What defines High, Medium and Low time for Interval Int?

[anabelle]

I have looked everywhere as to the dates that correspond to the High. Medium and Low time periods at Interval. Do they vary by resort? They were not on the resort page like I am used to from RCI

 

[Doctor P]

Varies by resort. In fact, if I recall right, DVC can't even tell you till after the reservation is "made" or "offered"

 

[doubletrouble_vb]

If you have an interval book there is a section in the front that explains how the seasons vary from region to region. Of course you'd only have one of those if you owned an interval resort aside from DVC.

 

[drag n' fly]

This is the information I have.

To use your DVC points for a non-Disney resort, a one bedroom takes 124 points low season and 160 points high season for a seven night stay. A two bedroom takes 207 points low season and 270 points high season for the seven night stay.

 

[bwvBound]

IOf course you'd only have one of those if you owned an interval resort aside from DVC.

Or found one on eBay. Past year editions show up from time to time.

 

[bwvBound]

Varies by resort.

Agreed! To some extent, you could probably come pretty close mapping out the Date/Season grid by considering the resort location and typical usage patterns.

• Nearly all holidays are high season ... at most resorts. (Consider local holidays for international travel.)
• Eastern shore? High all summer but mid or low for non-holiday winter weeks.
• Desert regions? Mid or low in the hottest summer months and High for all remaining months.
• Mountains? High for both ski and summer season; mid or low for the non-holiday weeks between.
• Expect many areas to claim "High Season" year round: Orlando, Southern California Coastal, Vegas, etc.

 

[Dean]

It's actually set by each destination resort themselves on a year by year basis. In many cases DVC can't tell you upfront until they find a match but can at that time. The best ways to approach this are to assume that most exchanges will be high season and be happy if it's less OR you get a larger unit than you were requesting for the cost of a smaller one. But for those determined to know more, there are several approaches that might help. One is to contact DVC's exchange department and ask, if they can't tell you, they can likely give you what it would have been last year or for other resorts in the area if it's a new resort. Looking at II's color codes, assume anything that's yellow or green to correspond to LOW season. Anything that's red and prime to be HIGH season and anything that's red but not prime to be MID season. For example, Aruba is red all year round but HIGH weeks 51-16 and MID the rest of the time. There will be a few exceptions but not many.

I have a fair amount of info for certain east coast, MX, Caribbean and HI resorts and will answer on an individual resort or area basis for anyone cares to ask. If I don't have direct info I'll offer an educated guess and suggest you ask DVC for additional info.

On a related note, anyone contemplating deposit first should really explore this issue ahead of time because, for example, if you deposit a MID season week, you can't search at all for a high season week, and so on.

 

[Dean]

If you have an interval book there is a section in the front that explains how the seasons vary from region to region. Of course you'd only have one of those if you owned an interval resort aside from DVC.

This info is available on both II's and RCI's websites for non members. RCI will even give you the common ratings but II does not unless you own a 5* resort and sign in as a member.

 

[bwvBound]

This info is available on both II's and RCI's websites for non members.

Ack! Thanks! I had completely missed the "Search the Resort Directory" when I checked last night. I noticed that the II for DVC members did NOT show the seasons and assumed only folks logged in could see the info.

 

[Dean]

Ack! Thanks! I had completely missed the "Search the Resort Directory" when I checked last night. I noticed that the II for DVC members did NOT show the seasons and assumed only folks logged in could see the info.

Not a problem, I posted the same info a few weeks ago on another thread and no one seemed to pick up on it. It's a valuable tool for non members of both companies.

 

[momsgoofy]

bwvBound & Dean...

Can you explain the ratings from that site? I think I get it, but want to be sure because if I do get it then this is gonna be very helpful in planning some exchanges.

When I look at the individual resort page I see 3 colors (red (or reddish orange), yellow, and green) with numbers in each color. For example, looking at Gatlinburg, TN, Tree Tops Resort, in the red are "5-8, 13-44, 47, 51-52". In the yellow are "1-4, 9-12, 45-46, 48-50" and in the green there is nothing.

So, I think this is interpreted as...
Red = High season - weeks 5-8, 13-44, 47, 51-52
Yellow = Mid season - weeks 1-4, 9-12, 45-46, 48-50
Green = Low Season - weeks...none

Do I have it right?

Thanks so much!

 

[Dean]

bwvBound & Dean...

Can you explain the ratings from that site? I think I get it, but want to be sure because if I do get it then this is gonna be very helpful in planning some exchanges.

When I look at the individual resort page I see 3 colors (red (or reddish orange), yellow, and green) with numbers in each color. For example, looking at Gatlinburg, TN, Tree Tops Resort, in the red are "5-8, 13-44, 47, 51-52". In the yellow are "1-4, 9-12, 45-46, 48-50" and in the green there is nothing.

So, I think this is interpreted as...
Red = High season - weeks 5-8, 13-44, 47, 51-52
Yellow = Mid season - weeks 1-4, 9-12, 45-46, 48-50
Green = Low Season - weeks...none

Do I have it right?

Thanks so much!

For II it is Red, yellow and green (highest to lowest). For RCI it's Red, white and blue. What I'm told is that red time are resorts and weeks that are requested equal to or more than the number of deposits that the company gets. But remember that some years will be different and some resorts may not be as in demand as others. And the lower colors are simply lower demand. The problem is that red is not red.

With Gatllinburg as an example, mid summer (weeks 23-33) and the first 3 weeks of Oct (weeks 40-43) are very high demand, the rest, even red time, not so much. We will be there week 40 using our Bluegreen points. We're actually starting our stay in week 39 by one day which made it easier to reserve and allowed us to use points that would have been less available a couple of days later.

In your mind think of bright red and pale pink with all shades in between. One of the things you have to figure out is what is the demand for a given resort and week and you need MORE than this color designation to truly understand that.

If you own or are thinking of buying a week at a given resort, you need this info to decide what the trade power will be and for floating time, which week to try to reserve to use for trade. If trading in you need some idea of the demand to know how easy it likely will be to trade in and for those that own multiple resorts or have points or lockoff options, what will you have to offer in exchange to get a certain option. You wouldn't want to give up a 2 BR you could easily rent for $2500 if a studio you likely couldn't rent will get you the same thing. Or give up 270 DVC points for something you could easily rent for cash for $1200. And if you know something will be very hard to get you might start earlier, be more flexible and make alternate plans.

The week # can be important. One should understand the basic timeshare calendar but also realize there are several variations that might get you. Never buy a week, accept an exchange or place a request based on the timeshare week number but always do so by dates. Here's a like to the Standard Timeshare Calendar from TUG which is a good one.