Space Coast Laurie
TUG Member
- Joined
- Jun 8, 2005
- Messages
- 109
- Reaction score
- 3
- Points
- 378
- Location
- Leesburg, Florida, USA
- Resorts Owned
- Capistrano Surfside Inn (Capistrano Bch, CA), The Resort on Cocoa Beach (Cocoa Bch, FL)
I used to belong to II some years back and am thinking about joining again. I currently have an RCI membership that expires next year. I know that the exchange companies have changed their policies and procedures over the years and I have some questions regarding how II works these days. I've looked over some of their documentation and it's just too vague. For perspective, I am a WEEKS owner and have two timeshares on the Southern California coast (a 1-bdrm and a 2-bdrm) that are managed by GPR, and a 2-bdrm on Cocoa Beach, Florida that is managed by VRI. All are RED season and floating regarding the dates I can request and the exact unit. If a current II member can answer the following, I'd be very grateful:
- Does II assign X number of exchange credits for a weeks deposit based upon the location, resort, unit size and date, like RCI does? If not, how are you assigned credit or trading power?
- Is there a way to calculate exactly how much credit or trading power I would receive for a particular deposit BEFORE making that deposit?
- Is there a way to calculate exactly how much credit or trading power I would receive for a particular deposit BEFORE joining II?
- Assuming that some exchanges I request may be below the value of my deposit, would I receive some kind of leftover credit to put towards another exchange?
- Combining: Is there a way to combine more than one deposit in order to request an exchange that II considers a higher value than my deposit? Is there a way to combine "leftover credit" (if there is such a thing with II) with other "leftover credit" from multiple exchanges? Is there a way to combine "leftover credit" with another deposit to get more trading power? Does II charge to combine credits and if so, how much?
- I've been timesharing for decades and so I understand the whole supply and demand thing and that people must give up their units for deposit for others to get an exchange, that the more flexible you are for dates and locations the more likely you are to find an exchange, the further out you put in an ongoing search the better, etc. But all that said, how's the inventory looking these days compared to a few years back?