Exchange for DVC- Confused

[zarkarella]

Hi All,

We have a Festiva Adventure Club membership and we have a large amount of points for next year that we won't normally have because of signing bonuses. We exchange through RTX travel. I have found the DVC charts online where I could rent them so I have seen what the currency rate would be... but here is where I get confused.

Example: A DVC resort could be 240 points for the week and the currency exchange for that is $14 a point. Well, in Festiva I have 10,600 points... so obviously, that is not on the same system as a DVC resort. But, since Festiva is a small company compared to others, there is no exchange rate calculator out there to tell me what I am looking at. I was hoping that one of you might have some other timeshare like me that has a comparative point system and could help me figure out if I have enough points for a DVC.

Some more information that might help find a comparative timeshare: We get 3600 points every two years for a maintenance fee of around $750. We got 6600 points for signing bonuses. I would call my exchange company, but we haven't paid our maintenance fee yet and if I ask them to do a search for me, I have to be prepared to book it within 24 hours of them finding it.

Hope I haven't made this more confusing than I needed to and I hope one of you can help. Thanks!

 

[RobDoc]

DVC resorts currently exchange using RCI. If you are a member of RCI you could try to exchange into a Disney resort.

You might also be able to directly trade reservations with a DVC member using our Rent/Trade Board or a site like TUG (www.tug2.net).

Good luck!

 

[bwvBound]

Festiva Adventure Club exchanges through II not RCI. You won't be able to do an exchange directly through your timeshare/exchange company. You might consider booking and renting out high demand vacations from your side and then using the monies generated to rent a DVC unit. Or perhaps, simply book Festiva's property in Orlando for your vacation?