seema
TUG Member
I own several timeshares that use II as an exchange company - including Marriott (deeded week at Ko Olina and additional points), and also Westgate.
I bought a GL loft unit (a studio +?) last year.
I believe that Vidanta gives free membership to the Registry Collection for a year; I have not had a chance to use it.
The question is whether I should become continue membership with the Registry Collection - ie is it worth it - can one use the Registry Collection?
The first is the quality of resorts - there seems to be some overlap with RCI (of course, members of the Registry Collection have full access to RCI resorts).
The next question is variety and number of locations of such resorts - I am surprised that there are no resorts in Hawaii directly affiliated with the Registry Collection (although resorts such as Aulani, Wyndham and HGVC resorts in Hawaii are accessible as regular RCI resorts to Registry Collection members).
The third question is will I get a reasonable number of credits with the Registry Collection to stay there - in a minimal 1 BR unit for a week or so.
The fourth question is how easy is it for the exchanges requests to go through - one thing it seems is that the Registry Collection/RCI do not have an option of making exchanges successfully online, unlike II.
I bought a GL loft unit (a studio +?) last year.
I believe that Vidanta gives free membership to the Registry Collection for a year; I have not had a chance to use it.
The question is whether I should become continue membership with the Registry Collection - ie is it worth it - can one use the Registry Collection?
The first is the quality of resorts - there seems to be some overlap with RCI (of course, members of the Registry Collection have full access to RCI resorts).
The next question is variety and number of locations of such resorts - I am surprised that there are no resorts in Hawaii directly affiliated with the Registry Collection (although resorts such as Aulani, Wyndham and HGVC resorts in Hawaii are accessible as regular RCI resorts to Registry Collection members).
The third question is will I get a reasonable number of credits with the Registry Collection to stay there - in a minimal 1 BR unit for a week or so.
The fourth question is how easy is it for the exchanges requests to go through - one thing it seems is that the Registry Collection/RCI do not have an option of making exchanges successfully online, unlike II.