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Re: Marriott Vacation Club "Destinations" - What I Like and What I've Done (by Den):
Kathy - typing on iPhone may not be great
Purch in aftermarket has been fine for us. We purchased two weeks at Newport Villas which we use, rent, trade thru Interval, etc. Same booking weeks are used, book thru same desk at Marriott, book 13 mos out as Prem status, etc. Only diff is no Dest benefits such as deposit for Dest Pts and partial wk use. Maint fees, I believe are paid every year for every other year ownership, but check on this as seller should know. In any case, you pay half of Maint fees - EOY ownership.
With respect to Interval, we maintain two accounts as these wks cannot transact thru Interval Dest account. Interval even has some new deal which allows you to split weeks but not too familiar with this yet. Looks to me like Interval is trying to compete with Dest.
Private purchases have worked fine for us. Also, we could sell these wks for more than we paid for them.