Originally Posted by
swag
Okay, I had missed my stay-anytime check at this property, and have now updated my post. But I see many of the dates w/o standard award availability do have stay-anytime availability, including most of March. I see standard rooms for sale for cash those dates too (admittedly at prepay and/or very high rates).
I must admit I didn't check March. I already have 2 standard award weeks booked then.
Stay Anytime at the Vail Marriott is not a good measure of Standard Room availability as it does not utilize Standard Rooms; SA awards gives you a Lodge Room and breakfast for 2. I guess that will be a point or cash upgrade in the future since SA awards are going away. Time will tell. FWIW, I have never personally booked a SA award. I guess we are really splitting hairs here, and won't know what happens until after the new program is implemented. Probably a lot more important things to be concerned with, like tomorrow's ski conditions.
It is easy to see if there are Standard rooms available at the Vail Marriott, since when one is checking for Paid reservations the results make it very obvious by the
STANDARD ROOM notation in caps.