I’ve sat in the lobby and watched families arrive at Marriott Harbor Lakes Orlando Florida with that specific look of shell-shocked exhaustion, only to realize their "discount" booking didn't include the specific villa type they promised their kids. They spent months saving for a week in the sun, but because they tried to outsmart the system using a third-party "opaque" booking site, they ended up in a room facing a parking lot instead of the shipwreck pool, stripped of their Marriott Bonvoy elite benefits. I’ve seen this exact scenario play out dozens of times: a traveler thinks they're saving $400 on a week-long stay, but by the time they pay the hidden "
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