HUGE housekeeping fees listed on RCI now? [merged]

[sunshine4]

I saw one today that had a $75.00 activities fee. Of course that means whether you use them or not. Isn't that why we bought a timeshare in the first place, now we have to pay extra for them???

 

[Carolinian]

I wonder how many of these fees will end up like Manhattan Club's notorious ''hospitality fee'' which is charged to RCI exchangers but not exchangers from independent exchange companies like SFX?

 

[Tia]

I wonder how many of these fees will end up like Manhattan Club's notorious ''hospitality fee'' which is charged to RCI exchangers but not exchangers from independent exchange companies like SFX?

Kick backs of some sort?

 

[rapmarks]

sounds like i better start kooking into II and other exchange companies.

 

[rickandcindy23]

Don't be too rash. Perhaps this is a mistake.

I am thinking it's probably a huge error after the upgrade to the system last weekend. RCI always has glitches.

If Wyndham is truly thinking they will get $75 out of exchangers, they need to reduce our MF's by $75 per week owned. I get sick of Wyndham's constant increases and SA's.

 

[LynnW]

I'm really hoping it is just a glitch. Just for fun today I checked availability for Westgate Painted Mountain in Mesa AZ on the exchange side as well as extra vacations. The available units all show a $39.99 resort fee plus a $39.99 internet fee for all stays. I then checked II as I had seen this resort available in November for a getaway. I clicked on book it now and went through the whole procedure up to the payment part and there were no extra charges shown. We stayed there last fall and there were no extra charges.

Lynn

 

[Gophesjo]

How about Vistana Resort

Is RCI showing any housekeeping fees for Vistana Resort stays? How about any activity or resort fees? (I am not an RCI member and so, cannot look myself, but did not see any extra fees on my reservation cert that was issued before last weekend's 'enhancement.') Thanks for looking for me.

 

[rickandcindy23]

No such fees for Vistana listed. I had to check because we have a nephew there right now.

 

[Gophesjo]

Thanks

That's good news!

 

[Hophop4]

We are staying at Wyndham Mountain Vista next month in Branson. I just checked on RCI and it says housekeeping: $75 for all stays less than 7 nights. We are weeks.

 

[Margariet]

Resorts that are charging $75 for a stay less than 7 days is been a practice as long as I remember. Extra fees being asked by resorts for all sorts of things is also a practice we know for years. No idea why but some resorts never ask anything and some resorts make you pay for everything. The last extra fee I've noticed was in WorldMark Indio. They call it exchange fee and they charge non-WorldMark members. No idea for what. You still have to pay for the Internet use. They don't call it housekeeping fee because housekeeping is becoming less and less.

 

[avad88]

RCI needs to get their act together about these "housekeeping fees". Upon checking resorts in Orlando over the weekend (I'm a weeks member), I noticed that about half of them had housekeeping fees listed, which were NOT there before the "enhancement". I called RCI and a rep told me that the fees were for stays less than a week (in other words for points stays less than a week). I booked a week at Hilton Grand Vacations Club and received my final confirmation today that clearly states "Housekeeping fees" with the various amounts and it doesn't state for stays less than a week or points or anything else. So, basically, even though the rep told me that, the resort could charge that fee since it is on the confirmation.
We have stayed in resorts where there ARE extra charges, but try to avoid them, so now are we going to be forced to question the resort each time before we confirm? I wish RCI would change the website and confirmations and get their act together.

 

[Carolinian]

Has anyone called any of these resorts and asked them about these fees?

 

[vacationhopeful]

Called my RCI Points resort and forwarded the very recent RCI letter detailing my fees for my 7 night stay. The front desk supervisor checked and replied back, NO HOUSEKEEPING FEES for 7 night stays. Fees only apply to less than the normal 7 night stays.

 

[littlestar]

Since RCI worked on the site yesterday, it looks like the week stay housekeeping fees are gone (at least on the resorts I looked at).

 

[granny smith]

extra housekeeping cost?? [merged at this post]

Tried to get a rci exchange and was that I would have to pay en extra $75.00 for housekeeping?? Never had this before. This was for the Desert Grand in Las Vegas. Other timeshare in Las Vegas also charging for parking on a daily basis. What gives. Anyone had this problem?

 

[BevL]

Parking charges are not terribly unusual, although charging for parking in Las Vegas seems a bit strange. However, better they disclose it and you know up front.

As for the housekeeping, that usually refers to a less than a full week stay using points, not an exchange for a full week on the weeks side. I have again seen that at lots of resorts. I don't use points so it never impacts my vacation. Maybe take another look at the fine print.

 

[Talent312]

For some resorts, housekeeping short of their standard week can add a significant expense to maintaining a unit, but for other resorts, where stays of less than a week are common-place, its built-in to their hotel-like operation. You just need to aware of what you're signing up for.

IMHO, charging for parking in an urban area where parking takes up valuable space is okay.
But in Vegas, its like charging for sand.

 

[jlwquilter]

After RCI's latest enhancement, lots of Weeks exchanges had verbiage regarding housekeeping fees. Most of that has now been eliminated, as it should have been never there to begin with. It was most likely a programming screw up (RCI is full of them) where Points info also showed on Weeks stuff.

If you are seeing the HK fee for a standard straight full week exchange, then you should call RCI. That resort could have been missed in the fixing process.

If you are doing a Points exchange for a non 7 day stay then HK fees are to be expected. If you are doing a full 7 day exchange within Points, but not Points getting Weeks, you should call RCI to clarify if the HK fees apply or not as they may or not.

 

[2chuck]

My Resort says fees are only for Points less than 7 days

I got an email from RCI last week regarding a multiweek reservation I have at Ft Lauderdale Beach Resort in Dec. I own 2 weeks in Points and 1 for weeks there, but these are exchanges and Points other than my home weeks. My Points reservation supposedly has a $61 housekeeping fee. I called the resort and they said the fee is only for Points reservations less than 7 days, but the booking they got from RCI is for 6 days in one unit and 1 day in another. I also have the following week reserved as an exchange.

That's not the way I booked it, RCI even gave me a unit number for 7 days. Now they're expecting me to move for 1 day and then move again for the following week, and they're charging me $61 for the privilege! The resort blames RCI and RCI blames the resort...typical. I told the RCI Supervisor it's not gonna happen. This is the 3rd year they've done this to me. The resort can usually juggle things around so I don't have to move, but I won't know until a couple days ahead. I'm real close to leaving RCI and I give them hundreds of $ per year in booking fees. I usually spend 70 to 90 days a year in Timeshares. I also reminded the Supervisor that I know RCI can enforce a no fee policy for weeks and 7 day points, and they best not try to add fees. I bought my TS to avoid that game. I think they'll have a stampede of members leaving if they try. I'll be one of the first.

 

[MRSFUSSY]

If I remember correctly.....

I thought all the parking lots at the hotels in Vegas were free?

Was I dreaming?

 

[Karen G]

I thought all the parking lots at the hotels in Vegas were free?

Was I dreaming?

No, you weren't dreaming. Parking is free in all the self-parking lots at the hotel/casinos.

 

[Margariet]

I got an email from RCI last week regarding a multiweek reservation I have at Ft Lauderdale Beach Resort in Dec. I own 2 weeks in Points and 1 for weeks there, but these are exchanges and Points other than my home weeks. My Points reservation supposedly has a $61 housekeeping fee. I called the resort and they said the fee is only for Points reservations less than 7 days, but the booking they got from RCI is for 6 days in one unit and 1 day in another. I also have the following week reserved as an exchange.

That's not the way I booked it, RCI even gave me a unit number for 7 days. Now they're expecting me to move for 1 day and then move again for the following week, and they're charging me $61 for the privilege! The resort blames RCI and RCI blames the resort...typical. I told the RCI Supervisor it's not gonna happen. This is the 3rd year they've done this to me. The resort can usually juggle things around so I don't have to move, but I won't know until a couple days ahead. I'm real close to leaving RCI and I give them hundreds of $ per year in booking fees. I usually spend 70 to 90 days a year in Timeshares. I also reminded the Supervisor that I know RCI can enforce a no fee policy for weeks and 7 day points, and they best not try to add fees. I bought my TS to avoid that game. I think they'll have a stampede of members leaving if they try. I'll be one of the first.

If extra fees are charged, you always have to pay them at the resort at check in or check out, not with RCI. From what I know it's just a policy of the resorts, not of RCI. RCI only informs you.

 

[d2r4s]

Fees

Has anyone else noticed, since the change Im seeing pretyy big ($50 - $75) housekeeping fees now on exchanges?

It seems since I do little RCI trades that I have never noticed, however if true then we pay a fee to belong, fee to trade and now a feee to stay. Not what I bought into when I started time sharing. Maintenanace fees paid by owners should be more than enough to cover these costs, and if they are now passing through to traders, its a little like the banking fees now being charged to card owners, only difference it seems card owners where listened too an time share traders down't have that kind of clough.

Since Wyndham has made many changes in structure of RCI I would feel they our only interested in there coporate structer and not the people who they are suppose to server as part of there membership.:zzz:

 

[Fern Modena]

As long as you don't go downtown. Parking in some of them requires a fee after a couple of hours (Golden Nugget, Main Street Station are two which come to mind). I don't know if they still charge, but there was also a charge at one time to park in the Showcase Mall Parking Garage, just north of the Coke bottle.

Fern

No, you weren't dreaming. Parking is free in all the self-parking lots at the hotel/casinos.