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Grandview At Las Vegas
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When we bought (smalltime) into RCI Points in 2005, we followed the eBay timeshare broker's advice & signed up 5 extended family members as Additional Users on our RCI Points account -- entitling us to make reservations for those 5 relatives & get them Guest Certificates at no additional charge.
Our nephew decided to take his family of 4 to Orlando in January 2007, so we snagged him a 2BR Instant Exchange reservation into Vistana Villages for January 6 check-in. Unfortunately his plane tickets are for January 5 -- by the time he got those, his Instant Exchange timeshare reservation was already locked in.
As it happens, The Chief Of Staff & I will also be on timeshare vacation in Orlando right about that same time, checking in at Silver Lake Silver Points (Last Call) on January 5.
You can see where this is going. The Chief Of Staff called up RCI, said she'd like our nephew to check in ahead of us at Silver Lake Silver Points on January 5. RCI said OK, also said they would fax something to Silver Lake Silver Points letting them know our nephew will be showing up ahead of us & checking in. Then next day, The Chief Of Staff & I will show up at Silver Lake Silver Points while nephew & family will head over to Vistana Villages & check in over there for the rest of their stay. They won't be staying all week, so The Chief Of Staff & I just might finish out their Vistana Villages week for them. We're the RCI members & we're the folks paying for both reservations, so why not?
Back in 2003 we were wowed by Vistana Villages. We were staying at Vistana Orlando on our very 1st timeshare exchange, & signed up for their timeshare tour so we could get discount Disney tickets for our son & daughter-in-law & grandson, who were with us at Vistana Orlando. The tour lady didn't show us Vistana Orlando where we were staying, she took us over to Vistana Villages. I don't remember the actual units so much as the impressive look of the public spaces at Vistana Villages & the fabulous island waterfall pool with curved zero-depth entry. It will be nice to go back for a few days' leftover stay after our nephew & his bunch return home.
Our nephew decided to take his family of 4 to Orlando in January 2007, so we snagged him a 2BR Instant Exchange reservation into Vistana Villages for January 6 check-in. Unfortunately his plane tickets are for January 5 -- by the time he got those, his Instant Exchange timeshare reservation was already locked in.
As it happens, The Chief Of Staff & I will also be on timeshare vacation in Orlando right about that same time, checking in at Silver Lake Silver Points (Last Call) on January 5.
You can see where this is going. The Chief Of Staff called up RCI, said she'd like our nephew to check in ahead of us at Silver Lake Silver Points on January 5. RCI said OK, also said they would fax something to Silver Lake Silver Points letting them know our nephew will be showing up ahead of us & checking in. Then next day, The Chief Of Staff & I will show up at Silver Lake Silver Points while nephew & family will head over to Vistana Villages & check in over there for the rest of their stay. They won't be staying all week, so The Chief Of Staff & I just might finish out their Vistana Villages week for them. We're the RCI members & we're the folks paying for both reservations, so why not?
Back in 2003 we were wowed by Vistana Villages. We were staying at Vistana Orlando on our very 1st timeshare exchange, & signed up for their timeshare tour so we could get discount Disney tickets for our son & daughter-in-law & grandson, who were with us at Vistana Orlando. The tour lady didn't show us Vistana Orlando where we were staying, she took us over to Vistana Villages. I don't remember the actual units so much as the impressive look of the public spaces at Vistana Villages & the fabulous island waterfall pool with curved zero-depth entry. It will be nice to go back for a few days' leftover stay after our nephew & his bunch return home.
-- Alan Cole, McLean (Fairfax County), Virginia, USA.