Cash Flows Between us and the Timeshare Notes Securitization Variable Interest Entities (Detail) (Former Timeshare Segment, USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	11 Months Ended
Nov. 20, 2011
Former Timeshare Segment
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Proceeds from securitization	$ 122
Principal receipts	188
Interest receipts	112
Total	422
Principal to investors	(185)
Repurchases	(64)
Interest to investors	(39)
Total	(288)
Net Cash Flows	$ 134

Cash Flows Between Transferee And Transferor Net Proceeds From Repayments

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Cash Flows Between Transferee And Transferor Proceeds From Interest Receipts

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Cash Flows Between Transferee And Transferor Proceeds From Principal Receipts

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Cash Flows Between Transferee And Transferor Proceeds Total

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Cash Flows Between Transferee And Transferor Repayments Of Interest To Investors

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Cash Flows Between Transferee And Transferor Repayments Of Principal To Investors

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Cash Flows between a transferor and a transferee attributable to newly transferred assets related to either a securitization, asset-backed financing arrangement, or similar transfer in which the transferor has continuing involvement with the transferred financial assets underlying the transaction (including, but not limited to, servicing, recourse, and restrictions on transferor's interests in the transferred financial assets).

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 860

-SubTopic 20

-Section 50

-Paragraph 3

-Subparagraph b

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Cash Flows between a transferor and a transferee attributable to purchases of previously transferred financial assets (or its underlying collateral) related to a securitization, asset-backed financing arrangement, or similar transfer in which the transferor has continuing involvement with the transferred financial assets underlying the transaction (including, but not limited to, servicing, recourse, and restrictions on transferor's interests in the transferred financial assets).

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