LynnTH
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Good Info. Thanks. He doesn't have points. He has a dedicated red week. We would be going either the 1st or 2nd week of June as my kids are done with school the end of May. If we get a 1 bedroom - that would be OK too - but a 2 bedroom would sure be a lot nicer.
I wouldn't assume, I'd check to be sure. Just ask your boss if he can see availability at Vistana for the time period you are thinking of travelling.
There are a lot of variables at play here; if the trade is a weeks trade, or a points trade, time of year for the unit traded, rating of the resort traded etc. But at the core, not all 2BR are created equal, so it's easy to be caught when you think a trade should be easy. It mostly depends on how II values the week your boss deposits against what they deem the Vistana week is worth.
We are on RCI, but II works quite similarly. Early June at Vistana is not too "expensive" but by mid-June values are hitting their summertime high which holds through July and the first week of August. This is based on what I can currently see available in the RCI system, II has it's own valuation system; but as an idea of the value range in RCI the highest valued weeks (March Break and Christmas week) are generally about 3 times more valuable than the lowest valued weeks in late September to November. Summer weeks run about 2 times the lowest valued weeks. Points trades are bit more transparent, as your boss can see how many points he requires and how many points he has in the bank.