dvc vs. marriott

[Carol C Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Carol C]

Use your DVC the years you want to use it and rent it out the other years. Then buy yourself a resale Marriott or other high quality resort affiliated with II and exchange into Hawaii and other places you might want. That's what I would do if I were you. P.S. Hope you're busy rescinding if you bought from the developer.

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

Would that [price increase] happen with most Marriott properties? I'm not sure...

I can't speak for sold out properties, but, in active sales, prices can and often do go up, and this is reflected in the secondary market.

As an example, developer at our resort, still in active sales, has risen between 30-33% (total, depending on season) over the last 3 years and this has been reflected in resale pricing. My information (we were not owners pre-construction) is that resale has now met or exceeded the pre-construction pricing of 8 years ago. Of course, this can change tomorrow

Personally, I'd own DVC or MVCI with an eye on occupancy (or rent-swap) and only exchange under specific circumstances. Less so with lock-offs, the higher end Marriott's will nearly always give one the sensation of a downtrade, and I trust it is the same for DVC. Perhaps a perception, it's important (to the owner) nonetheless.

Pat

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

Personally, I'd own DVC or MVCI with an eye on occupancy (or rent-swap) and only exchange under specific circumstances. Less so with lock-offs, the higher end Marriott's will nearly always give one the sensation of a downtrade, and I trust it is the same for DVC. Perhaps a perception, it's important (to the owner) nonetheless.Pat

I largely agree, although the Marriott internal trading priority makes trading within Marriott a reasonable value.

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

Marriott trade into Disney experience

[QUOTE=camachinist;119006]the higher end Marriott's will nearly always give one the sensation of a downtrade, and I trust it is the same for DVC.


Interesting comment Camachinist.

We own Marriott Myrtle Beach and it has been a fantastic trader so far. In fact, we've only been there once because we've received "bonus weeks" when we've traded.

Anyway, this year, we decided to go back "home" to Myrtle Beach since it had been so long. But -- just for fun-- we reserved our time but said we'd give it up if we got into Disney's Vero Beach. Interval Representative said we'd never get it... "Trading into Disney is hard because Disney owners don't trade often," she said. We'll it turns out we got the trade confirmation about a month later after submitting.

We did note some differences between Marriott and Disney (based on this one experience at Vero).

The programming at Disney's Vero Beach was absolutely tops! Tons of activities were going on ... and many were free. It reminded us of cruise vacations with so many offerings. Our kids went to the "Un-Birthday Party," bead art, movie night (indoor), dive-in movie (outdoor), soccer, Bocce Ball, pirate activity, banjo playing, pool slide competition, putt-putt, campfires and the hit of the week-- fishing ($30 and keep the pole).

At most activities, our children were given "something," -- it didn't matter that most of the junk cost a nickel -- our kids loved getting "something."

It was also nice to have restaurants on-site like a normal hotel. Of course in this case, Disney's Vero Beach operates much like a hotel with "nightly" paid stays.

But the condition of our two-bedroom units made us long for Marriott. There was nothing "wrong" with our unit... it's just that it wasn't what we were used to. Carpet, furnishings and everything else were really "worn." The kitchen was VERY small and the pots and pans were really "used." No granite countertops or hardwood floors. No flat-screen HDTV's (this isn't so much a knock against Disney-- it's funny how technology has changed so quickly and that after having wide-screens in my last few hotel rooms and my last timeshare and now my home-- suddenly those "normal" tv's really look old.)

The pool area was awesome at Disney's Vero Beach... with a lighthouse slide and a pirate ship sprayground for little kids. But generally speaking the newer resort Marriott pools are more upscale.

We flew out of Orlando and drove to the Disney property and had lunch at one of the hotels and walked around... we were very disappointed in the pools that we saw... very small and basic.

I have to admit I would enjoy staying "on-property" sometime, but I think I'll stick to the good getaway deals we've been able to get over the last few years through Interval International and save my "trades" for other parts of the country.