Best trading areas to own

[Hounddog01 Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Hounddog01]

Sorry if there is a thread about this already. Where is the best places to own if you want to trade them. I assume the florida west coast is good since all weeks are red. I would also assume any place on a nice beach would be good also. It looks like Hawaii is a good trader but the mf's seem to be much higher.

How does Las Vegas trade? We love to go there but would also like to buy a good trading location.

[SOS8260456 Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close SOS8260456]

Be carefull of all red weeks. When it comes to trade power, there are varying shades. For example, at a beach area, red time usually covers from late April to early October. However, those weeks that fall in July will be more red than those that are early June, or May or Sept or Oct. These are sometimes referred to as "pink". I always get a big kick out hearing a TS salesperson in Orlando tell us how all of the weeks are red and in great demand. The other thing is to watch for over built areas. Trade power is all about supply and demand. In overbuilt areas like Orlando and Williamsburg the supply is great, so trade power can be so so.

I am not that experienced with trading since we love Orlando and it doesn't take much to trade there. However, I do know that if you can get a place where the supply is low and people want to go there, then that will up your trade power. But, also, if you own one of these, you would probably make out better by renting the unit out.

Lisa

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

Sorry if there is a thread about this already. Where is the best places to own if you want to trade them. I assume the florida west coast is good since all weeks are red. I would also assume any place on a nice beach would be good also. It looks like Hawaii is a good trader but the mf's seem to be much higher.

How does Las Vegas trade? We love to go there but would also like to buy a good trading location.

Hounddog01 we are here to help educate you. It all depends on which exchange company you are contemplating, where you would like to go, Vegas is a relatively easy trade so not a great place to purchase, and WHEN you can go.

In other words we need much more information.

Ask away.

[tonyg Goomba & Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close tonyg]

Best to stay away from Orlando, Branson, Williamsburg and Las Vegas as overbuilt areas. Best places is only part of the formula, best time and resort quality also fit into the picture. Also, you need to find out which of the big 2 have resorts where you want to go. You can always trade into the overbuilt areas and you might want to buy in a good location where you wouldn't mind going to much of the time. The more time you spend researching the better your purchase will work for you.

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

... I assume the florida west coast is good since all weeks are red. I would also assume any place on a nice beach would be good also. It looks like Hawaii is a good trader but the mf's seem to be much higher. ....

Whether all the weeks in an area are red or not really tells you nothing about the trade power of that region. Color codes are mostly a marketing tool.

Spring weeks on the southwest coast of Florida trade extremely well, but there are few resorts there, and they tend to be expensive. SoCal Coast in summer is probably the most bang-for-the-buck when it comes to RCI traders. You are correct that Hawaii trades well, but is expensive.

[Hounddog01 Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Hounddog01]

Hounddog01 we are here to help educate you. It all depends on which exchange company you are contemplating, where you would like to go, Vegas is a relatively easy trade so not a great place to purchase, and WHEN you can go.

In other words we need much more information.

Ask away.

Thank you for your help with my education. I am looking at RCI for exchanges. Please let me know if there is a better one. We like the beach, I just purchased one at the Treasure Island Beach Club week 35. End of summer week (should be laborday). I thought this would trade well for thoes taking the last vacation of the summer.

The other one is Invernes on South Padre Island it is a floating 45-49 week. This would be good for Thanksgiving. We like to travel during that time and this would work for us, but how do you think it would trade.

I do not plan on more purchases at this time unless it is a summer week in a prime location.

If anyone has an idea how these will trade let me know. If it is bad news let me know this also. We always go to the beach in the summer week 28 at the Coral Reef on St. Pete beach. My dad has this one and lets us use it. I was hoping to be able to trade the Treasure Island Beach Club for maybe week 27 or 29 sometimes to make a 2 week vacation.

We love las vegas. Traveing any time usualy works for us. Usualy in the off season (if there is such a thing) when we can get cheap air fares. Usualy late summer or early fall.

[Hounddog01 Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Hounddog01]

If you have a 2br can you trade it for a 1br or do you only see the 2br offers? Not that I want to move down to a 1br but sometimes it is just the 2 of us and if I do not need a 2br can you get a better location for a 1br by trading a 2br?

[falmouth3 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close falmouth3]

My sister owns a "hotel room" week at an all inclusive in Mexico. It seems like a wonderful place and they really enjoy going there. However, I can't believe that it's done as well as it has with RCI; they've gotten very nice exchanges, even 2 BR units. I think if you can travel off peak season, many trades may open up in areas that you wouldn't be able to touch otherwise.

Sue

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

.... Where is the best places to own if you want to trade them... ..

Most beach resorts weeks from about June 15th thru Aug 15th and most ski resort weeks from about Jan15th thru March 31st.

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

If you have a 2br can you trade it for a 1br or do you only see the 2br offers? Not that I want to move down to a 1br but sometimes it is just the 2 of us and if I do not need a 2br can you get a better location for a 1br by trading a 2br?

Trading down in size is easy. The exchange companies always let you trade down in size. Yes, being willing to take a smaller unit than you own will open up additional exchange possibilities.

My sister owns a "hotel room" week at an all inclusive in Mexico. It seems like a wonderful place and they really enjoy going there. However, I can't believe that it's done as well as it has with RCI; they've gotten very nice exchanges, even 2 BR units. I think if you can travel off peak season, many trades may open up in areas that you wouldn't be able to touch otherwise....

There are some times and places where exchange companies have a lot of surplus inventory, and they will let just about anything trade into them.

I see ads on eBay saying things like, "This week has traded into two bedroom Gold Crown weeks!" but unless you know where and when those weeks were, it doesn't really tell you anything about trade power. (Plus, RCI doesn't seem to have much of an "upwards quality filter" -- Gold Crowns aren't necessarily any harder to trade into.)

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

Stating the obvious here, but owning a unit in a sought after place is the way to go. A place where folks have to wait a year or two to get.
I'd say London or a hard-to-get Europe. My Allen House is like gold, but I rarely trade it.
B.

[JWC Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close JWC]

Coastal California Summer weeks are very strong traders. They are high demand with a limited supply. This area will never be overbuilt due to coastline restrictions and high cost. They are "Red" all year but that doesn't really mean much as there are varying shades of red.

[Carolinian Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close Carolinian]

With RCI, you also have to be concerned about VEP, as they have filters that keep you from trading up or down beyond a certain level in VEP. Award status tells you something about VEP but the two are not the same. A very low VEP will mean they won't let you trade into the fanciest resorts. A very high VEP means they won't let you trade into more basic resorts, even if that is all there is in the location you want to go to. While I can underrstand the former, the latter is just plain wacky! The best bet is a mid-range VEP, which is often indicated by Silver Crown status. I would avoid a Gold Crown like the plague for trading due to the stupid downward filter.