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Marriott Going to Point Syst (by T M.):

Charles, Bob is right - you can get more days using points at other resorts for your Hawaii timeshare but, those are days with less value. That's what Marriott wants you to do. I want to ski. And I paid Marriott big bucks for my week. I have never traded my ski week timeshare away. If you own Hawaii you would probably want to go other places other than Hawaii - so no big deal for you. ( By the way, I have tried to book my two timeshare weeks 13 weeks in advance but, I have been told I would have to book both weeks at the same time - back to back. I don't do that because I have one week in Orlando, Florida and one week in Park City, Utah. I don't want to fly to Florida right after I just flew to Utah to ski. So I don't reserve the weeks at the same time.) I reserve my week to ski in the months of Jan, Feb, or March. Tried to get a week in January last year (12 months out) and was told it was gone. Using points would possibly allow me to get any week I want to ski at Park City - because I can reserve 13 weeks out. But, by using points I would also forfeit a day. I don't plan to do that. As more people get into the Points program - It is conceivable that Points users could take all the good snow weeks from my timeshare's block of weeks. ( A Very Limited # of weeks) Marriott doesn't care if I end up with the choice of the crappy snow weeks at my Park City timeshare. Marriott will just force the timeshare owners to take one of the leftover weeks in Nov. and April. (Not optimal snow weeks.) Marriott probably figures that is a great way to basically force owners to buy into the Points program to get a good week at their own property. So if you have a good point value resort such as Hawaii and you like to trade your timeshare week, the Points program may work for you. But, if you like to go to the resort you bought. And your resort is a high demand resort with a short window of great weeks - Marriott's Point system is working in Marriott's favor not the owner's.