Here are the panel participants for today's livestream at 4pm ET / 1PM PT. We hope to see you there!
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@StevenTing
Steven, from South Jordan Utah, is a Presidential level owner in the Marriott Vacation Club Destinations Program. Steven purchase his first week from Marriott in 2006 at Marriott's Grand Chateau in Las Vegas and added a week at Marriott's Ko'Olina in Hawaii. He has since added 1,000 points from Marriott and added an additional 1,000 points from resale to bring him to Presidential level status. He also acquired two resale fixed Maui Ocean Club weeks in 2018.
Steven is a "data guy", working to maximize the benefits of the program. By day, Steven is a relationship manager. He also teaches finance at the University of Utah and is a licensed real estate agent in the state of Utah. Over the course of his ownership in the Marriott program, Steven has married and now has three children to share wonderful vacation memories.
@vol_90
Sean is on assignment in Bangladesh though his future retirement spot is Lake Oconee Georgia. Sean is Chairman's level status in the Marriott Vacation Club Destinations program with 48,532 average annual points. He first purchased a week in Phuket Thailand in 2007 and now owns eleven Phuket Beach Club Platinum weeks and additional weeks at Marriott's Desert Springs Villas II and a Canyon Villas gold week, all enrolled. If that wasn't enough he also owns 6,500 Trust Points along with 3,000 Asia Pacific Points
He evacuated from Bangladesh on March 24th due to COVID-19 and is working from Marriott Ko'Olina Beach Club in Hawaii as an occupant of on of only five other villas that are occupied at the resort. Sean may also have a surprise guest with him during the stream.
@dansimms
Dan is from Bay Shore New York. A Chairman's level owner in the Marriott Vacation Club Destinations program by virtue of grandfathering the weeks equivalent of 13,300 destinations club points along with 2,500 Trust Points. He owns weeks at Marriott's Desert Springs Villas I, Marriott's Ocean Point, Marriott's Beach Place Towers and Marriott's Grand Chateau.
While he has stayed at 40 different properties in the Marriott system, he routinely visits; Ocean Pointe, Beachplace Towers, Lakeshore Reserve, Grand Chateau and the New York City Pulse properties. He has visited all of the Pulse locations with the exception of San Francisco.
@Mr. Vker
Todd is a resident of Baltimore Maryland and in his career work in the CAD IT World with government clients associated with NASA and the US NAVY. Todd travels a lot for business, almost exclusively with Marriott. He is a self proclaimed Marriott Bonvoy expert and an extensive user of trading through Interval International.
Owners at Marriott's Aruba Surf Club, Phuket Beach Club as well as a couple non Marriott weeks Todd's goal for all leisure travel is with the use of points for accommodations and points or miles for airfare. Eliminating all out of pocket cash expenses. He is able to work remote, thus can travel often. While he works in the room, his wife enjoys the resort.
@dioxide45
Jeremy currently lives in Jacksonville Florida. Originally from Canada but spent nearly twenty years living in southwest Ohio. He is an owner of two Marriott weeks; Marriott's Harbour Lake and Marriott's Grande Vista and has owned since 2007 and added the second week in 2009. Both weeks were enrolled in the Marriott Vacation Club Destinations program very early on.
Exchanging almost exclusively through Interval International, he has only used Destinations Club points once and has occasionally converted weeks to Marriott Bonvoy points. Jeremy is a big proponent of trading through Interval International and always gets great trades at fantastic Marriott resorts. His favorite resorts include Marriott's Grande Vista, Marriott's Ocean Pointe and any resort in Hawaii.
@csalter2
Carlito owns three properties with Marriott; Marriott's Ko'Olina, Marriott's Aruba Surf Club and Marriott's Ocean Pointe. Ko'Olina was purchased pre-construction in 2002. All weeks are enrolled in the Marriott Destinations Program and can be elected for points up to 13,475 points.
His first timeshare was with Epic Resorts, which was morphed into Diamond Resorts. That along with Marriott keeps him and his family in Hawaii about four to five weeks in summer which he takes full advantage of.
Carlito lives in Southern California and Houston during the year and stays close to whichever home gives him the best value for airfare before travel He is looking forward to even more flexibility after retirement.
