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Maintenance fees at the Marriott Destinations are going up as much as 5% per year, thus double the inflation rate. Now using a $1,500 one bedroom maintenance fee the average cost per day before you open the door is $214.00. For a two bedroom before you open the door it's $1,900 per week or $271.per day. Unless you are using the kitchen and are just a couple better renting a hotel suite type room. Add $70.00 more per week in Aruba for utilities and latest taxes. A point to ponder is this .Marriott rents out their excess timeshare rooms to anyone and not even Marriott rewards members. Every year you as a member receive the annual budget. That includes necessary improvements, room upgrades, external repairs and sometimes special assessments. Is there a breakdown that can show owners the amounts Marriott contributes from their rental incomes? As a timeshare owner we get a tidy down free for the week. As a renter you get a room cleaning every day. Also what about this discrepancy if you buy 2000 points then we were told that for $24,000. payment a maintenance fee of about $1,150. is included and as shown in our eyes at the presentation forever.