Westin / Sheraton properties are now available to book for MVC owners! [MERGED]

[craigc]

I logged in this am to look for a Jan date in St Thomas and the Sheraton and Westin properties are listed for bookings !!

 

[Fallenone]

Was about to post this. Until I found out at the end I still can't. Showing everything as invalid or 0. But I think we're close!

 

[craigc]

Was about to post this. Until I found out at the end I still can't. Showing everything as invalid or 0. But I think we're close!

I just tried Mexico and it let me go all the way till the end:

 

[Jim Mc]

The Westin and Sheraton properties are now list in the Marriott Web site property lists.

Now has any body been able to book one yet. I think this will be "no" for quite awhile until those owners start depositing,

Let me know when you actual book a week this way

 

[craigc]

Westin / Sheraton properties are now available to book for MVC owners! [MERGED]

I logged in this am to look for a Jan date in St Thomas and the Sheraton and Westin properties are listed for bookings !!

tugbbs.com

It looks as if you can book.

 

[BigDawgTUG]

Looks like one other website functional change came with this integration. Where you used to be able to search for up to 15 resorts in a single search, they have now limited that to 7. Maybe their only way to reduce likelihood of "Fatal Error" messages while searching availability for multiple properties.

 

[Jim Mc]

wish there was a way to search one property for any opening over a period of time, say six months....

 

[BigDawgTUG]

wish there was a way to search one property for any opening over a period of time, say six months....

If they made it more like the Interval search function, which they now own, not only could you do that, but you could also be able to search across multiple or all properties over a designated period of time.

 

[jmhpsu93]

I was just able to successfully book the Westin Lagunamar for 5 nights in August 2023!!!!

 

[MauiLover]

I was just able to book five nights at the Westin Kierland Villas in Scottsdale in June.

 

[10spro]

I was surfing around to see about the new Westin options, and it tells me that I don't have enough points, so I can't access any details. I don't remember that happening before. It means if I want to rebook something that I already have, I have to cancel that first to release the points, then go back and hope the new booking is still available.

 

[TravelTime]

The Westin and Sheraton properties are now list in the Marriott Web site property lists.

Now has any body been able to book one yet. I think this will be "no" for quite awhile until those owners start depositing,

Let me know when you actual book a week this way

I elected points for my WKOVN week. The I deposited my 7N WKOVRN and got 8325 Abound points. Then I re-booked into WKOVRN for 3N to match up with my 9N at MOC. I used my Abound points to book into WKOVRN.

 

[Fasttr]

I just booked Westin Kierland Villas for 7 nights in Feb 2023.

I hope these are real ressys as there was a ton of availability which surprised me a bit.

 

[NJDave]

I looked to add two nights to our oceanfront 1 bedroom at WKOVRN. There is no availability on Vistana's site for oceanfront (only Island and Ocean view), but I can reserve it through Marriott.

 

[Red elephant]

I booked 1 bedroom premium Westin Kierland for October using SVR enrollment to Abound. Did not want to wait 8 months to use staroptions. If it’s still available then will book with staroptions and cancel abound reservation . Not sure which is cost effective at this point. It was only 1350 points for 5 nights.

 

[Bodie]

Oh, so close. Westin Carib loaded but none of the hotel/luxury resis. Sunny says no one available and to call during biz hours. Huh? Haven’t scrolled anything else.

 

[jmhpsu93]

I was surfing around to see about the new Westin options, and it tells me that I don't have enough points, so I can't access any details. I don't remember that happening before. It means if I want to rebook something that I already have, I have to cancel that first to release the points, then go back and hope the new booking is still available.

It has always been like that for Destination Points. You'll have to call or use the chat.

 

[craigc]

Just picked up 12 nights at Westin Lagunamar.

 

[Wahoo]

Many of the Westin resorts are wide-open for booking between Jan 1, 2023 through December 2023. The volume of availability is surprising to me, to the point where I fear this might be another massive MVC IT debacle. Might the MVC site be showing lots of availability that is not truly available? When I looked about an hour ago, Westin Kierland was available for check-in for a 5-night stay every single day from January 1 through December 15, 2023, including the prime Spring Training season. Similar availability was present for Westin Lagunamar and another couple Westin resorts I looked at.

Perhaps they held some units back just for this release, hence the widespread availabilty on "opening day" today... Or perhaps this is another IT disaster.

 

[TravelTime]

Most people are not aware that the program has launched. Tuggers are early adopters and probably are online looking at the MVC and Vistana booking systems more than the average person. So I assume there is a lot of availability today because it launched today. I assume when Marriott announces Abound that we will see all the inventory getting booked.

 

[Fasttr]

Many of the Westin resorts are wide-open for booking between Jan 1, 2023 through December 2023. The volume of availability is surprising to me, to the point where I fear this might be another massive MVC IT debacle. Might the MVC site be showing lots of availability that is not truly available? When I looked about an hour ago, Westin Kierland was available for check-in for a 5-night stay every single day from January 1 through December 15, 2023, including the prime Spring Training season. Similar availability was present for Westin Lagunamar and another couple Westin resorts I looked at.

Perhaps they held some units back just for this release, hence the widespread availabilty on "opening day" today... Or perhaps this is another IT disaster.

I had that same fear.

 

[mpizza]

Many of the Westin resorts are wide-open for booking between Jan 1, 2023 through December 2023. The volume of availability is surprising to me, to the point where I fear this might be another massive MVC IT debacle. Might the MVC site be showing lots of availability that is not truly available? When I looked about an hour ago, Westin Kierland was available for check-in for a 5-night stay every single day from January 1 through December 15, 2023, including the prime Spring Training season. Similar availability was present for Westin Lagunamar and another couple Westin resorts I looked at.

Perhaps they held some units back just for this release, hence the widespread availabilty on "opening day" today... Or perhaps this is another IT disaster.

If it is an error, I hope MVC somehow honors the reservations!

I alerted a DC member friend who is doing a happy dance as she has been trying to get to HI for sometime and she was able to book 3 nights in Ko Olina and 5 nights at Westin Maui for March 2023!

 

[Fasttr]

Pop up at sign in now says they are ready for booking… so at least it’s something they did on purpose. ;-)

 

[Steve Fatula]

Nice! No Harborside though.

 

[rickandcindy23]

My account is still not right. They have always had us on Vistana as owning one of our Westin weeks. We show on Vistana as Executive Level, and only one of our OF Westin Maui weeks is showing under resorts owned. I see both weeks under account balances with the SO's listed.

When are they going to get this right? It's been months since our weeks transferred into our names.

I guess 176,700 Staroptions are worth 286,254 Bonvoy points? Sounds like a bunch, but it's really not.