II membership has indeed been terminated when this has happened previously.You are not allowed to rent out an II exchange. If II finds out, your reservation will be cancelled and your account will be suspended. You will have an irate renter without a reservation when they show up at the resort, presumably after a flight.
As others have posted, renting an II exchange is prohibited. However, you can gift your stay to anyone (with a guest certificate). If they choose to give you a gift in return (such as allowing you to stay in one of their II exchanges next year - if they were time share owners), that would be between the two of you.I have a Marriott week booked that we now cannot use. It is an exchange week with II
If I rent it, do I have to get a guest cert from II ?? Or can I just change the name on the booking??
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Still best to keep any kind of transaction on the down low. "Renting" a week to friends perhaps could get through, but advertising an II exchange on Redweek for rent could get you in trouble.As others have posted, renting an II exchange is prohibited. However, you can gift your stay to anyone (with a guest certificate). If they choose to give you a gift in return (such as allowing you to stay in one of their II exchanges next year - if they were time share owners), that would be between the two of you.
What is definitely now allowed, is a 'cash for (room) keys' situation.
Yes, they can pay II directly, they just can't pay you (even if it is paying you back) and most importantly you can't advertise on a rental site that you are renting II inventory.Do the same rules apply to bonus weeks and getaways?
If you book one of these weeks for friends and family with a guest certificate, can you use their own credit card for payment?
Do the same rules apply to bonus weeks and getaways?
If you book one of these weeks for friends and family with a guest certificate, can you use their own credit card for payment?
As you say, the rules are clear.
The application of those rules is less clear.
They could cancel bookings and suspend/cancel your subscription, they probably wouldn’t for non blatant commercial use, but they might.
Does anyone know anyone who has gotten it trouble with II?
I wouldn't necessarily take or rely on the word of a low level telephone rep, or perhaps even their supervisor. Those monitoring for rentals are a different department than those answering the phones.Can I make it less clear.... I was actually given permission to do the exchange though I decided not too.
Don’t forget the large number of distressed exchange posts from the same member. They’re now rarely, if ever, heard from so i don’t think your assumption is off base in the least.There is a TUG member that had a load of units that became to be known as high value during flex. This was before the studio tweaks and long before the charge for trading up in size. All of a sudden they were selling the units in mass on ebay touting exchanges they had performed. I might be stepping over the line but these exchanges to me seemed like rentals. With that assumption I am betting they were forced to discontinue by II.
I wouldn't necessarily take or rely on the word of a low level telephone rep, or perhaps even their supervisor. Those monitoring for rentals are a different department than those answering the phones.
Got it, really should have read that in more detailIf you read the full post, the permission given and the cut and paste I included was from the senior corporate counsel for II. I spoke with her and the conversation was followed by the email from her.
I know of several who have gotten in trouble and I know of specific info from II where even repaying the exchange and guest certificate fee was deemed as renting (unlike RCI who semi officially allows this type of reimbursement). As posted I think this was protective of the individual situation but not a guide map for future actions. That said, done low key with personal friends/relatives, the risk should be very low.I wasn't being condescending so if it came across that way, sorry. I agree with you 100% about what one is told from customer service and the reason I reached out to legal to begin with. I am not a lawyer but if customer services tells me something it may be considered an individual practice but if legal tells me something it is a policy. In any case, here is the full text of the email. The person has since retired so I guess she won't care. I believe it is a valid guideline of what can one can do but everyone should decide for themselves.
As we discussed earlier today, you may proceed to purchase a Guest Certificate for your friend to use the Confirmation you have obtained for the vacation week in Aruba, which you and your family are no longer interested in using. I understand that you wanted to be certain that your friend’s use of the Aruba week and your use of your friend’s use of the week he owns at Newport Beach would be not collectively be deemed a “barter”, which is prohibited by the Interval International Terms and Conditions of Individual Membership and Exchange. You were advised that it would be OK by an Interval advisor and/or Customer Services representative, but you wanted that confirmation in writing. To date, you have not received a response to the email you sent to the Customer Service email address.
As we discussed, Guest Certificates are available for the purpose of allowing family and friends to use your confirmed accommodations. In an individual case like this where there is a separate transaction involving your use of a week belonging to your friend, we would not consider that to be a prohibited barter. Yes, there is a “quid pro quo”, but on a friendly, non-commercial basis. You did not put your confirmation up online to commercially offer it to the highest bidder.
Thanks for checking with us. Get your friend the Guest Certificate and tell him we hope he enjoys it.
I know of several who have gotten in trouble and I know of specific info from II where even repaying the exchange and guest certificate fee was deemed as renting (unlike RCI who semi officially allows this type of reimbursement).