Thank's RCI Last Call's $$$$$

Rates went up today for last call's- Studio's up 35.00 1 bedroom's up 40.00 and 2 bedroom's up 35.00. (234.00 studio,259.00 1 bedroom,284.00 2 bedroom)

That really stinks!!! I didn't know that they were going to raise the rental rates again on last call vacations.

I hope that the last call inventory remains unrented and that RCI gets the message that we understand that they can legally charge whatever they want for weeks they control according to the membership contract/agreement, but RCI needs to understand that we don't have to pay it!!!!

I am not going to do anymore last calls for a long time (if ever), and I am going to write RCI a complaint. These weeks don't cost RCI a dollar more now than they did last year or 5 years ago, they get them for free. This is nothing more than extortion to extract more money from RCI members and to make more profit for RCI at our expense.

Wow. That's a big increase. Especially in this economy.

Very bad timing to raise last call rates. Extortion pure and simple.

K.

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Didn't RCI just raise the Last Call rates last year? It wasn't that long ago a Studio was $99.

Guess I'll keep doing what I have been and using TUG and VRBO, more options, reasonable prices and best yet - LESS HASSLE

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I also liked the lower last call prices when I wanted to rent. But such low rental prices are part of what devastates the timeshare resale market. If someone can rent a timeshare for so much below the cost of maintenance fees, why would he or she want to buy. The only way that last call prices can be offered anyway is that someone has already paid a MF and lost money. But when people, like me, get used to these bargains, it becomes more difficult to pay true market cost. I think that gradually increasing rental prices for timeshares are part of which will eventually restore economic sanity into this crazy anomalous market sector.

I used to rent last calls at places I would not otherwise go, just because they were so cheap. But now the price is just high enough so that I will not do that anymore. So it makes sense to me that these new prices will mean some drop in demand. But if the market does eventually sustain these prices, timeshare owners will benefit.

Ok, maybe it's me, but that is still cheap at under $40 a night. Cmon. It is still well worth it for me to use them. I won't find any other place to stay at that price.

It's not just you....

lprstn said:

Ok, maybe it's me, but that is still cheap at under $40 a night. Cmon. It is still well worth it for me to use them. I won't find any other place to stay at that price.

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...I agree. It's still a cheap stay for 7 nights if it's somewhere you want to go. It seems anything RCI does anymore is "wrong". I personally haven't found anything I can use in LAST CALL; but if I did, even at this increased price, I would think it was a good deal.

First "we" complain about RCI offerering units below maintenance rates.....now RCI raises a rate - and now "we" complain about that.

"we" can't have it both ways........

If you are going to stay 7 nights then yes it's still reasonable.

But I've been using Last Calls for only 2-3 days and throwing away the rest of the week because it was nicer than staying in a motel.
Now I am going to have to rethink that strategy.

Last Calls are usually for low demand stuff in overbuilt areas so I'm sure that in some cases it might be worth renting directly from the resort.

sandkastle4966 said:

First "we" complain about RCI offerering units below maintenance rates.....now RCI raises a rate - and now "we" complain about that.

"we" can't have it both ways........

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I've only seen complaints about RCI renting to non-members...

I use the Last Calls for my Orlando trip, Massenutten trips, etc. I like to travel to the places that most people don't at the time of year they don't. I've even purchased extra units for families joining us using Last Calls. Still a great deal for me. Also, if I use it for a long weekend, I usually use 4 days of it which still makes it a decent deal for me.

lprstn said:

I use the Last Calls for my Orlando trip, Massenutten trips, etc. I like to travel to the places that most people don't at the time of year they don't. I've even purchased extra units for families joining us using Last Calls. Still a great deal for me. Also, if I use it for a long weekend, I usually use 4 days of it which still makes it a decent deal for me.

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Same here - if fact I have heard Massanutten calling my name for the last couple weeks

For a 2 bedroom, 2 bath, jacuzzi tub, and all the amenities - still definately worth the price. We have gotten very spoiled with RCI - I have found that I really hate to stay in a hotel room, I "need" that extra space!!

We used last calls for years and it is still cheaper to use than to purchase an additional timeshare and paid yearly maintenance fees.

pedro47 said:

We used last calls for years and it is still cheaper to use than to purchase an additional timeshare and paid yearly maintenance fees.

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Agreed, I have used them too for Orlando and New England locations. There are of course other options than to purchase additional weeks. But the real issue here is what justifies a price increase at this point in time. In my view, - nothing.

K