If you’re looking into becoming a Marriott Vacation Club owner, and you’re considering purchasing a legacy week in the great state of Florida, you should definitely become familiar with the Florida Club. If you’re curious about what the Florida Club is, how to use it and what its benefits are, then you’ve come to the right place! The Florida Club offers a handful of extremely useful benefits for Marriott Vacation Club owners at select resorts, so let’s explore whether buying your week at one of these resorts make sense for you.
What Is The Florida Club?
The Florida Club acts as a club within Marriott Vacation Club and allows owners at participating Florida resorts to book their week at one of the other Florida Club resorts up to six months prior to their reservation instead of booking at the resort they own.
Owners of more than one week at a Florida Club resort can take advantage of booking seven months out, if they are booking concurrent (two different weeks during the same calendar dates) or consecutive (two weeks with the second directly following the first) weeks.
Participating Marriott Resorts
| Resort | Location |
|---|---|
| Grande Vista* | Orlando |
| Legends Edge | Panama City |
| Villas at Doral | Miami |
| Beach Place Towers | Ft. Lauderdale |
| Ocean Pointe | Palm Beach Shores |
*Only some owners at Grande Vista can book reservations at other Florida Club resorts. If you are buying a resale legacy week, the original ownership must feature this option. It’s always recommended to verify if the unit you are buying possesses the ability to book into other Florida Club resorts. To view a listing of the villa numbers that are excluded from Florida Club, click to expand the section below.
Do Florida Club Benefits Transfer When Purchasing A Resale Legacy Week?
Yes, as long as the original ownership that was purchased directly from Marriott offers Florida Club benefits, resale buyers will retain these benefits once the week has transferred into their name.
How Florida Club Works
There are a few things to keep in mind when exchanging your week at your home resort for another Florida Club resort. Let’s explore!
Booking & Seasons
Exchanges between Florida Club properties work on a “like for like” basis. This means you can only book reservations at other Florida Club resorts within the same season that you own at your home resort.
If you own a week during Platinum or Gold season, you can exchange it into any of the other Florida Club properties. However, if you own a Silver season, you can only exchange it into the other resorts that also have a Silver season, which are Legend’s Edge, Villas at Doral, and Ocean Pointe.
Lock-Offs
If you own your week in a unit at a resort that does not feature the ability to lock-off, such as Villas at Doral or Legends Edge, you have the ability to use the lock-off benefit of another Florida Club property. This can be done by booking for a reservation at a resort that does feature lock-offs and paying a lock-off fee to separate the unit.
| Resort | Location | Lock-off | Platinum | Gold | Silver |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MGR | Grande Vista | ||||
| MLE | Legends Edge | ||||
| MVD | Villas at Doral | ||||
| MBP | Beach Place Towers | ||||
| MPB | Ocean Pointe |
Just Like Home… Resort
When reserving at another non-home Florida Club resort, you retain all the benefits and features as if the reservation was at your home resort. This means, you can stay at the resort, rent the week out, or even deposit it into Interval International.
Whether you would like to deposit, search, or make a search request into Interval International, you will need to enter the unit number that belongs to the other non-home Florida Club resort you reserved, not the unit number that you actually own yourself. If you have reserved a week at another Florida Club resort, you will need to know the unit number, which is a 4 character code that designates the unit type that you reserved. You can find all of the unit numbers for all the Florida Club resorts by clicking to expand the section below.
Let’s Wrap This Up
So in conclusion buying a legacy week at a Florida Club resort offers additional benefits that other Marriott Vacation Club legacy week owners are unable to enjoy. This arrangement between the resorts offers a greater degree of flexibility for owners at these resorts, and is definitely a reason to consider owning your Marriott Vacation Club week in Florida.
If you are thinking about purchasing a resale legacy week, be sure to verify with the seller that the unit you are interested in is Florida Club eligible. This way, you can enjoy all the Florida Club benefits and exchange your week into the other participating resorts.
Now that you know all about Florida Club and how it works, it’s time to start planning your next Florida vacation! If you’re interesting in finding the perfect Marriott timeshare for you, please fill in a contact form and one of licensed Real Estate agents will get in touch with you to answer any of your questions.
