Marriott Destination Club Points transfer process and required fees

Susan A. · 2011-04-16T06:58:56-0700

Please understand that this is NOT final verified information as I am not aware of any transfers that have actually been completed and it has been very difficult to obtain ANY consistent information about this subject from the developer. This is information I have received from Marriott Owner Modifications but until a completed transfer goes through, I still consider it pending confirmation. If you are a Destination Club owner, still check with Marriott prior to selling your Marriott Destination Club Points to reconfirm everything and I would also recommend that you request the transfer procedures in writing from Marriott. For this points program, it is important to understand that there are different underlying ownership types.. If the seller is a converted week's owner (often referred to as a legacy or enrolled owner), they are only able to sell their underlying week's ownership and the Destination Club privileges do not transfer on the secondary market. Example: John A. purchased a platinum season 2br villa at Marriott's Grande Vista in 2008. In June of 2010, he enrolled in Destination Club (DC) points. In January of 2011 he contracts to sell his ownership. Upon conveyance, the buyer will only receive the original underlying ownership at Grande Vista and will not have access to any Destination Club reservations. If the owner purchased from the developer after June 2010, they will most likely be a UDI points owner into one of the Destination Club trusts. These ownerships can be transferred on the secondary market, but are subject to mandatory "re-enrollment" fees that must be paid to Marriott in order for the buyer to make reservations. These UDI ownerships are individually deeded in allotments of 250 points. Marriott refers to each of these deeds as a Beneficial Interest (BI). This means that it is not unusual for a DC owner to have twenty to fifty deeds! Now comes the tricky part! Marriott Vacation Club requires a re-enrollment fee be paid for each Beneficial Interest or deed transferred. The current re-enrollment fee is $200 per deed (with a minimum required charge of $2,000).. Marriott is also charging a $25. transfer fee per deed, and a $95. right of first refusal waiver request fee per transaction. In summary, using the specific example I've been working on for a seller with 6,500 destination club points. Estimated closing costs are: Deeding $650. + doc stamps (with attorney placing all legal descriptions onto a single recordable conveyance) Re-Enrollment fee of $5,200. Transfer fee of $650. Waiver request fee of $95. This creates the potential transfer costs for this ownership at $6,595.

Sam Jun 17, 2025

Just came came back from Sales presentation at one of the Marriott Vacation Club (Jun 15, 2025). Me & I wife would have to be extremely dumb and gullible to give even a dime of our hard earned money for this "Time share ownership" or "Destination Club Points" ponzi schemes. They offered us $17K initial cash down ( with all sorts of finance and credit card options LOL) for 1000 points and 81c per point maintenance ( ie $800/year) uncapped, meaning, maintenance can keep going up year after year. With Timeshare week ownership, they atleast provided some "smoke and mirror of ownership" for "one week" at a fixed/float property with a scam deed. With Destination points, you own nothing! They now have 700,000 suckers into this scheme/scam and keep adding at the breakneck speed. Good luck finding any room anywhere to book in two years with points. Stay 100 feet away from these scammers. Use the BonVoy points and be done or even cash to book. IT IS NOT WORTH all the hassles to book in advance, resale your week at half price, add more points, transfer deeds, pay fees this, pay fees that, to vacation somewhere for a week or two. I am sure 50%+ people are not using this scam as promised.

KEEP YOUR MONEY IN YOUR WALLET UNTIL YOU ARE READY TO GO SOMEWHERE. THERE IS NO BENEFIT TO OWN A VACATION PROPERTY FOR LIFE AND PAY RIDICULOUS MAINTENANCE FOR IT!

TimeShare is best legal Ponzi scheme to take out all of the initial costs to develop a property and then unload on to unsuspecting people and then stick extremely high maintenance fees as profits for life.

Last edited by shitals7 on Jun 17, 2025 10:54 AM

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