RCI Information is posted on DVC's Website

[littlestar]

Hi all,

I noticed the RCI info is posted on DVC's member website. You can click a link and it takes you to the resorts. Man, it's slim pickens for Maui now.

I clicked on the nightly point chart and it looked like it's still going to take 160 points for a high season 1 bedroom, but low and middle ranged from 124 to 134 for a week.

 

[phyllisnnj]

Interesting....I wonder why DVC members are required to use the higher point Registry Collections exchange for resorts that are available in RCI.

For example the following resort are available in the regular RCI Directory but not available in the DVC RCI Directory. It is only available via the Registry Collection.
The Grand Mayan Acapulco
The Grand Mayan Los Cabos
The Grand Mayan Nuevo Vallarta
The Grand Mayan Riviera Maya

The same one bedroom in high season under the RCI Weekly Exchange chart is 160 DVC points with the RCI Registry Exchange Chart it is 600 DVC points

 

[phyllisnnj]

RCI Registry Exchanges - http://advc.disney.go.com/media/dvc.../2009/2009PointsChart_RCIRegistryExchange.pdf

RCI Weekly Exchanges - http://advc.disney.go.com/media/dvc...ts/2009/2009PointsChart_RCIWeeklyExchange.pdf

RCI Nightly Exchanges - http://advc.disney.go.com/media/dvc...ntsChart_WorldPassport_RCI_nightlyexchage.pdf

 

[december14disney]

Wow it is a lot of points for that Registry collection. I bet the whole year is "high" season.

 

[jlewisinsyr]

I like that they now have more Europe, Asia and Africa choices. I don't have much interest in trading out (its a perk to me, but not one we intend to use that often), but I really don't have much interest trading out to places in the the US.

 

[AnnaS]

Wow it is a lot of points for that Registry collection. I bet the whole year is "high" season.

I agree with you. A little too high it seems.

The RCI Nightly Exchange shows (1BDR) Fri./Sat. 32 Mid and
Fri./Sat. 30 for High

Shouldn't those points be the other way around?

 

[phyllisnnj]

RCI's DVC website currently lists 485 RCI Affiliated Resorts - http://dvc.rci.com/RDGateway/Functi...L=/RDGateway/RCI_RDGIndex?body=RCI_RDGLanding

USA
Carolinas and the Southeast [31]
Florida [39]
Gulf States [5]
Hawaii [17]
Mid-Atlantic [10]
Mid-South [17]
Midwest & Plains [10]
New England [18]
Pacific Coast [66]
Rocky Mountains [33]
Rest of World
Africa & The Middle East [8]
Asia [8]
Australia & South Pacific [24]
Canada [18]
Caribbean & Bermuda [21]
Central America [3]
Europe [73]
Mexico [71]
South America [13]


RCI's website currently lists 4,760 RCI Affiliated Resorts - http://www.rci.com/RCI/RCIW/RCIW_index?body=RCIW_rdMain
USA
Carolinas and the Southeast [195]
Florida [325]
Gulf States [88]
Hawaii [106]
Mid-Atlantic [68]
Mid-South [95]
Midwest & Plains [81]
New England [129]
Pacific Coast [243]
Rocky Mountains [200]
Rest of World
Africa & The Middle East [304]
Asia [296]
Australia & South Pacific [211]
Canada [116]
Caribbean & Bermuda [232]
Central America [44]
Europe [1,358]
Mexico [356]
South America [313]

 

[kris10399]

I was pretty disappointed in the Europe offerings. I had looked at RCI's website previously and saw that one of the Austria resorts was 2 miles from my husband's family. But now looking at what RCI is making available to DVC, that resort isn't one that is available.
I would've preferred more outside of the UK and Portugal.

 

[dianeschlicht]

Well, since we have only traded out once in 12 years, and that was to Hawaii, I guess it looks like we'll be trading even less now. Not much left in Hawaii that interests me of the resorts offered. UGH!

 

[Billybob7]

Hi all,

I noticed the RCI info is posted on DVC's member website. You can click a link and it takes you to the resorts. Man, it's slim pickens for Maui now.

I clicked on the nightly point chart and it looked like it's still going to take 160 points for a high season 1 bedroom, but low and middle ranged from 124 to 134 for a week.

Any idea if it will be any easier to book a resort using RCI as compared with the difficulties most of us had with II?

thanks!

 

[Billybob7]

Wow it is a lot of points for that Registry collection. I bet the whole year is "high" season.

Why is the Registry Collection so special? Are these phenominal resorts?

Thanks!

 

[Tine731]

RCI's DVC website currently lists 485 RCI Affiliated Resorts - http://dvc.rci.com/RDGateway/Functi...L=/RDGateway/RCI_RDGIndex?body=RCI_RDGLanding

USA
Carolinas and the Southeast [31]
Florida [39]
Gulf States [5]
Hawaii [17]
Mid-Atlantic [10]
Mid-South [17]
Midwest & Plains [10]
New England [18]
Pacific Coast [66]
Rocky Mountains [33]
Rest of World
Africa & The Middle East [8]
Asia [8]
Australia & South Pacific [24]
Canada [18]
Caribbean & Bermuda [21]
Central America [3]
Europe [73]
Mexico [71]
South America [13]


RCI's website currently lists 4,760 RCI Affiliated Resorts - http://www.rci.com/RCI/RCIW/RCIW_index?body=RCIW_rdMain
USA
Carolinas and the Southeast [195]
Florida [325]
Gulf States [88]
Hawaii [106]
Mid-Atlantic [68]
Mid-South [95]
Midwest & Plains [81]
New England [129]
Pacific Coast [243]
Rocky Mountains [200]
Rest of World
Africa & The Middle East [304]
Asia [296]
Australia & South Pacific [211]
Canada [116]
Caribbean & Bermuda [232]
Central America [44]
Europe [1,358]
Mexico [356]
South America [313]

Why do you think we have a different list? One of DVC's selling points for the switch was that RCI had "lots" more choices. Do you think they only listed ones that were comperable to DVC?

 

[Dean]

Interesting....I wonder why DVC members are required to use the higher point Registry Collections exchange for resorts that are available in RCI.

For example the following resort are available in the regular RCI Directory but not available in the DVC RCI Directory. It is only available via the Registry Collection.
The Grand Mayan Acapulco
The Grand Mayan Los Cabos
The Grand Mayan Nuevo Vallarta
The Grand Mayan Riviera Maya

The same one bedroom in high season under the RCI Weekly Exchange chart is 160 DVC points with the RCI Registry Exchange Chart it is 600 DVC points

I have back to back weeks at the Grand Mayan in Cabo for Jan 2010. I used two cheap Bluegreen studios plus I paid two Intl RCI exchange fees total cost somewhere around $600 for the two weeks (1 BR one week, 2 BR the other). GM is very easy to get in RCI. I do wonder if they'll enforce the 1 in 5 rule but would assume so. For the GM this means you can only visit once every 5 years to any resort in their system, not just a given resort.

I only see 459 RCI resorts listed, not 485, plus the Registry resorts. I do not see the Grand Mayan resorts listed on the weeks or short notice exchange outside the Registry Collection.

Why do you think we have a different list? One of DVC's selling points for the switch was that RCI had "lots" more choices. Do you think they only listed ones that were comperable to DVC?

DVC always picks the resorts and quality/comparability is one of the main criteria as it was with II. Note while RCI has more resorts, there are currently less resorts on the RCI exchange list than were on the II list. The one big difference seems to be the short stay options are more mainstream and potentially available. My impression so far is the same as when this was first announced given there were not real surprise benefits, at least so far. That is that this is a step down for the members but not a big deal overall. One issue to note is that it is far more important to plan ahead with RCI than II and that means more like 2 years being the norm instead of 12 months.

 

[CheapMom]

Well, since we have only traded out once in 12 years, and that was to Hawaii, I guess it looks like we'll be trading even less now. Not much left in Hawaii that interests me of the resorts offered. UGH!

Not to worry- You will have a nice way to travel to HI before too long

 

[littlestar]

Not to worry- You will have a nice way to travel to HI before too long

But only for Oahu. The loss of those Marriotts and Westins on Kauai and Maui is unfortunate. I still cannot believe they didn't dual affiliate with RCI and II, both, and let the members pick which one to exchange through.

Dean, how would SFX work for Hawaii if a DVC member chose to go that route? I found their website and they have some good stuff listed for Hawaii, but I'm wondering how often it is available? I don't know too much about the independent exchange companies. Or even if Orlando would be something they would desire (even though it is Disney property).

http://www.sfx-resorts.com/directory.html

I also found this press release concerning SFX and Hilton Vacation Club. I don't know how long ago it was or if it means anything important (laughter):

http://www.sfx-resorts.com/press.html

 

[littlestar]

Any idea if it will be any easier to book a resort using RCI as compared with the difficulties most of us had with II?

thanks!

I have no idea. Time will tell.

 

[Mickey'sApprentice]

Does anyone know anything about the Manhattan Club in NYC?

Trip Advisor's reviews were not stellar, but not awful. They had major issues with the elevators though.

It did look like a good location, and worth the 160 points. This is the one option that truly excited me.

I was disappointed that most of the gulf coast resorts were in Panama City. Yuck! I do still want to check out the CI at Sandestin. I'm glad to see that it is still available. I'm curious about Gatlinburg, and Williamsburg. I think we had more choices for Williamsburg through II. Nashville is an interesting new choice. There is only 1 choice for New Orleans, but that may be a wise thing.

 

[jodifla]

UGH!!!!!!!!!!!!

The South Florida options are pretty crappy.

 

[Dean]

Dean, how would SFX work for Hawaii if a DVC member chose to go that route? I found their website and they have some good stuff listed for Hawaii, but I'm wondering how often it is available? I don't know too much about the independent exchange companies. Or even if Orlando would be something they would desire (even though it is Disney property).

http://www.sfx-resorts.com/directory.html

I also found this press release concerning SFX and Hilton Vacation Club. I don't know how long ago it was or if it means anything important (laughter):

http://www.sfx-resorts.com/press.html

It's been a while since I talked to them and even longer since that conversation included DVC. SFX actually does very well for HI as does HTSE, Trading Places Intl and Trading Places Maui. I'm not as sure about Platinum Interchange and Dial an Exchange for HI but PI will allow search first so no hard in trying with them. SFX will do search first for paying members but not for free members. In the past they wouldn't take a studio from Orlando. The question is whether they would accept a DVC deposit at all now that DVC won't confirm it to them, they may not. They are a great option for the West Coast, CAN, HI and MX. They and TPI have some ins with some of the resorts and get a lot of certain resorts. IF I recall correctly HTSE gets a lot of Lawaii Beach, TPI gets One Napili and Maui Lei if I recall and SFX and TPI both get a fair amount of KBC or at least did before Sunterra was involved. None get the volume of inventory that RCI and II get but they all have their benefits and negatives.

 

[Dean]

Does anyone know anything about the Manhattan Club in NYC?

Trip Advisor's reviews were not stellar, but not awful. They had major issues with the elevators though.

It did look like a good location, and worth the 160 points. This is the one option that truly excited me.

I was disappointed that most of the gulf coast resorts were in Panama City. Yuck! I do still want to check out the CI at Sandestin. I'm glad to see that it is still available. I'm curious about Gatlinburg, and Williamsburg. I think we had more choices for Williamsburg through II. Nashville is an interesting new choice. There is only 1 choice for New Orleans, but that may be a wise thing.

The Manhattan club is a good but not great choice but it's location is very good as I understand it.

As for the other areas, it's mostly what you'd expect if you assumed DVC wanted to get as good a resorts as possible and as broad a coverage as possible outside Orlando. Some areas will be better than II, others not as good. As we noted previously, the big losses are Hyatt's, Marriott's and Westin and given then were a large portion of the truly worthy resorts in II, it really makes the program less viable for many people. However, the area you want may be better covered in RCI. Gatlinburg is pretty equal OVERALL. The Wyndham is a nice resort but not as great a location. Crown Park is a great option if you want to be in town. Interesting they had chosen to leave off Mountain loft in II and included the newer portion for RCI. HH is worse off but you still have one of the older Marriott's, Monarch, though it's not listed as Marriott. MB is better covered but none of the resorts can touch the Marriott there. You pick up the Hilton's and many of the top Wyndham and Bluegreen resorts. It's good they retained the search first option and gained access to many RCI points resorts for shorter stays. It's disappointing they didn't arrange for cheaper exchanges inside flexchange (45 days with RCI).