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Owners of 3 bedroom Grand Chateau, Las Vegas - Did you notice?

To really be sure if it makes a difference, wouldn't it be best to have a 2BR and a 3BR unit coordinate a trade test, each using their 1BR side? Of course, if there are any owners of both size units they would be the ideal testers.
 
myip said:
Here is the result. I search with my 1 bedroom full kitchen

Westin Mission Hills Resort Villas • WMH
Rancho Mirage, CA, USA
Resort Details & Photos
Jan 02 2009 - Jan 09 2009 1 4 4
Jan 02 2009 - Jan 09 2009 1 4 4
Jan 02 2009 - Jan 09 2009 2 8 8
Jan 03 2009 - Jan 10 2009 1 4 4
Jan 03 2009 - Jan 10 2009 1 4 4
Jan 03 2009 - Jan 10 2009 2 8 8


For the limited Kitchen I see:

Westin Mission Hills Resort Villas • WMH
Rancho Mirage, CA, USA
Resort Details & Photos
Jan 02 2009 - Jan 09 2009 1 4 4
Jan 02 2009 - Jan 09 2009 1 4 4
Jan 03 2009 - Jan 10 2009 1 4 4
Jan 03 2009 - Jan 10 2009 1 4 4

As you see, in full kitchen, you can see 2 bedroom.
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Thank you, myip, for performing the above searches. Using your example, one can see that there is clearly a difference when searching with a full kitchen vs. a limited kitchen. Out of curiosity, using the full kitchen search and then the limited kitchen search, are you able to differentiate whether the one bedroom matches are full kitchens or limited kitchens?
 
ral said:
Thank you, myip, for performing the above searches. Using your example, one can see that there is clearly a difference when searching with a full kitchen vs. a limited kitchen. Out of curiosity, using the full kitchen search and then the limited kitchen search, are you able to differentiate whether the one bedroom matches are full kitchens or limited kitchens?
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Yes. the limited kitchen can see both the 1 bedroom full Kitchen and 1 bedroom limited kitchen. It just not able to see 2 bedroom unit.
 
Has anyone contacted either Marriott Grand Chateau or Interval International about this situation? If so, what reponse did you receive? I have been in contact with them, but have not received any further information.
 
We have spoken with our sales rep at Grand Chateau, just this past Monday, he is pursuing the question. When he gets back to us, if anything of substance, we'll post it. We think it is important to keep after this issue - it really does have an impact on our use of the one bedroom portion.
 
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MGC--Full Kitchen 1BR

For what it's worth: Just locked off my 3 br at MGC yesterday. I noticed today that II is carrying the 1 br as a full kitchen listed under the "my history" section. Perhaps the problem has been solved by Tuggers calling it to their attention. I also asked the Marriott rep about it and she hadn't heard about the problem. She didn't think that the LK would cause a trading problem because of the excellent location of MGC. She also said that MGC was in high demand based on what comes across her desk. She mentioned that she visited MGC about three months ago.
 
I'll have to take a look at my I.I. account. I locked off and deposited my 1 bedroom unit a couple of days ago and it was still listed as a LK. I used the I.I. link in the confirmation E-mail they sent me to question why it was an LK when it had a full size refigerator, full stove, microwave oven and dishwasher when the one bedroom I had a Westin's Kierland Villa's had all of this EXCEPT for a stove and was still listed as a full kitchen.
 
Just checked. My deposit is now listed as a K instead of an LK.

Personally I was waiting for the excuse that the unit didn't have a blender. It seems to me that would be something that could be rectified with very little effort or money. That 12 speed Hamilton Beach blender counldn't cost that much to put in those units. Maybe Marriott agreed to put them in if that was I.I.'s issue coming back from the comment cards.
 
Back to "K"

We just received this morning an email from our sales rep at Grand Chateau, that all has been changed back to full kitchen. We checked and ours is good!
 
I just finished with the owners forum at MGC and asked what was going on. This apparently was a decision made by MGC management to distinguish the difference between the LO one bedroom of the 3 bedroom unit and the other 1 bedroom units available. They had a conference call this morning with I.I. and the designation was changed back to K from LK.

I guess they'll have to come up with some other way to distinguish this unit from the others.

I also asked about confirming into a specific unit designation (Some units can be distinguished if you know the room layouts/sleeping arrangements/amenities) and the answer was you will get the style unit style in your exchange. IOW, if you accept a 1 bedroom at MGC that lists a bathtub/shower combination rather than a bathtub and seperate shower, you know that you'll be put into the 1 bedroom LO of the 3 bedroom unit instead of one of the other 1 bedroom units.

Another distinguishing charachteristic of the 1 bedroom LO of the 3 bedroom unit, at least at this time, is that the 1 bedroom LO of the 3 bedroom unit does not have a plasma screen TV.
 
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