With all the travel I am doing staying in timeshares full time, I get a lot of opportunities for Owner Updates. This is especially important with regards to Marriott ABOUND as the only real way to get information is to attend a sales presentation. In this update, there were a lot of significant changes. In fact, it is fair to say that the merger of Vistana into Marriott is mostly complete after four and a half years.
The big news is now you can choose to opt in to ABOUND if you are a Vistana owner and you can now also book Vistana properties from your ABOUND account. I have shown demos of both of these choices since many Vistana owners are new to ABOUND.
I had a very good owner update. A good salesperson in the sense that they were focused on me an how I could use my timeshares. The push was to rent out my timeshares and buy more thus ending up with “free” vacations. I have not been as successful renting out timeshares as the presentation suggested I could be. I might upgrade if I can improve my returns… But that is another thing to manage. But the meeting itself was very informative. I hope you enjoy the video.