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HICV Lake Geneva next year - Leaf Peeping

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Thinking doing an internal HICV trade to Lake Geneva or possibly Gatlinburg during the peak of fall colors.

We just converted over to HICV from Silverleaf.

Is this an impossible task? Not being familiar with the new system, I don't know if 10 months would allow to get a decent 2BR, or it there would be very limited availability (1BR & Studio).

Would appreciate the advice of HICV pros on this.

Would also be open to RCI trade suggestions too.
 

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You should have no problem at 10 months out. Places like Myrtle Beach, Cape Canaveral and Panama City during the summer sometimes get difficult but everything else shouldn't be a problem.
 

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I actually just looked for late October this year and Lake Geneva still has 2 bedrooms but Gatlinburg does not have any rooms
 
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Thanks for the reply. Yeah, the places you mentioned we would be using shoulder or off seasons. We don't like crowds ;)
 

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I actually just looked for late October this year and Lake Geneva still has 2 bedrooms but Gatlinburg does not have any rooms

Thank you! I'm a planner, so I would be looking at the beginning of the window.

This year, we're going to Oak and Spruce. It will be the first time we will have been to that part of the country. Really looking forward to it. :banana:
 

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I live about an hour away from there....Nice resort but not totally up to HIVC standards yet.
 

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The last week of October is usually the peak of leaf season in Gatlinburg. The weeks before and after are also very good and the higher elevations in the mountains peak a week or so ahead of Gatlinburg. I like going in early November (1st, 2nd or 3rd in 2019) because the crowds are lighter and the leaves are still very nice.
 
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I live about an hour away from there....Nice resort but not totally up to HIVC standards yet.
We really loved the area up there.

I have been to Boston, but it was my wife's first trip to New England. While the Fall colors were not as brilliant as I hoped, I still loved the area. We went up to New Hampshire and up to Ticonderoga NY. The drives were lovely.

We stayed in a 2BR lodge unit. It was acceptable. The resort is in a very pretty area. I would return.
 
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