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RCI Last Call

wilmark

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Madge

A few months ago i posted several complaints about the quality and available of LAST CALL options available especially for the Caribbean - as it had deteriorated over the previous year. The Caribbean had NOT appeared in Last call for over 9 months in ANY form. After those rounds of threads - Last Call for the Caribbean suddenly reappeared and in huge numbers - for a few weeks - then RCI changed its website (where the Last Call location was from 5 choices or so) and the Caribbean (and other locations) gradually dissapear. Until, currently there is only about 6 options for Low End DR locations. I am familiar with the seasonal qualities for these resorts having monitoring them for the past 3 years, I still say something is wrong with Last Call - Does RCI want to do away with it? Why did they bring it back for a few weeks. We used to see alot of the inventory priced higher in Extra Vacations, but y ou cant even find it there! One the main reasons I maintain my RCI membership is for Last Call. Where is Barbados, Tobago, Jamaica, Antigua, HE DR, Caymans, Aruba, St Martin etc. You used to get quite a few from this lot all year round.

You have NO idea how much i want to insult and abuse the RCI guide who tries to sell me a three years membership, while they are screwing us in the current year.
 

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I would agree that there seems to be a decline in the Last Call availability. I am amazed that in the "West US and Canada" section there is a total of two resorts available. :annoyed:
 

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I check Last Call every day, several times a day. Within an hour the inventory can change from 15 resorts down to 6. It's a grab bag.
 

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To nordicdiva

Have you been checking the caribbean ? Have you seen any Barbados, Jamacia, Aruba, Caymans, Tobago, Antigua in the past three weeks? Or about 6 months ago?
 

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wilmark,

Unlike Extra Vacations, Last Call doesn't include every area where we may have surplus inventory. This is a significantly discounted program, and we do not wish to drive the behaviour of members waiting to confirm vacations until Last Call pricing comes into view. Some inventory will move farther in advance at higher price points in Extra Vacations, and some will simply not be featured in Last Call for a period of time by design.

Our Inventory Management staff reviews the inventory and manually adjusts Last Call. It will not show the same areas each time or the same advance notice. Sometimes dates up to 45 days will be present, and sometimes no dates more than 14 days away will be included. nordicdiva's description of Last Call as a "grab bag" was not far off the mark.
 
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