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[gandalf252002]

Appears HeathPack is doing even better than I however today has been a good day.

A 1BDRM week at Carriage Hills in Horsheshoe Valley for NYE 2013/2014 for a Week 5 BlueGreen at Atlantic Palace MF's of $135!

I am definately learning!

 

[hapstersmom]

We just confirmed an exchange for Wyndham Kona Hawaiian Resort (Big Island, HI) for Feb. 2013 through DAE. It will be our first time there. VERY excited and can't wait to see my son (who lives there).

I have stayed there. The condos are nice in of themselves. I did not care for the property. It was large, difficult to find parking within, and the pools were small and always very full, and that was during a late Oct. stay, which is a time of year that I had great luck getting cheap cruises or condo/hotel stays, including air from CA where I then lived, for much less than I could get for this place.

Truth be told, I have stayed there at no cost due to a fam member being an employee. I still would not seek it out. Wasn't bad, but we have traded for far better elsewhere.

 

[MichaelColey]

We stayed 16 (consecutive!) nights at Wyndham Kona Hawaiian Resort (two great exchanges and a couple extra days rented from an owner) early last December. I actually found the property to be very beautiful and enjoyable. There is beautiful foliage everywhere, a couple pools (I liked the one closer to the front the best), several sets of grills, plenty of close parking, and very few stairs to climb.

Here are pictures at the two pools:

This was taken in front of our unit there:

 

[AwayWeGo]

Come Back! Come Back To Las Vegas!

For 73,200 points, we snagged a Grandview At Las Vegas 2BR reservation for October 2-9, 2012.

This is only our 2nd straight-points exchange since taking the points plunge in 2005. All our other points reservations have been Instant Exchange.

The 1 previous time we stayed at Grandview, it was on Last Call.

Don't know why RCI marked it down to 73,200 points. According to the points chart, & when I looked on line last week, it was 122,000 points.

I was actually searching RCI's 1-day sale offerings on Extra Vacation Getaways. Before pulling the trigger on that, I re-checked points exchanges & spied the points markdown, & went for that instead.

-- Alan Cole, McLean (Fairfax County), Virginia, USA.​

 

[dougp26364]

We recently exchanged our 1 bedroom select rated Grand Regency @ Thousand Hills in Branson, MO (July week) for a 2 bedroom premier rated Lakeside Terrace @ Vail Valey (July week). MF's for our week are $285 plus the exchange fee of $154 plus the $89 yearly I.I. membership fee brought the cost to $528 for the week. I keep thinking of getting rid of the Grand Regency week but every year we get a decent exchange out of it that would cost us more if we actually owned what we were exchanging into.

 

[Free2Roam]

This is my first year with RCI points...I'm kinda digging it.

Earlier this year I picked up a week at The Quarter House in New Orleans starting Dec 28, 2012...which I could've gotten in RCI Weeks if I had something deposited.

Last month I snagged a few days at The Suites at Hershey for Memorial Day weekend 2013.

Just this morning I grabbed The Manhattan Club June 30-July 4th 2013. I could've gotten thru July 5th but figure I'll checkout on the 4th, drop my bags at my cousin's apartment, hang out in the city, watch the fireworks and hop on the Megabus later in the evening.

In 14 years as an RCI weeks member (free Wyndham account) , I've never deposited any of my weeks...I've only used it for Last Calls and special sales. But so far, I like RCI points. (VV@P triennial)

 

[klpca]

I just booked an exchange into a 1 bed/2 bath Maui Ocean Club for the first week of November (which works great for my work schedule). I used my DSVII lockoff for this exchange. Needless to say I'm pretty happy!

 

[gnorth16]

Here we go...

Bought a generic 2BR L/O on ebay for $612 which included 2012 usage. Deposited it in RCI (Locked off) and got 101 TPU. Prepaid the 2013 MF's ($700ish) and deposited that week for another 101 TPU.

I have in turn done this

HGVC Las Vegas 2BR this past September - 19 TPU
DVC Vero Beach 2BR April 2013 - 18 TPU
HGVC Sea World 2BR April 2013 - 23 TPU
Peublo Sunset Beach (Cabo) 2BR - Xmas 2013 - 19 TPU
Grand Mayan (Cabo) 2BR - Xmas 2013 - 16 TPU
2 (same week) Elkhorn Canada 3BR July 2014 :whoopie:- 24 and 26 TPU (Plan on inviting the whole family!!!)

I still have 57 TPU (granted I will have to combine at some point) left and as soon as January 1 rolls around I will be depositing my 2014 week before the magic TPU machine runs out.
RCI has been very good to me and my obsessive nature to search. I know this will not last forever, but even with the exchange fee, it has been a vacationers dream come true!!!

Ideally I'd like to get 3 more weeks out of these points and lower my cost per week to about $350 per week. The only problem is, I have 2 days left of vacation until April 1, 2013 and most of my leave for the following year is already booked up!!!

 

[Beefnot]

Here we go...

Bought a generic 2BR L/O on ebay for $612 which included 2012 usage. Deposited it in RCI (Locked off) and got 101 TPU. Prepaid the 2013 MF's ($700ish) and deposited that week for another 101 TPU.

I have in turn done this

HGVC Las Vegas 2BR this past September - 19 TPU
DVC Vero Beach 2BR April 2013 - 18 TPU
HGVC Sea World 2BR April 2013 - 23 TPU
Peublo Sunset Beach (Cabo) 2BR - Xmas 2013 - 19 TPU
Grand Mayan (Cabo) 2BR - Xmas 2013 - 16 TPU
2 (same week) Elkhorn Canada 3BR July 2014 :whoopie:- 24 and 26 TPU (Plan on inviting the whole family!!!)

I still have 57 TPU (granted I will have to combine at some point) left and as soon as January 1 rolls around I will be depositing my 2014 week before the magic TPU machine runs out.
RCI has been very good to me and my obsessive nature to search. I know this will not last forever, but even with the exchange fee, it has been a vacationers dream come true!!!

Ideally I'd like to get 3 more weeks out of these points and lower my cost per week to about $350 per week. The only problem is, I have 2 days left of vacation until April 1, 2013 and most of my leave for the following year is already booked up!!!

That is amazing. If I didn't want to get blocked out of DVCs, I might be tempted to follow your lead.

 

[Beefnot]

I just snagged a December Four Seasons Aviara 2BR with a 1BR deposit earlier this week, thanks to TUGger LLW's sighting

 

[chriskre]

Just returned from a 3 bedroom Camelback resort in Scottsdale for 17 TPU's.
Combined it with a Wyn stay in Sedona and a rental at Otra Vez.

Also booked two oceanfront units in my little favorite resort on the beach in the same unit I own but different weeks plus snagged the penthouse also so will have two units the same week.
Plenty of room for my beach party crashing friends to have a crash pad. We are already planning the party.

 

[heathpack]

Just returned from a 3 bedroom Camelback resort in Scottsdale for 17 TPU's.
Combined it with a Wyn stay in Sedona and a rental at Otra Vez.

Also booked two oceanfront units in my little favorite resort on the beach in the same unit I own but different weeks plus snagged the penthouse also so will have two units the same week.
Plenty of room for my beach party crashing friends to have a crash pad. We are already planning the party.

How was Otra Vez? I have been considering trying to plan a trip to Santa Fe at some point and that looked to me like an appealing option.

H

 

[gnorth16]

That is amazing. If I didn't want to get blocked out of DVCs, I might be tempted to follow your lead.

That is one of the reasons I keep my HGVC TS.

I let go of the HGVC Sea World and picked up an DVC AKV with my HGVC points instead. This may be one of our last Disney trips, so this would be a nice touch to go along with DVC Vero Beach.

Still have TPU's coming out the wazoo....

 

[chriskre]

How was Otra Vez? I have been considering trying to plan a trip to Santa Fe at some point and that looked to me like an appealing option.

H

It's not the Ritz but we enjoyed it.
I had unit 201 out on the courtyard patio.
We met some ladies who own two weeks back to back and go every year.
They love it there.

Our room was a bit dated in some ways but quite charming in others.
We had a 2 bedroom but it only had one bath.
All the rooms are different.
It's an old converted jail. Used to house Billie the Kid at one time.
It's got an awesome location right in the middle of everything you want to see within walking distance.

I'll do a review on the TUG review so you can read a little more, not to hijack the thread.

 

[chriskre]

That is one of the reasons I keep my HGVC TS.

I let go of the HGVC Sea World and picked up an DVC AKV with my HGVC points instead. This may be one of our last Disney trips, so this would be a nice touch to go along with DVC Vero Beach.

Still have points coming out the wazoo....

Good choice. You will LOVE AKV. It's one of my favorite Disney resorts.

 

[Luvstotravel]

I booked an exchange last night. This will be the third week I've squeezed out of one deposit.

For that deposit, I got:

Smuggler's Notch, 1 bedroom, checking in on June 16th, 2013
The Summit at Massanutten, 2 bedrooms, starting Dec. 27th, 2013
Sea Crest Surf and Racquet on Hilton Head, 2 bedrooms, June 7th, 2014

Looking forward to a week in summertime in Vermont! We have family there. We've spent a weekend at Massanutten (free, for taking the tour) and Christmas week should be nice, I hope. And we've never been to Hilton Head! Looking forward to that the most.

Not bad, I think, for depositing one week.

 

[csxjohn]

Any time you can get 3 for 1 it's a great trade. Congrats.

 

[gnorth16]

Used up my last Starwood deposit in II.

SDO 1BR for a Feb 2BR Westin Keirland Villas, with a reduced exchange fee of $119.

Step up in quality, size and season. Starwood trading in II is great!

 

[linmcginn]

XYZ

Yesterday i used an XYZ for Marriott Newport Coast Villas in December!

 

[SherryS]

We just checked into Hyatt Sunset Harbor, Key West, one bedroom, that I got as a last minute bonus week from Trading Places. WOW! What a nice place and a great location. The best part is that the week cost $169, and I used my deposit to get a week at Maui Schooner in January 2013!!

 

[Saintsfanfl]

2BR Townhouse at Marriott Lakeshore Reserve for Dec 1-8 on a $199 AC. I didn't realize until recently that it was a townhouse unit.

 

[PassionForTravel]

Two bedroom at Marriott Summit Watch Park City, UT June 15-22 (II)
1 bdr Lawai Beach Resort Kaui Nov 23-30 Thanksgiving week. (RCI)
Almost ended up with Kona Coast II for Thanksgiving Week 2013 as well, forgot to cancel ongoing search.

Ian

 

[amycurl]

I got a 3 bedroom at Marriott's Marbella Beach Resort in Spain with a check in on Easter, 2013 for my 2013 Harbor Ridge week, deposited fairly early.

This might be one of our best trades yet! I really feel like I won the lottery with that one (and I still obsessively check the confirmation as a way of "pinching myself.")

 

[Weimaraner]

Locked off my 2 bed Aruba Surf Club and received a 2 bed Marriott HarBour Lake in Orlando (want that pirate ship water slide) with the studio and did deposit first with master and matched a 2 bed Marriott Surf Watch for August on HHI. First time I've ever done a deposit first rather than request first and was surprised how quickly I had a match.

 

[siesta]

Exchanged wyndham points that I deposited in RCI and received a studio at The Crane resort in Barbados, for this summer: 6/15-6/22 , this was a matched ongoing request that I made months ago. :whoopie: