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Marriott - View from the Balcony

Is it hard to trade into the Ritz St. Thomas? We have NCV to trade.
I don't think you can trade in with II. People staying there are using Club Points.
 
Ritz-Carlton St Thomas 2204 (5 night reservation through Abound, so the view isn't the best) Front Balcony:
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Back balcony (end units have balconies in the back; the balconies for the second floor units are much larger than third floor and up):
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Beach at Ritz-Carlton St Thomas(they are running free shuttles to Secret Harbor & Megan's Bay due to sargassum):
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Seaweed is awful. You all probably wouldn’t want to come here and compete with me for reservations…!
 
Beach at Ritz-Carlton St Thomas(they are running free shuttles to Secret Harbor & Megan's Bay due to sargassum):
Seaweed is awful. You all probably wouldn’t want to come here and compete with me for reservations…!
What a difference a couple months makes. Was there in Feb, and there was very little then. Your first pic is crazy.
 
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We were here last week as well, the sargassum rolled in just a few days ago. They have about half of the barrier in place; we saw a large section on the bottom while snorkeling that they evidently need to replace. There’s just a bunch of it coming in now.
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Given the southward direction of that beach and also the protection from the peninsula that the Westin sits atop, I would suspect sargassum isn't much of an issue at Frenchman's Cove.
 
Miami Doral building 5, 2nd floor corner unit.
 

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Best view we've ever had on an Interval Exchange. Mountainside studio traded for Maui Ocean Club 2BR Oceanfront. 6th Floor, Lanai Bldg. The sound of the pounding surf rocking me to sleep.

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Nice work! What season at mountainside did you trade (platinum/gold etc)?





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