

So in order to use the 13 month feature I have to always book my holidays 2 weeks in a row even if different locations like this.

. Yes, for either the same week or for two weeks in a row.

...or do u mean that 13 months in advance i can call just maui and book 2 weeks in a row there, and completely forego newport (although I dont' think this is the case...i' d suspect i'd have to go through II for the newport week to do this...)

You can reserve time only where you own. Thus, you must own two weeks at Maui in order to reserve two weeks there. Yes, if you owned at Maui and Newport Coast, you would have to deposit the Newport week and request an exchange through II in order to have any hope of getting two weeks at Maui.

 

[Ryes]

thanks Dave. ok, after all these weeks of me asking these questions, it sounds like we will need to buy 2 every other year 2-bedrooms in Maui!

...gosh I hope that if we buy these on a resale we won't be excluded from the newer villas they are building there!

 

[Dean]

...gosh I hope that if we buy these on a resale we won't be excluded from the newer villas they are building there!

My understanding is the conversions and newer towers were technically different ownerships. You could only reserve and stay as an owner in the portion you own. As an exchanger, things would be a little less certain.

 

[m61376]

Just to clarify- if you buy, whether directly from Marriott or resale, you will only be able to make reservations for the property you purchased at. Since, as stated above, the original section and the new towers are considered different properties, ownership at one does not entitle you to reserving at the other. The only way an original MOC owner can stay at the newer towers is if they were to be successful on an exchange through II. For the next several years it is likely to be a rarity to see one of the new units deposited in II but after the resort is fully built and some of the novelty wears off hopefully we will see some owners looking to trade and making deposits.

Because of their newness finding a resale in the new towers will be difficult but, from what I understand, some have cropped up already. If you want 2 EOY units in the new towers it might be very hard to find now unless you decide to buy directly. However, the resale availibility will likely increase in the next year or two if you can wait.

 

[Dean]

100% certain. Be award that the sales staff over the years and even CS on occasion has given out incorrect information in this area. Trust me, I've done it and will again within the next month or so.

Just to add confirmation. Yesterday I called exactly 13 months from the THURSDAY check in of one of my resorts. It's a lockoff and my "trader" resort. So I locked it off and reserved the following. The studio there week week 25, the 1 BR week there week 26, a 2 BR at GO week 27, a 2 BR at Surfwatch week 27 and a 2 BR at GO week 28.

 

[divenski]

If you want 2 EOY units in the new towers it might be very hard to find now unless you decide to buy directly.

Is MVC even selling EOY units in the new towers? When I went to a sales presentation last June, I was told that all the new units were EY. I have two EOY units at Waiohai, and was ready to trade one of them in for a EOY in the new towers, but couldn't do it.

 

[Bob P]

This morning...
Set the atomic clock...
Called 8:59.40 EST
13 month out reservation request
Maui towers OF
6/21/08 - 7/5/08

"sorry, that time is no longer available"

 

[Dave M]

If you truly called at 8:59:40 EST (about 15 minutes before you posted), you were an hour late, since Marriott's phone lines opened at 9:00 EDT! (9:00 EST = 10:00 EDT)

 

[Bob P]

I called at 5:59:40 Pacific Time

 

[Dean]

This morning...
Set the atomic clock...
Called 8:59.40 EST
13 month out reservation request
Maui towers OF
6/21/08 - 7/5/08

"sorry, that time is no longer available"

I wonder if they took them yesterday even though they said they would wait until today.

 

[Bob P]

The rep said I did everything right, it's (just the luck of the draw) I can give it another shot next week and still have a chance at the July 4th. I'm going to cook a catered party for 300pp tonite, so I can pay my maint. fees at least! Chef Bob

 

[Dean]

The rep said I did everything right, it's (just the luck of the draw) I can give it another shot next week and still have a chance at the July 4th. I'm going to cook a catered party for 300pp tonite, so I can pay my maint. fees at least! Chef Bob

Maui seems to be the worst with all the year being platinum except 1 or two weeks that are platinum plus where I understand those owners can reserve in platinum time but not the reverse. There are some fixed weeks in the new towers, they don't come into play. As I understand it you actually have a number of groups competing within their own circle with the new and old towers plus the different views in the conversions. Marriott is pretty strict on giving you what you bought in terms of view type and the like. You also have another chance at 12 months out. I'd see what you can do next week then give it another try to change in at 12 months out from the first week you want.

 

[jlee2070]

If you truly called at 8:59:40 EST (about 15 minutes before you posted), you were an hour late, since Marriott's phone lines opened at 9:00 EDT! (9:00 EST = 10:00 EDT)

Not sure where this EST vs EDT came from but quoted from MVCI's website, no mention of Day Light Savings or not:

"For your convenience, you may contact Owner Services to request your 2006 reservation as early as 9 a.m. Eastern time 12 months* before the first check-in day** of your desired vacation week and request a reservation for arrival on any of that week’s check-in days."

 

[Dave M]

Where it came from is Bob's post, stating that he called at 8:59 this morning EST. It turns out that he meant 8:59 EDT. However, had he actually set his clock to EST, he would have been calling an hour later than Marriott's 9:00 starting time, since "Eastern time" for Marriott is currently EDT.

Although Bob got it right, there have been numerous reports here of people calling at the worng time because of confusion over the proper time to call, espacially when different time zones are involved.

 

[Dean]

Where it came from is Bob's post, stating that he called at 8:59 this morning EST. It turns out that he meant 8:59 EDT. However, had he actually set his clock to EST, he would have been calling an hour later than Marriott's 9:00 starting time, since "Eastern time" for Marriott is currently EDT.

Although Bob got it right, there have been numerous reports here of people calling at the worng time because of confusion over the proper time to call, espacially when different time zones are involved.

Some places don't observe DST. I now HI doesn't and seem to recall that AK doesn't either. And something in the back of my mind says that there are other areas, ? AZ.

 

[Bob P]

Set the atomic clock, again...
Call 5:59:45 PAC
recording asks for phone #
I screw up and enter a wrong digit..
hang up and try again

Sorry, we are experiencing unusually high call volume
please try again later.

I finally get through at 6:50 and make a 4th of July request..

Thank you Mr. P Here is your confirmation #, Have a nice day!

Life is good!!! Bob

 

[Dean]

Set the atomic clock, again...
Call 5:59:45 PAC
recording asks for phone #
I screw up and enter a wrong digit..
hang up and try again

Sorry, we are experiencing unusually high call volume
please try again later.

I finally get through at 6:50 and make a 4th of July request..

Thank you Mr. P Here is your confirmation #, Have a nice day!

Life is good!!! Bob

Congrats, glad it worked out.