Purchase of Westin Lagunamar Secondary Market

[crazytravelmom]

Thinking of purchasing a week at Lagunamar on the secondary market. I’m very familiar with how secondary market purchases work with Marriott but am curious how they work with Westin and Star Options. I know they are both owned by Marriott but are the same restrictions in place? For example can we deposit in Interval, trade into other Westin resorts, or are we just able to book at the resort we purchase?

 

[jabberwocky]

Thinking of purchasing a week at Lagunamar on the secondary market. I’m very familiar with how secondary market purchases work with Marriott but am curious how they work with Westin and Star Options. I know they are both owned by Marriott but are the same restrictions in place? For example can we deposit in Interval, trade into other Westin resorts, or are we just able to book at the resort we purchase?

You won’t get the StarOptions with a resale purchase at this resort. You can put it into an II account (need to subscribe separately) if you want to trade into other resorts.

Vistana does have an option to “retro” in a resale purchase if you buy a minimum amount ($10k) from them. Doing a retro transaction would make your resale fully eligible for StarOptions and Abound (essentially treats it as if you purchased from the developer).

I think the smallest package they would sell at Lagunamar is 44k points at around $0.26/point (this pricing was from 2024).

 

[dioxide45]

I understand that all closings at Lagunamar have to go through a title company that handles the trust that is setup for ownership there. Perhaps someone who has purchased resale Lagunamar can come along and provide some advice.