sure, but once you've paid $800 in annual dues for the first week + $700 in annual dues for the second week + $99 to combine deposits + $199 for the exchange fee + $80 annual fee for RCI membership + $95 DVC transportation fee once you arrive + $10 each day for internet...
eventually it stops being a good deal.
It depends on specifics. Not everyone has a high fee, low value unit (though far too many do). Still, if you can get a DVC 1 or 2 BR unit that fits your needs, 2 for 1 plus the other fees is still often reasonable. We've had several stays the last couple of years with an exchange where we stayed only F-M and either wasted or gave away the rest of the time. My costs for a week exchanging for DVC is somewhere around $400 a week including the exchange fee and $95 resort services fee though I realize not everyone has the economy of scale that some of us do. My 60 TPU deposits and my freebie deposits (3 a year) have served me well.
The best use of the option to combine is that it allows one to salvage leftover trading power AND it extends the usage from 2 years from the date of the combination. I currently have credits in my account of 8, 4 & 7 as well as a deposit I made today that is 22. At some point I will combine them all and extend them but likely not for a years or more.
These fluctuations have gone on since RCI (and II) started, it's just that now you can actually seem them in black and white. This happens both on the deposits and on the other end of the trade. For example, my 60 above done today would be 51 full trading power.
So I think I understand what you're posting. Now my question is, if I own DVC will I be able to exchange through RCI for a better timeshare resort around the world? Or will it be the same quality as it has been?
Unfortunately with DVC's setup it doesn't necessarily translate to higher trade power using DVC to trade with RCI, actually it likely makes no difference since DVC is really far more of a RCI points resort than a RCI weeks resort. Eventually it might help a little if the trade power stays up high enough long enough. If you see a corresponding increase in the number of points to trade to DVC through RCI's points system, that would be a better indication of increase trade power. Still, DVC members wouldn't likely get much benefit, most of the benefit would likely to to DVD only. There is the possibility though that eventually this could lower the points to trade but that's a lot of time and what if's and given DVC's history and track record, I wouldn't hold my breath.
Interesting. I wonder if RCI or DVC initiated that - am I remembering rightly that DVC recently renegotiated with RCI? Or recently enough that it may have taken RCI this long to implement some aspects of the agreement, which knowing RCI is a ways back.
It's unlikely DVC were involved directly in the decision. The parameters of trade power haven't been released that I know of for the new version, historically it's been unit size, week demand, resort quality and resort demand. DVC has generally had an averaged trade power anyway so the 32 (or 25) across the board is not totally surprising.
I just logged into RCI and all the DVC inventory is gone.
I currently see 22 total units on the weeks side, haven't checked RCI points.
