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Re: Starwood Vacation Ownership (by Leslie B.):
I am late to this discussion but to answer your question about hotels, the answer is it depends. Where do you want to go and how much room do you need?
If Starwood has hotels there it can be a great deal. For example we are traveling to Ireland for New Year's. Something I could never get with timeshare exchange. They have some of the most expensive hotels costs in the world (#4 highest I think). We have 5 nights that cost of 40,000 points, the same amount of points we get on our Desert Oasis unit. My annual maintenance fee is $908 (I think). To rent the hotel room is $3600. We have also done really well in New York City, Portland, OR, San Diego, Boston and Montreal.
We own 4 timeshares ( 1 EOY), 3 of which are not in the SVO network. Since 1997 we have only stayed at our home resorts 1 time. Two we have never even seen. However we have enjoyed our timeshares and traveled to places we had never even thought about. It all comes back to where you want to go and what you needs are. IMHO Starpoints are just another way to do what you want to do if versatility is what you want.