How do you maximize the use of your 2BR LO EOY property

[heckp Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close heckp]

I wanted to ask everybody how you maximize the use of your TS.

Here's the situation:

2BR LO EOY Float in Gold Season at Harborside with 95,700 staroption

[mdurette Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close mdurette]

I have a 3BR LO EOY Float at Kings Creek.

When Sept rolls around I call II and see what will be eligable for AC's

I call the resort split into a 2BR and a 1BR and make reservations to give to II.

Give them to II - get my two weeks and two AC's.

Use the ACs first year and then the week units the second year.

Works out great so far!

[GrayFal Silver Contributor and supermoderator Find all posts View Profile Close GrayFal]

I wanted to ask everybody how you maximize the use of your TS.

Here's the situation:

2BR LO EOY Float in Gold Season at Harborside with 95,700 staroption

I am running out - but as u have Staroptions - the scenario listd above would not be the same for you.

Will answer fully Sunday/Monday.....

[ArtsieAng Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close ArtsieAng]

GrayFal

am running out - but as u have Staroptions - the scenario listd above would not be the same for you.

Will answer fully Sunday/Monday.....

Leaving "Staroptions" aside.......Pat will explain this to you, when she has a minute.


heckp

Welcome to TS4M's

I would say it depends on how many bedrooms you need, and where you would like to travel......

One very good option would be to lock-off your unit, and deposit both units into II. This would allow you to turn your EOY into an every year vacation.

You would get the SVO preference with II, which would give you an advantage in getting another SVO property........With each week, you can put in a request for a 1 bdrm, or any property (SVO, or any other property, as well) that only has 2 + bdrms.

You can also deposit your weeks, and look at the exchange board each day to see what comes up for grabs.......Many great properties come up that you would be able to snatch using your deposited weeks. Often times, you can grab a 2 bdrm with a 1 bdrm week. The odds of this happening increases the closer you get to check-in day. and, during flexchange (59 days to check-in) the odds increase even further.

You own a high demand property, and if you can possibly get SVO to deposit the best week in your season, would have a very good trader.

SVO normally bulk-banks their weeks, and they do not usually give members of SVN an option on which weeks are deposited into II. That is the one draw-back to depositing your weeks into II. Still, your property is such high demand, that I think you would still do well.......Obviously, hurricane season has the least demand, and weeks 37, 38 & 39 are the least popular and would give you the poorest trading power.

Another possibility would be to lock-off your unit, and deposit one of your units in II, and the other in SFX. ( You would need to check to see if SFX would take your week. They have restrictions on particular dates, as well as resorts. Of course, they would take your resort, only the date of your week might be an issue ) If you deposit a unit into SFX, you would get bonus weeks. However, that would really depend on where you would like to travel......SFX has a better selection of west coast resorts, then other parts of the country, IMO. They also have some nice locations in GB, and Mexico.