Hi All,
I've been lurking for a couple of months here trying to get the lay of the land. I'm a newbie interested in jumping into RCI points. I'm starting to get the whole Points/MFs ratio thing but now I'm confused again because apparently RCI just adopted a new system that people seem to be saying has hurt the value of things like Last Call/Instant Exchange. These things were my big interest in points anyway and not so much to travel back and forth to my "home resort".
So, are RCI points worth it anymore for newbies with the new changes or should I just stick to hotels or renting? Last Call sounds great and I was excited about playing around with it but now I'm nervous again as people keep saying the "window" has shortened and all the inventory is just being given to renters or something.
Also, what resorts do you guys reccommend for newbies who just want to play with points? Is this good value for just a buck on EBAY plus your maintenance fees? If the ratio is high enough is it worth paying a few hundred bucks to win the auction?
Assuming you reccommend jumping in at all, does home resort matter at all with points or is ratio everything?
Is it worth it to only have like 18000 points a year on like a cheapee just to access RCI points and last call/instant exchange(I guess this is my key question)?
Thanks in advance for any help. I know its a lot but I just don't wanna mess up. I know some of it's repetitive but I was confident and now the new changes have freaked me out again because I have no way to evaluate them. Just reading the boards has been crazy informative and any thoughts would be awesome. I almost bought developer retail in Mexico a while back but managed to escape and now I can't get rid of the timeshare bug. I wanna be a TUGGER!
I've been lurking for a couple of months here trying to get the lay of the land. I'm a newbie interested in jumping into RCI points. I'm starting to get the whole Points/MFs ratio thing but now I'm confused again because apparently RCI just adopted a new system that people seem to be saying has hurt the value of things like Last Call/Instant Exchange. These things were my big interest in points anyway and not so much to travel back and forth to my "home resort".
So, are RCI points worth it anymore for newbies with the new changes or should I just stick to hotels or renting? Last Call sounds great and I was excited about playing around with it but now I'm nervous again as people keep saying the "window" has shortened and all the inventory is just being given to renters or something.
Also, what resorts do you guys reccommend for newbies who just want to play with points? Is this good value for just a buck on EBAY plus your maintenance fees? If the ratio is high enough is it worth paying a few hundred bucks to win the auction?
Assuming you reccommend jumping in at all, does home resort matter at all with points or is ratio everything?
Is it worth it to only have like 18000 points a year on like a cheapee just to access RCI points and last call/instant exchange(I guess this is my key question)?
Thanks in advance for any help. I know its a lot but I just don't wanna mess up. I know some of it's repetitive but I was confident and now the new changes have freaked me out again because I have no way to evaluate them. Just reading the boards has been crazy informative and any thoughts would be awesome. I almost bought developer retail in Mexico a while back but managed to escape and now I can't get rid of the timeshare bug. I wanna be a TUGGER!