Can you use II TDI to estimate whether you can pull a certain exchange?

[TheHolleys87]

If I deposit a week that has the highest TDI for Hawaii, does that automatically mean I’d have enough power to book another resort in Hawaii during a lower TDI period? Specifically, I’d like to book a week at a Marriott on Kauai using a Kona Coast week. RCI shows how many TPUs are needed but TDIs seem to be a different beast! TIA!

 

[tschwa2]

I think you probably would have enough pull, but the week has to get through preference. That means no Marriott or Vistana owner with enough trading power can have a ongoing search for the deposit and it would have to sit online for Marriott and Vistana owners without any of those taking it for 24 ish days and then no one without preference with an even higher (not just high enough) to pull the week has an ongoing search. So unlike RCI you have to get through preference and you don't just need to have enough trading power and then first come first serve- you get no "change" back like rci but higher trading power puts you in front of someone with enough but lower trading power.

 

[TheHolleys87]

I think you probably would have enough pull, but the week has to get through preference. That means no Marriott or Vistana owner with enough trading power can have a ongoing search for the deposit and it would have to sit online for Marriott and Vistana owners without any of those taking it for 24 ish days and then no one without preference with an even higher (not just high enough) to pull the week has an ongoing search. So unlike RCI you have to get through preference and you don't just need to have enough trading power and then first come first serve- you get no "change" back like rci but higher trading power puts you in front of someone with enough but lower trading power.

Thanks, I believe I understand. It’s disappointing that we wouldn’t get “change” back but encouraging that if we put in an OGS early enough (2 years? 1 year?) we might get it.

And I assume the preference issue would apply to any effort to exchange into any Marriott or Vistana, right?

 

[NiteMaire]

If I deposit a week that has the highest TDI for Hawaii, does that automatically mean I’d have enough power to book another resort in Hawaii during a lower TDI period? Specifically, I’d like to book a week at a Marriott on Kauai using a Kona Coast week. RCI shows how many TPUs are needed but TDIs seem to be a different beast! TIA!

I think you probably would have enough pull, but the week has to get through preference.

You should be able to get a week at Kauai Beach Club. I've seen them with my Colonies (non-Marriott) unit; for some reason Marriott deposits many of those weeks without preference.

ETA:
I realized I didn't answer the specific question. Most tuggers will tell you TDI for the week, in and of itself, can't be used to determine if you can pull the week; other factors such as resort location (to include # of resorts/units and TDI for the location itself), number of bedrooms, resort quality (Premiere, Elite, others), and resort ratings matter. I'm sure I missed a few factors.

And I assume the preference issue would apply to any effort to exchange into any Marriott or Vistana, right?

Yes.

 

[timeshare trader]

For the life of me I can not figure out TDI. I don't know how a TDI in Williamsburg for instance relates to TDI in Orlando. I think one time when I was really bored I compared the cumulative TDI for Williamsburg vs. Orlando. I believe that Williamsburg had a higher cumulative TDI. I find this odd as Williamsburg seems overbuilt similar to Orlando but, Orlando has a much higher number of visitors going. When you add in the Quality wild card I don't feel that knowing TDI gives nearly as much information as knowing your Trading power. Just my 2 cents.

 

[Eric B]

My interpretation is that TDI only serves to allow you to compare the relative trading power of weeks at a particular resort. The TDI charts all seem to be normalized around a value of 100, which ought to represent the value of the average (mean) week in a region as compared to other weeks in the region without taking into account resort-specific differences.

 

[rickandcindy23]

Why not something on Kauai that is not a Marriott? Point at Poipu comes to mind, also Lawai Beach Resort, but I would search for only the Alii building and not any of the others. Very little inventory comes through from LBR, mostly because the management company has its own exchange company, and most owners who cannot use their weeks just rent them through the management company, and if the rental doesn't happen, they just deposit the week with Hawaiian Timeshare Exchange.

If you are open-minded and can add some other resorts to your search, you would have much better luck.

 

[TheHolleys87]

Thanks for the information and advice, all! Very helpful!