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RCI Searches

Janis

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Do you have to deposit your timeshares before doing a search for availability in RCI?
 

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If you own a resort where you directly purchase for tpu's, then you must have at least 1 tpu to do a manual search and must have sufficent number of tpu's in order to match for an ongoing search.

If you own in a points system that uses a fixed grid by size and season depending on the system you may or may not have to deposit to do an ongoing search and you should be able to do a manual search without a deposit.
 

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Wow - I've been out of the RCI loop a long time, I don't even know what a tpu is! I have fixed weeks at Lawrence Welk and Royal Sands.

I've tried every which way to do search without depositing and haven't had any success. I guess I can, gulp, call and ask !
 

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Wow - I've been out of the RCI loop a long time, I don't even know what a tpu is! I have fixed weeks at Lawrence Welk and Royal Sands.

I've tried every which way to do search without depositing and haven't had any success. I guess I can, gulp, call and ask !
If you are looking for an exchange, why not deposit a week, it doesn't cost anything. They are having a sale on TPU that ends tonight. You can do this all on line, if you call a rep for assistance they charge more for the exchange. Do it yourself. If you need help. PM me.
I go on the site frequently, just to browse.
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