10 best places for trading

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

I'm not sure I understand you. The original poster asked for resorts or locations with high trading power. I don't think TUG's list of the 30 highest rated resorts really tells one much about trading power. I own at the Disney Vacation Club, but I doubt its trading power is all that high. There is currently no way to search online using the DVC, so I can't say for sure, but I definitely can (and do) trade into the DVC with just a moderate trader. If II will give me the DVC with just a moderate trader, I don't see how the DVC resorts can have very high trade power. I can trade into many of the other resorts in the TUG top 30 list with the same moderate trader. The others in the top 30 that I can't see are generally ones with internal trading preference. (I also can't use this moderate trader to see either of the Four Seasons, but that's probably a quality issue.)

So, even though people may enjoy staying at a particular resort, that's no guarantee of high trade power.

I agree with you - OP was looking for the BEST Trader not the best trades

From what I have heard from owners that have deposited their DVC into II - it gets them whatever they want - it is just that DVC restricts you from 'testing the waters' in II - I don't believe u have online search capability? But the internal DVC perks are great, owning points at one resort and being able to reserve and stay at all the others..GREAT


I was adding my list of good traders to your list, that is all. As far as trading into DVC - the savvy TSers that WE are, know we can trade into DVC rather easily (and how to get Manhattan Club thru RCI!) - the general population does not.

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

The list Beags posted is where people WANT to trade into - and also the ones that are rated the highest.

I would add Caribbean week 51-52, 1-14
Noetheast Coast summer
Locations near National Parks in summer
Ski Resorts out west weeks 51-52, 1-12

And then there are the Hotel Chains that have priority internal trading...Marriott, Starwood, Hyatt, HGVC, DVC

I would extend the Caribbean weeks 1-14 to 1-17 and add early (to mid August) summer weeks and Thanksgiving. Perhaps northeast better ski weeks should also be added.

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

I'm not sure I understand you. The original poster asked for resorts or locations with high trading power. I don't think TUG's list of the 30 highest rated resorts really tells one much about trading power. I own at the Disney Vacation Club, but I doubt its trading power is all that high. There is currently no way to search online using the DVC, so I can't say for sure, but I definitely can (and do) trade into the DVC with just a moderate trader. If II will give me the DVC with just a moderate trader, I don't see how the DVC resorts can have very high trade power. I can trade into many of the other resorts in the TUG top 30 list with the same moderate trader. The others in the top 30 that I can't see are generally ones with internal trading preference. (I also can't use this moderate trader to see either of the Four Seasons, but that's probably a quality issue.)

So, even though people may enjoy staying at a particular resort, that's no guarantee of high trade power.

Judy,
Let me explain, my post said , "There is a correlation between these and the 10 best places for trading due to their desirability.

Again, places and weeks are the key !

I would throw in London and New York, too.
I realize that this doesn't answer your query exactly, but it does feed into it."

It doesn't answer exactly what the OP said (as I posted in my 1st reply), but it has bearing on trading power in that the most highly rated resorts are frequently the ones that folks want to trade into. I own at Allen House which is not on this list, but the wait can be 2-3 years to get a trade into it. So, location (places) and weeks are the key. Quality matters, too.

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

It doesn't answer exactly what the OP said (as I posted in my 1st reply), but it has bearing.

Yes Counselor, it does

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

Yes Counselor, it does

The defense rests.

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

Summer Colorado Rockies (probably other Rockies, too) and summer Carolinas. Those are my own experiences. RCI values summer CO, but it doesn't value summer North Carolina western.

[dw24 Member Find all posts View Profile Close dw24]

man, I live in Virginia Beach, is it really that good? I mean what is so good. I surf on the north and south ends to avoid tourists. It kind of stinks during tourist season. way too much traffic!!!!! Maybe it is just so familiar that I don't appreciate it.

[dw24 Member Find all posts View Profile Close dw24]

good insight about RCI

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

If you join TUG, you can look at the past results of trade tests in which a group of people all ran online searches with the same paramenters at the same time and compared the results. TUG used to do these tests about every year, but I don't think one has been done since 2004.

In general the results showed that the weeks with the best trading power are
, in general, holiday weeks, summer beach weeks, winter ski weeks, and urban locations.

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

anything northeast/southeast coastal beachfront summer.
anything scal coastal summer.
anything SW Florida coastal 1-16
ski week 7 on mountains.

a few stealth locations during school breaks.

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

Judy,
Let me explain, my post said , "There is a correlation between these and the 10 best places for trading due to their desirability.

Again, places and weeks are the key !

I would throw in London and New York, too.
I realize that this doesn't answer your query exactly, but it does feed into it."

It doesn't answer exactly what the OP said (as I posted in my 1st reply), but it has bearing on trading power in that the most highly rated resorts are frequently the ones that folks want to trade into. I own at Allen House which is not on this list, but the wait can be 2-3 years to get a trade into it. So, location (places) and weeks are the key. Quality matters, too.

Well, I don't own at any of those resorts (other than DVC, which I don't trade), so I really don't know how they trade. However, there are a lot of resorts on the TUG Top 30 list that I just wouldn't expect to trade all that well. Plus, I have heard tons of complaints from people who own Gold Crown resorts that don't trade well. At any rate, almost anything on the Top 30 list is going to be far too expensive to be cost effective for most trades.

In general, many timeshare users, at least new ones, seem to confuse quality rating with trade power. So, when talking to new members, I think it's good to be clear that quality and trade power are two very different things. In II, I do think that having high quality helps trade power, at least somewhat. But, it doesn't seem as if RCI gives any sort of increase in trade power for having high quality (and that, combined with RCI's limits on trading down, often makes high quality resorts very hard to trade.)

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

The other issue is all the internal exchange agreements. If you want to go to a place that has an internal exchange agreement within an exchange company, then you need to own a resort that is within the internal exchange group.

Some people own 3 or 4 resorts just to cover all the different internal exchange programs.

Examples: Marriott, Starwood, Grand Pacific Resorts

You really can't trade into a Marriott high demand week unless you own a Marriott week that has enough trade power for the exchange - that can be expensive, but you get Marriotts, which have some of the nicest places to stay at. Some people who don't own Starwood are able to get decent Starwood week, but the better weeks deposited into II generally go to Starwood owners with the internal exchange priority. Same with the Grand Pacific Resorts group in RCI.

II cares more about resort quality. You can have a hot destination, but not a high quality resort, and it will trade great in RCI but be a dog in II. To have a good II trader, you need to have a high demand and good quality resort.

Lawren gave the good areas for top traders. There are probably others, but the ones listed are dependably good.

[dw24 Member Find all posts View Profile Close dw24]

you guys and gals are all great. good insights. I am learning alot.

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

Judy,
Let me explain, my post said , "There is a correlation between these and the 10 best places for trading due to their desirability.

Again, places and weeks are the key !

I would throw in London and New York, too.
I realize that this doesn't answer your query exactly, but it does feed into it."

It doesn't answer exactly what the OP said (as I posted in my 1st reply), but it has bearing on trading power in that the most highly rated resorts are frequently the ones that folks want to trade into. I own at Allen House which is not on this list, but the wait can be 2-3 years to get a trade into it. So, location (places) and weeks are the key. Quality matters, too.

Of the 3 factors determining trading power, quality is 3rd assuming the resort is not a dump. Location and time far outweigh quality. It is simply a matter of supply vs demand. Several of the resorts in TUG's top 10 would NOT even come close to being top traders.

[icydog Banned Find all posts View Profile Close icydog]

All good advise but from my research the best trading power comes from:

Cape Cod - Summer
Coastal California - Summer
Colorado Ski - Winter (Vail, Keystone, Breckenridge)
Myrtle Beach - Summer
Virginia Beach - Summer
Florida Panhandle - Summer

Florida Panhandle - Summer- Sounds a little off- Do you know something we don't? It's hot and full of mosquitos in the summer.