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Disappointed with Trading Places!!!

chellej

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I have been a real proponent of Trading Places but they seem to be going down the same path as RCI. Their fees have gone way up, their last minute hot deals are no longer available for Bonus weeks, Prime resorts are available for rental but NOT exchange and on top of that if you want to upgrade from a 1 bedroom to a 2 bedroom it's $200.

I requested Club Cascades months ago for our 30th anniversary this month - they said it was not available - but it was for rent on their "Hot Deals" rentals.

And I gave them a prime Island Park Village summer week
They have also added a short term exchange list - it is 1/2 of the hot deals - all the Prime weeks pulled - this is exchange inventory & bonus weeks.
 
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I noticed the exchange fees going up at TPI. I suspect this increase should help competitors like DAE, HTSE, and SFX take some of their business.

Are the rentals from exchange inventory, or are they HOA inventory from the resorts for which they are a management company? Since they wear two hats, that is an important distinction. If it is indeed exchange inventory, this would be disturbing.

You might want to ask them some questions on the Ask Trading Places forum at www.timeshareforums.com
 
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It may well be inventory from the HOA as they are the management company for these resorts as well. I guess the change is, it used to be available for exchange - it no longer is. There would be no way to tell the source except from somone internally.
 

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Removing post as it is an ad, which is not allowed on the BBS.

Bev Ladd
 
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