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  1. jimwu921

    Vacation Village at Parkway 92500 RCI Points Annually FREE

    Wife is not happy about me owning too many weeks (Thanks! Tuggers!!) so this one has to go.... :p Maintenance Fee: $900 every year Usage year: Start from 2019 Usage week: week 17 fixed or 92500 RCI points Unit: 3103 2BR 2BATH Lock-off Sleep 8 or lock it off for 2 weeks Closing Cost: L.T...
  2. taterhed

    Keep it or Catch and Release?

    Just matched my first RCI OGS: 26 Jan 19 @ HGVC Kohala Suites, 2br (BI) I can still cancel today....I'm thinking of cancelling this exchange and holding out for King's land.... Lack of gym in facility, grills, bar, rest. etc.... Any thoughts?
  3. Anw015

    RCI Promotional Offer

    Hello, so back in Aug of 17 I went on a Hilton timeshare tour And ever since RCI has been contacting me today I picked up and listen to what they offered. They offered 4 trips two to Florida the other as international trips one being all inclusive originally for just under 800 and then knocked...
  4. jtacason23

    What Should I Buy? - Just Recinded *Fingers Crossed*

    1) Is there a vacation destination you wish to visit most of the time or on a regular basis? if so where? -> I travel with friends to Canada (Whistler/Banff) annually for snowboard trips! 2) Do you want to visit your home resort at least half the time, or do you want to trade more than half the...
  5. GT1

    Tips to learning/using the Wyndham to RCI exchange system

    We've owned our Wyndham/Fairfield TS for little over 10 years and have gone to many of the resorts within the Wyndham system. However, I am curious about RCI exchanges and wondered if those of you experienced with the WYN-RCI connection/portal would have any recommended reading so that I could...
  6. V

    Points Based time share for sale

    Hello we impulse bought an RCI points based time share with a the home resort in a ski village in Ontario Canada. Deposit paid, one year MF paid and just want to have another individual take over the succeeding payments. Can this be done? How? Where?
  7. md8287

    I sold all my Wyndham contracts now trying to access RCI points

    I sold all of my Wyndham contracts over the past few months but before I did I deposited some points into RCI. I used to access my RCI points through the Wyndham site but now have no access to the Wyndham site. I can call RCI to use the points but I (nor RCI) can figure out how I can access my...
  8. D

    RCI Points

    Does anyone know of a good source of information for RCI points membership? Things like best way to use them and what represents good value in terms of MF’s? Thanks in advance.
  9. gnorth16

    RCI - Warning!!! Holds/Booking Give Incorrect Dates...

    I put a week on hold for a Saturday check-in, but once I got to the hold page, it was for the following day. Flights to Cancun are easiest on Saturday, but the hold reservation and online info all said a Sunday check-in. I replicated the process with a dozen other resorts and days and found the...
  10. D

    Disney Exchanges

    Has anyone had recent success trading into Disneyworld Resorts other than Saratoga Springs?
  11. A

    Booking a Vacation through RCI

    Hi All, I was wondering if someone could walk me through the different aspects of booking a vacation through RCI. I see the exchange vacations which I'm guessing is for points but what about the other two options? Also, I saw some vacations had a fee like 200 is that nightly and then even a...
  12. B

    Losing Proposition

    Brand New to Tugs. I was gifted a 13 week (weeks) timeshare; studio.. Attitash Grand Summit. Joined RCI and signed up as a Platinum member. I do not use the timeshare since I own a home nearby. So I put all 13 weeks into the timeshare rental program. If I were to do nothing else with the...
  13. rboesl

    Premier Rewards, LLC

    Anyone have any experience with this company? I received a cold call from them last week. Their sales pitch made it sound like they were affiliated with RCI although it's clear from the agreement they sent they are not. Basically they are offering to lease my unused RCI points for a percentage...
  14. P

    Need Help trying to Buy HGVC - ROFR and RCI

    Hi, I need some advice and answers for my situation. I'm trying to buy 4800 Vegas Blvd with Hilton through SaleMyTimeshareNow. I got a great offer accepted for $2000 BUT Samuel with Selling Timeshares says there is no way that it will pass ROFR. Is he right? Is there not any chance it will...
  15. J

    Can anyone share me his membership? I only want to see availability and prices.

    Hello I'm trying to know availability and prices of rci resorts (without book) but i haven't a membership. Maybe someone can share me his credentials to see that information. I'm not interested in booking, because i use another engine to book with my own credentials, but it would be perfect if...
  16. J

    RCI #RD10 - What is this? Disney's Grand Californian

    What is RD10? It's in the full Resort Directory but it seems to be illegal to put in a Search. Is a future expansion? If so when?
  17. Cyberc

    New HGVC resort fee as of 1/16 through RCI

    hi tuggers Turns out that hgvc has instituted a new $25 resort fee Pr day for all inbound RCI trades. The fee is in affect as of 16th of January so all confirmed RCI reservations from this date going forward will need to pay. Hopefully some or most of the money will go toward the owners mf but...
  18. basl99

    trading my sheraton vistana week

    i have week 4 in the fountain area its for 2019 and would like to trade for mexico or hawaii it has a tpu of 21 on rci how do you list it on interval international?
  19. S

    Reduced RCI availability to HGVC members??

    We just conducted a test where we had a friend log into their RCI account at the same time we logged into our HGVC RCI account. We each conducted an exchange search for Cabo San Lucas in July/August 2018. We were shocked to find that our friend had 8 pages of listing when we only had 8 resorts...
  20. T

    Odds of getting RCI Platinum upgrade to a Disney World Resort?

    Hello everyone! My wife and I are new RCI Platinum members and just booked our first points vacation. We are staying in a 2 BR at Sheraton Vistana Villas near Disney. When booking online we were able to choose other resorts as possible upgrades as the time got closer (June 3-10) so we selected 5...
  21. gnorth16

    RCI: Free Ongoing Searches

    To get free ongoing searches without being an RCI Platinum member... Put a unit on hold by going through all the required steps. Go back into "My account" and release the hold. At the bottom, check the box to keep an ongoing search and select any reason why you are releasing the hold...
  22. A

    Wyndham & RCI - Scare Tactics /Lies? [2017-18]

    I am currently staying at a Wyndham resort in the south. I already have enough timeshare vacation ownership and do not need anymore. The salespeople at the resort have said that: (1) after the upcoming 2018 Wyndham split, the timeshare inventory in RCI will be significantly reduced which will...
  23. gnorth16

    RCI - Searching For Multiple Resorts At Once

    In RCI, I used to be able to search up to 40 resorts at once then save that under "Favorites". Online help says I cannot do that anymore. Either she doesn't know her own website or RCI's "upgrades" have stripped one of the only functional tasks from their website. Maybe there is a workaround...
  24. doodlez

    RCI access through Club Wyndham?

    Hi! My SO and I signed up for Club Wyndham in July and have not been able to use our points this year so we'd like to transfer them to the RCI part of our membership. I went to register on the RCI website, but the number it's looking for is different than the one for Wyndham [our account manager...
  25. C

    Silver Lakes Resort Travel Club

    Hi All! I noticed a few threads on Silver Lakes (SL), but nothing addressing the Travel Club. I was sold a timeshare three days ago that seems to be what I'm looking for but I fear i may have overpaid and need to rescind (seven days left). So it was 47,120 points that cost $15k with $600...
  26. D

    Wyndham / RCI contracts puzzle, help appreciated

    Hi everyone, Im kind of new to time-sharing and most of your discussions and articules have given me a good broad idea of how they work and where the potential hazards may be. However, after reviewing for several hours the discussions in this forums I would deeply appreciate if you experts can...
  27. T

    Vacation Ideas

    We're Wyndham owners and have access to RCI Having trouble finding family vacation ideas along the east coast that I like to do. I would love to vacation along a lake where my kids can go swimming, kayaking and where I can rent speed boats and do some water sports or maybe rent a pontoon...
  28. A

    Which exchange company do you recommend?

    Newbie timeshare owner here! Wanted some advice on exchange company experiences. Pls share and provide your recommendations! I've heard of RCI and II. My timeshare is located in cabo. Thx
  29. naudette

    IRMA and RCI

    We were supposed check into Belair Beach on SXM on 9/23. Two weeks for us and a week for friends. We changed last week to Royal Villas on the recommendation of a customer service rep at RCI. She said that once Belair cancels our reservation, our deposit weeks would be refunded as well as...
  30. C

    Last minute bookings

    Hello I am so glad I found this forum. I was at a presentation today seriously considered purchasing and decided not to last minute after I came across this forum and read about resales. I am considering purchasing a resale. I am an avid traveler however tend to travel last minute on...
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