Marriott week deposits

[loreenj]

Harbour Lake

It must have been Harbour Lake where I saw this difference between a regular two bedroom and a lockoff. This is from the review section for Harbour Lake.

"The newer buildings have lock-off units, whereas our unit was a dedicated two bedroom unit. I was actually much happier with the dedicated two bedroom because of the superior location and the fact that we would not have to use a fold-out couch for one of the kids.

The difference is that the studio lock-off has a queen bed and a sofa bed, plus a tiny kitchenette and table seating area, whereas our second bedroom had two queen beds. I’d rather not deal with folding and unfolding the sofa bed daily. I think overall the dedicated two bedrooms are a bit smaller than the two bedroom lock-offs, but the layout worked great for us. I heard that the two bedroom lock-offs still have the standard soaking tub in the master bedroom, but our unit had a shower only in the master bath."

To the PP: good luck with the Harbour Lake purchase. It really does look like a great place for kids. And thanks to everyone for all the advice. I'm still thinking it all through!

 

[shellbelle]

I just wanted to add that if you truly want to use your unit for trading, you may want to rething buying in Orlando at all. The area is very overbuilt with TS, and is an easy, easy trade in.

You can probably buy somewhere else you like to travel, and have even better trade power than an Orlando week would give you. And for less $, too. I find I can easily pull 2 bedrooms in any Orlando MVCI property or the Sheraton Vistana Villages (plus numerous other non-hotel-based properties) during the week the OP likes to travel (early Nov.) with just my silver or bronze Summit Watch/Mountainside studio.

Or, if you own somewhere else, you could always access getaways to Orlando in II during that timeframe and rent for far less than the cost of maintenance fees. Just something to think about and maybe save some (possibly a lot of) $.