I just won it last night. To be honest, with the amount of points I’ll have, I should be able to pick up 85K rooms that no one else will want to spend the points on so it could work out well lol. We shall see, even if it doesn’t it’s 178K points for 985 maint. Seemed to be the best RCI point ownership I’ve seen. Why? Do you want it? I’ll allow you to buy it haha. I didn’t even sign the contract yet lol.
Exactly. I don’t know yet lol. I’d prefer if DVC went back to interval but I doubt they will. Most who own DVC aren’t trading out of DVC, it seems like DVC has more control over the units in RCI than they would in II? I don’t think Wyndham would allow DVC to leave. It would hurt RCI immensely.
From Mark Delcampo of II, “This is an error”.
Unless they are keeping things quiet! Time to pick up an II trader? Lol. I think DVC likes the RCI method of TPU and Point currency for reservations.
Thanks you Panina.
Pay for tug membership and you will have access to the sightings page. I began a spreadsheet to track what is available and what Is deposited.
I also know it was not out there. Even if it’s in the works we would still be told it is an error. I was a programmer. A series of errors would have to be done for it to appear. The designation of elite resort shows what ever happened was not left over from before, something happened recently.
Idk... does DVC really want their owners exchanging into other resorts? I think they would rather their owners renting points so others who don’t own visit and spend money, or owners themselves go and spend money. Having owners constantly exchanging may make owners think, why bother owning DVC if I’m not going as much anymore? Which would flood the resale market. By having RCI which let’s face it, has inferior resorts to II, namely MVC, Vistana, and Hyatt; most owners will not exchange and use their points for multiple trips or rented to others. Points exchanged into an exchange program = less people at Disney. More points used at Disney.....well you get the idea.
I don’t see it happening. Then again, MVC could have lobbied for that hard which would make them untouchable. Maybe it could be dual affiliated and ONLY MVC family of brands can book DVC.
I agree -- there would have had to have been a series of missteps for it to appear. It'll be interesting to see if there is anything else that pops up.
My comments were comparing II to RCI and IMO, RCI is far more transparent. You know what TPU you'll get for a given deposit and how much/when it's reduced in value. If you do an instant match, you know what the cost is and you'll get back any difference. For an OGS you can get an idea of the cost but not an exact as it's a fluid system with reduced costs as you get closer in many cases. With II you do not know any of this and the TDI certainly doesn't tell you as it only gives you the ability to compare for that specific area. You can get an idea based on experience and you can make some assumptions based on other information. I have mostly used RCI weeks for HI & trading in to DVC and ave not had any issues but I put in my OGS 1.5 to 2 years out and I do a manual search a few times a week. But it's not a perfect system, there isn't one.
I would have to agree. With interval everyone runs “test searches” and reports what they see and what they are using to search. The old “I could see X with my Y but not my Z” is the only way to know in interval.
Maybe they will have dual affiliation? Maybe DVC knows RCI has been skimming units to rent for themselves and is pullout out of the contract.
Do we even know this? Or is this complete speculation?
Speculation at best. Apparently RCI has been accused of this in the past I heard? Add in the fact that people are complaining about a company renting multiple weeks on eBay that look to be RCI exchanged weeks based on the rules. It’s a possibility, one I wouldn’t put past any company.
I still don’t think DVC would want their owners exchanging points for superior resorts than RCI has to offer. Again, less points being used in DVC means less owners there spending money. At least if DVC members rent, those rooms are being used by people. People who will spend money at Disney world.