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Note: ORE = Owners Resort and Exchange, VRI = Vacation Resort International, MROP = Multi Resort Ownership Plan
If you are trying to pick an ORE week for deposting into II, be very careful. Many resorts that are normally accepted by II are not accepted by II if the week comes via ORE. Apparently this is because ORE does not have a reservation confirmation process with II for many of their resorts that normally exchange with II. (I don't think this impacts anyone who owns at a specific ORE-managed resort, schedules a week at their own resort, and tries to deposit that week.) But if you use the ORE exchange and then try to deposit into II, it can get sketchy. This problem does not occur with ORE weeks deposited into RCI.
A month ago I "deposited" a Vacation Villas at Fantasyworld week that I received with my MROP week into II. The ORE website shows VVF as depositable into II. ORE gave me the reservation number, and all the information I needed to deposit with II. I phoned II, and everything seemed fine. The week was showing on my II account and I could use it to run searches. 3 weeks later, I received a postcard from II that the "home resort" cancelled the deposit. I phoned ORE and they said the VVF weeks through them could not be deposited into II. Then they said I would have to pay a new exchange fee to get a different week. I argued the point because I received the week with the understanding that it could be deposited into II. I was told they would not charge a new exchange fee this time to switch the week, but would not waive the fee again if I scheduled a week via the online system. I was told to always verify whether a week could be deposited with II.
I asked if Peppertree Atlantic Beach Villas and/or Lagonita Lodge could be deposited into II and was told that it might not be doable. That I would have to try it and risk having the deposit cancelled and then have to pay an exchange fee to obtain a different week if I wanted a week to deposit in II.
So... if you are hoping to use ORE/VRI for II deposits, just be aware that it may not always work. The following resorts definitely can be deposited into II via ORE:
April Sound at Lake Conroe • APS
Bear Lake Timeshare • BLC
Bear Lake MROP • BLM
Capri by the Sea • CSE
Fishermen's Village Resort Club • FVR
The Kimball • KBL
Eagles Nest Resort at Indian Point • LAT
Pend Oreille Shores Resort • POS
Powder Ridge Village • PWR
See the Sea • SEE
Sunchase Beachfront Condominiums • SNH
Snow Lake Lodge • SNO
Sweetwater Park City Lift Lodge • SSL
Owners Resorts & Exchange at St. George • STG
Sweetwater at The Waikiki Banyan • SWB
Jackson Hole Towncenter • TJH
The Kuleana Club • KUL
Alii Kai II • ALI
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If you are trying to pick an ORE week for deposting into II, be very careful. Many resorts that are normally accepted by II are not accepted by II if the week comes via ORE. Apparently this is because ORE does not have a reservation confirmation process with II for many of their resorts that normally exchange with II. (I don't think this impacts anyone who owns at a specific ORE-managed resort, schedules a week at their own resort, and tries to deposit that week.) But if you use the ORE exchange and then try to deposit into II, it can get sketchy. This problem does not occur with ORE weeks deposited into RCI.
A month ago I "deposited" a Vacation Villas at Fantasyworld week that I received with my MROP week into II. The ORE website shows VVF as depositable into II. ORE gave me the reservation number, and all the information I needed to deposit with II. I phoned II, and everything seemed fine. The week was showing on my II account and I could use it to run searches. 3 weeks later, I received a postcard from II that the "home resort" cancelled the deposit. I phoned ORE and they said the VVF weeks through them could not be deposited into II. Then they said I would have to pay a new exchange fee to get a different week. I argued the point because I received the week with the understanding that it could be deposited into II. I was told they would not charge a new exchange fee this time to switch the week, but would not waive the fee again if I scheduled a week via the online system. I was told to always verify whether a week could be deposited with II.
I asked if Peppertree Atlantic Beach Villas and/or Lagonita Lodge could be deposited into II and was told that it might not be doable. That I would have to try it and risk having the deposit cancelled and then have to pay an exchange fee to obtain a different week if I wanted a week to deposit in II.
So... if you are hoping to use ORE/VRI for II deposits, just be aware that it may not always work. The following resorts definitely can be deposited into II via ORE:
April Sound at Lake Conroe • APS
Bear Lake Timeshare • BLC
Bear Lake MROP • BLM
Capri by the Sea • CSE
Fishermen's Village Resort Club • FVR
The Kimball • KBL
Eagles Nest Resort at Indian Point • LAT
Pend Oreille Shores Resort • POS
Powder Ridge Village • PWR
See the Sea • SEE
Sunchase Beachfront Condominiums • SNH
Snow Lake Lodge • SNO
Sweetwater Park City Lift Lodge • SSL
Owners Resorts & Exchange at St. George • STG
Sweetwater at The Waikiki Banyan • SWB
Jackson Hole Towncenter • TJH
The Kuleana Club • KUL
Alii Kai II • ALI
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