Is this a new rule that you can't reserve week 51 or week 52 at Sheraton Mountain Vista? I called and they told me it is an event week. I thought I reserved the week previously year but cancel it because I want to go somewhere else....
I inquired about this property recently and was told that 'some' fixed weeks 51 & 52 were sold. There may be a date that after which the units, floating and fixed, were separated.
Terry
Your condo documents will describe weeks 51 and 52 as event weeks which are obtainable only for those owners that have paid the price for those weeks. Owners paid a considerable amount more for these weeks.....
I don't know anything about SMV - but aren't weeks 51 and 52 usually events weeks?
An issue comes up, however, if an event week owner wants to book a different week. (What if they just can't go over New Years one year?). If they cancel their reservation, there's nothing in the documents that treats that any differently than any other cancellation. Normally I would be able to wait list for a cancelled week if it's in my season. However, Starwood says this is not permitted for these event weeks.
What is Starwood going to do with the cancellations and why is this being treated differently than other weeks?
If you have the documents on PDF, try doing a search for "EVENT WEEKS". I do not have a copy, and I do not recall seeing them for SMV (in over two years anyway); however, there should be some verbiage there.
The OP and I are well aware of what an event week is. We're questioning what happens in the rare event that a holder of an event week decides not to use it.
Hey Starwood: myip is a 5* owner. I think allowing 5* owners to exchange into event weeks would be a great, cheap perq of spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to become an elite owner. Every once in awhile, you really should throw them a bone.
James, your replies aren't making any sense to me. They would be just right if you were responding to an original post along the lines of "Starwood says I can't book week 51 because it's an event week. What's that?"
The OP and I are well aware of what an event week is. We're questioning what happens in the rare event that a holder of an event week decides not to use it.