Who else NOT renewing RCI?

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

I've always been indifferent to the notion of RCI renting units or doing whatever. My attitude is that I will continue using their service as long as it provides value, and I would stop using it when I perceived there were better alternatives. If renting units reduces their quality of service so they are no longer competitive, that's really the only signal that would get their attention.

So, with that being said, we've dropped our traditional RCI membership. We've actually had quite good success - I think we've got a pretty enviable list of exchanges.

My biggest gripe is that RCI has just gotten too expensive. We have bought into two mini's that have resorts where we want to visit. It's so much easier to just call up and reserve than to go through the exchange process. When we do want an exchange outside our mini's, we've found other exchange that provide equal or better choices for less money.

Finally, the capper is that through our minis we still have access to RCI and II inventory, with mini-owner priorities in accessing inventory.

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I can't conceive of any reason to continue to maintain an RCI membership. It has nothing to do with renting, but has everything to do with how expensive RCI is.

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

I will stay with RCI because my membership is part of my fees anyway but I am starting to not see as muchor as good stuff as I used to when I do my searches. I will probably try to learn the navigation thru one of the other exchange companies in the future and see what that can do for me.

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

Steve, what minis did you buy into that provide such easy trades, to places you want to go?

We just bought into Fairshare points and are hoping it works well for us. We have been so happy with our exchanges with RCI in the past, but our latest experiences were not so good. With a little explanation from JLB, I think we are going to try RCI for a few exchanges for one more year, with a different strategy. If it does not pan out, we will sell all four of our RCI weeks. SFX doesn't take our resort.

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

Steve, what minis did you buy into that provide such easy trades, to places you want to go?

We own Sunterra and Raintree; we are also seriously considering VI. Could have done WM, but Raintree fit our interests better.

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

I have an RCI Weeks account via RCI Points. So, totally leaving RCI Weeks isn't an option, unless I also leave Points. The bigger question for me is whether I want to give RCI Weeks any of my units. Lately, I haven't had anything on deposit with RCI Weeks, except for some banked weeks that came with a timeshare I bought last year. So far, I haven't found anything I want to trade those banked weeks for.

I just closed on a red-season week that is managed by VRI, so I may try trading it through RCI to get the VRI trade priority.

At this point, I see little reason to give anything to RCI Weeks unless one has a true tiger trader (such as SoCal summer) or has a red week with VRI trade priority. VRI is moving towards developing their own exchange system (they bought ORE to get access to the exchange system that ORE developed), and if the internal VRI trade priority goes away, there may be little reason for me to use RCI Weeks.

[dougp26364 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close dougp26364]

Yesterday RCI called for the second time with a 3 for 2 renewal, and I firmly told them I had no interest in renewing and place my name on a do not call list.

you ask to be a member of a company, if your still a member you cant be put on the DNC list. READ your terms and condtions. you have a vebal contract with rci as long as you belong your gona get a call.

Net necessarily. You may have a contract with a company to be a member but you can still tell them that they can not use your phone number to contact you. At that point they must do it via the mail, E-mail or any other means other than to call your personal phone number.

Once told to no longer call your phone number they must comply regardless of the situation. What you're talking about refers to the U.S. National do-not-call list, which is no specific to any one organization and allows for it to be skirted if a business relationship exists.

To make it stick, the OP would need to send a letter, signed receipt, telling them neve to call his number again. Essentially telling them to place him on their do-not-call list. From that point forward they would not be allowed to call any of the numbers listed in that letter.

When we became weeks members of RCI, we were getting phone solicitations from them monthly. A couple of months ago I told them I was tired of their phone calls and to put us on their do-not-call list. To date, RCI has not called back. SPAM E-mailed me yes but the calls have stopped.

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

I concur with Doug's point of view and experience. Once I advised the RCI phone-a-thon reps to stop calling me as I considered it harrassment, it has stopped.

I find it interesting that the Canadian RCI Rep went back to delete that post . . . and very glad that it was saved by a responder so that we could all still read it.

If you're still here Canadian RCI Rep, I echo the suggestion that you may want to use caution before posting here, especially using an identity that might lead some to believe you are here as an official spokesperson or RCI . . . or at the very least, a voice that can be quoted and subsequently held accountable.

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

I will stay with RCI Points and maybe use PFD. I also own at another points resort which is not converted and I can't use PFD so it will go to one of the independents. I will not give another week to RCI.

[timeos2 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close timeos2]

We dropped all weeks memberships - both RCI and II - by late 2002. After tasting the results from points based trades we had no further need for either of those groups. Haven't missed either one.

[shaggy Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close shaggy]

I will stay with RCI for now as they provide me with things I can't get at II, ex. Tradewinds Cruise Club and the only ts in Nashville. I am also toying with the idea of buying some points thru resale for FF.Wyndham as they have places I want to go. shaggy

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

I have an RCI Weeks account via RCI Points. So, totally leaving RCI Weeks isn't an option, unless I also leave Points. The bigger question for me is whether I want to give RCI Weeks any of my units. Lately, I haven't had anything on deposit with RCI Weeks, except for some banked weeks that came with a timeshare I bought last year. So far, I haven't found anything I want to trade those banked weeks for.

I just closed on a red-season week that is managed by VRI, so I may try trading it through RCI to get the VRI trade priority.

At this point, I see little reason to give anything to RCI Weeks unless one has a true tiger trader (such as SoCal summer) or has a red week with VRI trade priority. VRI is moving towards developing their own exchange system (they bought ORE to get access to the exchange system that ORE developed), and if the internal VRI trade priority goes away, there may be little reason for me to use RCI Weeks.

VRI use to have their own exchange system a few years ago. We own at Gaslamp Plaza Suites which is a VRI resort.

I didn't wait for my RCI membership to expire. I canceled it several years ago when I caught them in a blatant lie.

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

Will try again.

I'm usually a contrarian. I just deposited 2 weeks to RCI. I had 0 for the last year.

One of my new ones has a VRI priority. I will see if this will improve my results.

My biggest complaint with RCI having to reserve something 2 years out to get anything decent. How am I suppose to know what I will be doing 2 years from now.

If the week has enough juice, I will try for a So Cal beach week that I can drive to or give to friends.

Have to take advantage of the discounted exchange fee.

I guess I will be searching out in 2010.

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

My G-d what would be the point?

What is there that a member can do which a non-member cannot do cheaper?

[CMF Member Find all posts View Profile Close CMF]

Not me.

I joined thus year for giggles to see what the website was like and to look at last minute deals etc. I'm over it - no more RCI for me.


Charles

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

My RCI membership is "free" with my Wynfield points, so I'm a member for the forseeable future. We've got younger kids, so we like Orlando, and we've gotten decent weeks there with very small-point Wynfield deposits. My average cost for Orlando weeks in rated resorts is about $350/week.

The Wynfield internal priority is helpful, too, though Wynfield controls all deposits, so it tends to keep the really choice stuff out of RCI, depositing shoulder weeks at prime resorts. The only prime season weeks seem to be coming from older resorts. That's okay with us, as we get them at a significant point discount this way, even with the higher RCI exchange fee.

I just got back from a stay in Wynfield Smoky Mountains at what amounts to a 60% discount. It was late August, so the southerners are all back in school, but we don't start until tomorrow. It was really nice---the place was nearly deserted, but nothing had closed up shop yet.

The other advantage Wynfield owners have in RCI is that we can do an instant search-first without commiting points to a deposit. We can't place an ongoing search this way, but it's not bad.

RCI works for us, but we view it strictly as a place to stretch our ownership to give inexpensive access to over-deposited destinations and the Wynfield weeks with lower FSP demand. If there is something we really want, we'll reserve it internally via FSP, and excepting Myrtle Beach and Destin ocean-front summer (where you almost need to own there to get there), that's not too hard.

I also have a dual-affiliated summer Wisconsin week. I don't plan on depositing it with RCI. The inventory available in II is of more interest to me, II (so far) gives me an AC, has search-first capabilities, and this summer week sees most any sightings, excepting of course the Marriott-only window, and a few other odds and ends. But, this is only based on the value of the week in RCI vs. the value in II, to me---it has nothing to do with making a stand about RCI's business practices.