WSJ may not rent/exchange that easily
I consider myself a fairly well-informed person on WSJ and SVO. However, I've been trying to rent/exchange my 3 bedroom WSJ for a couple of months, now. (Please don't construe this as an ad; I'd just like to relate my experience).
We own 2 3 bedroom weeks at WSJ, week 17 and week 18. Due to my sister-in-law's family's desire to go to Harborside this summer after school lets out in NY, we've been trying to trade/exchange our unit. As 8 people are traveling (family of 3 and family of 5) we need at least a 2 bedroom lockout. This is what I've tried so far with no luck
1) Gave up our week 17 reservation for 2007 to waitlist for 2007 Thanksgiving week; was afraid of being totally shut out of WSJ with no week to rent, so last month took a week 47 WSJ (starts Saturday after Thanksgiving);
2) Started calling at 8:00 a.m. (now 9:00 a.m.) every morning since 8 months out from our first possible arrival date (June 22, so started calling in November); no availability so far thru SVO;
3) Posted direct exchange ads here on TUG, Redweek, VRBO, MyresortNetwork, etc.
4) Posted rental ad here on TUG in the hope that we would be able to rent our WSJ week and use the funds to rent a Harborside week.
5) Emailed many Harborside owners with rental listings asking about the possibilities for exchange.
So far, WSJ is batting 0 for 0. We thought we had an exchange, but the owner at Harborside appears to have decided to rent instead. I spent about a week not calling SVO waiting for her to confirm, my mistake. So, I'm still calling every morning trying to get in on points.
YES, I'd love to do a dedicated WSJ board and I've tried logging in to the other board mentioned by Dave, but for some reason, they don't like my browser (AOL), and I'm never able to get on. Therefore, I can't start a WSJ blog/site. I'd be happy to organize one if anyone would like to offer suggestions.
Lori