Process for reserving a week at home resort and trading still the same?

[KathyPet]

Now that I am enrolled in DC points and have a new Interval account # is the process for trading into another Marriott still the same?

1. Reserve week at home resort on line at MVCI indicating I am using the week.
2. Once reservation # is obtained call II and deposit that week and request trade using either deposit first or request first

or do I call MVCI and they handle the entire thing???

 

[dioxide45]

The process is the same as before. You can have Marriott handle everything (as you could also do before), but that is not advisable.

 

[m61376]

If you are still dealing with week trades, then it's business as usual. The only time the process becomes internal is if you elect to trade for points.

 

[horseman]

When locking off, do you have to book the Lock-off and master suites as separate units (assuming you are doing it on-line) or can I book the entire 2 bedroom as one and then tell Marriott to exercise the lock-off option before depositing them separately to II?

Also, I always book to "occupy" even if I am planning to deposit to II. Then I call Marriott or II to deposit to II. If you book to deposit on the MVC site, it doesnt appear that you get to pick your week. A different screen comes up instead of the one with the calendar and the available days in green. Is this the general concensus for how this works? Do I have it right?

 

[m61376]

When locking off, do you have to book the Lock-off and master suites as separate units (assuming you are doing it on-line) or can I book the entire 2 bedroom as one and then tell Marriott to exercise the lock-off option before depositing them separately to II?

Also, I always book to "occupy" even if I am planning to deposit to II. Then I call Marriott or II to deposit to II. If you book to deposit on the MVC site, it doesnt appear that you get to pick your week. A different screen comes up instead of the one with the calendar and the available days in green. Is this the general concensus for how this works? Do I have it right?

If all the units at your resort are lock-offs then you can simply book he entire 2BR villa online and then call Marriott to exercise the lock-off option, get separate reservation numbers, and then deposit into II. You should always pick the week you want to deposit, or as you surmised Marriott will simply deposit a week for you, which likely will not be one of the higher TDI weeks.

At resorts where there are some dedicated 2BR's and some lock-offs, you need to reserve a lock-off from the get-go, or risk not being able to lock off later on.

 

[Gaff]

Horseman, I just went through that today with Marriott. I had booked 2 consecutive weeks at MGV and called today to 'excercise' my lock-off option and deposit all 4 units with II. Well, didn't the lovely little knave tell me that I would have to pay a $35 cancellation fee for each week!!! I informed him that I wasn't cancelling my week but exercising my lock-off and depositing. He then wanted to know why I didn't do it all at the time of the original booking. I told him that I have been doing it like this for 12 - 15yrs and never had to cancel my original booking before. He stated that he has been working at reservations for 10yrs and has always been charging the cancellation fee... I told him to kick me up the food chain and after a 5min wait he got back on the line and told me that his 'Super' said to waive the fees and that a notation would be made in my account that the fees would always be waived.. It is getting very scary working with the Marriott Empire ~ They seem to be trying to milk every penny they can out of their owners. I do not understand why they expect you to know exactly what your vacation plans will be 13months out. Good luck going forward but beware!!!!

 

[horseman]

Gaff, I assume that you are saying you book the same way I do: on line vs over the phone ( I can never get through over the phone) and that you sellect "book to occupy" rather than "exchange your villa", even though you intend to ultimately deposit to II. I have done this the last two years without incurring a fee when I lock-off and the deposit. If what your rep told you is true, then they are taking away an owners ability to secure the best trade value they can because if you chose "exchange your villa" they just give you whatever week they want to give you.


I will be trying to secure my master and lock -off later this month with the intention of depositing it to interval. I hope I dont run into the same situation you did and if so I'll be asking for them to "waive the fee" also.

Thanks

 

[KathyPet]

It only took one time of reserving on line and clicking the option to trade my villa for me to never choose that option again. I quickly discovered that if you choose that option Marriott will select whatever crappy week they want and assign it to you to trade. I always select Occupy my week now and once I have my reservation # I then call II and deposit the week

 

[NJMOM2]

It only took one time of reserving on line and clicking the option to trade my villa for me to never choose that option again. I quickly discovered that if you choose that option Marriott will select whatever crappy week they want and assign it to you to trade. I always select Occupy my week now and once I have my reservation # I then call II and deposit the week

One time I reserved a week to occupy. Then I deposited it in Interval. The original reservation number was cancelled and a new number was assigned to the Interval deposit for the same check in day. Another time I seleceted the options to select my own week to deposit to Interval. I was sent an email with the reservation number and a message stating that something like if you don't deposit the week in Interval by a certain time the reservation will be updated to user occupy. The reservation number and the check in date did not change when I deposited it in Interval.

I have never selected Marriott deposit to Interval - only on the phone before I knew to select the highest TDI.

 

[Gaff]

Horseman & Kathy Pet, I have always booked on the telephone ~ that way they can't say that it was my mistake (well maybe!!). As I said, of course you book your home resort for the best weeks possible, as soon as possible. Now it seems that Marriott is going to try to penalize us if all our vacation plans/vacation options aren't exercised at the same time. It just seems to be part of the grand 'DC' plan to me. The more unsatisfied they can make us with the current system the more likely the sheep will trott into the slaughterhouse ~ aka 'DC'.....

 

[horseman]

I believe I mis-spoke in my earlier post when I said you need to select "book to occupy my home resort" if you want to pick your Marriott week before you deposit to II.

This has worked for me in the past and then I have called Marriott to excercise the lock-off option and then deposit the separate units to interval. This incurrs a lockoff fee but I have never been charged a cancellation fee as Gaff describes above.

It appears that you can also pick your week to trade if you chose " Owner Deposit" under "Exchange your villa" If you do this you get the same calendar you see when you select "book to occupy" , showing the green highlighted dates for those weeks that are available. Not sure what happens next . I image that you get a confirmation email and then have to call II to actually deposit the week. Does anyone have any words of caution about using this approach? One thing I am unsure of is weather you can book your entire 2B and then call Marriott to excercise the lockoff or if you should just book the master suite first and then go back and book the lockoff unit - sort of doing and automatic lockoff . Dont really know if it works this way though.

Beware as Kathy Pet found out , that if you chose "Marriott Vacation Club Deposit " under "Exchange your Villa"., Marriott gets to pick the week for you, then deposit to II. Good deal for Marriott as they can use excess inventory from a low demand/low trade power week, but a bad deal for us.

 

[dioxide45]

I believe I mis-spoke in my earlier post when I said you need to select "book to occupy my home resort" if you want to pick your Marriott week before you deposit to II.

This has worked for me in the past and then I have called Marriott to excercise the lock-off option and then deposit the separate units to interval. This incurrs a lockoff fee but I have never been charged a cancellation fee as Gaff describes above.

It appears that you can also pick your week to trade if you chose " Owner Deposit" under "Exchange your villa" If you do this you get the same calendar you see when you select "book to occupy" , showing the green highlighted dates for those weeks that are available. Not sure what happens next . I image that you get a confirmation email and then have to call II to actually deposit the week. Does anyone have any words of caution about using this approach? One thing I am unsure of is weather you can book your entire 2B and then call Marriott to excercise the lockoff or if you should just book the master suite first and then go back and book the lockoff unit - sort of doing and automatic lockoff . Dont really know if it works this way though.

Beware as Kathy Pet found out , that if you chose "Marriott Vacation Club Deposit " under "Exchange your Villa"., Marriott gets to pick the week for you, then deposit to II. Good deal for Marriott as they can use excess inventory from a low demand/low trade power week, but a bad deal for us.

I would see no reason to use the Book to Deposit/Owner Deposit option. Easiest to just book to occupy and then call II to deposit. Perhaps the only thing they do differently is assign it a different confirmation number if you are booking to deposit vs. booking to occupy. It is just as easy to book to occupy and then deposit on your own. I don't even know why they have the Book to Deposit/Owner Deposit option, perhaps to just save a little bookkeeping?

 

[horseman]

I would see no reason to use the Book to Deposit/Owner Deposit option. Easiest to just book to occupy and then call II to deposit. Perhaps the only thing they do differently is assign it a different confirmation number if you are booking to deposit vs. booking to occupy. It is just as easy to book to occupy and then deposit on your own. I don't even know why they have the Book to Deposit/Owner Deposit option, perhaps to just save a little bookkeeping?

I agree, I dont see why they have the two options. But for either option, assuming you are booking the entire 2B villa, you would also need to call Marriott first if you wanted to lock- off prior to depositing to II. Correct?
The other option, I assume, is you could book the master suite and lock off as separate transactions.

 

[m61376]

I agree, I dont see why they have the two options. But for either option, assuming you are booking the entire 2B villa, you would also need to call Marriott first if you wanted to lock- off prior to depositing to II. Correct?
The other option, I assume, is you could book the master suite and lock off as separate transactions.

Yes.
The advantage of doing it by booking and locking off later is if you are reserving at a resort with all lock-offs, it is faster to just reserve the 2BR, esp. if you are booking a high demand week. If the resort has both lock-offs and non lock-offs, then you have to reserve a lock-off unit or you may not have that option later on.

btw- for resorts with both types of units- can owners reserve a lock-off unit but not exercise the lock-off option? I was just wondering how that actually worked, because I know when traveling with friends and even with family the extra features in a lock-off are sometimes preferable, even if you're using the whole 2BR unit. For example, I had friends who recently went to St. Kitts and one of their objections was that they didn't have the added privacy of a lock-off since they were with another couple, so I can see it is an issue for some people/circumstances.

 

[horseman]

Ok, I was confused for a bit and accidently took it out on my MVC rep. I just went on-line to try to secure my 2013 week for trade to II- trying to book March 16, 17 or 18 at Canyon Villas. I thought this was always a wednesday morning activity.

After checking on-line continually starting at 7:58 central time, no availability came up. I kept checking on-line and also got on the phone wait list. At 8:13 I got a MVC rep who told me there was no availability. After asking several times how all the rooms were booked in less than 13 minutes and never getting an answer other than "it happens all the time", I asked for a supervisor. After five minutes , the rep came back on the phone and said the inventory is not released until tomorrow as CV does not have Thursday check-ins.

...uh... oops.

Now it makes sense!...Tomorrow is the 16th and that is the first check-in date next year. Sorry MVC rep (I was kind of rude). I did in fact book on a wednesday morning last year because it corresponded to a friday morning this year. Darn Leap Year!

Oh well, practice is a good thing. I guess I'll try again tomorrow.

 

[horseman]

Just wanted to report that after my "practice " attempt on Wednesday, I was able to secure a high demand spring break/spring training week for March 16 2013 at Canyon Villas yesterday morning.

The only issue I had was when I called back later in the afternoon , after the morning rush, I was on hold for over 1/2 hour while the MVC rep locked off and deposited my weeks to interval.

Now lets see what I can get.

 

[m61376]

Just wanted to report that after my "practice " attempt on Wednesday, I was able to secure a high demand spring break/spring training week for March 16 2013 at Canyon Villas yesterday morning.

The only issue I had was when I called back later in the afternoon , after the morning rush, I was on hold for over 1/2 hour while the MVC rep locked off and deposited my weeks to interval.

Now lets see what I can get.

Glad it worked out! It is hard enough keeping track of days/dates with the different check-in days, but the leap year makes the mix more confusing, esp. since only a few weeks ago you would have had to call on Wed. morning.

 

[JimIg23]

If I joined the club, once you get your week you can deposit the week yourself into interval and a Marriott to Marriott trade is free just as long as you use your Marriott II number right?

 

[dioxide45]

If I joined the club, once you get your week you can deposit the week yourself into interval and a Marriott to Marriott trade is free just as long as you use your Marriott II number right?

As long as you are only request Marriott resorts. If you place a request that also includes a non Marriott resort, you will pay the full II exchange fee.

 

[Bill4728]

Please note if you're a DC member you have two choices on how to do an exchange;
- the old way reserve a week at your resort and deposit into II
OR
- You can give your week to the DC and get points then use those points to make II trades.

The big difference is if you own a non lock out 2 bd like me by depositing into the DC for pts I have a chance I might be able to get 2 exchanges from my one deposit BUT if you have a lockout you can lock-off and make 2 deposits in II which means you'll absolutely get 2 exchanges for you deposit.

Also with most marriott deposits in II you'll get enough trading power with the 1 bd to get a 2 bd in most exchanges and a 1 bd for you lock-off. Another plus.