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Marriott:
Maui Ocean Club
Waiohai Beach Club
Barony Beach Club
Abound ClubPoints
HGVC:
HGVC at Sea World
Be prepared for sticker shock - Marriott Resales has always priced Weeks equivalent or nearly to direct-purchase original Weeks, and the Trust Points cost of hybrid packages is still high. As has been said, hybrid packages may be the most economical way of buying direct because the Week somewhat alleviates the higher costs of straight Trust Points and associated MF's, but it's still not an inexpensive proposition.
I agree with the sticker shock since a hybrid bundle usually costs over $20K, but that sticker shock is mainly due to the price of the Trust points that are in the bundles. While Marriott Resales does charge higher prices for their resale weeks than the aftermarket, it's nowhere near typical developer pricing for resales, at least at US resorts. Our original entree into MVC in 2014 was via a hybrid bundle built around a Silver Barony week, and that week only cost $3300. The matching points added about $19K. When MVC Resales once listed their prices online, I believe you could buy a 3BR Platinum Grande Vista for about $12K, Maui Ocean Club 2BR OV weeks were around $20K (versus $16K on the third-party market), and I think I recall Grande Ocean 2BR OF Gold could be had for $18K or so.
Back when MVC was still selling developer weeks, resale pricing was virtually the same as developer, but after the advent of the DC, their resale pricing dropped dramatically, just not all the way to aftermarket levels.
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