• A few of the most common links here on the forums for newbies and guests!
  • The TUGBBS forums are completely free and open to the public and exist as the absolute best place for owners to get help and advice about their timeshares for more than 30 years!

    Join Tens of Thousands of other Owners just like you here to get any and all Timeshare questions answered 24 hours a day!
  • TUG started 31 years ago in October 1993 as a group of regular Timeshare owners just like you!

    Read about our 31st anniversary: Happy 31st Birthday TUG!
  • TUG has a YouTube Channel to produce weekly short informative videos on popular Timeshare topics!

    Free memberships for every 50 subscribers!

    Visit TUG on Youtube!
  • TUG has now saved timeshare owners more than $24,000,000 dollars just by finding us in time to rescind a new Timeshare purchase! A truly incredible milestone!

    Read more here: TUG saves owners more than $24 Million dollars
  • Sign up to get the TUG Newsletter for free!

    Tens of thousands of subscribing owners! A weekly recap of the best Timeshare resort reviews and the most popular topics discussed by owners!
  • Our official "end my sales presentation early" T-shirts are available again! Also come with the option for a free membership extension with purchase to offset the cost!

    All T-shirt options here!
  • A few of the most common links here on the forums for newbies and guests!
  • The TUGBBS forums are completely free and open to the public and exist as the absolute best place for owners to get help and advice about their timeshares for more than 30 years!

    Join Tens of Thousands of other Owners just like you here to get any and all Timeshare questions answered 24 hours a day!

Trying for WSJ..advice please!

J

jramat

TUG Member
Joined
Oct 22, 2006
Messages
51
Reaction score
2
Location
St. Louis Missouri
Hi...we're thinking of trading into WSJ for 2009. We know it's tough but we're somewhat flexible for times. We must avoid June-August (2 new grandbabies coming in July!!) and we don't want to see any hurricanes, so August-October is probably out as well. So...maybe early in the year. We notice there are two areas, which is better? Just two of us, adults, late 50's and want to hang at beach and pools. Feel free to fire away with comments and advice. Thanks as usual to all the TUG friends!!

John and Leslie
 
I didn't get it clear whether you are an SVO owner or not. Trading into WSJ is not easy, and you should start trying to get a reservation exactly 8 months out which is when the reservation window opens for startwood owners. It is better to have a wide range of dates since you never know which weeks will open up. We called every week last year looking for 3-br pool villa, and it took a couple of months of trying before we found something available 8 months out.
 
Thanks...and yes, we are Starwoods owners. We plan to start calling soon. We were able to get Harborside relatively quickly two years ago so maybe we'll get lucky at WSJ. We'll take a studio if that's what works.
 
You have a few things working in your favor. One is that the economy is in the toilet. Second is that WSJ recently built another phase and I don't think it's sold out yet.

I think if you call at 8 months out at 9am EST/EDT, you have a good chance of getting what you want. Last year I was able to snag a 2 bdrm loft during platinum plus season the first time I tried by doing that. Don't forget to pursue for Friday or Sunday check-ins, too.

Good luck!!
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top