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SFX Exchanges in Mexico

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I just joined SFX as a gold member and deposited a Mayan week with them. My hopes is to exchange this at some point to another resort in Mexico. Looking at the post of SFX exchanges, all I see is Mayan exchanges. Has anyone exchanged with SFX to any other resort in Mexico besides the Mayans?

Also any suggestions to a new user of this company would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
 

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I exchanged with SFX to a 2BR unit at the Royal Mayan in Cancun. I deposited a 1 BR unit at San Luis Bay Inn. Other than that I have exchanged into the Grand Mayans in Riviera Maya ( 2BR unit ) and Nuevo Vallarta ( 1 BR unit ). These were all 2 week back to back exchanges. I also have a confirmed exchange for 2 weeks back to back into the Grand Mayan - Riviera Maya for next April
 

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Non Mayan exchanges thru SFX

Thank John but I am trying to exchange into resorts in Mexico other than the Mayans as that is what I deposited with SFX, a Mayan week.
 

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Thank John but I am trying to exchange into resorts in Mexico other than the Mayans as that is what I deposited with SFX, a Mayan week.

The Royal Mayan is NOT a Mayan resort. It is one of the Royals and pretty hard to get.
 

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oh, oops, thanks John, then that is a different resort in Mexico besides the Mayan resorts. Do they have any on the Pacific side of Mexico? Has anyone exchanged with SFX to a resort on the Pacific side of Mexico but not a Mayan. Thanks.
 

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Cabo San Lucas?

Yes, we've gotten into the Hacienda del Mar (Sheraton Resort) in Cabo.

But, all of our other Mexico exchanges through SFX have been to a Mayan resort.
 

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We can exchange into other resorts in Mexico but choose the Grand Mayans on purpose. The Grand Mayans are the best so why choose a lesser resort. I wouldn't choose Mayan Palace, but only the Grand Mayans.
 

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We exchanged once into the Royal Resorts in Cancun with SFX. At the time the Royals had not done much business with SFX and did not recognize the exchange paperwork at first, but a call to SFX got it fixed. This was a couple of years ago. We did have an SFX exchange into the Grand Baja in San Jose del Cabo this December, but SFX changed it to the Grand Mayan which from all I've read is probably a good thing! When we were originally looking for Cabo SFX had a number of other resorts but they didn't quite fit our calendar
 

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I've exchanged into Ocho Cascadas in Puerto Vallarta. Great resort.
 
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