Is five months too short for trading?

[bisbikis Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close bisbikis]

I am looking to trade in December but still have to get my week assigned through II, will I make it?

[Glitter Brunello Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close Glitter Brunello]

I think from reading your other post you mean that you haven't reserved your week at your home resort and deposited it with II yet, is that correct? If you are looking to travel Christmas or New Year's week, it will be very difficult. If you are looking for early December, that is 'off season' in many locations, so it depends where you want to go. If you let us know, we will do a search for you to let you know what's sitting in inventory.

[bisbikis Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close bisbikis]

My home resort is very hard to get a hold of. I have called several times this week and emailed with no response. We want to go the week after Christmas and think it will be very hard. I am hoping that they call me back soon.

[4ARedOctober Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close 4ARedOctober]

It all depends on where you want to go and when.....how good a trader you have, and what system you are trading through.

I have already exchanged into the Chirstmas/New Years week for 2007 in order to get the best units and resorts. I was internal trading via RCI for Grand Pacfic Resorts and was able to pick up 3 BR units which is what I wanted. There was plenty more 1 & 2 BR units available for So. Cal for that time.

For 2006 I booked mulitiple units as an owner at Grand Pacific Palisades for this Christmas/New Years week about a year ago.....and I was looking to move up in size via exchange and was just able to get it but it looked pretty bleak for a few months....this was via on-line searching and not an ongoing search.

RCI and II are different animals as you will learn. I am not that familiar with II and its availability....check the sightings board.

But to get the best stuff in RCI you need to book well in advance if you want to lock it down. Other general rules of thumb are deposit as early as possible and start your search as early as possible. As the time gets closer then one may have to accept less than what they were shooting for but sometimes availability will come up. It is a personal choice.

[bboy1234 Member Find all posts View Profile Close bboy1234]

How do you know if your hame resort is a good trader?

[4ARedOctober Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close 4ARedOctober]

If you have a deposit see what you can pull. Test it. Be sure to test it at different times of the day. And compare it with what is on the sightings board. That will give you a good idea.

You can also pull what you found and post it. Then someone with a strong trader can post what they found for the same parameters. That will give you a comparison.

Sometimes people on this board and over yonder will do trade tests so several people can compare.

How do you know if your hame resort is a good trader?

[JLB Please excuse me, I'm a Dick. Not a moron just a Dick Find all posts View Profile Close JLB]

Since we know what resort you want to know about, sorry, but it is not likely that it will be. That is not gospel, but it is logical and based on experience, and I live here, and stuff like that.

How do you know if your hame resort is a good trader?