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Marriott Resale VS Points (by Danielle C.):

I have spent some time reading through past posts regarding the Marriott point systems. I am hoping to get some feedback from you all. We are definitely loyal Marriott vacationers. We tend to travel at least 1-2 times per year, and always stay at the Marriott vacation club. 3 of the past 4 years we have gone to the Maui Ocean Club, which is one of our favorites. We are NOT owners, and almost always buy our weeks off of ebay. In the past it has worked for us, but we have to be very flexible about our dates, since we need to travel when the week is available to purchase. We have been thinking very seriously for a while about purchasing a week on the resale market for Maui, and then we discovered the new points system when we were in Maui early this year. My question for you is this: Are we better off purchasing a Maui week (we will only purchase the Villas, not the converted hotel suites), or are we better off purchasing points? I was thinking that the points were a positive thing, seeing that it would be easier to travel to other Marriott locations, and not being locked into a specific location. I know you can trade through a 3rd party (RCI/II), but that seems to be so much more difficult than using the points and dealing with the Marriott directly. Another thought is that it is very difficult to find a reasonably priced resale week in Maui for the villas. It seems that many of the resales are the suites, which we do not want.

Thank you in advance for any advice that you may have!