DRI is out of their minds!

[T_R_Oglodyte]

Sorry I missed that. I wonder if you have to start paying for your II membership now if you want to exchange for next year and if you will be able to combine the private account with other timeshares you own or if it would have to remain separate. I have a deeded week with Diamond and they make you jump through hoops to deposit with II. I can't imagine they will make it easy for points members.

I'll have to check my paperwork. Seems to me that there might possibly be a clause in their that says that exchange company membership is included with the Club. Of course, may DRI is making Destination Exchange into the exchange company.

 

[goaliedave]

I'll have to check my paperwork. Seems to me that there might possibly be a clause in their that says that exchange company membership is included with the Club. Of course, may DRI is making Destination Exchange into the exchange company.

You probably already know this, but just to clarify for others, DX is not new, it has been around for 2 years. I used a free DX certificate last year... same as the free ones II puts in your account. I currently have 4 free II ones lol never exchange as Diamond has resorts everywhere i want. They have now changed DX significantly ... you are bang on .

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[pedro47]

How much is DEX membership and where can you find information about it.
Is it an annual fee or a one time fee?

 

[R.J.C.]

Question when will Diamond notify all their Ii members and II?

They did via email last night.

 

[R.J.C.]

How much is DEX membership and where can you find information about it.
Is it an annual fee or a one time fee?

For point owners (specifically clean point owners) in the US and EU Collections, DEX membership will be included in the maint fees (like II was previously) starting 01 Jan 2021. Nothing has been posted about the other Collections in DRI but I am trying to find out.

 

[harveyhaddixfan]

DRI primarily use II and their own various internal exchange programs (The Club & Destination Exchange Program) for timeshare exchange vacations true. So anything outside of these programs like RCI you will be exchange guest.; even in your own home resort. Because you use RCI points.... IMO.

Now if your home resort is affiliated with both RCI and II, this is wrong.
Plus, if this is in your written contract, this is totally wrong, IMO.

Another way to make a dollar by Apollo and DRI. IMHO.

Yes and no. My complaint isn’t about exchanging back into my resort. I’m in RCI Points with my deeded week. At 13 months out, you have to reserve your room or it goes into the exchange pool in RCI. So RCI still has to notify DRI that the owner of that unit will be using it and not someone exchanging for it. This isn’t an exchange and I’ve always been recognized as an owner when I check in.

If I wanted a different size unit in the same week or a different week, that would be an exchange. And while it would only be $40 to RCI (the big bonus of being in RCI is the reduced exchange fee back into your home resort), it now adds almost $200 to DRI which is pretty much the regular exchange fee.

 

[youppi]

For point owners (specifically clean point owners) in the US and EU Collections, DEX membership will be included in the maint fees (like II was previously) starting 01 Jan 2021. Nothing has been posted about the other Collections in DRI but I am trying to find out.

HI Collection too

 

[R.J.C.]

HI Collection too

To date, from the documentation I currently have, The HI Collection is not mentioned.

 

[tschwa2]

Yes and no. My complaint isn’t about exchanging back into my resort. I’m in RCI Points with my deeded week. At 13 months out, you have to reserve your room or it goes into the exchange pool in RCI. So RCI still has to notify DRI that the owner of that unit will be using it and not someone exchanging for it. This isn’t an exchange and I’ve always been recognized as an owner when I check in.

If I wanted a different size unit in the same week or a different week, that would be an exchange. And while it would only be $40 to RCI (the big bonus of being in RCI is the reduced exchange fee back into your home resort), it now adds almost $200 to DRI which is pretty much the regular exchange fee.

The weird thing is there are basically 2 types (and a very small group in type 3) of rci points resorts. I don't know the numbers of each type. Type 1 is like your resort. The resort turns over all management of rci points reservations to RCI. So even if you want a home resort reservation, it is made through rci. The type 2, resort keeps control of the points owners reservations up until 12 months. An owner would contact home resort for home week reservation or home float week reservation. If the owner doesn't reserve it auto deposits into RCI. So the resort just notifies rci who shouldn't auto deposit. The issuing of guest certs and/or confirmation for home week remains with the resort. There were a handful of points resorts that never auto deposited and the resort kept control and the owners there had to notify their resort if they wanted rci points at which point the resort would release the fixed week into rci points.

Beachwoods fell into type 1. I don't know what type of contract they had with rci but it seems like they could change to type 2 but Diamond doesn't seem like they are interested in doing anything other than making it difficult for rci points members so they will withdraw from the program.

This would fix the problem of the resort fee and also any guest fee for home weeks. It would still allow you to retrade back into your resort for the $50 but that would require the resort fee.

 

[pedro47]

Thanks to everyone for sharing this post and threads.