First of all, I'm not complaining about Interval. I have had great trades with Interval but I need help understanding what just happened.
In June 2008, I placed an ongoing request for Marriott Newport Coast for the last week of March 2009 using a Colorado red ski week. I knew this would be a difficult trade because it's spring break week. Almost immediately I started getting calls from Interval telling me it's a difficult trade and would I accept something else. I kept saying no, I wanted to give it more time to try to match. In early November, I gave up and rented a 2 bedroom from an owner at another southern California resort.
Now today, Novemeber 24th, all kinds of weeks from Jan - March, including the week I wanted, are showing up on the sightings board. And I can pull the week I wanted.
We go to southern California every year for spring break and we'd really like to stay at Marriott Newport Coast so I'm trying to figure out how to trade into the resort. If I know the resort space banks 4 months out from the date I want, I'll wait longer before giving up and renting!!
PS: We changed our ongoing request for Cancun and got a 2 bedroom at the Royal Mayan for the first week of June so we got a great trade anyway. And we like the southern California resort we're renting from another TUGger, so we're still happy timeshare owners.
TIA
In June 2008, I placed an ongoing request for Marriott Newport Coast for the last week of March 2009 using a Colorado red ski week. I knew this would be a difficult trade because it's spring break week. Almost immediately I started getting calls from Interval telling me it's a difficult trade and would I accept something else. I kept saying no, I wanted to give it more time to try to match. In early November, I gave up and rented a 2 bedroom from an owner at another southern California resort.
Now today, Novemeber 24th, all kinds of weeks from Jan - March, including the week I wanted, are showing up on the sightings board. And I can pull the week I wanted.
We go to southern California every year for spring break and we'd really like to stay at Marriott Newport Coast so I'm trying to figure out how to trade into the resort. If I know the resort space banks 4 months out from the date I want, I'll wait longer before giving up and renting!!
PS: We changed our ongoing request for Cancun and got a 2 bedroom at the Royal Mayan for the first week of June so we got a great trade anyway. And we like the southern California resort we're renting from another TUGger, so we're still happy timeshare owners.
TIA