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Originally Posted by Justjean
I believe we were told all of Westgate Branson Woods is Red and that the whole thing is floating except for those who pay a premium for a specifc building for a specific week at the start. If this is the case, can I ask for or insist upon ANY week if I ask early enough?
If so, do I then ask to reserve a week that has high trading power? If I ask well in advance will they be truthful with me as to what is available? Will they honor a request to put that specific week up for exchange?
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Branson is not all red time. The first 12 or 13 weeks are slow season and I believe are rated as either yellow or green weeks.
In a float week system you can reserve any week that has availabilty. When reserving a week in a float system for exchange, it's always best to reserve the highest demand week necessary to get the exchange you want. Since most of us don't know for sure how much trade power it will take to get specific exchanges, the general rule of thumb is to reserve the strongest week available. In Branson, that's week 22. I don't know why but that's how Interval has it rated.
Some resorts try to convince you that any red week is as stong as the next. You may have to be insistant to get the week you want deposited. If they argue with you, have them look up Interval's demand index and explain why one week would be rated stronger than the week they're trying to force you to take. You may not have any problems as all and they may reserve and deposit the week you request. Others were reporting a couple of years ago that Westgate was trying to change the rules and not allow owners to deposit the week the requested. I don't know if that remains true or not.
Will they be truthful or honor your request? It's impossible to say until you make the request and see what they do.
