RLG
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- Marriot Abound Chairman (SMV; SDO; SBP; Lakeside Terrace, Willow Ridge). HGVC, Worldmark. RCI points
SVO allows multiple week owners to request a multiweek reservation all on one phone call but cautions that the ability to fulfill it is subject to "availability". Does anyone have any experience with *when* SVO determines whether there is availability?
Suppose I own three weeks at an SVO resort. I call and request a 3 week long reservation starting 1 year from today. (Of course, I'll need to argue with the reservation person and be repeatedly put on hold until they find an agent who has heard of multiweek reservations.)
If the first week is available, I'll be told that I don't need to call back and that SVO will book the other weeks at the 1 year date for each, "subject to availability".
Importantly, however, there's no detail about when they check for availability. If they check the night before opening up the phone lines, there will almost certainly be availability unless the week is sold out as an event week. If they check sometime a day or two after they start taking reservations, then the week could sell out.
Does anyone know how they do this?
Suppose I own three weeks at an SVO resort. I call and request a 3 week long reservation starting 1 year from today. (Of course, I'll need to argue with the reservation person and be repeatedly put on hold until they find an agent who has heard of multiweek reservations.)
If the first week is available, I'll be told that I don't need to call back and that SVO will book the other weeks at the 1 year date for each, "subject to availability".
Importantly, however, there's no detail about when they check for availability. If they check the night before opening up the phone lines, there will almost certainly be availability unless the week is sold out as an event week. If they check sometime a day or two after they start taking reservations, then the week could sell out.
Does anyone know how they do this?