What is your perfect Marriott Portfolio?

[Glitter Brunello Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close Glitter Brunello]

Do you know if MSE (Manor Club) is a A or B?

This A/B list would be valuable to have.

According to II, MSE and SW are both As. I am frankly surprised about Manor Club, very interesting...

[BocaBum99 Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close BocaBum99]

Would that be PerryM?

I am sure you do not feel too guilty about the $75 underestimate to stay at a 5 Star (+) resort that most "normal" people pay $1000 per NIGHT!!!!!

I would pay $ to see the look in the other guests faces if they only knew how little you paid as compared to them.

That was the #1 factor I used when I was looking at WM vs Marriott. I decided on Marriott now (and may get WM soon) as I need to plan my trips several months ahead (not the 59 day window). But during the summer, I could justify a family trip to the 4 seasons, if I could snag them for $375/week. Are the WM exhanges for 4 seasons available during the summer flex period???

Now how can you (or me) score a Ritz for the same price?

No, it was 4dabirds. She is the TRUE WorldMark pro. PerryM got me interested in WM. Kim made me buy it. I wish I had listened to her sooner. I would have had the same sweetheart deal she has.

I got an FSA outside of flexchange. It costs a bit more. $535 pure cost. I'm going there on Oct 20.

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

According to II, MSE and SW are both As. I am frankly surprised about Manor Club, very interesting...

Having owned and stayed at both Summit Watch and Manor Club, I'm surprised by your surprise. I have found Manor Club to be much more luxurious, better maintained, and with far better amenities than Summit Watch. Manor Club platinum also trades much better than Summit Watch gold in my experience.

I like Summit Watch, but it's not really in Marriott's top tier, in my opinion. On the other hand, I rank Manor Club right up there with Grande Ocean and Newport Coast Villas as the best Marriott has to offer.

Steve

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

a platinum week at ford colony should make a good trader.

[Steamboat Bill Banned Find all posts View Profile Close Steamboat Bill]

No, it was 4dabirds. She is the TRUE WorldMark pro. PerryM got me interested in WM. Kim made me buy it. I wish I had listened to her sooner. I would have had the same sweetheart deal she has.

How do you define a sweetheart deal?

Did you buy a WM housekeeping account?

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

My low cost portfollio.

Boca,

After some deep contemplation of you question I concluded that my perfect portfolio is most likely 0. Heres why.

On a recent thread Marriott Hawaii unit sale prices and maintenance fees were listed. If MF are 1250 and membership and trading fees are say 250 adn assuming I can rent that same week for $2,500 than my buying is saving me $1,000.

If I want to earn 5% on my investment I should buy that timeshare for $20,000. At 10% I could spend $10,000. At 20% I could spend $5,000.

I'm a 20% plus kind of person so I am looking for a Plat Marriott for $5000. Needless to say I am not holding my breath. If I ran into it fine. If not fine.

I generally travel during gold season where Marriott inventory is usually available without needing the Marriott priority.

On a side note I was just reading National Geographic Traveler magazine and was intrigued by some customized tour outfitters in some international vacations. I also intend to add one or two cruise vacations to some interesting places each year.

As much as I like staying in timeshares with a kitchen and living room they are not always located in a convienent location nor is a fixed 7 day stay with fixed checkin day that you have to book a year in advance the best way to see the world.

If I can keep my domestic exchange cost down below $1,000 I then do not feel bad about only staying 4-5 days.

JMHO,
Short

[BocaBum99 Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close BocaBum99]

Boca,

After some deep contemplation of you question I concluded that my perfect portfolio is most likely 0. Heres why.

On a recent thread Marriott Hawaii unit sale prices and maintenance fees were listed. If MF are 1250 and membership and trading fees are say 250 adn assuming I can rent that same week for $2,500 than my buying is saving me $1,000.

If I want to earn 5% on my investment I should buy that timeshare for $20,000. At 10% I could spend $10,000. At 20% I could spend $5,000.

I'm a 20% plus kind of person so I am looking for a Plat Marriott for $5000. Needless to say I am not holding my breath. If I ran into it fine. If not fine.

I generally travel during gold season where Marriott inventory is usually available without needing the Marriott priority.

On a side note I was just reading National Geographic Traveler magazine and was intrigued by some customized tour outfitters in some international vacations. I also intend to add one or two cruise vacations to some interesting places each year.

As much as I like staying in timeshares with a kitchen and living room they are not always located in a convienent location nor is a fixed 7 day stay with fixed checkin day that you have to book a year in advance the best way to see the world.

If I can keep my domestic exchange cost down below $1,000 I then do not feel bad about only staying 4-5 days.

JMHO,
Short

Short,

Your model Marriott portfolio was the same as mine until last month. Angela kept teasing me every single day with Marriott sightings that I actually wanted. I could never see them due to the Marriott internal preference period of 3-days or 21/24-days.

As soon as I bought the cheap Marriott, I cracked through that barrier for flexchange. I got my first one on the very first day of ownership. The second one in the same week. It worked like a charm.

Now, I want to crack it for the 21/24-day period.

My last need is just for trophy properties. These you collect and own just for fun without any regard for economics.

Some on my list for trophy properties include: A fixed week in the new Hyatt going up in Maui, a 2 bedroom Oceanfront unit at Ocean Pointe Platinum. A 250 point DVC in the Beach Club, a 4-bedroom River Island penthouse unit.

[taffy19 Gold Contributor Find all posts View Profile Close taffy19]

My last need is just for trophy properties. These you collect and own just for fun without any regard for economics.

Some on my list for trophy properties include: A fixed week in the new Hyatt going up in Maui, a 2 bedroom Oceanfront unit at Ocean Pointe Platinum. A 250 point DVC in the Beach Club, a 4-bedroom River Island penthouse unit.

Boca, I never thought that I would read that you want to buy a fixed week in the new Hyatt going up in Maui. Is that the one next to the Marriott MOC? Did they get that building permit finally? They have tried to get it for years and they had the plans already for approval but Maui seems to make it very hard to get more timeshare resorts added to the island because of the traffic jams and the timeshare tourist isn't spending enough money in their opinion so they rather build condo hotels or the very luxurious condo projects as if they do not add to the traffic congestion.

[Jya-Ning Silver Contributor Find all posts View Profile Close Jya-Ning]

My last need is just for trophy properties. These you collect and own just for fun without any regard for economics.

Nice trophy.

Jya-Ning

[Steamboat Bill Banned Find all posts View Profile Close Steamboat Bill]

I would add a nice ski week as a trophy property.

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

Wait until Marriott intros points.

Boca,

I currently have a couple Plat. GOT weeks 850 + exchange fee to break the 24 day barrier and a couple AC's to use during flex time during the next year.

Once they are used up I think I'll see if I can use the neighbors parents weeks for my Marriott needs. They are always having problems using up there deposits.

This my way of keeping my initial investment down.

If and when Marriott comes out with a points system I may reconsider my Marriott portfolio. I've now got 3 years worth of Marriotts in my own account so I can wait.

Short

[BocaBum99 Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close BocaBum99]

Yeah, I can't wait until they get a point system. There are always great bargains that manifest themselves when a weeks system turns into a point system.

At a minimum, they need to create a conversion program. That is where the potential benefits start.

Then, there will be tiers of ownership where the benefits accelerate.

There will be a way to use the conversion program to get to the highest tier for really cheap.

Those who learn that game will be the largest owners in the system.

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

Those who learn that game will be the largest owners in the system.

Will you be giving lessons........

[BocaBum99 Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close BocaBum99]

Will you be giving lessons........

Angela,

Absolutely. Lots of free seats available in those classes for people like you.

The biggest issue is that it takes a lot of capital to get to the highest tier. So maybe what we can do is pool a lot of capital, buy a bunch of weeks, convert them and then deed the pieces back to the individuals who participated. Everyone then gets Platinum VIP benefits, whatever those turn out to be.

For me, if they allow Platinum VIP owners to pick the unit that they get (including the view class) when they book a reservation, then that would be worth getting to that level.

Getting first dibs at prime locations would be another one that they always give out.

No housekeeping fees for partial week stays would be another one.

There are plenty of features that they will create that will make it worth getting to that level.

[Steamboat Bill Banned Find all posts View Profile Close Steamboat Bill]

I am a platinum vip member of a mens club....oops that is another bbs..sorry