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Old Jun 5, 2009 | 11:57 am
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miller4isu
 
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Marriott's Marbella Beach Resort - worth 164,000 points?

Opinions and suggestions wanted!

I currently have 300k+ MR points, and with the increase in points needed for MVC properties coming soon, I am wanting to spend some points for a nice vacation.
I currently have a 2 bedroom villa at the Marbella Beach Resort booked for 2 weeks next May.
There will be 2 couples traveling, and it looks to me like one of the MVC properties in a 2 bedroom villa is currently the best use of points.
Next May the marbella Beach Resort is offering a pointsaver award, so the number of points needed for 2 weeks in a 2 bedroom villa is only 164,000.

We would like to take a few 2-day trips to other places (Rome, Athens, etc), and flights seem pretty cheap from AGP.

Do you think this would be a good use of points?
Is there somewhere else I should be looking?
We dont' really care WHERE we go - we just want 2 couples to go somewhere fun/interesting for 2 weeks.
Basically, if you had 300K+ MR points, where would YOU go (if the hotel selected only has regular hotel rooms, 2 rooms would be needed)?

I'm open to suggestions!
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