HOW TO TRADE THROUGH INTERVAL INTERNATIONAL AND ACTUALLY GET WHAT YOU WANT

[@clarachin]

Just wanted to say I'm new to this and wanted to learn more about trading and this video was very informative. Especially about the trading power. It makes so much sense now! Thanks.

[@TimeshareSimplified]

Thank you so much for watching and we are so glad we could help! If you ever need your points rented, please let us now

[@kathyliddell8985]

Thanks for the great info though I’m still a little confused with my situation. I own a 3 bedroom winter float week at Dawn Beach in St. Martin. (Blackout weeks 7, 51 and 52). In order for me to trade for points I have to have them assign me a week to put into II. In order to get the maximum number of points 120,000 am I correct in thinking they would have to assign me a winter season week? In the past they assigned me a week not in winter season and when I called II I was only going to get 40 - 60k points which would get me no where. I ended up exchanging ( instead of points) for a two bedroom in FL because we were unable to go to St. Martin that year. I have I missed the window for 2024 in terms of depositing a year out even if I can get them to assign me a winter week which I feel they should? Hope this makes sense. Thank you.

[@TimeshareSimplified]

Hi Kathy, sorry for the late response. You can book weeks one through 17, so see if your developer can book weeks 16 or 17 for next year, and it would still give you the highest trade in power. It might lower it a little bit because it’s not 10 months or more in advance, but it should be pretty high and get close to that 120 thousand points.

[@kathyliddell8985]

@@TimeshareSimplified No problem and thank you. I actually went ahead and paid 2024 maintenance fee last week and was able to get 132000 points. I’ve learned so much from your tips! I have 242,000 points which I will use in 2025 for a nice trip! If I want to travel in February 2025 when can I start searching?

[@TimeshareSimplified]

@@kathyliddell8985 You can put in the search any time up to two years in advance and the farther out you put it the higher up on the list you are, but it usually won’t confirm till around 12 months in advance when people start depositing those weeks.

[@mattc7939]

I appreciate your videos. So I have 12 Diamond Weeks with Hyatt Residence Clubs (Christmas, New Year, etc) and also Welk Platinum points (now called Hyatt Vacation Club Platinum Program) and I really can't ever find what I want unless it's low season. But most things you said seem to apply to folks with a deeded week. (Incidentally, I've been on the waiting list in Hawaii for months with no success). Funny thing is...I can get into HRC Ka'anapali Beach Club (on a waiting list) with Hyatt's internal Exchange easily enough (and that's a fantastic resort, one of the best in Hawaii) - but even trading that resort into Interval, I can't seem to get other Hawaiian resorts, even those that are of a lower quality level. It's frustrating.

[@TimeshareSimplified]

Hi Matt, Thank you for watching! It sounds like you’re mainly trying to go into the Interval and see what’s available for trade. If you re-watch the video, you will see that that’s the worst way to try to get a trade through Interval. In 99% of circumstances, you’ll never get a trade by just going online and searching for availability at the resort you want to go to. You always have to use the ongoing search method, and you have to be as bright as possible, especially if you’re trying to go during peak times. So if you have a Hyatt point system, then when you go to search on Interval for what you want, it’s going to show that it's not available. Click on ongoing search and then put in the request for what you want, and you can pick up to 45 different resorts in a 10-month timeframe. So say, for instance, you wanted to go to Hawaii, you could put in a request for Marriott Ocean Club, Marriott Kauai Beach Club, Westin Maui, or Hyatt Maui, and travel dates anytime between January 1 and February 29, and then it will usually take up to a month, and they will email you your confirmation letter at one of those places. Now you can narrow it down to just one resort at a time, but that will take a lot longer. So ideally, be as bright as possible, try to pick as many resorts as possible, and bring up as much time as possible. Or pick one time that you want to go to multiple properties, and it will increase your chances, and it’s something like, over 90% of the time, they will email you within three weeks your confirmation letter directly to your email. But just trying to go online and search for weeks that are available will never yield you any results, especially if you’re trying to go during peak times.

[@byronvann9515]

What if your buying a getaway and not trading. How is the availability with Interval?

[@TimeshareSimplified]

Hi Byron Vann, Thank you for watching! The getaways are great to use, especially in the major destinations like Orlando, Las Vegas, Mexico, and other places. It’s kind of hit or miss, but a lot of times you can get getaway weeks for even less than your maintenance fee. You pay for trading a week, so they can be good, and their availability updates daily, so there could be something good on there one minute and then gone, and vice versa. They are good, especially if you’re not traveling on major holidays or at sold-out times of the year. A lot of times, it can be better than trading for a week.

[@ciarap61606]

I have a time share using points. I just booked a week using my points in December and used Interval to deposit. There wasn't any availability for hawaii and therefore put in a request. Does this mean I lost trading power? Is there a low chance for me to get a reservation

[@TimeshareSimplified]

Hi CiCi, If you could, please give us some more information, as you don’t really need to book a specific week and deposit it with Interval when you’re in a points program. But if you could let us know what we can book to deposit with Interval, and we could determine what your trading power was. Usually, if you have a points developer, it’s just a different number of points for different prime times, so all you need to do is step two, which is put in a request and make sure you have enough points to cover the request. To determine how many points you would need, you would need to go to the resorts you were selecting in Hawaii and know the times of the year you want to go to and then go to the travel demand index. Look at the resort and pull up the TDI, and then look for the weeks you were trying to travel. Then the boxes to the right will tell you how much trading power you need, as determined by the number on the bottom of the chart. Once you know that number, when you login to place a request, you’ll know how many points you need to use from your system. If you want to take a screenshot when you’re in your Interval account and email it to [e-mail] we can try and help you. What time of year did you put in your request for Hawaii? How far in advance did you book that week to deposit in the Interval, and what week was it for? Thank you for watching!

[@PruthviChauhan]

Very useful info.. Bought a timeshare with Hilton(thankfully got a refund now) - didn't buy enough points ($12k) and they didn't give me interval or RCI since I didn't have a property to submit to them. Had to use their own system which didn't have this "request" feature. Is that true for all points system or just Hilton or cos I bought a small package that they don't include RCI or interval. Also, limited resort options in the search and last minute reservation ($299 or $399 for a week) It seems if you can afford it best timeshare to own would be in best "red" or "platinum" (Mercedes) and trade for 3 or 4 Hyundais? Or is it just 1 car for 1 car trade?

[@SilviaManentFinancialAdvisor]

Thank you so much for your advice! Can you discuss lockouts and how to do it with your time share? We own 2 platinum weeks at the Marriott in Mallorca Spain and each are 2 bedrooms. Can we lock it out so we can get 4 weeks out of this?

[@TimeshareSimplified]

Hi Silvia, Thank you for watching! Unfortunately, the unit you own is not a lock-off unit, so you wouldn't be able to do that. If you looks an interval though, I believe the best weeks for you to book are weeks 25 through 35, so book those one year in advance and then deposit them immediately, and they will usually give you an extra bonus week for free. But make sure to book it exactly one year to the day and then deposit immediately. Ticket has unsurpassed trading power, so you can trade it anywhere you want at any time.

[@SilviaManentFinancialAdvisor]

@@TimeshareSimplified thank you so so so much!!!!!!! You’re amazing!!!!!

[@PruthviChauhan]

@TimeshareSimplified.. So they would book the week they have in Spain and then deposit that stay right away? So someone else could use it and had they deposit exactly 1 year in advance they get the best buying power elsewhere? Do I have that somewhat correct?

[@JeffMitzner]

I own 2 weeks at Marriott Desert Springs Villas-II. Question: Is it true that I can deposit 13 months in advance if I deposit both weeks at the same time.

[@floridagirl10024]

How does this work for a Timeshare that is a Float (no assigned week). I have a 2BR timeshare at WVE and my TDI mostly shows black dots and very few blue. How do I use the Request First feature on the Interval web site to make sure I get something I want before I deposit my week and lose the option of going back to LV? I'm a newbie and the Interval website is making me crazy.

[@tonyavitia6556]

Hi OK, so first you need to find out what season you own. You can just google the name of your resort I’m not sure who WVE is. So just google WVE and the resort you own weeks chart by season. Then once you know what season you own such as platinum, gold, etc.… Find out what weeks those are and write them down. Then go to the Interval website and pull up your Resort on there. Then go to the travel demand index and the weeks are numbered on the left And whatever weeks you have to pick the ones that are the farthest to the right and make sure you book the dates 12 months in advance

[@tonyavitia6556]

And then don’t worry, you can even trade back into your same resort. Sometimes you would have to pay an exchange fee, but you can trade back into your own property typically. However, you get a higher trading value for your deposit. If you do a deposit first. Also, you have to do it ongoing search, but unless you’re trying to go to the best destinations at the highest travel times 97% of searches get fulfilled as long as you had deposited the right week

[@LoriSechrist-sq8pz]

Does the time you deposit your weeks change the travel demand index of what you own? Or does the week we own change or stay the same... I'm newbe who has had Interval & RCI for several years and never used

[@tonyavitia6556]

Hi Lori! Well, that’s kind of a complicated question. It matters if you own points or weeks? If you own points, it doesn’t matter you don’t need to deposit anything. They will just charge you more points to trade during higher demand times so you essentially get to skip step one as they give you unsurpassed trading ability which basically means you can trade for everything if you pay the appropriate amount of points. If you own weeks, then yes there’s a couple determining factors. Firstly you need to go to the ownership details of what you own and see what season you own in. Then determine which weeks you’re eligible to book. Then go to the Interval or RCI travel, demand index, and see which weeks are the highest in demand such as Interval, means the little dots that are all the way to the right such as New Year’s, Christmas, holidays, etc.… Find the best week that’s the bubble furthest to the right that you have access to book i.e. New Year’s, Christmas, spring break, etc.…. Then book that week, 10 months or more in advance and then immediately deposited it with Interval or RCI that way you have three years to use your vacation whenever you want to go then you have as good of a chance as you can get Then you can relax, and then whenever you decide or wherever you decide, you wanna go always do a ongoing search you will never ever find anything available. If you just try to search on their websites to see what’s available. None of the good resorts will ever be available that way you always have to put in a search for it . Then once you put in your search, try to make it as broad as possible, either a big length of time and multiple resorts. So the best way to do it is, I want to go to Hawaii anytime between June and July and I’ll stay at either the Marriott, Westin, Hilton, Hyatt, etc.… That’s the best way to guarantee to get what you want every year

[@clydesmith8560]

I didn't hear you speak about how to use your Points in the interval system. The video was not very useful for me because I have points not weeks. I am new to the Interval system, have 30000 points and am confused!!

[@TimeshareSimplified]

Hi Clyde, Thanks for watching! You must’ve missed it because in the video, I say that if you're a point owner, you can skip step one and just go to step two about doing the ongoing search part. Everything’s the same for point owners. The only thing is that you don’t need to pre-book a week to give to Interval. They give you the highest trading value. It just means more points during times of higher demand. But all you need to do is follow the second part of making a search request. Thanks

[@elyillo19]

Thanks this is a very useful information 👏🏼

[@TimeshareSimplified]

Hi Erwin, Thank you for watching.

[@christinehoolihan7433]

Thank you for taking the time to explain the drive of the exchange company. It is so helpful to know how to give them what they want and to know how it is useful to them and me. Can you share with us an idea of how many points to deposit in order to get a week at one of the awesome places you mentioned (four seasons and the like). We travel off season for some of the same reasons that you do. Living on the west coast, Disneyland is a big draw and when looking at Wyndham, I noticed that Dolphin's Cove has the proximity and amenities that make a stay near Disney more comfortable, however after hearing you describe the more luxurious accommodations available it makes me want to take this approach. So assuming I deposit my points the second I get them, how many do I need to deposit to have the trading power to stay at a fancy place?

[@TimeshareSimplified]

Hi Christine, If you are in a point system when you login into your interval account and you go to my units, it should have a points chart there, and you can select the number of points you want to use depending upon the season you want to go. So you might want to go look at the resort you want to go to at the time of the year and go to the travel demand index and see what time of the year it is that you want to go, and that’ll let you know how many points you need to use in your Interval account. What company do you own?

[@luisescalante5217]

Thank you so much, as a newcomer to timeshare your video was helpful. I acquiring my mothers Week at grand chateu las vegas. I see her 2023 was banked interval. Can i bank 2024 and combine them to get a bigger upgrade like the Grand Californian? Any advice would help thank you. Ill keep watching more videos

[@luisescalante5217]

Might help know im looking to book grand California for oct 2025

[@tonyavitia6556]

Then I would start an ongoing search now for that because it won’t come up as available when you’re trying to search it. But search it out and then there’s a button once it says there’s nothing available available to do it ongoing and then set up an ongoing search for it.

[@kandymcbride3806]

I am new to this and last year they said I was too late and had to request early so I requested in September for a week in July. I am supposed to have 105,000 points how do I know my trading power?

[@vivekkhare4812]

That dog sounds like Norm Macdonald in disguise

[@wills9705]

Bro. Just sit down and talk to the camera. Why are you walking your dog trying to do this??? Is this how you would want to consume information? Come on, man. Good info, just not concise.