You people are spoilt!

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

My job is getting in my way!
Connie

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

I would love to grab those weeks, if you can help me solve the following problems:

1. Not enough weeks. I can go like 6 - 7 weeks a year, but have used even most of my 2009 weeks.

2. I have 7 weeks holiday a year - not bad. My colleagues said I am going on holiday every other months while they don't know how to spend all their vacation entitlement. I suggest to them putting everyone's in a pool and we can take as many as possible based on our needs. They told me to get lost.

3. Unless I mortgage my dogs, I can't afford more exchange fees.

[philsfan Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close philsfan]

Two of my last four exchanges were ex-ops, I can't help it if I find a nugget myself once in a while.

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

My job is getting in my way!
Connie

Same here but even more so that my wife's job is in the way. I even went on a Trade Winds Cruise Club week by myself since my wife didn't have enough vacation time and wasn't even interested in cruising on a Catamaran for 1 week.

I'm always looking and we are booked for December 2008 and April 2009 so my wife can only go on 1 more vacation during the next 12 months.

I haven't even told her that I'm going with my both of my kids and their families to Cancun in January.

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

If your dog trader doesn't pull up Lawren's gems on line, try calling RCI....
After seeing one of Lawren's postings for Morritts in Grand Cayman, I tried to exchange on line but my unit wasnt strong enough to pull it up.
I then called RCI and at first was told nothing available. After a little
grovelling and whining, the VC said, "let me see what I can do..."
A few moments later I was confirmed into Morritts for a March 2009 week
Thanks again, Lawren....

I have called numerous times about many of Lawren's sightings....places my weeks USED to be able to trade into.....but repeatedly, NO LUCK!

Lawren HAS CONVINCED me to drop RCI and go with the independents and try II.

It seems what used to be excellent trading weeks have turned into "dogs"!

[Beaglemom3 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Beaglemom3]

If your dog trader doesn't pull up Lawren's gems on line, try calling RCI....
After seeing one of Lawren's postings for Morritts in Grand Cayman, I tried to exchange on line but my unit wasnt strong enough to pull it up.
I then called RCI and at first was told nothing available. After a little
grovelling and whining, the VC said, "let me see what I can do..."
A few moments later I was confirmed into Morritts for a March 2009 week
Thanks again, Lawren....

Works for me, too !
I have found that with this tactic if a week has been around for a little while, there is the possibilty that you can get it, although I was warned (in another thread here) that RCI could cancel the exchange. So far, no cancellations - but it just takes once !

[lawren2 Malibu Beach Barbie & A Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close lawren2]

I have called numerous times about many of Lawren's sightings....places my weeks USED to be able to trade into.....but repeatedly, NO LUCK!

Lawren HAS CONVINCED me to drop RCI and go with the independents and try II.

It seems what used to be excellent trading weeks have turned into "dogs"!

Oh I'm a HUGE supporter of independents. Almost all of my weeks next year are Indie exchanges! If you can arrange travel plans for where they have heavy presence I wouldn't even think about the big 2.

Sherry, I had RCI totally balls up a summer cape cod week on me a couple years ago. I mean it saw NOTHING and was deposited 11 months in advance of check-in. This was my bread and butter week for anything I wanted! I gave it to another company for one year and then tried RCI again deposited 18 months in advance and we are back to it sees absolutely EVERYTHING. Worth keeping in mind...

[GrayFal Silver Contributor and supermoderator Find all posts View Profile Close GrayFal]

Oh I'm a HUGE supporter of independents. Almost all of my weeks next year are Indie exchanges! If you can arrange travel plans for where they have heavy presence I wouldn't even think about the big 2.

Sherry, I had RCI totally balls up a summer cape cod week on me a couple years ago. I mean it saw NOTHING and was deposited 11 months in advance of check-in. This was my bread and butter week for anything I wanted! I gave it to another company for one year and then tried RCI again deposited 18 months in advance and we are back to it sees absolutely EVERYTHING. Worth keeping in mind...

I had a similar experience ..... had 2 weeks at this resort - sold one but just bit the bullet and deposited the one I had left with RCI - and it is seeing everything again..... tough to know what to do but will probably deposit it again next year.....

[rapmarks Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close rapmarks]

I used up my Nov 09 week during the $99 promotion or I would have grabbed that Tortuga week. Heck it is less than an hour from my home. Or only 15 minutes when I read some of the reviews. That is why I will make this offer. Someone can book it and I will sacrifice and go there for any length of time necessary.

[lawren2 Malibu Beach Barbie & A Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close lawren2]

I used up my Nov 09 week during the $99 promotion or I would have grabbed that Tortuga week. Heck it is less than an hour from my home. Or only 15 minutes when I read some of the reviews. That is why I will make this offer. Someone can book it and I will sacrifice and go there for any length of time necessary.

Pat, Did you see that there are now 2 CONSECUTIVE weeks at that resort?
Why are the RCI demons being so MEAN to me?

[bigfrank Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close bigfrank]

My excuse is, I have no excuse, When I see something I can use I go in and grab it. But now I just do not have the time to go away since I am maxed out on just about every holiday there is for the next 2 years out.

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

Oh I'm a HUGE supporter of independents. Almost all of my weeks next year are Indie exchanges! If you can arrange travel plans for where they have heavy presence I wouldn't even think about the big 2.

Sherry, I had RCI totally balls up a summer cape cod week on me a couple years ago. I mean it saw NOTHING and was deposited 11 months in advance of check-in. This was my bread and butter week for anything I wanted! I gave it to another company for one year and then tried RCI again deposited 18 months in advance and we are back to it sees absolutely EVERYTHING. Worth keeping in mind...

I am using the independents whenever I can (and have been for the last 3 years).

Perhaps I could deposit one more week in RCI (I have 4 available), but I HATE to take the chance that they will trade like the last 2 deposits I made with them. If I can't use the deposits I already have made, it seems like such a waste of money and my time for searching (and AGGRAVATION!).

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

Same here but even more so that my wife's job is in the way. I even went on a Trade Winds Cruise Club week by myself since my wife didn't have enough vacation time and wasn't even interested in cruising on a Catamaran for 1 week.

I'm always looking and we are booked for December 2008 and April 2009 so my wife can only go on 1 more vacation during the next 12 months.

I haven't even told her that I'm going with my both of my kids and their families to Cancun in January.

Larry, I just loved the part about vacationing with your kids and theri families while leaving your wife at home. If that happened in my house, some sparks would fly.

[allenh91801 Member Find all posts View Profile Close allenh91801]

I never get what I want with RCI, however, I've had much success with II. I just love it. I just got my request for 7/4/09-7/11/09 into a 2br at the Royal Sands.

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

Spoilt, huh!?

Can't be spoilt if you can't see em.

Whining!? That's different. Whine if you can; whine if you can't. :cool