TravelTime
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- All Resale: MVC DPs, Marriott Ko Olina, Marriott Marbella, WKOVR-N, Four Seasons Aviara
Do you mean that you do pay cash to stay in Marriott hotel rooms but would not pay cash to stay in Marriott timeshares? The cash rates for renting most timeshare condos are generally pretty steep. It seems like it would be easier and a better deal to pay cash for a hotel suite or a special room package than to rent timeshare condos from the management company. I can see someone adding a cash night to a timeshare points stay to avoid moving rooms between two linked reservations though.
So true.
No, I did not mean that at all. These days, I only stay in hotels in places where I can’t use a timeshare. Most of my vacations are planned around using timeshares since I own so many now and all my home resorts are enrolled in MVC. What I meant is sometimes we may go somewhere that does not have timeshares like French Polynesia as an example. In that case, I would lean toward using Expedia or renting through the hotel directly. If there are Marriott affiliated resorts, I would also explore staying at one of these so I can get reward points and other benefits since I am Platinum Premier Elite. I doubt I would ever rent a timeshare since I have so many points programs and other options that I can barely use them all every year.