Terminology Question

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

I've seen some resorts and such where people say "Not an easy trade" or "Very hard trade". Can someone explain what they mean? Do they mean it's hard to get or hard to offload?

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

I've seen some resorts and such where people say "Not an easy trade" or "Very hard trade". Can someone explain what they mean? Do they mean it's hard to get or hard to offload?

My interpretation means that the availability to exchange into that type of resort is uncommon. Could be because there are not a lot of units deposited from that resort for exchange; could be that there are restrictions on what other resorts have enough quality to match the hard to get exchange unit (in other words you have to own a comparable quality unit to exchange); or finally, it can be a combination of both.

[Bill4728 Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close Bill4728]

I've seen some resorts and such where people say "Not an easy trade" or "Very hard trade". Can someone explain what they mean? Do they mean it's hard to get or hard to offload?

They mean it is hard to get in trade. There can be lots of reasons for that to be true.


They don't mean that the resort is "hard to offload". No resort is "hard to offload" if the resort is affiliated with an exchange company. The company (like RCI or II ) is required to take the all weeks from the resort in trade. The company may not assign that week very much trade power but they will take the week.

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

Ahh, ok thanks! So basically it means those units are more desirable.