We used "bonus" Marriott Vacation Club points for our 5 night stay. So, I considered these to be "free" nights. The points were going to expire this year.

The interior of the condo is old and seems to be a lot of the original furnishings. The TV's have been upgraded to flat screens.

Like a lot of the condo's in Vail, these are very close to I-70. Very convenient for driving around, but too noisy to keep windows open at night. There is no air conditioning or ceiling fans over the beds. They do provide portable fans but they are rather loud too.

The common areas are good --- nice indoor/outdoor pool with lap lanes. They have a fitness center. The resort is very centrally located right at the West Vail exit.

We like to hike, and we are hiking or playing golf most of the day. We use the condo mainly for breakfast and for sleeping. We were in a one bedroom condo - only 2 people. So, we had plenty of room.

We really like Vail in the summer and would stay here again. However, it is all about relative cost. If you trade your timeshare week for week at Streamside, you will probably feel slighted. The new Marriott VC point system values the property correctly. For my one week, oceanview timeshare in Maui, we could stay about 4 weeks in the summer at Streamside. About right.

I started itching about 4 days into 1 week Vacation. Upon returning home I was scratching Violently. I went to the doctor $100 visit and was diagnosed with bedbugs/scabies. They are little 8 legged creatures/parasites that get under your skin of it's host and bury it's body deep under the skin, then produce larva and the eggs hatch producing more. A very serious condition if not stopped, producing sores and scabes that itch like the devil. You have to use a pesticide cream $90+ to put all over your body from head to toe. Oh by the way the creams ingreidiants is a Nerotoxin to your brain permethrin via google www.sacbies-killer.com. has a more natural product that I also bought. I have used both it's been 1 week and still itching furiously. Scabies from the bug remain under my skin taking weeks/ months to die off and the skin to heal. What a nightmare. Furiously washing all bedsheets and clothes and towels on a daily basis with a bedbug detergent I bought online to kill the bedbugs, it's eggs and larva. If that were'nt bad enough the hotel has curb where you pull your luggage over whereby the luggage cart fell on my head. I suffered a blow to my skull that practically knocked me out and a 2' bump shortly thereafter. I'm glad I'm still alive after these two experiences at this hotel/timeshare. Plus your 4 miles from Vail, you are not in town and have to take a shuttle everywhere unless you drove. The hotel room is dated, small and only had a pullout couch and a Murphey bed, very uncomfortable I might add. Worst hotel and trip I've been on.

Streamside consists of several buildings and, of course, Birch is one of the further ones. Nevertheless, it's probably about 2-3 min walking to Lobby and Pool area and there is plenty of parking available. It's also on the Hotel shuttle route so you get the same service as people staying in more expensive Douglass building.

The only negative is that you are outside of Vail village so you have to rely on their shuttle service to get you in and out. On the other hand, the service is very reliable and shuttles are right on time.

The room that we good was what the called a 1 bedroom villa. In reality, that's a one bedroom apartment with full kitchen and two full bathrooms. The room is spacious and has everything you'd possibly need. The version that we had - I think they had couple of configurations - had one queen (or King?) sized bed in the bedroom and two pull out sofas in the living room. There were four of us and the living room was large enough to accommodate all of us with our stuff very comfortably.

There were plenty of pillows, blankets and whatever else you'd need to make yourself comfortable at night. There is a ski locker on the ground floor which they give you free key for.

The hotel offers free WiFi to everybody but I don't think they offer any sort of breakfast.

Overall, I would highly recommend Streamside - very good value if you don't mind shuttle service to Vail village.

The 1 bedroom unit we had was spotless and up to date. There is a full kitchen and a gas fireplace in the living room. Our unit also had a balcony. The property is well taken care of with a nice pool and exercise room.

It is well situated and within easy walking distance of a Safeway and several excellent but moderately priced restaurants.

My only complaint is highway noise from Interstate 70 which was about 150 feet from our windows. In the summer the rooms can get warm and you need to open the windows as there is no airconditioning. However, the sound of trucks, etc. driving by is disturbing.

I imagine in the winter it is not a problem as you would probably keep the windows closed.