DVC v Starwood info please!!

[3guysandagal]

For Hawaii, it would be 81,000 for a week in a 1 BR. Other resorts differ and may also differ in seasons. Hawaii is the same season all year long.

81,000!!! WOW!!!
So my next question is how big is the "average" Starwood contract and does it replenish points every year?

 

[3guysandagal]

Does that mean a 49 year contract would be about 1.5 million points?
Sorry for all the questions, but have not done any research on Starwood.
DVC on the other hand.....

 

[tomandrobin]

81,000!!! WOW!!!
So my next question is how big is the "average" Starwood contract and does it replenish points every year?

Your Staroptions renew every year. Starwood is a hybrid system, its both a week system and a point system. So when you buy into Starwood, you are buying a week at a resort, during a set season. The week you bought also has a set Staroption value (points) that can be used at the 8 month mark for booking rooms.

Here is a simplified breakdown of how ownership works if you own a week at a resort. I will use Westin Kierland, since that is one of the resorts I own.

12-8 month window I can reserve at my home resort in the season that I own. This is just a straight exchange, no Staroptions involved.

8 month window I can use my Staroptions and try to book a room in another season at my home resort, or use my Staroptions to book a room at another Starwood resort, like Harborside. Now my Kierland unit is worth 148,100 Staroptions. I can use all of the Staroptions or just some of the Staroptions. I could call and try to reserve a two bedroom at Harborside in June, if successful it would cost me 81,000 Staroptions. I could then use the other 67,100 Staroptions for a week in two bedroom at Vistana Villages in the fall. These stays on Staroptions are for weekly stays minimum.

90 days out from check-in, you can use your Staroptions for daily stays. Each Starwood resort the units also have Staroption values for each stay. So, if I was staying at DVC and wanted to save my points on weekends, I could add Fri and Sat at Vistana Village or Vistana Resort with my Staroptions.

There are alot of other "little" details, but this is a good basic overview of how the system works.

 

[3guysandagal]

Thank you TomandRobin.
That explains it very well.
Will have to do a little more investigation into Starwood!