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Please list your SFX exchanges

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I'm thinking about using SFX.

Since SFX doesn't provided a complete list of resorts on their online resort directory, I would like to hear what type of exchanges folks have received with SFX.

Please list resort name and unit size

Thanks
 
Hanalei Bay 1bd in Kauai
Embassy Poipu 2bd in Kauai

back to back weeks in late June.
 
Kona Coast Resort / 2 bedroom - October 99 (back to back week with Embassy Maui) - Bonus Week

Embassy Resort / Maui /1 bedroom - 3 times Oct 99/March 01/March 04 (we really like this resort) - 2 Manhattan Club Trades - 1 Bonus Week

San Luis Bay Inn /1 bedroom - October 04 - Pacific Grove Plaza Trade

Gold Membership
 
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All these exchanges have come from depositing four 1BR Kauai Marriott weeks:

London - Sloane Gardens Club 2BR
New York City - Manhattan Club 1BR
New Orleans - Plaza Suites Hotel 1 BR
Vancouver BC- Club Intrawest 1BR
Acapulco - Mayan Palace 1BR
Nuevo Vallarta - Mayan Palace 1 BR
Scotland - Duchally Country Estates 2 BR
Washington DC - Fairfield Alexandria 1 BR

Note that other than London and New York, all the others were SFX Bonus Weeks - I still have two regular exchange weeks pending.
 
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Two 2-BR (next door to each other -- same owner) Grand Mayan Riveria Maya units this summer. One with a regular week and one with a bonus week (plus upcharge for 2-BR). Very happy. :)
 
I joined SFX in Aug 05 and banked a 1Br HGVC

Exchanges to date...
2Br Mayan Palace Acapulco - Bonus week 1
2Br Holua at Mauna Loa Big Island - Bonus Week 2
 
Casa del Mar, Aruba - 2 bedroom, November
Grand Timber Lodge, Breckenridge - 2 bedroom, January
Mayan Palace, Riviera Maya - 1 bedroom bonus week, May

Gold member
 
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Mauna Loa Resort/Holua, Big Island, 2BR--Jan.06 (used a 1BR ski week)
 
1br- WM Seaside last summer
2br HGVC in Honolulu for my BIL and SIL
2br HGVC in Honolulu for us in Nov. 05
3br Maui Schooner July

I have been offered the following but they didn't work out so I had to pass on them.

May- Polo Towers - Las Vegas 2 bedroom
May-Palm Springs 2 bedroom
Nov- Mayan Palace
Oregon Coast during summer

Susan
 
Bonus Week Exchanges
Hilton Club New York Studio- 5 Day stay
Mayan Palace NV 1 BR
San Francisco Suites 1 BR

Deposited Weeks Exchanges
Kona Coast Resort 2 BR Thanksgiving


I still have 1 week on deposit and will likely deposit another week in the next few months.
 
Bonus Week Exchanges
Weston Vacation Village 2 Bd Spring Break
Nob Hill Inn 1 Bd Labor Day

Deposited Week Exchanges
Atrium Resort 1 Bd early May
Request in for 2 weeks 1Bd Oahu and Maui Summer 2007

Deposits have been:
Fairfield Williamsburg at Kingsgate wk26 2 bd and 1bd lockoff
Nob Hill Inn floating 1 Bd.

It took me about 2 years to realize that I wasn't having much luck getting what my requests met when they fell on those rare school holidays during the Fall, Winter and Spring months - especially to a warm destination. So, I've diversified and will use SFX for those exchanges they have in better supply - West Coast, Southeast, Mexico and some Caribbean and then use my other timeshares with 'preference' to use/exchange for school holiday vacations. My husband teached 8th grade and so he has very little discretion for vacations during the academic year.... Noelle
 
SFX exchanges

Sloane Garden, London, Studio
Mauna Loa/Holua, Big Island, Hawaii 1 bedroom
Embassy Suites, Maui, 1 bedroom
Grand Mayan, Riviera Maya, 1 bedroom
Grand Mayan, Nuevo Vallarta, 1 bedroom
Royal Caribbean, Cancun, 2 bedroom
Trading Kona Coast II, Big Island
 
Joined 2005.
2 bedroom Hilton Hawaiian Village
Studio Hilton Club NYC
1 bedroom Mayan Palace Rivera Maya
1 bedroom Hilton Hawaiian Village
Selloff list:
Grand Mayan 1 bedroom Nuevo Vallarta
Royal Palms 2 bedroom Fiji xmas week

I am very happy. It sure beats trading weeks with RCI. Some my exchanges were with bonus weeks I got with my three for one credit I received with my Royal Holiday week I deposited. :) Ben
 
Bumping for more responses....

Thanks for sharing.....
 
Within a few weeks of joining I got back to back weeks in Hawaii for August, one as exchange, and one bonus week, as follows:

1. Kona Hawaiian Village, 2 bedroom
2. Embassy Maui, 1 bedroom
 
Sands of Kahana - 2 bedroom in July. Which was a horrible resort exchange I might add. The resort is no where near the quality of Kona Coast II week 52 we gave them. When we tried calling them to see if there was anywhere else we could move to (even if it was another island) -and they had no other inventory available. I hate their phone answering system where you always have to leave a message and wait for them to return your call. They would not even return our calls once we returned home.
 
3 br Maui Schooner - July
2 br HGVC Honolulu - for me
2 br HGVC Honolulu - gift to my BIL/SIL - bonus week (with upgrade fee to 2 br)
1 br WM Seaside- Last Summer (bonus week)

Was offered but couldn't get the time off for Polo Towers (2br) Las Vegas
MGV in Palm Springs (2br)

There were several others but I cant remember them all. My agent is Elaina and she is great.

Susan

I am a platinum member.
 
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does sfx assign an agent to your account??

or is it the first agent with whom you make contact?
 
SFX has agents that handle different areas.. depending on where you are trying to trade in.
I think this is an excellent idea. That way that agent build relationships with resorts in that particular area.
 
I am curious as to how many of the reponders were platinum members vs. gold members. I don't have a problem upgrading if it will improve my exchanges, but so far, I have not been too impressed with my gold membership.
 
2005
nob hill sell off list
nyc hilton trade
grand mayan sell off list

2006
hgvc seaworld 2 weeks

2007
kona hawaiin village 2 weeks

so far so good. I am happy with them. I am platinum.

but now its not so good that they raised the exchange and bonus week fees.
I might just go back to gold member when plat runs out.
 
thanks for your quick reply calidave

makes sense now

smilawgs
 
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