FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *   MARRIOTT JOHN W III 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 11/21/2011 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corp [VAC] (Last) (First) (Middle) 10400 FERNWOOD ROAD 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) __X__ Other (specify below) 13D Group Owning More Than 10% 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) (Street) BETHESDA, MD 20817 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) Common Stock 76,132 D   Common Stock 34,380 I 1974 Trusts (1) Common Stock 50,391 I 1965 Trusts (1) Common Stock 3,155 I Spouse (1) Common Stock 1,082,798 I JWFME, Inc. (1) (2) Common Stock 919,999 I TPV, LP (1) (3) Common Stock 32,349 I JWM Associates, L.P. (1) Common Stock 1,967 I Sp Trustee 1 (1) Common Stock 1,967 I Sp Trustee 2 (1) Common Stock 1,021 I Sp Trustee 3 (1) Common Stock 6,947 I Trustee 1 (1) Common Stock 5,991 I Trustee 2 (1) Common Stock 4,760 I Trustee 3 (1) Directors' Deferred Stock 204 D (4)   Directors' Deferred Stock 216.2 D (4)   Directors' Deferred Stock 378 D (4) Â

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
MARRIOTT JOHN W III 10400 FERNWOOD ROAD BETHESDA, MD 20817	Â	Â	Â	13D Group Owning More Than 10%

Signatures

/s/ Catherine Meeker, Attorney-In-Fact		11/30/2011
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of the reported securities except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.
(2)	Represents shares held by JWM Family Enterprises, L.P. JWM Marriott Enterprises, Inc. is the sole general partner of the JWM Family Enterprises, L.P. J.W. Marriott, Jr., John W. Marriott, lll, Deborah Marriott Harrison, Stephen Garff Marriott and David Sheets Marriott are each shareholders of JWM Family Enterprises, Inc.
(3)	Represents shares held by Thomas Point Ventures, L.P., whose general partner is JWM Family Enterprises, L.P.
(4)	Issued under the Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corporation Stock and Cash Incentive Plan pursuant to the anti-dilution provisions of an award granted to the reporting person under the Marriott International, Inc. Stock and Cash Incentive Plan, which award has substantially the same terms as the Marriott International, Inc. award to which it relates (other than with respect to the exercise price and the number and type of shares covered thereby, which were adjusted based on the distribution ratio in the legal and structural separation of the issuer from Marriott International, Inc. (the "Spin-Off")) is fully vested based on service prior to the Spin-Off.

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