Comments on: RCI Timeshare Trading Power

By: CYNDI

CYNDI — Wed, 19 May 2010 22:20:40 +0000

My husband and I have a timeshare in Florida for over 10 yrs. We were able to exchange to Honolulu,Hawaii; Cayman Island; St. Thomas; Key West; Norweign Alaska Cruise. Since we change (last year) our timeshare week into the points system our trading power has diminished . Can anyone tell me why?

By: Phil

Phil — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 06:10:14 +0000

Everyone is always complaining about the poor service they have recieved from RCI. This is always odd to read, due the fact I’ve always gotten exactly what I was looking for, in all the areas I wanted. Granted, I don’t go looking for a holiday weekend, in Maui. Considering all millions of memebers are also looking for the same thing, the same time, at every other timeshire service globally. I don’t think people consider that areas like Maui,or any other resort are not JUST for their timeshire exchange business. It’s for every other timeshire service as well. Customer service or “Guides” seem to get a lot of bad reps as well. I call with a warm voice I guess, as everytime I do, each guide always comments “Its nice to hear a friendly voice for a change” I don’t think they’re just cold, I think the frustrated ignorant consumers make them have to stand their ground for something they have nothing to do with the situation. It’s never the person on the phones fault that a resort isn’t available. When you go to a restaurant, and there’s no more booths, do you grab the waiter and scream at him, and complain that the restaurant is the worst theyve ever dealt with? Or if the library doesn’t have a book you want, threaten to sue that librarian? Doesn’t make sense.

By: Kristy

Kristy — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:50:21 +0000

I agree that it is very hard to make an exchange. I spent hours recently trying to trade in to a resort that showed available even on their website. Every time I selected it it said due to on-line activity no longer available. I called the next morning only to find that it is available, just not to me. I was told by the guide that my time-share, which happens to be the same company, does not hold the trading power to exchange even though it is available. I feel like I am getting the run around several of you are mentioning.

I am looking for someone that would be willing to trade RCI weeks just because I have a feeling that if I were using any other week, I would be able to make the exchange. I almost feel like I am being blocked because the time-share Mayan Palace won't allow me to go there on exchange as the already have my money i.e. they are looking for more suckers.

Please contact me if you are interested by email (phone number moderated).

By: Bob

Bob — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 18:52:17 +0000

I’m a bit confused. We own points in Worldmark, NOT a specific resort. How does that work when we want to exchange with RCI?

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:14:55 +0000

We own a week at the Manhattan Club and a week in Manzanillo, Mexico and we have not noticed the availability of resorts to be any better with a Manhattan Club exchange, which is in very high demand, as opposed to Manzanillo, where demand is much lower. All RCI employees will tell you the same about trading power but it just is not true. The fact is that it is more and more difficult each year to find a decent exchange, regardless of the so called trading power of your week.

By: frank

frank — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:01:30 +0000

Very good system if you own in a good place in the right time … absolutely no problem with it, we own in a RCI resort for 20 years and never had problems

By: ES

ES — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:12:35 +0000

Perhaps you could explain the class action lawsuit in process – http://rcivip.com/2008/rci-class-action-lawsuit-murillo-vs-rci/ – and numerous customer complaints related to this “simple” process. I understand how “simple” it looks on paper, but it is another thing entirely when you are actually a customer trying to make a trade, and are constantly being given the run-around as to why you can not have a particular week/place/room/etc. Maybe “WE ALL think it is so hard to figure…” because the RCI exchange system has treated us poorly, and we feel as though we have been lied to by RCI sales representatives regarding our ability to trade for other resorts, weeks, cruises, rental cars, and the like. The system is flawed. Telling customers they are unable to figure out how to trade is a poor position for RCI, the company you represent, to have.

By: jim

jim — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 01:27:14 +0000

i work at rci and its this simple. The demand on your week that you are exchanging ie; feb on the west coast of florida very high in demand – low in the supply we get – if you are trading something equal say ski week in colorado for feb march you are likely to get your exchange =extreme example – you own manhatten club in new york city – very high demand – that owners week trades very well – you are tradings lets sat a red (high demand) week from hilton head july you are equal – you are trading a red week say hilton head in september not so high. One of the easiest things you can do is ask for a rental sheet from a particular resort – the weeks which hold the highest trading value will also rent for the most money. lets say an owner owns a week on the cape in the summer and its a studio for only for people – that too has very high trading power because demand is very high – and our supply of weeks we get are very low – so you need to be giving up something just in as high in demand – why do you all think it is so hard to figure..dah….????

By: Roxanne Bell

Roxanne Bell — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 01:03:49 +0000

This has honestly never worked. Everytime we want to exchange a week. It’s impossible and we are always given another excuse followed by several more. Not happy at all with international exchange. Seems a bit of a con…..

By: Daniel

Daniel — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 04:05:13 +0000

I couldn’t understand some parts of this article eshare Trading Power, Timeshare Exchange, How to Trade Timeshare, but I guess I just need to check some more resources regarding this, because it sounds interesting.