If you own a 2br lockoff odd year use and want to lock it off to use two weeks, can you spread that use over two years or is the usage only allowed for the year own?
Trading one or both sides in II with the expectation of trading into a larger unit can certainly be a great way to maximize your usage, but keep in mind that you can't put in on on-going request for a larger unit (unless it's for a resort without lock-offs), so you'll have to search manually and frequently. IF you have flexibility (wrt travel dates and more last minute plans) it's an ideal way to maximize your ownership. However, if you need a 2BR during school vacation periods, and need to plan vacations way in advance for work, then that might make trading a studio for a 2BR on a regular basis a bit dicey.
You can adjust a sliding scale now when placing a request to indicate you will pay the fee and take a larger unit.Trading one or both sides in II with the expectation of trading into a larger unit can certainly be a great way to maximize your usage, but keep in mind that you can't put in on on-going request for a larger unit (unless it's for a resort without lock-offs), so you'll have to search manually and frequently. IF you have flexibility (wrt travel dates and more last minute plans) it's an ideal way to maximize your ownership. However, if you need a 2BR during school vacation periods, and need to plan vacations way in advance for work, then that might make trading a studio for a 2BR on a regular basis a bit dicey.
Last time I did the larger unit only on the website, I started to get calls every day that said gee, we found you a studio, would you like us to trade for that? I picked minimum 2 bedrooms. After the 3rd day in a row, I said please don't call me to offer me studios and they did stop.
Similarly, this is why we always place our exchange requests by telephone so that we can be very specific about our requirements.This might have changed, but last time I placed a request myself (last fall) it wasn’t possible to exclude the size unit I was requesting with- I could slide the bar to include larger but not exclude my size.
So I had a similar situation- I was offering a studio but only wanted a 1 or 2 br- and I matched to a studio immediately (I could see one sitting there manually). I called II and they adjusted my request to say 1 or 2 br only.
By choosing the sizes and agreeing in advance to the upsize fee the confirmation was automatic- II didn’t call me first.
This might have changed, but last time I placed a request myself (last fall) it wasn’t possible to exclude the size unit I was requesting with- I could slide the bar to include larger but not exclude my size.
So I had a similar situation- I was offering a studio but only wanted a 1 or 2 br- and I matched to a studio immediately (I could see one sitting there manually). I called II and they adjusted my request to say 1 or 2 br only.
By choosing the sizes and agreeing in advance to the upsize fee the confirmation was automatic- II didn’t call me first.
You do have to pay the upsize fee.Just to clarify- now in II if I have a studio deposit I can put in an on-going request for only 1 and 2 BR units at resorts that also have studios? Wow- I must have missed that- thanks!!
It looks kind of like a sliding scale to me.You do have to pay the upsize fee.
Also- I posted earlier that I didn’t think I could exclude the size unit I owned from the request- trying it now I see that I need tap on each unit size I want ( I originally thought it was more of a sliding scale). Steve was probably right that I could have done that all along.
It looks kind of like a sliding scale to me.