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Re: Purchasing a Marriot Vacation Club timeshare (by David D.):
Unless you really must have a platinum week, I'd advise buying resale at a good-quality Interval International resort in a peak red period - let's say you spend $2,500 - and use it to exchange into Marriott's. II has plenty of Marriott's availability. You save with lower purchase costs and lower maintenance fees (although you'll have to pay the exchange fee). It works for me. A quick check on the II availability list shows that my $700 purchase (and $700 a year maintenance fee) two-bedroom September week in Scotland will get me three bedrooms over the Christmas or New Year weeks at Marriott's Marbella Beach resort or two bedrooms at their Son Antem resort on the Island of Mallorca. Hell, I can even get into those resorts out of the school vacation period with an II Accommodation Certificate. A one-bedroom Canary Islands August week got me a two-bedroom townhouse at Son Antem for the Easter vacation this year.