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Tahiti Village to RCI?

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Hi all -

I bought Tahiti Village for a song in secondary market a few years back and am just looking for some guidance on RCI. Does anyone have any experience with converting to RCI points as far as process and cost, and is this something that is even worth exploring?

Thanks!
 

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Hi all -

I bought Tahiti Village for a song in secondary market a few years back and am just looking for some guidance on RCI. Does anyone have any experience with converting to RCI points as far as process and cost, and is this something that is even worth exploring?

Thanks!
Is your resort in RCI weeks? If so why do you want to convert to points?
 

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The cost of conversion is likely higher than any potential benefit. There are resales that have already been converted that you might buy then give away the week you own. Or you could just figure how to deposit the weeks you own into RCIs exchange. It is not difficult.
 

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Tahiti Village is a nice property. I suspect that it is an okay weeks trader. I recall that it got a decent number of points. But it also provides a decent amount of TPU's for the MF dollar.

My own "take" or PERSONAL OPINION on converting to points is that it requires an investment of perhaps $4K to 6K and the benefits aren't huge.

The sales presentation talking points are you can take your 2 BR unit (1 week) and convert it into an efficiency for 2 weeks. Or you can use your legacy week to book a 1 BR for 9 days, or something. Those are real benefits to some people.

But if you add an extra day or two or three, you are likely to have to pay an extra cleaning fee of $50-100. So it isn't free. And your ability to book your week plus a few extra days back to back aren't guaranteed. So, maybe you won't be able to link up those extra days without a gap or surprise.

The salesmen will try to focus on the ability to stay 2 days here and 4 days there. But something over half (perhaps 2/3rds) or the RCI properties are not (yet) on points. So you only have access to a complete week (7 nights).

Also, if you are looking to trade into another So leil property, you are in competition with a whole bunch of other people, some of which had access to those weeks a month earlier than you did.

When you go to eventually sell, the points conversion does not convey. So, say you keep the RCI points timeshare for 10 years and paid $5K for the conversion, that is $500 per year. For that price, you could probably add a few days to your 7 night week.

I don't think that the cost is huge and is probably better than a Marriott conversion, but it isn't enough to get me too excited.
 
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