RCI vs. Interval

Hi,

I recently purchased a Sheraton TS on the resale market. I am looking to possibly swap it through Interval or RCI. Is one better than the other? Can I join both?

With II, you can exchange for Westin's and Marriott's, which is really a good thing if you like Hawaii. The Westin's & Marriott's are on Oahu, Kauai, & Maui. And then there's Cancun, Aruba, St Thomas, Spain, Paris, Thailand, St Kitts, and all of the other Westin's & Marriott's on the mainland.

With RCI, the best you have is HGVC and Disney, but RCI enforces a 1-in-4 (year) rule with HGVC. Disney is very hard to get into.

With II, you don't have to worry about RCI TPU's, which is a good thing.

Also, exchanges are cheaper in II and they have a new Re-Trade option, where you can re-trade up to 3 times for a one-time $49 fee.

Go with II.

It has far more trading power in II. With II, Starwood owners get FIRST chance on all Starwood exchanges - we don't get that with RCI.

I do use RCI, but only because there are some timeshares that are only affiliiated with RCI - like Disney. However, one Sherton week won't garner enough TPU for a Disney exchange - you'd probably need multiple deposits.

So - whether you sign up for RCI or not, completely depends on where you want go.

You can join both, but you have to pay membership fees for both, and you can't deposit the same week at the same time, so it makes more sense to decide where you want to go FIRST, and join that exchange company FIRST.

A true fixed week 52 and maybe 51 in Orlando might get in the upper 50 tpu's. Other than that unless you plan on using most years and already have an RCI account for other weeks Interval is probably going to get better trades. It depends on where and when you want to go, though. What specifically do you own? We could look it up and tell you the tpu's and give you an idea of what you can get for that amount.

You can't look up tpu for a floating week


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DeniseM said:

You can't look up tpu for a floating week


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I think you can. If I look up Sheraton Broadway Plantation it (at least the last time I looked) showed the same tpu's for a week 26 and a week 10. To trade into a week 26 would cost much higher than the week 10, but since it floats 9-43 plus 47 that is what it is. The calculator isn't working on chrome right now so I can't say if this is still the case.

Let me rephrase that: you can look it up but it may not be accurate. With a floating week you should get it on writing from RCI before you make your decision.


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True, but it kind of gives you an idea what to expect. It isn't possible for someone who isn't an RCI member to get a written confirmation of the deposit worth before signing up.