We are traded in to MountainSide and I was wondering if there is a known way to assure a good view? Our last trip included a view of a roof with noise from restrain exhaust fans. Not something I want to repeat.
Does it help that we exchanged from a different Marriott property?
Most MVCI properties have a hierchy for unit placement. It's something like this:
1. unit owners staying on their own time, placed in the view they purchased. Multiple week owners are typically given preference over single week owners. I believe at Mountainside they try to rotate owners through the limited prefered views with the mountain (dirt) view.
2. Mountainside owners who have exchanged back in and/or are not on their owned time.
3. Rental guests will get the view they reserved paid for, if views are available to reserve.
4. Multiple week MVCI owners who have exchanged in.
5. Single week MVCI owners who have exchanged in.
NOTE: I was told by a MVCI reservationist that, if you use an week other than an MVCI week to exchange in, it's important that your reservation be notated that you are an MVCI owner. You may be at the bottom of the MVCI owner catagories but you'll be ahead of other non-MVCI owners.
6. All other exchangers, getaway purchasers and/or those using an AC to exchange in.
This is likely not exact but it's approximately what I recall being told over the years. As a general rule we've found it to be reasonably accurate for most MVCI resorts. I have seen multiple week owners who have a specific view voice being upset because they didn't get the BEST view at another resort they exchanged into. I've also see renters in ocean front villas at our home resort when other MVCI exchangers were in ocean side units. The renters, of course, had paid for the view.
Special Note: We own at Ocean Pointe. Ocean Pointe has 1 unit that has a specific arrrangement that has 2 twin beds in the second bedroom. It's the lockout master suite of the 3 bedroom unit. Any exchanger who has exchanged into this arrangement has generally recieved this unit and, all of those units are ocean front. There have been ocean side owners upset that an exchanger was placed in an ocean front unit but they were still placed in the ocean side unit they own. I've also seen MVCI exchangers upset that an exchanger from outside the MVCI family was placed in an ocean front unit while they were placed in an ocean side unit. At Ocean Pointe it appears possible for those exchanging into this MVCI resort with an outside unit to recieve a specific prefered view but, it's only because that particular unit only has the one view.
