posted 04-16-2005 14:07               

Brian

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Originally posted by nadinehal:
We are considering purchasing 1 bed w/lock-out at Kauai Beach Club (resale market). A friend of ours who owns a Marriott lock-out unit told us he wanted to trade the unit for two weeks elsewhere and was told by Marriott that he could not request weeks in advance (13 months I believe) but had to make his request very close to his desired time (just like a bonus week use). Is this true? We thought that having a lock-out unit was equal to having two weeks and that both weeks had equal trading value. Need advice before we purchase.
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posted 04-16-2005 14:32               

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Originally posted by nadinehal:
We are considering purchasing 1 bed w/lock-out at Kauai Beach Club (resale market). A friend of ours who owns a Marriott lock-out unit told us he wanted to trade the unit for two weeks elsewhere and was told by Marriott that he could not request weeks in advance (13 months I believe) but had to make his request very close to his desired time (just like a bonus week use). Is this true? We thought that having a lock-out unit was equal to having two weeks and that both weeks had equal trading value. Need advice before we purchase.
Thanks

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posted 04-16-2005 16:12               

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Originally posted by nadinehal:
We are considering purchasing 1 bed w/lock-out at Kauai Beach Club (resale market). A friend of ours who owns a Marriott lock-out unit told us he wanted to trade the unit for two weeks elsewhere and was told by Marriott that he could not request weeks in advance (13 months I believe) but had to make his request very close to his desired time (just like a bonus week use). Is this true? We thought that having a lock-out unit was equal to having two weeks and that both weeks had equal trading value. Need advice before we purchase.
Thanks

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You have to watch the claims made by a reseller sometimes. They try to get the information correct but often don't know the details. Some just flat mislead as in one E-bay action I read this morning selling a non-5 star I.I. by stating in their add that once completed, the resort will be 5 star. They then continue to call the resort 5 star throughout the rest of the add when it most definately is NOT.

The above post about this unit not trading is probably more accurate than what a reseller is telling you.

What the reseller is refering to is the thought that you can lock out your unit and use one week in the master suite, then one week in the studio LO to get two weeks out of one unit. While some people do this at their home resort, I haven't heard of to many people doing this through trades. In order to do this as an exchange you'll have to find a resort that has two back to back weeks in the unit configuration you require. It would probably depend on where you want to go. Branson, Williamsburg or Orlando might be pretty easy. Key West, a mountain ski weeks somewhere or any destination in Europe might be impossible.

With the information about how that unit trades in the post above, I would step very carefully before purchasing this unit if exchanging is your intended purpose.

posted 04-17-2005 04:50               

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Originally posted by dougp26364:

While some people do this at their home resort, I haven't heard of to many people doing this through trades. In order to do this as an exchange you'll have to find a resort that has two back to back weeks in the unit configuration you require. It would probably depend on where you want to go. Branson, Williamsburg or Orlando might be pretty easy. Key West, a mountain ski weeks somewhere or any destination in Europe might be impossible.

With the information about how that unit trades in the post above, I would step very carefully before purchasing this unit if exchanging is your intended purpose.

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posted 04-17-2005 07:25               

Brian

posted 04-17-2005 08:03               

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Originally posted by buzzy:
That is opposite of why I purchased my lockoff. I was told that I can lockoff my unit and can rent my studio at my home resort (or trade for a studio at a different resort) and then take my one bedroom and could trade up if I go to a resort that has only 2 bedrooms or go elsewhere too in a 1 bedroom) I can use 2 weeks at 2 different times within my platinum season and do not have to use either at my home resort. I was told this on several occasions through Marriot and can make each reservation seperately and deposit each 12 months before my deposit week. This seems to be different from the info in the above post.

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And the information you were given is correct as far as I know for most Marriott resorts. Both our Ocean Pointe and Grand Chateau units lock-off and trade both master and studio units. Since I don't own at the resort the OP is asking about, I have to rely on others who either own at this resort of have knowledge of how it's set up.

At Polo Towers, I can tell you that there are 2 bedroom LO units in which the studio portion can not be deposited for exchange. So I know that this problem does exist with some resorts.

As far as exchanging both a master suite and lock-out unit for two back to back weeks at another resort, it's just going to depend on availablity. If the back to back weeks are available and the unit you own can trade both sides, it can be done. I'm just not convinced that it would always be easy to find back to back weeks unless you were pretty flexable with travel dates.

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posted 04-17-2005 10:02               

Owning one of these lockout units does not allow you to reserve at the 13 months out. If you own one unit you can only reserve 12 months out.

posted 04-17-2005 10:15               

However, recently we exchanged the one br. Kauai Beach Club for a two br. at Waiohai on Poipu Beach on a 'Request First' basis, so we wouldn't 'lose' the week as in 'Deposit First'. We had tied the KBC week to be after Maui and with the exchange, it's now the week before Maui.