philipgallo
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Hey folks. I've benefited greatly from TUG in the past and have a question I would love some advice on. My wife and I were given a timeshare from my grandparents a few years ago. It is a 2bd unit, week 25 at SHX (Shawnee River Village - a Wyndham property). We live in Seattle with our 4 kids (11 and under) and will never visit this property. We have used it to exchange via II and have had good results. We have exchanged into:
Week before Christmas, 2012 we got a 1bd at the Westin Ka'anapali.
2014 we got a 2bd at Wahohai (week of April 10)
2016 we got a 2bd at Ko'Olina over spring break (week of April 10)
These are amazing exchanges given the low ranking of our home resort and these types of resorts are very ideal for a family of 6 as we need the extra space and kitchen etc. Purchasing a week into these resorts would likely be north of $3,000. These exchanges have come at a lot of work as you can imagine. I typically can snag a studio at a location/time we want and then daily eplus manual searches hoping we can get a bigger unit (requiring some very early alarms to wake up and check). It's always a roll of the dice and results in a pretty big time expense.
I have wondered recently if it would make sense to purchase a Marriott/Westin/Sheraton/Hyatt week somewhere even if it's Orlando or somewhere we may not go, but would bank us greater trading power. We have gotten amazing value out of exchanging given we only pay $700/yr for our maintenance fees.
I've seen some relatively inexpensive ones in the marketplace.
Curious for your input on this. Thanks!
Week before Christmas, 2012 we got a 1bd at the Westin Ka'anapali.
2014 we got a 2bd at Wahohai (week of April 10)
2016 we got a 2bd at Ko'Olina over spring break (week of April 10)
These are amazing exchanges given the low ranking of our home resort and these types of resorts are very ideal for a family of 6 as we need the extra space and kitchen etc. Purchasing a week into these resorts would likely be north of $3,000. These exchanges have come at a lot of work as you can imagine. I typically can snag a studio at a location/time we want and then daily eplus manual searches hoping we can get a bigger unit (requiring some very early alarms to wake up and check). It's always a roll of the dice and results in a pretty big time expense.
I have wondered recently if it would make sense to purchase a Marriott/Westin/Sheraton/Hyatt week somewhere even if it's Orlando or somewhere we may not go, but would bank us greater trading power. We have gotten amazing value out of exchanging given we only pay $700/yr for our maintenance fees.
I've seen some relatively inexpensive ones in the marketplace.
Curious for your input on this. Thanks!