Joshadelic
TUG Member
If someone has 81,000 SO's (or whatever amount of SO's for that matter), do they trade evenly within SVN no matter what property you actually own?
The only experience I have with using points in any timeshare system is with Wyndham when we bought a "discovery" package with them. We were able to use 308,000 points to stay at whatever property we wanted. They basically spent just like cash...as long as the property was available to book.
Is the SO system with Starwood basically the same? Is there an advantage to owning one place over another other than the 12 month reservation window? Would it just make sense then to buy whatever property has the best deal for SO's and low MF?
I was contacted by the Starwood sales rep that a few of you referred to me and she indicated that I may only be able to use my Explorer package at SVV. If that's the case, I'm thinking I should buy a cheap resale property to "upgrade" then use my Explorer package towards the balance. If the SO's I receive don't spend any better or worse no matter what property I buy, then maybe that's the way to go?????
Any thoughts?
~Josh
The only experience I have with using points in any timeshare system is with Wyndham when we bought a "discovery" package with them. We were able to use 308,000 points to stay at whatever property we wanted. They basically spent just like cash...as long as the property was available to book.
Is the SO system with Starwood basically the same? Is there an advantage to owning one place over another other than the 12 month reservation window? Would it just make sense then to buy whatever property has the best deal for SO's and low MF?
I was contacted by the Starwood sales rep that a few of you referred to me and she indicated that I may only be able to use my Explorer package at SVV. If that's the case, I'm thinking I should buy a cheap resale property to "upgrade" then use my Explorer package towards the balance. If the SO's I receive don't spend any better or worse no matter what property I buy, then maybe that's the way to go?????
Any thoughts?
~Josh