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We have to stop meeting like this.
I think that his intent is not to ask for your expertise, it's just to rattle your cage for the sake of being annoying to you.
But you own Marriott and are very familiar with Marriott and how they work inventory. I was told at my last owners update that the inventory for Vistana Network, Abound, Legacy weeks, and all Trust inventory is being handled by one consolidated team in Utah now.We have to stop meeting like this.
Seriously, please stop tagging me to try to prove whatever point it is you're trying to prove about Vistana availability anywhere. I don't own Vistana. I don't have access to Vistana governing docs and whatever little knowledge I have of Vistana is from the good people on TUG who are educating me, and I'm the first to say that my retained Vistana info couldn't be any more basic than it is.
When Abound became a thing for Vistana owners/members I started participating in the forum to provide some compare/contrast direction based on how Abound (formerly Destination Club) has worked over the last ten years for Marriott owners/members. Looking to me for any other Vistana expertise is like looking to Larry Bird for batting tips - it'd be a waste of time and would probably just piss him off.
Some direction from the FAQ linked in my signature:
Thanks for the heads up. I booked at 4pm. I love the way everyone on this site looks out for each other.
The website interface for Vistana members using Abound appears to be based on the same platform, with several menu's and options stripped out. I think they attempted to whittle down what we see through the "Vistana Abound Portal" (for lack of a better term) to only those parts of the MVC website relevant to us. In the process though, I think they stripped out some of the more useful FAQ type resources. See below two secreenshots showing the only menus available in the "Vistana Abound Portal". You'll see that we are dropped directly into the "Book with Points" search and have very few other resources/options.The above applies to Marriott owners/members using purchased Abound Trust Points and/or Abound Exchange Points from enrolled/elected Marriott Weeks. I would guess that if the website interface for Vistana owners/members is the same as for Marriott owners/members, which I gather it's at least very similar from what I read here, then similar rules should be in play and the same or similar links should be available to you. Whether they are or not, though, I would say that the best way you all can learn your basics is through experience using Abound, the same way we Marriott people had to learn. Don't take for granted that the rules we live by are the same for you.
[ETA] What is it, an hour later and I just learned that the info in the FAQ is outdated because Marriott is disabling some links. GRRRRRRRR. Check out this post for the working directions.
I think it's always been a 14 night max during the 12 to 8 month home resort priority where you are using home options and then at 8 months it goes to 21 night max when everything opens up to VSN reservations made with star options.
Do you own a week at WLR or are you using Westin Aventuras?
That's definitely not true. They can only book 12 months out and only if WLR owners have elected their weeks for abound
We own Westin Aventuras. I could see plenty of Los Cabos as far out as Jan 2024.
Even then, VSE has always preached your home resort (or group, with Flex and Aventuras) has reservations for "home resort owners only" from 12 months until 8 months out.
I think the issue here is just the limited inventory in Aventuras at Lagunamar. I read something like 25% of the resort is in Aventuras. But realize also that most of the Aventuras sold is probably from inventory conveyed at Los Cabos, which 100% of is in Aventuras. So you have a lot of people trying to book limited inventory.
Great, good thing we "upgraded" our S/O's @ WLR to Westin Aventuras. I guess I need to just forget about that and be happy we were able to requalify 2 resales with that "upgrade".
