Redweek seems to have listened. Real time lists available.

[hudson Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close hudson]

We haven't made a public announcement yet about our new exchange program. Only a very small number of our members have been notified as we test and refine the operation in a "soft launch." We are already getting new deposits every day across a broadening spectrum of resorts.
In response to your requests, we have provided a display of the entire list we have available for exchange. View the exchange availability here:
http://www.redweek.com/exchange/browse
This list will change hourly as we get more deposits confirmed.
We also recommend that you deposit early... in some cases we are adding a little premium to the bids we send out to encourage the first deposits. Our offers may decline as the check-in date gets closer. The number of existing deposits for any particular resort will also influence our bid.
Thank you from all of us at RedWeek for your support and trust. We promise we will earn it and you will have the best exchange company ever. More exchange features are coming... lots more.


Randy Conrads
President
RedWeek.com



RedWeek Exchange Member Guide

Our BRAND NEW exchange program is one of a kind. In response to member requests, we have moved from a direct exchange program to a full service exchange. Read this guide, along with our terms of service, prior to exchanging.
Quick Facts:

Use points from your week to get what you really want. Membership is only $14.99/year and gives you access to all other RedWeek member benefits, like reviews, want ads, rentals & resales. Exchange fees are only $125/transaction. No surcharge fees for international trades - travel the world. Get three years from date of deposit to use your points.

• 24/7 online exchanges On a user-friendly Web site with convenient e-mail support.
• Find your exchange before you deposit Search online to ensure the exchange you want is available before you commit. Or, deposit first and get three years to use your points.
• Keep the change This unique program lets you keep leftover points when exchanging for a lesser-value week.
• Pay the difference and get what you really want As long as your timeshare deposits provide 50% of the value of your desired week, just buy the remaining points to get the week - currently just $1/point.
• No hidden weeks On RedWeek.com, you see all available weeks and can reserve if you have enough points.
• Low membership prices The only membership you need is the standard RedWeek.com membership - just $9.99 for 6 months or $14.99 for 12 months.
• Low exchange fees - one price for any destination Pay just $125 USD when you reserve your week - NO surcharge for international trades.
• No fees for guest certificates Let someone else use your week for no additional cost.

[Art Member Find all posts View Profile Close Art]

I took a look at the list. Defintely a work in progress unless one happens to want to go to the Canary Islands or Spain.

Guess a plus is if one has a highly rated resort for which II or RCI won't show low rate resorts as exchanges. Under the right circumstances, getting two or three weeks in a less wonderful resort might meet one's needs.

Art

[ebram Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close ebram]

No inventory to speak of.
Where are they going to get it?

[funtime2 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close funtime2]

I hope this works out because I am looking for something other than RCI.

[hudson Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close hudson]

I agree with Art that this might be a good thing for people who search only within RCI and who own where the VEP of RCI keeps them from seeing perfectly acceptable resorts.

The no fee guest certificate is nice, too.

[shopgirl Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close shopgirl]

The inventory you are seeing around the world is from DAE, the company who has always done a great job of specializing in international timeshare exchanges.

We will see how it progresses. I am pretty happy to see more options for those who do not want to pay membership fees of $89 per year + $164 for an exchange. I know my sister-in-law will be watching, as they have used their week for 25 years in a row, same Memorial Day week, every year, just because they don't want to pay II. They have no idea what is out there!

[helenbarnett1963 Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close helenbarnett1963]

interesting....

just had a look at the Redweek inventory for Fairways Club in Tenerife. A quick comparison with the DAE Europe website shows that the weeks on Redweek are the same ones DAE have in their 'available' list (which are weeks not taken up by ongoing requests).

We used RCI (our one and only RCI exchange!) to exchange there last year, I traded a blue Smugglers Notch week for a 2 bedrm unit in August at Fairways - seemed a "fair swop" to me.

Now, Redweek have offered me about 800 points for my Smuggs blue week, and a Fairways week 'costs' 288 points for a 1 bedrm in August, so in theory I could get 2 August weeks and still have points left over.

The only problem is, we need 2 bedrooms and Redweek are only showing 1 bedrooms and studios. I guess a 2 bedrm in August would come in at about 400 points, so I could still get 2 weeks for my one Smuggs week.

With DAE I always phone them to put in an ongoing request for our (rather specific) requirements, and have always received a suitable trade within a few weeks.

Unless Redweek introduce a similar ongoing search facility I don't think I would use them, regardless of the opportunities to get 2 or more weeks for one deposit - I haven't got time to search daily for what we want/need.

Not sure where i'm going with these thoughts....I was just going through the process of wondering if Redweek exchanges would work for us at the present time.

Helen

[Art Member Find all posts View Profile Close Art]

For laughs, I asked for the point value of a 2BR week 21 unit at Harbor Ridge in Maine. The estimate was close to 1800 points so the message is that this week can be considered a strong trader.

Now, if RedWeek only had some other weeks of comparable value to trade for. Maybe, having to compete for good weeks with II isn't all bad. To me, it is better to fight for a good week that I might not get, than to have nothing to fight for.

Art