How hard it is to exchange here....
does anyone know how hard it is to exchange into this resort? i have wyndham points and love p-town so i would love to do an exchange here.
When I was on the BOD a few years ago, the RCI account rep told me it was the most coveted exchange location in her responsibility of RCI-affiliated resorts (she had all of Cape Cod if not all of New England I believe.)
In my own attempts to obtain an exchange, I've never been able to get a week in August- even with an ongoing search placed over a year in advance and being amenable to a smaller unit (1-br). Twice, I've obtained a July week using a Harbor Hill red week as the trading power carrot(actually it's a pink- week-float.) On several occasions I've been successful in obtaining weeks in June in order to be there for the annual film festival- however, I must admit that these were confirmations on ongoing searches placed 1-2 years in advance.
When looking online to see what is out there at any given point, I've frequently seen weeks from November to April, and when using my most powerful trader (a unit/deposit in Islamorada FL) I've on occasion seen a week up for grabs which occured in mid-September or early June. I can usually see these with any color of my HH deposits or my better trading weeks.
If there's anything that can grab a red week exchange into Harbor Hill when you don't have a red Harbor Hill week to exchange, I think it would be Wyndham Points, or any Gold Crown coastal resort.
FWIW, it used to be the policy of the resort manager to defer accepting "gold crown" status so as not to have people with gold crown properties exchange into HH and be disappointed when they discover there's no AC and no onsite amenities (like a pool/gym/restaurant). So, it's been Silver Crown/R.I.D. since it opened in 1992, except for one year when gold crown was accepted but it was kept quiet and shown as the lower award to RCI members on the website.
One other thing, that "1-in-4" rule applies to exchangers who don't own here. So,if you take a confirmation fo something you see online, you should dismiss the thought of hoping for another confirmation at a better time down the road (or 4 years). It's mostly RCI I believe which enforces the 1-in-4 rule now, because when I was on the BOD the resort had the rule but really didn't enforce it. There is also an "area block" onto exchanges at HH- people who who own at other Cape Cod resorts are prevented from matching up to a confirmation via the RCI exchange network.