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Interval International is tricky but one can use it for what it is...an alterantive to a fairly high rated timeshare that you want to exchange for limited but fairly good choices. II and interval gold are cheaper to buy online directly through the wesbste, as needed, when you book. Do NOT pay more to people who phone you "on behalf of" Interval I or Gold just before your membership expires.
II is probably best suited to very flexible owners, especially for those who are footloose and fancy-free and those who can afford financially to take off on the spur of the moment as regards their flights. They must also accept that a really great resort opening up at the last minute is not likely. Mostly there will be the slightly less nice resorts which happen to have a lot of inventory left. You will sometimes exchange for a LOT less than the rack rate; sometimes the value works out about the same as you can get on the internet anyway.
Those who must plan ahead or watch budget carefully are probably better off with an "everything included" type vacation with travelocity [or whatever] than to have a timeshare to begin with. [Too late smart.
Those members who need to plan ahead should understand that there might be some fairly nice resort available well in advance, but they are likely to be available when the weather is extreme or otherwise less desireable.
If you can get past the above, you II can get you a two and even three bedroom exchanges for a fairly good one bedroom timeshare. Sometimes you can just browse and find something quite neat. The drawbacks are that you have to commit your week first in order to browse and you need to be able to afford to travel - to say Australia or wherever. A mixed bag.
The other thing to watch is when you book in advance you will probably wind up having to commit to buying another membership. They have a very tricky presentation. They first list Interval International on the left half of the page and Interval Gold on the right. If you say no thanks to Interval Gold, it brings up a page saying you have yet to chose something from Gold...no opportunity to say "no thanks" this time. If you back click to the previous page and click "No Thanks" again [might be twice you have to do that] it will finally give you a page where you can click just one year of Interval International only, BUT they have NOW switched the II offer from left to right,
SO if you NOW automatically choose the bottom-most item you have now chosen Interval Gold which is more expensive.
Really slicky tricky stuff. Read your order summary and go back if you have to.
If you can stomach the wierdness, you CAN probably get a pretty good deal SOMEWHERE, possibly be able to get a larger timeshare, [no point in getting a larger timeshare if you only mostly want to exchange] IF you can work out all the details and afford to get there and eat too. Hope this was helpful to those who are still deciding or trying to figure II out.
II is probably best suited to very flexible owners, especially for those who are footloose and fancy-free and those who can afford financially to take off on the spur of the moment as regards their flights. They must also accept that a really great resort opening up at the last minute is not likely. Mostly there will be the slightly less nice resorts which happen to have a lot of inventory left. You will sometimes exchange for a LOT less than the rack rate; sometimes the value works out about the same as you can get on the internet anyway.
Those who must plan ahead or watch budget carefully are probably better off with an "everything included" type vacation with travelocity [or whatever] than to have a timeshare to begin with. [Too late smart.
Those members who need to plan ahead should understand that there might be some fairly nice resort available well in advance, but they are likely to be available when the weather is extreme or otherwise less desireable.
If you can get past the above, you II can get you a two and even three bedroom exchanges for a fairly good one bedroom timeshare. Sometimes you can just browse and find something quite neat. The drawbacks are that you have to commit your week first in order to browse and you need to be able to afford to travel - to say Australia or wherever. A mixed bag.
The other thing to watch is when you book in advance you will probably wind up having to commit to buying another membership. They have a very tricky presentation. They first list Interval International on the left half of the page and Interval Gold on the right. If you say no thanks to Interval Gold, it brings up a page saying you have yet to chose something from Gold...no opportunity to say "no thanks" this time. If you back click to the previous page and click "No Thanks" again [might be twice you have to do that] it will finally give you a page where you can click just one year of Interval International only, BUT they have NOW switched the II offer from left to right,
SO if you NOW automatically choose the bottom-most item you have now chosen Interval Gold which is more expensive. Really slicky tricky stuff. Read your order summary and go back if you have to.If you can stomach the wierdness, you CAN probably get a pretty good deal SOMEWHERE, possibly be able to get a larger timeshare, [no point in getting a larger timeshare if you only mostly want to exchange] IF you can work out all the details and afford to get there and eat too. Hope this was helpful to those who are still deciding or trying to figure II out.
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