vamsee
TUG Member
I bought a timeshare in the resale market. It has been converted by the seller to RCI points and is worth about 40,000 points (underlying week is Prime which in this case means any week of the year). The seller has agreed to transfer the RCI points account to me. I just have to pay $125 of transfer fee and $100 of first year RCI membership fee. Not including the RCI Points fees, the timeshare is a little less than 1.5 pennies per point.
I 'm trying to figure out if RCI points is worth it. The resort is close to where I live and I can use it every year without exchanging it. If I decide to not take up the offer to transfer the RCI points, it can stay in VRI exchange online. They seem to have resorts in all the right places. Exchanges can be made 24 months in advance. Their website is simpler to use and shows clearly what is available before I deposit my home week. There is no yearly fee for using VRI exchange. Please share your experience with VRI exchange (not the new plus one but the free one).
I have kids and my vacation times are not very flexible (spring break, summer and last two weeks of the year and holidays etc.). After reading various posts on these forums,the RCI points system feels like a bit tricky and takes time to master. I 'm not sure how much time I will have to really search every day on RCI's website.
I used a friend's RCI points account that has a similar point value. I tried the RCI points website to find a resort in Orlando. First I tried for a week starting 12/26/2010. I quickly found it that it does not let me search more than 10 months in advance.
I changed my search for a week starting 4/4/2010. It showed me 22 resorts but many are in Kissimme which seems a bit far away. It shows 3 or 4 in Orlando but availability dates don't match exactly what I asked for. Many are a week or more after what I requested. Is there any way on the website to show availability for exactly the week I want or do I have to do that over the phone?
Is another option to simply take the transfer offer for the first year and then not pay the membership fee from the second year. And then after a few years if I decide to rejoin points I can do it with some fee (like $500 or so?). This way I don't have to pay the higher (like 2000 or so?) points (re)conversion fee later on?
I 'm trying to figure out if RCI points is worth it. The resort is close to where I live and I can use it every year without exchanging it. If I decide to not take up the offer to transfer the RCI points, it can stay in VRI exchange online. They seem to have resorts in all the right places. Exchanges can be made 24 months in advance. Their website is simpler to use and shows clearly what is available before I deposit my home week. There is no yearly fee for using VRI exchange. Please share your experience with VRI exchange (not the new plus one but the free one).
I have kids and my vacation times are not very flexible (spring break, summer and last two weeks of the year and holidays etc.). After reading various posts on these forums,the RCI points system feels like a bit tricky and takes time to master. I 'm not sure how much time I will have to really search every day on RCI's website.
I used a friend's RCI points account that has a similar point value. I tried the RCI points website to find a resort in Orlando. First I tried for a week starting 12/26/2010. I quickly found it that it does not let me search more than 10 months in advance.
I changed my search for a week starting 4/4/2010. It showed me 22 resorts but many are in Kissimme which seems a bit far away. It shows 3 or 4 in Orlando but availability dates don't match exactly what I asked for. Many are a week or more after what I requested. Is there any way on the website to show availability for exactly the week I want or do I have to do that over the phone?
Is another option to simply take the transfer offer for the first year and then not pay the membership fee from the second year. And then after a few years if I decide to rejoin points I can do it with some fee (like $500 or so?). This way I don't have to pay the higher (like 2000 or so?) points (re)conversion fee later on?
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