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Re: Marriott Vacation Club point system (by John H.):

Hello there. I am trying to understand the point system a little better. My wife's parents are legacy owners of 4 properties. Initially, they did not want to buy into the new points system, but recently they caved and bought the minimum amount. I would like to know more about what you suggested in your post below about how to decrease the price per point by purchasing a resale and a purchase of points. I am not quite sure I understand what you are suggesting. can you email me directly? (if so, I will send my email to you) I am tasked with helping my wife's parents and the 4 daughters and spouses to come up with a strategic plan going forward in how to equitably share the properties and points where the most value can be extracted. My mother in law checked with Marriott and it seems that you cannot fold a resale purchase(like from here) into the vacation club and count it toward your marriott owned properties for possible point exchange-- If you can, I would love to know about how to do this. Also, when you refer to renting points--how is this done? This would be great in the example where you only have 2250 points and the property you want to visit is 2500, and you can't only buy 250 points from Marriott. Renting the other 250 points would be ideal.

The best way to decrease the price per point is with the purchase of a resale and purchase of points from Marriott, or just buy resale. However, if I wanted to save some money and I were you, I would just rent the points for when I need them and then I could save on annual maintenance fees and the overhead.

I believe there are many more knowledgeable people of the DC program on tiimeshare users group than on this site. You can go there and find many more positvie people who are aware of the nuances of the DC program than here.