Floating Week Question

This question is for those with floating weeks. Do you have any kinda of strategy when giving up your week? Do you ask your resort to give you a specific week for higher trading power or do you just take when they give you? I would think if you could get a summer week you would have a stronger trade power. In the past, I've always asked to give me a week as late in the year as possible to try and get the full two years banked time but I think I may be hurting myself trading power wise.

Thanks for responding.

Janet

I own a floating week during "swing season" there are a few weeks in the Spring available to me which are "red" so I always try to get one of those weeks. I'll have the week I want in mind when I call my resort. I could do it on-line, but if I'm going to split my unit I still have to call the resort.

Best strategy is to call your resort as early as possible to book your week.

Of course, this is only if you're going to exchange. If you're looking to travel to your resort, then you only need to book the week that works best for you (though the earlier you do so, the more likely you are of getting the week you want).

We own two units at Williamsburg Plantation every third year. When I go into II to deposit/exchange it says Floating but our paperwork from our home resorts states a certain week. Anyone else have a similar situation? Just wondered if anyone was able to book a different week to exchange?

We own a floating week and our resort says it's red time all year. I deposited a week with II for the first time this year so didn't know which would be good for exchange purposes, my resort gave me May 10. I didn't know if that was good or bad, either way I managed to get a good exchange.

Reserva-Zerva-Zerva.

We reserve a specific week, same as if we were going on vacation there ourselves.

Then, with a particular week nailed down, we deposit that for exchange.

-- Alan Cole, McLean (Fairfax County), Virginia, USA.​

It depends on the resort. My week at The Ridge Tahoe is floating. The resort's policy is for owners to reserve a week and then deposit it with the exchange company. My Worldmark membership doesn't allow me to reserve a particular week to deposit in II or RCI. I have to call Worldmark Owners Services and tell them the credit value of the week I want to deposit. They then pick the week for me. With the Ridge, I can choose a week with good trading power, but with Worldmark it's a gamble. Other resorts have their own policies for deposits.

Basically what djs said. If you are going to your home week, book a week that works for you! But if you want to trade it, you need to reserve a high demand week as far ahead as is possible in your season(usually exactly one year ahead) and it will give you greater trading power. I have been told here on TUG that for high demand holiday weeks, they can all be reserved by owners within the first 5 minutes of them becoming available, so get ready!

We own a summer week at Marriott Shadow Ridge which you wouldn't think has good trading power. Someone at our resort told me to book during the last two weeks of August, just at the end of our season, as families are looking for one last vacation before school starts, so it will be in slightly higher demand. Don't know if this is totally true but it kinda makes sense, so I am following it. Just made a nice trade to Marriott Newport Coast for this year!

I always specify a prime summer week, usually July 4th, to maximize my trading power. I have been doing this for several years. I own coastal California.