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Question for Plantation Resort Owners

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I own a week 26 3 Bed L/O at the Presidential Villas. For the last several years I have deposited with RCI and have always been happy with the trading power. I just deposited my 2017 weeks and I saw on RCI that the deposited November weeks and my trading power was basically cut in half.

Has anybody else had a problem like this depositing weeks through Plantation Resort? Is this something new? A mistake? Do I have any recourse since the week was already deposited? Trying to figure out the best course of action from here. Very Disappointed.
 

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It's hard to complain too much about trading power in RCI as it seems that the TPUs for pretty much every resort and location have been proportionally scaled back with only a few exceptions.

Put in perspective, when I browse open inventory right now, I see a total of only 94 US resorts that require +33 TPUs to trade in (at ANY point in time).

Put that way - the South East beach resorts are still being valued quite well on a relative basis. Right now RCI is over valuing the following:

1) Crappy Orlando properties (silver crowns, etc.) - No objection about the DVC, Hilton or Private Houses (with pools). But at the moment there are 20+ Orlando resorts requiring at least 33 TPUs for certain weeks - many of which are silver crown. In II, these same resorts are easy to confirm at any time of year with ACs, Choose2 and even Platinum Escapes - hence overvalued by RCI.

2) Christmas / New Years weeks - Sure, a lot of people like to travel at this time of year but a lot of people want to spend the holiday with family too. Week 51 in particular tends to be overvalued. Note - I'm not talking about weeks that are highly desirable in general (ski in / out) for instance. Run down Colorado time shares that are +15-20 minute drive from a major ski area just aren't that desirable period - Christmas or not. Overvalued by RCI right now IMO.
 

Panina

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The differences in value from 2016 to 2017 can be if it's a thanksgiving week. Rci values Holiday weeks much higher. Week 47 in 2016 is thanksgiving week. In 2017 week 46 is.

In addition Rci has also lowered Tpu value recently. My winter southwest Florida weeks went down about 15%
 

rickandcindy23

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You own week 26 and didn't deposit 26? I guess I am not understanding the November reference.
 

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They've always deposited a June week on my behalf, this year they deposited a November week instead. I guess I have to insist they deposit a week closer to the one I own which is week 26.

I was just wondering if they went out of their way to deposit an off week or if it was a mistake.

I should probably just call and ask some questions, I just wanted to arm myself with information based on other owners experiences before I throw a tantrum over the phone.

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I think the season is 20-38, so they should NEVER deposit a Nov week.
 

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Thank you for posting this question. I also own there. I have yet to deposit my weeks. I own a June week, so they better deposit a June week for me. I will be calling them in a few days when I look at my paperwork on the week I own.
 

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I missed the November reference. November isn't even in the 20-38 window. Seems plantation resorts deposited the wrong week. You should call them.
 
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