cosmicmama
TUG Member
Hi all, I'm so glad I found this forum! I'm new to TS.
A couple of months ago I bought an Outer Banks TS from Ebay (I live in driving distance). My week is in September and I'm looking forward to going.
This past week, I bought two more from ebay (low prices, no closing costs), one in the NC mountains in November, one in Hollywood FL in April. I bought the first one to use, at least once or twice, and the other two to exchange.
All three auctions stated that these were RCI affiliated resorts.
I've been trying to read up on RCI and figure out how it works...and I think I understand the difference between RCI Weeks and RCI Points, but I have some questions.
Can I decide whether I want a Weeks membership or a Points membership? Or does it depend on my resorts? I think the Points sounds like a better deal for flexibility.
Can I just join RCI, then add all three weeks to my (one) RCI Points account? (using the Deposit for Points program?) Do I need three seperate accounts since I have three seperate properties? I'm not quite understanding how all this works. What I would love to do is exchange all my weeks for points next year and use the points to pick up some Last Call vacations, paying for airfare etc. too, and maybe even take a cruise the year after that. I'm very flexible and not picky, I mostly want to see different places and get the most travel for my points.
How will I know what my Trading Power is (or how many points my TS's are worth), or even if my weeks are eligible to trade for points, without first paying the RCI membership fee? I don't want to join if it's not worth it. If I can't use my weeks to exchange like I want to, I will probably just try to rent them myself, or sell two of the three (which were almost free on ebay) for a small profit.
Will someone help me make sense of this RCI stuff?
A couple of months ago I bought an Outer Banks TS from Ebay (I live in driving distance). My week is in September and I'm looking forward to going.
This past week, I bought two more from ebay (low prices, no closing costs), one in the NC mountains in November, one in Hollywood FL in April. I bought the first one to use, at least once or twice, and the other two to exchange.
All three auctions stated that these were RCI affiliated resorts.
I've been trying to read up on RCI and figure out how it works...and I think I understand the difference between RCI Weeks and RCI Points, but I have some questions.
Can I decide whether I want a Weeks membership or a Points membership? Or does it depend on my resorts? I think the Points sounds like a better deal for flexibility.
Can I just join RCI, then add all three weeks to my (one) RCI Points account? (using the Deposit for Points program?) Do I need three seperate accounts since I have three seperate properties? I'm not quite understanding how all this works. What I would love to do is exchange all my weeks for points next year and use the points to pick up some Last Call vacations, paying for airfare etc. too, and maybe even take a cruise the year after that. I'm very flexible and not picky, I mostly want to see different places and get the most travel for my points.
How will I know what my Trading Power is (or how many points my TS's are worth), or even if my weeks are eligible to trade for points, without first paying the RCI membership fee? I don't want to join if it's not worth it. If I can't use my weeks to exchange like I want to, I will probably just try to rent them myself, or sell two of the three (which were almost free on ebay) for a small profit.
Will someone help me make sense of this RCI stuff?