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New To The RCI Weeks Game Help [Palace Resorts]

Passepartout said:
If you have multiple resort weeks to deposit, you can blanket a bazillion resorts, but it's 1 week's deposit=1 week's request. You can't deposit 1 week then request a dozen resort weeks to choose one from.

Perhaps what might help you out with the choosing would be to actually JOIN TUG. It's $15/yr and gives you access to the members only section with thousands of resort reviews.

Jim
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I'm stinking about it!!! By the way I've been to couer d'alene it is freak'n fantastic!!!!
 
PalaceEliteNutt4654 said:
I have looked at it nothing there is real forthcoming that is for sure when it comes to info half the links don't work. I think for a one week deposit I get 18 TPU which I hear is pretty good:shrug: That's kinda why I'm here asking questions!!!!
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Actually 18 TPU, is nothing special. Did a salesman tell you that? ;)

RCI goes clear up to 60 TPU - but 60 is pretty rare.

A strong trader for Hawaii or Aruba would be closer to 40 TPU - but you can combine the two 18 TPU weeks (I think you said you have two) for a deposit of 36.

By itself, an 18 TPU deposit isn't likely to be high enough for the top resorts in Hawaii and Aruba.
 
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DeniseM said:
Actually 18 TPU, is nothing special. Did a salesman tell you that? ;)

RCI goes clear up to 60 TPU - but 60 is pretty rare.

A strong trader for Hawaii or Aruba would be closer to 40 TPU - but you can combine the two 18 TPU weeks (I think you said you have two) for a deposit of 36.

By itself, an 18 TPU deposit isn't likely to be high enough for the top resorts in Hawaii and Aruba.
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Yes they did and that is really annoying at that price I could get deals that good online. I'm looking for an smaller unit clean and comfy would be nice I don't plan on spending alot of time in the room.
 
How long ago did you buy these timeshares?
 
Have you tried using the RCI Deposit Calculator? You select your resort and week, and it'll tell you what TPU to expect from your deposit. If your week floats at your home resort, sometimes depositing a holiday week (or whatever) can get you a higher TPU.

What is it that you own?

Dave
 
BMWguynw said:
Have you tried using the RCI Deposit Calculator? You select your resort and week, and it'll tell you what TPU to expect from your deposit. If your week floats at your home resort, sometimes depositing a holiday week (or whatever) can get you a higher TPU.

What is it that you own?

Dave
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"PalaceEliteNutt" I'm guessing Palace Resorts in Mexico
 
PalaceEliteNutt4654 said:
Yes it is palace elite
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I don't want to make this worse for you than it already is, but the sales people in Mexico are the worst in the business as far as unethical business practices, and out-right lying to buyers.

Also, because there is far more supply than demand for Mexico, the timeshares there have low trading power, and low demand for rentals.

Sadly enough, you probably could have picked up the same timeshare on the resale market for free or nearly free.
 
DeniseM said:
I don't want to make this worse for you than it already is, but the sales people in Mexico are the worst in the business as far as unethical business practices, and out-right lying to buyers.

Also, because there is far more supply than demand for Mexico, the timeshares there have low trading power, and low demand for rentals.

Sadly enough, you probably could have picked up the same timeshare on the resale market for free or nearly free.
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Live and learn I ty using the buying power calculator at RCI it shows me nothing!!!
 
PalaceEliteNutt4654 said:
Live and learn I ty using the buying power calculator at RCI it shows me nothing!!!
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Do you mean the calculator is not working, or it shows you a TPU value of 0?

What RCI resort code are you using?

Do you know what week(s) you are able to deposit? (Usually you own a "season" or specific deeded weeks, but sometimes the resort chooses and deposits for you and you have no say in it.)
 
DeniseM said:
Do you mean the calculator is not working, or it shows you a TPU value of 0?

What RCI resort code are you using?

Do you know what week(s) you are able to deposit? (Usually you own a "season" or specific deeded weeks..)
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I have 40 weeks I can use any time I just have to buy the transfer week. The caculator that is suposed to give you your average TPU per region like I put in carribean and it is suposed to give me an average
 
PalaceEliteNutt4654 said:
I have 40 weeks I can use any time I just have to buy the transfer week. The caculator that is suposed to give you your average TPU per region like I put in carribean and it is suposed to give me an average
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That's not how it works - you have to know the specific resort, unit, and date that you can deposit, to get an accurate number.

You don't want 40 weeks! How many weeks a year do you HAVE to use. (i.e. pay the maintenance fee for.)
 
DeniseM said:
That's not how it works - you have to know the specific resort, unit, and date that you can deposit, to get an accurate number.

You don't want 40 weeks! How many weeks a year do you HAVE to use. (i.e. pay the maintenance fee for.)
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There are no maintinence fees as I technically don't own into a specific resort I get discounted rates into the Palace AI's I can purchase weeks from the resort to use for another resort around the world at 433 bucks a week which gives me TPU. The calculator I was using was suposed to give me an average of a region and not one specific resort I think it kinda just froze up though.
 
PalaceEliteNutt4654 said:
There are no maintinence fees as I technically don't own into a specific resort I get discounted rates into the Palace AI's I can purchase weeks from the resort to use for another resort around the world at 433 bucks a week which gives me TPU. The calculator I was using was suposed to give me an average of a region and not one specific resort I think it kinda just froze up though.
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This gets worse and worse...

How much did you pay for this? Are you making payments on this? Are they automatically charging your credit card?
 
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OK - If you can truly deposit any week of the year, Christmas and New Years are most likely to be the highest TPU. So I would look at reserving those 2 weeks for 2014, ASAP. The largest unit(s) you can reserve. Avoid studios.
 
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I don't think you will get to choose a week. My guess is they decide and hopefully they will give you a week worth at least 18 or higher. Another option would be to check to see if they would deposit to another exchange company like SFX, or others where you may be able to get a hawaii week on a one for one basis. Otherwise you might want to look at RCI's extra vacations for a straight out rental. They had several for Aruba around $1000 for the week during your time period. Mexican AI resort memberships are probably best to use at your own home resorts rather than exchanging through RCI. Most of the Hawaii weeks even during October/Nov low season are around 25-40 tpu's per week.
 
DeniseM said:
OK - If you can truly deposit any week of the year, Christmas and New Years are most likely to be the highest TPU. So I would look at reserving those 2 weeks for 2014, ASAP. The largest unit(s) you can reserve. Avoid studios.
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Why the largest units? I'm on the phone with Palace right now!!!!
 
PalaceEliteNutt4654 said:
Why the largest units? I'm on the phone with Palace right now!!!!
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You need to ask them what the largest unit that you are eligible to reserve for Christmas or New Year's is - be sure you let them know you want to deposit it with RCI. I suspect, that they will tell you that THEY are going to choose your deposit, and it won't be Christmas or New Years.
 
tschwa2 said:
I don't think you will get to choose a week. My guess is they decide and hopefully they will give you a week worth at least 18 or higher. Another option would be to check to see if they would deposit to another exchange company like SFX, or others where you may be able to get a hawaii week on a one for one basis. Otherwise you might want to look at RCI's extra vacations for a straight out rental. They had several for Aruba around $1000 for the week during your time period. Mexican AI resort memberships are probably best to use at your own home resorts rather than exchanging through RCI. Most of the Hawaii weeks even during October/Nov low season are around 25-40 tpu's per week.
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They did say 18 was the minimum I would likely get.:annoyed:
 
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