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Exchanging out of Vidanta

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BostonEd

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I've seen lots of comments and threads about exchanging into a Vidanta property. Has anyone done it the other way around? We have "Imperial Garden" level ownership, if that makes a difference.

I'm guessing it is close to impossible, unless I'm looking for, like, the 4th week of September. I would want a winter (February) week.
 
When I exchange, I make it a practice to always trade up in quality and cost rather than trade down. We own at the Grand Luxxe level with Vidanta and I don't use it to exchange out because the quality and cost are quite high. Similarly, I don't trade out of our Ritz-Carlton or Flora Farms fractionals.
 
I frequently deposit my excess weeks into RCI and then use the TPs to exchange into other TS units in Mexico or in the US.
It used to be that one could trade back into Vidanta at a higher level, but that hack in no longer worthwhile due to very high resort service charges.
 
Since Vidanta is pay to use, do you have to pay to be able to deposit your weeks in RCI?
 
WorldT said:
Since Vidanta is pay to use, do you have to pay to be able to deposit your weeks in RCI?
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Yes, and you cannot deposit a lesser unit than your contracted one.
 
Ah, I forgot about that wrinkle: we'd have to pay our user fee when we deposit it into RCI, correct? And that would have to be done "blind", right? I won't know if we will be able to get somewhere good when I want it, until the week is already deposited? So I would have to pay the user fee now, even though I might not get want I want, or else it might be another extra year before I do.
 
BostonEd said:
Ah, I forgot about that wrinkle: we'd have to pay our user fee when we deposit it into RCI, correct? And that would have to be done "blind", right? I won't know if we will be able to get somewhere good when I want it, until the week is already deposited? So I would have to pay the user fee now, even though I might not get want I want, or else it might be another extra year before I do.
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That is correct.
 
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