Oh the Madness! Which Company?

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

Hello, I am trying to figure out the specialties of each company and which company will yield the best results for requests in different areas as I have a few weeks to trade over the next couple of years and a few destinations on my wish list. (All offers listed are subject to restrictions by the company.)

This is what I (think I) know so far (my only first-hand experience is with SFX, and it has been excellent):

SFX:
Specialty area: Hawaii, Mexico, London/Scotland(?)
Offer: 1 week = 1 exchange plus 2 bonus weeks

Platinum Interchange:
Specialty area: Continental US, especially CA, FL, MA, NV, and Williamsburg; Brazil.
Offer: 1 week = 1 exchange plus 1 bonus week

Please add to or change what I have based on your experience and also let me know about the other companies out there (DAE, TPI, etc.)

THANKS

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

TPI:

Hawaii, California, Arizona, Mexico, Aruba.

DAE:

Europe, Australia, New Zealand

[Mark @SFX Industry Representative Find all posts View Profile Close Mark @SFX]

Hello, I am trying to figure out the specialties of each company and which company will yield the best results for requests in different areas as I have a few weeks to trade over the next couple of years and a few destinations on my wish list. (All offers listed are subject to restrictions by the company.)

This is what I (think I) know so far (my only first-hand experience is with SFX, and it has been excellent):

SFX:
Specialty area: Hawaii, Mexico, London/Scotland(?)
Offer: 1 week = 1 exchange plus 2 bonus weeks

Platinum Interchange:
Specialty area: Continental US, especially CA, FL, MA, NV, and Williamsburg; Brazil.
Offer: 1 week = 1 exchange plus 1 bonus week

Please add to or change what I have based on your experience and also let me know about the other companies out there (DAE, TPI, etc.)

THANKS

Hi Amanda - Thanks for the compliment. I do need to add though, the areas we specialize in are much more than Hawaii, Mexico etc.

For clarification it's USA, Canada, Mexico, Caribbean, Western Europe and Thailand.

Hope this helps...

[bigfrank Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close bigfrank]

This thread was a great idea maybe we should make it into a Sticky?

I wonder what should be said about II and RCI?

[Jya-Ning Silver Contributor Find all posts View Profile Close Jya-Ning]

II - Marriott, 4 Season, Starwood
RCI - Last call, Extra Vacation, Orlando, Las Vagas, It is the biggest in the world?

Jya-Ning

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

Thanks everyone! OK, to re-cap the posts, this is what we have so far:

SFX:
Specialty area: USA, Canada, Mexico, Caribbean (which islands?), Western Europe (London, Scotland, Spain, Portugal) and Thailand
Offer: 1 week = 1 exchange plus 2 bonus weeks

Platinum Interchange:
Specialty area: Continental US, especially CA, FL, MA, NV, and Williamsburg; Brazil.
Offer: 1 week = 1 exchange plus 1 bonus week

TPI:
Specialty area: Hawaii, California, Arizona, Mexico, Aruba
Offer:

DAE:
Specialty area: Europe, Australia, New Zealand
Offer:

II: Side note - I don't think you can use II unless you have an II property.. right?
Specialty area: Marriott, 4 Season, Starwood
Offer:

RCI:
Specialty area: Orlando, Las Vegas
Offer: Last call, Extra Vacations


Please continue to add any other comments to this list... this is very helpful!!

(Mark, pls correct me if I am wrong about the countries in Europe that you would consider SFX to have a decent availability in.. and also add the islands for the Caribbean, if possible... I didn't realize Thailand was a good bet - that's great!!)

[T. R. Oglodyte Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close T. R. Oglodyte]

Hawaii Timeshare Exchange. Hawaii (of course)