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Better companies than RCI and II for Overseas Exchanges?

conshek

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We moved to Europe (only have a few years left here) and trying to use our timeshares overseas is so difficult through II and RCI. Is there another company that is better to use?
 

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After Corona I've been using II a lot.
Been lucky to get some good Exchanges to Marriott's Club Son Antem (MEM) and Marbella Beach (MBB) - You can also try Playa Andalusia (MUZ).
I have often made a request for Exchange and have subsequently been contacted by II with suggestions for alternatives.
 

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We moved to Europe (only have a few years left here) and trying to use our timeshares overseas is so difficult through II and RCI. Is there another company that is better to use?

There's a better timeshare system in Europe, called Hapimag. But they are a self-contained system. Your II/RCI week doesn't work with them.

I have little problem with II trades to Europe. The reason I bought a timeshare was for II trades to Europe. The fact that I'm not picky about where/when makes it easy. Germany in February? Ausgezeichnet!

(Seriously, that was one of our favorite trips, ever. We had purchased tickets for one of my wife's favorite bands. One of them broke his arm and canceled. We had airfare and timeshare -- non-refundable. So, Germany in February. Had the town to ourselves. The locals treated us like visiting relatives. We didn't have to order at restaurants -- they'd just bring food until we surrendered -- "Genug! Wir konnen kein mehr essen!" And our only real "problem" is that we barely spent any Euros -- and returned with most of what we brought.)
 

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Hapimag has already been mentioned. For a time, they gave some inventory to DAE Europe, but otherwise their system has always been internal. Back before the RCI takeover, DAE Europe was itself a great option if you lived in Europe. They were a franchise of DAE, and much of their better inventory in Europe never showed up on the US site of DAE. You had to live in Europe to have a membership through the European office of DAE.

You did not mention what country you live in, but if it is the UK, you might want to check our UKRE, which only handles exchanges in the British isles. To use them your deposit also has to be a week at a resort in the British isles.

The old Swedish based Timelinx would have once been a good option in its day, but the people who bought the company did away with its timeshare exchange business years ago. Timelinx was the first timeshare exchange company to make use of the internet, putting their exchange inventory online.
 
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