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RCI Europe members can see lots of inventory in cottages that have been deposited for exchange for November and early December in the UK, with some in Ireland and France.
see http://www.timeshareforums.com/forum...d-bargain.html
This is absolute low season in the UK with the short days that time of year, as well as the weather. There is a glut that RCI will never find takers for, esprecially at the points lite they are asking, generally in the teens with some in the low 20's.
For some reason, this inventory does not show up on RCI North America, although if RCI were smart, it would. They are going to have trouble shoveling this stuff out the door, and I expect most of it will end up as cheap rentals.
But, if you stop and think, the cottage owners are really working the RCI system. Most, if not all, of these cottages are probably rented most of the year. These owners are giving the RCI exchange system the dregs of their inventory at times they are unlikely to find renters. Since they own the properties, there is no maintenance fee, and so these are basically ''free'' deposits for them. Many are smart enough to give two weeks. For the latter, they give RCI something that essentially costs them nothing, pay a combining fee of ~US$105 and an exchange fee and they can get RCI exchanges in the ~30 points lite to ~40 points lite range. That is a bargain for them, and there is even a good chance nobody will ever check into those deep offseason weeks they have deposited. Just think if some realize they do even better to give three of these dog weeks and get ~45 to ~60 points lite to trade for top inventory with.
And timeshare owners with good weeks wonder where the better inventory goes????????????
see http://www.timeshareforums.com/forum...d-bargain.html
This is absolute low season in the UK with the short days that time of year, as well as the weather. There is a glut that RCI will never find takers for, esprecially at the points lite they are asking, generally in the teens with some in the low 20's.
For some reason, this inventory does not show up on RCI North America, although if RCI were smart, it would. They are going to have trouble shoveling this stuff out the door, and I expect most of it will end up as cheap rentals.
But, if you stop and think, the cottage owners are really working the RCI system. Most, if not all, of these cottages are probably rented most of the year. These owners are giving the RCI exchange system the dregs of their inventory at times they are unlikely to find renters. Since they own the properties, there is no maintenance fee, and so these are basically ''free'' deposits for them. Many are smart enough to give two weeks. For the latter, they give RCI something that essentially costs them nothing, pay a combining fee of ~US$105 and an exchange fee and they can get RCI exchanges in the ~30 points lite to ~40 points lite range. That is a bargain for them, and there is even a good chance nobody will ever check into those deep offseason weeks they have deposited. Just think if some realize they do even better to give three of these dog weeks and get ~45 to ~60 points lite to trade for top inventory with.
And timeshare owners with good weeks wonder where the better inventory goes????????????
This is all a SWAG but one I'd place a bet on if I were the wagering type.
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