California-bighorn,
Can you guide me through how you rent out your weeks? I also seem to remember that even though I bought a studio, I remember the sales guy saying that I could request a larger room. That may have been a sales lie, but that would be helpful in renting as well. Any input you can provide would be very much appreciated!
I personally have never rented out my weeks as I love Velas and well have the ability to vacation a lot. The studios are quite nice at Velas, though I prefer the one bedroom Villa Plus units, we like space. Two of our units are these and one is a studio.
Yes you can upgrade to a bigger unit for a fee, and it is quite hefty if I recall. You should have this info in your original paperwork I think, if not you can contact Velas reservations for quotes via email or telephone. ( JMHO, but I think the rate to upgrade would not be attractive to renting as the cost would be more than you could get to rent I think, not positive. I recall one of my friends who is an owner did an upgrade and it was expensive.)
We have exchanged our studio thru RCI though, and it seems to fare well at least in Mexico and even trades into bigger units. Actually for Mexico it trades better than my Mayan Regency 2 bedroom. Weird.
Anyway good luck in renting.