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Re: Marriott Vacation Club point system (by Brion S.):

You know wha is really fun.. Going into the presentation and the sales person realizes that they cannot sell you a thing.. Last time we went I had just inherited my parents timeshares and now have a total of 21,000 Destination Exchange points per year.. ummm what are they going to sell me at that point, hell I could go on an African Safari EVERY year. Yes the maintenance fees are high so I do choose to rent out most if not all (why I am on this site).. They do TRY to convince me that I need to buy the Trust points and there may be a time that WILL be needed, but I do think Marriott will get some serious backlash if they impose what they can do. What they can do is that because unlike what they tell you in presentations a point is NOT a point.. there are the Exchange points and there are the Trust points and technically all NEW resorts are fully Trust point and all Older resorts are a combination of Weeks, Exchange Points (enrolled Weeks) and Trust points (unsold inventory when they changed programs).. So they can eventually if they choose say that you need Trust points to get a Trust reservation. but that goes both ways in that a resort that is 90% weeks and Exchange would be hard for a Trust owner to get..

However, until the above scenario comes up I don't need anything more and I will be honest I do NOT suggest anyone buy into the system at this point. The point system though good for reservations 1, 2, 3, 4 to any amount of days it is just more expensive and for anyone to get into points they really need to buy 3500+ points a year (to get to go anywhere good) and @ 10-11$ per point that is well over $35K which is about $13K more than I paid for my Las Vegas 3BR and I get 250 points more per year in trade + if I choose I can turn it in for rewards points more than the Trust point equivalent gives or I can use it as the week.