I just came back from the Kierland. We signed the paperwork for a platinum one bedroom and am now deciding whether to pull out. They tout the 3 benefits of their program: (i) trading within II; (ii) the 15 current villas and "2-3 being added every year"; and (iii) conversion to Starpoints for hotel stays.
From reading some postings, it seems impossible to get nice II properties during popular times (even with planning ahead). Is that true? How about the properties within the Starwood Network? I have school age kids, so I want to go to the prime spots during prime time, i.e., Mexico in Winter, Spring break at Harborside, etc. If you plan eight months out, can you get these, or am I stuck going to my home spot every year? I bought the timeshare to visit other places, not go the same place every year at this point in my life. Finally, for me, I guess the Starpoints is a good thing because I would want to stay at hotels sometimes. However, they neglected to tell my that you can only convert the points every other year on a one bedroom.
I'm not interested in resale, because I want to be able to stay everywhere within the SVN network, and I like the hotel point conversion option for years where I may not take the vacation.
Given what I think will be the difficulty in trading into other Starwood locations during prime season, I'm leaning toward cancelling our transaction. I would love some advice from you experts out there. Thanks!!!
From reading some postings, it seems impossible to get nice II properties during popular times (even with planning ahead). Is that true? How about the properties within the Starwood Network? I have school age kids, so I want to go to the prime spots during prime time, i.e., Mexico in Winter, Spring break at Harborside, etc. If you plan eight months out, can you get these, or am I stuck going to my home spot every year? I bought the timeshare to visit other places, not go the same place every year at this point in my life. Finally, for me, I guess the Starpoints is a good thing because I would want to stay at hotels sometimes. However, they neglected to tell my that you can only convert the points every other year on a one bedroom.
I'm not interested in resale, because I want to be able to stay everywhere within the SVN network, and I like the hotel point conversion option for years where I may not take the vacation.
Given what I think will be the difficulty in trading into other Starwood locations during prime season, I'm leaning toward cancelling our transaction. I would love some advice from you experts out there. Thanks!!!
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