Quarter House, New Orleans, RCI vs II

Ron98GT · Nov 23, 2014

Does anybody know, or is there a way to find out, how many QH TS's are in RCI and how many are in II?

Trying to figure out if I'm better off using my RCI Points to snag a 1-BDRM week in May, 2015 with an OGS, or if I should use a studio or 1-BDRM Marriott week in II and place an OGS?

Not even sure if I can snag anything this late. I've done a search in both II & RCI a number of times for all of 2105, not just May, and have never seen anything,

Ron98GT · Nov 27, 2014

Well, nobody has an answer, but when you go to the Quarter House website, they sure make a big deal about their RCI Gold Crown status, with no mention of II. So, I have an OGS going with RCI, for the 1st 3 weeks of June, their slow period: 50K RCI Points for a 2-BDRM, although I don't know how many 2-BDRMS's there are, so I may have to add/change the OGS to a 1-BDRM.

ausman · Nov 27, 2014

I would bet if you telephoned the resort Manager they would give you some indication that would be helpful. They would have to know how many are going into each because they would have to approve them.

While they may not be willing to give exact numbers, even a more go into X than Y response would be helpful. You never know, they may be even more helpful but you will never know unless you ask.

Saintsfanfl · Dec 3, 2014

basham said:
I would bet if you telephoned the resort Manager they would give you some indication that would be helpful. They would have to know how many are going into each because they would have to approve them.

While they may not be willing to give exact numbers, even a more go into X than Y response would be helpful. You never know, they may be even more helpful but you will never know unless you ask.

Approving the status for the deposit does not mean that they notate which exchange company the unit was deposited into. They may be tracking it but when the owner initiates it they might be clicking approve and not notating.

Saintsfanfl · Dec 3, 2014

Ron98GT said:
Well, nobody has an answer, but when you go to the Quarter House website, they sure make a big deal about their RCI Gold Crown status, with no mention of II. So, I have an OGS going with RCI, for the 1st 3 weeks of June, their slow period: 50K RCI Points for a 2-BDRM, although I don't know how many 2-BDRMS's there are, so I may have to add/change the OGS to a 1-BDRM.

They have had a huge push to convert traditional weeks to II Points so II is not an afterthought. They also have a big internal exchange program as well as a good rental program. I doubt very many weeks go into either but I have seens 2BR's in II on occasion and there was even a Penthouse earlier in the year for the summer. This is the general breakdown summary of all the units at QH although no two units are alike and there are sub categories:

1BR - 58 units
2BR - 34
2BR L/O - 12 (or 24 1BR's)
Penthouse - 6
Efficiency L/O - 1 (or 2 Studios)

holdaer · Dec 3, 2014

Quarter House Availability in RCI

Ron98GT said:
Does anybody know, or is there a way to find out, how many QH TS's are in RCI and how many are in II?

Trying to figure out if I'm better off using my RCI Points to snag a 1-BDRM week in May, 2015 with an OGS, or if I should use a studio or 1-BDRM Marriott week in II and place an OGS?

Not even sure if I can snag anything this late. I've done a search in both II & RCI a number of times for all of 2105, not just May, and have never seen anything,

That's weird, because thru my HGVC RCI account, I see plenty of inventory available for June, July, August and September.

Free2Roam · Dec 3, 2014

holdaer said:
That's weird, because thru my HGVC RCI account, I see plenty of inventory available for June, July, August and September.

There is availability in Points inventory but not Weeks. Some dates show a week (or more) available, but it's still Points inventory.

I think probably a very slim chance of getting May 2015 at this point, but maybe still worth an ongoing search if you think you have enough trade power for it.

Saintsfanfl · Dec 4, 2014

FreeIn2010 said:
There is availability in Points inventory but not Weeks. Some dates show a week (or more) available, but it's still Points inventory.

I think probably a very slim chance of getting May 2015 at this point, but maybe still worth an ongoing search if you think you have enough trade power for it.

QH is weird because they have inventory in so many places. RCI weeks, RCI Points, II weeks, II points (might be same bucket as II weeks), Internal Exchange, internally managed 3rd party exchanges, and the rental program.

Ron98GT · Dec 5, 2014

Saintsfanfl said:
QH is weird because they have inventory in so many places. RCI weeks, RCI Points, II weeks, II points (might be same bucket as II weeks), Internal Exchange, internally managed 3rd party exchanges, and the rental program.

That's what I noticed.

FreeIn2010 said:
There is availability in Points inventory but not Weeks. Some dates show a week (or more) available, but it's still Points inventory.

I think probably a very slim chance of getting May 2015 at this point, but maybe still worth an ongoing search if you think you have enough trade power for it.

I gave up on the QH and added some more Marriott's to my II OGS Sunday nite. Tuesday morning I got confirmed reservations for a 2-BDRM at the Marriott Surf Club in Aruba for the last week of May, using my 1-BDRM L/O.

Immediately canceled my RCI Points OGS for the QH in NO.

Maybe I'll plan a little earlier and try the QH in May of 2016. Never been to NO and it's on our bucket list.

Thanks for the info everyboday.