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- Hgvc Anderson, Blue Ride Village Resort
Interesting observations. Short term trading was a bit different this year for me. Was it just because RCI and II didn’t get the cancellations or are they opting to rent them instead? Just makes me wonder. Maybe I just missed seeing things.
Each year, for the winter, I have my timeshares booked but always look to see if I can get something better last minute when someone cancels.
Years prior I have successfully found Key West, Marco Island, Bonita Springs, Fort Myers and DVC. I have had success in both II and RCI.
Normally RCI has many choices. This year it was different, very few and two days prior to a check in nothing was available when I looked, nowhere in Florida. II usually has very few choices but great things have popped up last minute, this year not. II always had Orlando available until the last day. And yes great things to me can be different for others. For me it is southwest Florida. II did have a few pop up for the Marriott in Fort Lauderdale, and RCI had DVC Saratoga at 11 TPU’s.
Where my success occurred this year was with the HGVC system. I was actually surprised. Not only was I able to get South Seas at Captiva, I also got Sunset Cove in Marco Island with short notice. I also noticed other gulf Florida weeks that I posted on tug. Thinking it out, HGVC gets a cancellation and it goes back into inventory for the members, no outside renting can occur.
Of course I looked often, multiple times a day, on all the systems.
Each year, for the winter, I have my timeshares booked but always look to see if I can get something better last minute when someone cancels.
Years prior I have successfully found Key West, Marco Island, Bonita Springs, Fort Myers and DVC. I have had success in both II and RCI.
Normally RCI has many choices. This year it was different, very few and two days prior to a check in nothing was available when I looked, nowhere in Florida. II usually has very few choices but great things have popped up last minute, this year not. II always had Orlando available until the last day. And yes great things to me can be different for others. For me it is southwest Florida. II did have a few pop up for the Marriott in Fort Lauderdale, and RCI had DVC Saratoga at 11 TPU’s.
Where my success occurred this year was with the HGVC system. I was actually surprised. Not only was I able to get South Seas at Captiva, I also got Sunset Cove in Marco Island with short notice. I also noticed other gulf Florida weeks that I posted on tug. Thinking it out, HGVC gets a cancellation and it goes back into inventory for the members, no outside renting can occur.
Of course I looked often, multiple times a day, on all the systems.