RCI inventory post

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

Just looking to see when RCI typically posts the new deposits. I have just taken over as the TS manager of our home and trying to secure a couple 3 br weeks in Feb13. In the past 5 days I have just seen inventory go downhill and I am a little sick of staying up til midnight to find nothing new. Thank you.

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

Where are you looking to go and what year are you searching for?

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

Just looking to see when RCI typically posts the new deposits

As of several years ago, there is no longer a "magic witching hour" when new deposits hit RCI daily. Inventory comes and goes continuously throughout the day.

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

Thnks for the feedback. I have just started to take over the RCI duties for the household. A few weeks ago I happened to search before midnight and then refresh after and the disney resorts went from 50 to about 250. In the morning they were back to somewhere just above 50. This was for a year and a half window. I searched some old posts and saw a reference to the inventory at midnight. I guess it was just a fluke.

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

happymum has the appropriate questions. Where are you looking for?

3br units are harder to find a lot of places and if you're going peak season, you may not have sufficient TPU to get what you want. Are you searching for all availability?

Many resorts don't allow deposits until you pay your maintenance fees. For those resorts, it's may be early to find next February.

I'd start an ongoing search. RCI is having a promotion through 3/25 that allows you to start a search without paying the exchange fee up front. You can still search daily on your own, but this will help grab units that never make it to the online inventory.

Sheila

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

Going Feb for a 15 or 16 check in down in Orlando. Location to Disney is important.
We have an ongoing search for the time frame. Searching the website for all availability not just what is available based on our TPU.

[JLB Please excuse me, I'm a Dick. Not a moron just a Dick Find all posts View Profile Close JLB]

Even after there was not a witching hour, many who searched at the witching hour kept doing it.

When I searched daily, it was always over morning coffee, and eventually produced results.

You could read the many novels that have been posted here about this topic.

Regretfully, I am convinced that it does not matter when or how often you search any more, at least for stuff we want. If it isn't being deposited, you can't get it.

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

This is not going to be as easy as you think. For starters, you can write off DVC. The chances that they deposit a 3BR unit for President's Week is essentially zero. Likewise for Bonnet Creek; 3BRs there are quite rarely deposited if at all. I don't think Vistana has 3BR units. Translation: you should probably not be too picky about location if you really need 3BR units, especially if you need more than one of them and want them at the same place.

I would consider renting 3BR units from a large-point Wyndham owner at Bonnet Creek.

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

Orange Lake still deposits 3BRs as does Cypress Pointe Resort. CPR is a short distance from Disney. Still gonna be tough for P-week. Put in an on-going search and check daily yourself on-line at anytime of the day. The witching hour is long gone.

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

There is another potential place that could work: the HGVCs. They do have 3BR units, and tend to do very large bulk banks just a few times each year. They have not deposited anything from 2013 yet, but have gone all the way through 2012. Going back over some old posts of mine, this is about the time of year that they've gone in, so they could be deposited any time. No bets on whether they will deposit 3BRs for P-Week though.

[JLB Please excuse me, I'm a Dick. Not a moron just a Dick Find all posts View Profile Close JLB]

Of course, it was the Good Ole Days, up 'til 2 years ago, but, we got 3 bedroom units at OLCC a lot. That's what we always got there. Our last one was a Christmas week.

All by searching online.

There are resorts with four bedroom units, too.

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

If they are deposited as 2 bedrooms and studios you could combine if you saw any of the resorts that have lock off units like I-Drive Tuscany. I believe all the 3 bedrooms at I-drive are just 2 bedrooms with a lock off so that might be a way to get a 3 bedroom close to Disney. Not sure if the 1 in 4 would apply to two units in the same week though.

[philsfan Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close philsfan]

It's not exactly WH but the holds are still released after midnight every night. There has been a 2 bdr at the Galleon on 3/31/12 that has been tempting me every night this week. If I didn't have to get a loan for the airfare I would have snagged it.

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

Excellent source of info

Again thank you all for the info. I have my sights set at summer bay for now. I may try OL but was looking for a little smaller resort and SB had some good reviews. A 3br posted when I first started searching but I hadn't done my research on the resort yet. It was also with in my TP grasp. I was curious why my search from RCI for a 2br and above didn't come up with this one.

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

It's not exactly WH but the holds are still released after midnight every night. There has been a 2 bdr at the Galleon on 3/31/12 that has been tempting me every night this week. If I didn't have to get a loan for the airfare I would have snagged it.

I was wondering how the holds work. I keep seeing 2 Villa L'auberge weeks come and go. So, maybe they are being held and then released.

I have tried to put stuff on hold, but it wants money from me before it will hold anything.