As you know, my results are the same as yours. Searching ourselves we eventually find something that will work.
It still takes as long, probably, and an ongoing search might have found the same thing, maybe, but I think the dissatisfaction in not getting exchanges that many are expressing is because they are not actively doing something.
When you just sit and hear nothing it drives you crazy, but if you are actively searching every day, and seeing stuff, even if it's not stuff you want, it makes you feel a little better. At least you know what is available, rather than thinking there is nothing at all available.
It's sorta like driving into Branson. There are only two routes, because of bridges crossing the lake. Sometimes we start out the short way, but if there is an accident the road will be blocked. So we turn around and go the long way. It probably takes longer, but driving, even if it is driving the wrong way, seems more productive than sitting and going nowhere.
Perhaps I have ADD! But who doesn't!?
When I did Resorts on the Beach this morning, I saw 52 for January 2007 and 49 for January 2008. I don't want any of them, but at least I know the cupboard is not bare, and those are there if I want them.
As I've said several times, I have not heard form anyone who has gotten something I might have wanted because they were doing an ongoing search. Has anyone gotten a resort on the beach for SW Florida for January with an ongoing search? If so, when and where?
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