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RCI had stated in the past that a conversion cost for them is only around $199, but that the resort who chooses to join RCI has the right to charge whatever they want for the conversion.
I overheard a sales pitch for points at a local resort, and the sales guy told them that the cost was RCI's charge....an outright lie.
Newbies, folks who are considering converting from weeks to points should be reminded that the conversion fee is NOT $2500 plus .... as some resorts claim.
That figure above RCI's $199 is gravy for the resort developer/management or ????.... just another way that RCI "convinces" the resort to go for the Points program.
Many unsuspecting TS owners get an announcement claiming that the resort is responding to owners requests for Points....Gurney's did that several years ago...but I am very familiar with Gurney's, and that claim is hogwash...more than likely, since Gurney's also charged a big conversion fee, it was so the management and resale department could grow their own pocketbooks.
Be wary, be very wary....if you had been happy and your buddies were happy with your resort and they suddenly "go for the points" deal....ask yourself....who is getting that $$$$ above the $199 RCI fee.
Also, many times the "new" points resort gets subsidized promo packages, free glitzy mailings all done by RCI, sent to the TSO's to "make the pitch".
Greed, it's what's fueling the points program, it isn't "demand by owners."
I overheard a sales pitch for points at a local resort, and the sales guy told them that the cost was RCI's charge....an outright lie.
Newbies, folks who are considering converting from weeks to points should be reminded that the conversion fee is NOT $2500 plus .... as some resorts claim.
That figure above RCI's $199 is gravy for the resort developer/management or ????.... just another way that RCI "convinces" the resort to go for the Points program.
Many unsuspecting TS owners get an announcement claiming that the resort is responding to owners requests for Points....Gurney's did that several years ago...but I am very familiar with Gurney's, and that claim is hogwash...more than likely, since Gurney's also charged a big conversion fee, it was so the management and resale department could grow their own pocketbooks.
Be wary, be very wary....if you had been happy and your buddies were happy with your resort and they suddenly "go for the points" deal....ask yourself....who is getting that $$$$ above the $199 RCI fee.
Also, many times the "new" points resort gets subsidized promo packages, free glitzy mailings all done by RCI, sent to the TSO's to "make the pitch".
Greed, it's what's fueling the points program, it isn't "demand by owners."
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