How
direct Marriott exchanges work
The service we provide:
We maintain on this
website an Exchange Database of Marriott Vacation
Club® timeshare owners and their resorts, along with a selection of
Marriott resorts to which they would consider exchanging. No "banking" of weeks
is involved.
You can choose a free exchange membership (just add your
resort(s) and exchange preferences to the website), and wait for another
owner to find you. Or the more pro-active paid membership ($12 to access the
exchange search engines for a year, and arrange all the free Marriott exchanges
you can muster at no cost).
There are several
types of database searches you can conduct, and they are all simple and fast.
The simple process for becoming an Ownertrades.com
exchange member
Setting up for exchanges involves three steps, and positions you to save a lot
of money in exchange fees!
Step 1: Create an account if you have not already done so. Use the menu on the
left to create your account. You will choose a username and password, and you
will also be required to pay a one-time $2 account setup fee as part of the
process (you will need to pay via Paypal and your credit card).
Step 2: (The Free Exchange Membership) -- Enter your
Marriott properties and exchange preferences so that others may find
you when searching the Exchange Database. You are not "banking" your
Marriott timeshare property, and you are not making any commitment when you enter your properties.
You are simply listing places you might consider exchanging to. You may
post as many exchange situations as you wish. Your data will be added to the
database, and other owners will be then able to find you as they search for
trading partners.
Step 3: (The Paid Exchange Membership) If you want to be pro-active and do searches for
Marriott exchange partners yourself, pay the $12 fee which gives you access to the
exchange search engines for twelve months. There are no fees for actually
executing exchanges with other Marriott owners, and no limit to the number of
Marriott - to - Marriott exchanges
you can work up. There are no additional fees besides the $12, no matter how
many exchanges you arrange.
To get that paid membership, simply go to the Exchange Center and click on "Find
an Exchange". You will be given the opportunity to pay for the $12 membership at
that time if you have not already done so.
The no
fee exchange process
Once you have found trading candidates in our database, you contact
them directly via email and make trading arrangements. Ownertrades.com does not
participate in arranging the details of the trade -- that is arranged between
you and the person with whom you will be trading, and it is up to you and your
trading partner to make sure that the arrangements you have worked out are
compatible with your Villa's check-in process.
You make a reservation at your
Villa at the time your trading partner desires, and have your trading partner
and those staying with him(her) recorded as your guests. Your trading partner does
the same thing, arranging a time you desire at his (her) Villa, listing you and
those who will be staying with you as guests. Ownertrades.com is not familiar
with the details of handling guest reservations at all the resorts, so it is you
and your trading partner's responsibility to work with each other and the Villas
to make sure everything is in order. It's a good idea to have Marriott send
confirmations to your "guests" and vice-versa.
That's all there is to it. You and your guests check in to your trading
partner's Villa for your vacation, and your trading partner and his guests check
in to your Villa for their vacation.
Be sure that you both have verified with
your and your trading partner's Villa check-in desks that all the details are in
order, down to every last detail including independent check-in by the guests
and their receiving keys when they check in.
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